Social Studies Toolbox

Time Magazine photogallery : http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1854622_1789273,00.html The Art of Afghanistan Children's Guide: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2008/afghanistan/afghan-guide.pdf 8 images: http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2009/living_traditions/images More examples of Pakistani art: http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/22/truck-art-asia-pakistan/

A Journey From The Ghetto To The Ivory Tower: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102327929

Extra Credit Opportunity: Watch the video linked below. In the video, you will see a brief interview with the author of Marley: A Dog like No Other , by John Grogan . Briefly discuss any new information you learned about John, his family or Marley from the interview. Post your comment in the comment section for five points. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_fZSjOTwOI

Newsweek Story: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popvox/archive/2009/03/23/grunge-bands-where-are-they-now.aspx Photo gallery- Top Grunge Bands: http://www.newsweek.com/id/189644

World Studies: Cambodia Resources: http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/ AsianStudiesDept / cambodia -holocaust.html Additional Resources: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/thefluteplayer/pdf/fp_delvedeeper.pdf Frontline : "Cambodia: Pol Pot's Shadow" http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/ Map Activity: Where is Southeast Asia? Where is Cambodia? Where is Vietnam? Discussion Questions: 1. Who were the Khmer Rouge? 2. What did they believe? 3. What was the ultimate result of the rule of the Khmer Rouge? 4. What has happened to the Khmer Rouge? 5. When and how did the U.S. support Pol Pot? 6. Relate this story to other stories of genocide we've discussed in class. Old posts relating to this topic: http://hansengeorge.blogspot.com/2008/06/cambodian-genocide.html Podcast with Arn Chorn Pond: http://hansengeorge.blogspot.com/2008/04/be-change-conversation-w-arn-chorn-pond.html Updates: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,...

I've added some extra credit opportunities to my home page on the school's website. http://www.rvschools.org/faculty/lhansengeorge/Lea.cfm

Type a list of words into Microsoft Word. Do a spell check. Copy and paste into wordle . Print. Due at the end of the period. http://www.wordle.net 0 points- wasted time in class 5 points - worked most of the period but didn't print word cloud 10 points- worked most of the period and printed and turned in word cloud Extra credit: Go to http://www.picnik.com/ . Download a picture. Go to "create" and play! If you have time, print your picture. (The picture inserted into this blog post is an example of what you can do on Picnik . I have other examples on the blog too!) Examples: http://hansengeorge.blogspot.com/2009/02/classroom-collage.html

Podcasting: http://www.gcast.com/?nr=1&&s=5672108 Gcast Tutorial: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5w479k_38hsvcxp Polling: http://www.polleverywhere.com/ Poll Everywhere tutorial: Cell phones in the classroom "Toys to Tools": http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2008/03/mobile-educationtake-class-on-your-cell.html Many Eyes (Wordle, Word Clouds, much more): http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ Wizlite (highlighting text online): http://wizlite.com/

Teachers turn to "clickers" http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=101343866&m=101356858

World Studies: Western Asia and Middle East Maps Find, Label and Color countries listed on the white board. Introduce: The Kite Runner We will use part of this resource (Read, highlight vocabulary and discuss in class): http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/cavalcade/pdf/jan2005/literature_kite_runner_p12_p17.pdf Monday: Map activity , read in class (reading can be found in the link above). Tuesday-Friday The Kite Runner Project (Choose one of the following choices listed below. As we read sections from the novel and watch the movie, take notes, brainstorm ideas, etc. that will help you prepare for your final project. You will be given time at the end of each period to work on your project.) 14. Make a roadmap . If a book's characters take a trip, draw a roadmap of the trip. Cut out photos from magazines; you can even back them with cardboard, stand them up to make a 3-dimensional map. 15. Play "I'm thinking of..." On a car trip, or any time, play 20 que...