“Civilization begins anew with each child.”
Philip Bigler 1998 National Teacher of the Year (540) 740-2722 * Academic Excellence & Quality Teaching
Watch this inspirational video on character. Other great free resources for the classroom are available at the Foundation for a Better Life.
Resources for the Classroom
Download your free copy of PowerPoint Jeopardy for use in your classrooms!
Donors Choose allows you to solicit financial support for your classroom projects.
You can have the students prepare multimedia projects with Voice Thread. The site allows downloads from the collections of the New York Public Library.
Wordle is a site that allows students to make “word clouds.” Try using great speeches, the preamble to the Constitution, and other historical resources.
You can conduct polls and surveys of your students with Survey Monkey. This can help students interpret and analyse statistics.
Donors Choose allows you to solicit financial support for your classroom projects.
You can have the students prepare multimedia projects with Voice Thread. The site allows downloads from the collections of the New York Public Library.
Wordle is a site that allows students to make “word clouds.” Try using great speeches, the preamble to the Constitution, and other historical resources.
You can conduct polls and surveys of your students with Survey Monkey. This can help students interpret and analyse statistics.
An example of using wordle with Photoshop to create an image illustration of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s speech on the Normandy Invasion.
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Jamestown through the Colonial Period (1607-1776)
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The American Revolution (1776-1783)
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The Confederation, Constitution, & Bill of Rights (1783-1791)
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Watch this great clip of Jerry Seinfeld teaching history!