Beyondpad Use the ‘Keyword Checker’ to ensure student essays cover the essentials Factual knowledge is the bedrock of good history writing. Without it, meaningful opinions cannot be formed or substantiated. With this in mind, I developed the Keyword Checker at ClassTools. Simply input the essential terms, names, dates and events in one box, and paste the essay into the other. The application will then check the essay and provide a quick rundown of exactly which terms have been included, and which have been left out. Best of all, terms can be organised under key headings (indicated by an asterisk). The Keyword Checker will give a quick breakdown in the following format: Taking it further The KeyWord Checker is not just useful for giving teachers a quick impression about how much hard factual knowledge has been included in an essay. Get students themselves to decide upon what the most important five themes are to cover, and what five terms they agree everybody should aim to mention. Link Keyword Checker at ClassTools (Viewed 94 times) Related 14th February 2015 In "Cause"
Adapting games – Drawful This is an adaptation of a fun and inventive game that was released just last year. While the original game is played on a computer, this adaptation for the classroom is played on paper. This is a perfect game for revising chunks of language. In this example my class are revising phrasal verbs. For the game you need a set of sentences (or phrases) that include the language you’re revising (guidance on how to choose your sentences will follow at the end). one of the sentences containing the target language.a sheet of paper ¼ the size of a sheet of A4.four small slips of paper (big enough to write a single sentence).a paperclip. Ask the students to write their sentence on one of the small slips of paper. Ask the students to attach their sentence to the back of the drawing (ensure your instructions are clear and demonstrate to make sure everyone follows). When students have finished their sentences they attach them to the back and pass the picture to the left. Like this: Like Loading...
Funny Newspaper Generator with Your Own Picture Use this free online newspaper generator to create your own spoof newspaper articles. Just upload a photo and add your own text. Our fake news generator is super easy to use! Here's an example of what your funny newspaper article will look like: The actual page will be full US letter size, and you can download it as a high quality pdf to print on your home printer. Ideas for how to use our online fake news generator. Kids Birthday, e.g. The possibilities are as boundless as your imagination! Try the Online Newspaper Generator Instructions Fill in the blanks (see our examples below if you're stuck for inspiration) Click "make it" Download a high quality pdf of your article! How do I change the date? Can't see or download your article? Questions or comments? Example Funny Newspaper Articles Not sure what to write? Christmas Gag Article Newspaper name: The Polar Paper Headline: Santa Names "World's Naughtiest Boy" Author: Rood Olph 50th Birthday Gag Article Newspaper name: The Grey Times
MacMag Online: Authoring tools on the Web Authoring tools on the Web In a time not so long ago, authoring tools would have been considered to be a set of pens and a blank sheet of paper. Then came the digital age. As English teachers, we always try to individualise our teaching as much as possible in order to cope with the mixed ability levels we find in our classes. The Net offers so many resources and possibilities to create our own materials to supplement the curriculum that it is almost impossible not to dip right in and try them at least once. What are authoring tools? Why and when should we use them? There are numerous ways we can work these kinds of activities into our syllabus. What features can we find? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Aspects to consider when choosing which site to useThere are so many websites out there that the words ‘needle’ and ‘haystack’ easily spring to mind. • Type of activityThe type of activity you wish to create should govern your choice of site, not the other way round.
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain Roderick Floud has taught modern British history in the UK and the USA; his recent research has used information on human height and weight to explore changes in living standards and he is one of the founders of the sub-discipline of anthropometric history, summed up in The Changing Body (Cambridge University Press, 2011) which has been widely praised. He wrote the first textbook of quantitative methods for historians and has edited all four editions of The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain. Roderick has also written extensively on higher education policy and received a knighthood for services to higher education. Jane Humphries is Professor of Economic History at Oxford University where she teaches economic and social history at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Paul Johnson lives in London.
Lesson 29: A Long Time Ago Summary Anna and Marsha have a lot of work to do. An advertisement makes them remember their childhood dreams. What do you think they wanted to be? Speaking In this video, learn to say the new words for this lesson. Pronunciation Use this video to learn about the noises English speakers make to show they are listening. Conversation Anna: Hello! Marsha: Hi, Anna! Anna: Thanks. Marsha: Um-hum, it is. Anna: I am tired. Marsha: Hmm, that’s too bad. Anna: How are you these days? Marsha: I'm really busy too, Anna. Anna: Marsha, look! Marsha: That’s an advertisement for Ford’s Theatre. Anna: They have shows where Abraham Lincoln died? Marsha: Yeah, it’s a working theater and a museum. Anna: I love Lincoln. Marsha: Um-hum. Anna: When I was a little girl … When I was a little girl … I was not like other children. Marsha: Um-hum, I can believe that. Anna's voice: I was tall, serious child. Anna: In fact, I wanted to be … don’t laugh … President of the United States. Marsha: (laughs) Anna: Stop! Anna: What? Quiz
LearningApps - interactive and multimedia learning blocks Nurph. The Twitter Chat Platform. What is Economic History? History with the people left out? Arid quantification? Aggregate History? Or study of the essential motivating force of society? What is economic history? Six historians answer? 'Work' by Ford Maddox Brown, 1852-65D.C. It is not difficult to concoct brief definitions of economic history; but nor is it very rewarding. None of these indicates in what ways economic history is significantly different from more orthodox varieties of history. At this point difficulties arise for the economic historians themselves, about such definitions of method. To conclude. T.C. This question was much easier to answer a generation ago than it is today. More research, however, meant more specialisation. During the 1960s, while the going got harder, an epidemic of econometric history spread from the United States, where economic history is usually taught in economics departments. On the whole, the New Economic History further diminished the subject's broad appeal. In the end, history is all of a piece. M.J.
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