HISTORY CONTENT


Materials related to the history lectures by Dr. Mintz follow:

• PowerPoint Presentations (right click on the link and choose "save as" or "save target as" to download the presentation to your computer)
  • The World in 1492
  • England's New World
  • Dual Revolutions
  • History Through Art
  
  
• Lecture Notes

• A New History for a New Century
• Columbus, the Columbian Exchange, and Colonization
• The Revolution
• The New Nation and Pre-Civil War America
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• The Late 19th and Twentieth Centuries
• History Through Art (Microsoft Word format)

 

• Related History Websites

	Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
	Digital History: eXplorations http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/index.cfm
	Veterans History Kit http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/kit.html
	Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address What if Abraham Lincoln used PowerPoint? Video clips and inquiry questions about Lincoln and the Gettysburg address




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MUSEUMS

Click here for a listing of Houston area museums with maps and website information, as well as brief overviews of the content.




Making connections with Art and Literature (in Word document form) Literature and Art Lesson Plan here Readings from Literature and Art Lesson Plan here




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TECHNOLOGY
product examples | tutorials and other classroom resources | online resources

Technology Product Examples
	Annotated Bibliography (downloabable Word document) Immigration Policy along the Texas Border
	Internet Scavanger Hunts (downloadable Word documents) Texas Border German Immigration Constitution and Bill of Rights
	Linear PowerPoints (downloadable PowerPoint files) Images of the World in 1492 The 1960s
	NonLinear PowerPoints (downloadable PowerPoint files) Immigration Quiz Do you know where you are going? Art from a Southwest Perspective History Happened Here This is a template only. The map on slide 3 is linked to a slide for each state. Students can be assigned a state to create a brief description with a graphic. State slides are linked back to the map slide.
Technology Tutorials and Other Helpful Classroom Resources
	Basic PowerPoint Tutorial (downloadable Word document)
	NonLinear PowerPoint Tutorial (downloadable Word document)
	iJeopardy! Game Template (downloadable PowerPoint file) Worksheet (downloadable Word document)
	iQuiz! Template for PowerPoint (downloadable PowerPoint file)
	Rubistar Tutorial (opens in a new window)
	Downloading and Installing PhotoStory 3 (downloadable Word document) includes minimum computer requirements
	PhotoStory Tutorial (downloadable Word document)
	FrontPage Tutorial (downloadable Word document)
	Ripping a CD in WMP (.pdf file)
	Movie Maker Tutorial (.pdf file) For a more comprehensive website that expands on the above Movie Maker tutorial and offers Captivate simulations, please go to Jennifer Lazzaro's site here (site will open in a new window)
	Evaluating Websites (downloadable PowerPoint file)
	Selecting the Right Media Applications for Creating Digital Stories (.pdf file)
	A search tool for teachers to discover ways to integrate technology in their classrooms (Excel file)
	Technology Integration Ideas: Integration Throughout the Lesson (downloadable PowerPoint file)
	Technology Integration in the History Classroom (downloadable Word document)
Online Technology Resources
	Navigation Page to view Educator Created Websites during Summer Seminar 2006 (opens in a new window) View a list of all Educator Created PhotoStories from the Summer Seminars, or to add your own PhotoStory (opens in a new window)
	Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling (opens in a new window)
	WebQuest 101 from the Network for Instructional TV and TeachersFirst (opens in a new window)
	4teachers.org 4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. (opens in a new window)
	Free webhosting Ad-free and 250MB from fsphost.com (opens in a new window)
	Four Levels of Technology Use (downloadable Word document)
	Planning Chart To Integrate Technology Into Your Teaching (downloadable Word document)
	Thinking About Technology Opportunities (downloadable Word document)
	Directions on How to Create a Non-linear PowerPoint Game (downloadable Word document)
	Homemade PowerPoint Games Includes a game database and templates (opens in a new window)

INNOVATIVE TEACHING & LEARNING
Materials related to innovative teaching and learning:

• Locating Jamestown Sample Lesson Plan (Microsoft Word format)
• Template 1 for a 5 E Lesson (Microsoft Word format)
• Template 2 for a 5 E Lesson (Microsoft Word format)

Powerful Teaching and Learning Websites

	Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ Filamentality helps you pick a topic, provides Web searching tips, lets you use "fill-in-the-blanks" to gather good Internet sites, guides you with interactive pages that help you shape your ideas around whatever specific goal you have, and then, presto change-o, gives you your very own Web page on the Internet.
	Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Blue Web'n is an online library of 1200+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area). Each week 5 new sites are added.
	George Lucas Foundation website - click the Video Gallery tab Great Team, Great School (Running time: 7:30) An integrated curricula, team teaching, and technology tools have built up the academic achievement and self-esteem. Geo-Literacy: Forging New Ground (Running time: 4:13) Third graders explore the geography and geology of their community by becoming historians, writers, and videographers.

Lesson Plan sites

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• For additional information: Please contact Debra Williams, Education Specialist in Science/Social Studies Services at Region 4 Education Service Center, 713-744-6846 or dwilliams@esc4.net