Author: mtadros

books everywhere

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Why do teachers/educators insist on making students buy books they don’t really use? unless the book is highly specialized, brand new, or significant in some way, and more importantly not available online for free, why bother? Here are some great resources I give my students every semester and add to it all the time:

Links to reputable open books and open academic journals:

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adhd or just boring teachers?

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Very interesting video as usual from RSAnmiate on Changing the Education Paradigm by Sir Ken Robinson. He says that instance of ADHD has grown with the rise of standardized testing primarily because we are boring students to death! ADHD is a fictitious epidemic. We treat students based on age groups – we batch them by “date of manufacture” & put them in assembly lines. We tell them there is only one correct answer and it is in the back of the book and ‘don’t look’ because that would be copying which is plagiarism.

Watch this marvelous video:

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this is a great list

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Found this list and will not repeat it, but it is great. Some of them I was using already but many are new to me. 101 Great sites for social studies classes. It is more than just social studies classes. They are found here Some of those I really liked that I had not used before are:

  1. The National Archives and Records Administration has a massive collection of material on U.S. history that can sometimes be overwhelming to search through. The Resources for National History Day Research page guides students on where to find material in the archives.
  2. The Smithsonian Institution has a wide variety of exhibitions and collections on American history and culture. It also offers lesson plans searchable by grade level, type of resource and historical topic.
  3. The National Archives’ Charters of Freedom explains the making of and impact of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. It includes images of the documents, biographies of the framers, and fun facts……….. Read More …