Incorporating Technology in History Lessons

Incorporating Technology in History Lessons

How Publishers and Providers Can Use Technology to Develop High-Quality History Lessons We all know that history hasn’t always been a popular subject with students. Many students were put off by dry textbooks and boring lectures. But today’s publishers and providers...
5 Things History Curriculum Writers Should Know

5 Things History Curriculum Writers Should Know

When it comes to writing good history curriculum, there are a handful of universal truths that cross all of history’s sub-disciplines. The following tips can help writers align curriculum with standards and clients.   1) Do Periodic Alignment Checks It’s easy to...

Re-Living History: Performance Tasks and Social Studies

By Stephen Gibson The teaching of social studies, history foremost among them, has long been assailed as little more than a forced memorization of a grand compendium of dates, places, and figures. The saga of “how our parents and grandparents learned/were taught” the...