I am looking for Mnemic techniques to help students remember important facts in World History. (This is my first year teaching World History in 6th grade). I would like to hang some of the "sayings" around my room and introduce them to students...does anyone have any Mnemic techniques they would like to share? It can be almost anything regarding World History and map skills. Thank you in advance for your wonderful ideas!

Jami

I teach third grade, and I plan on using this lesson next year with my creative writing unit. This lesson can be adapted to fit any grade level.

Buddy Books. Each third grader will be assigned a first grader to interview, finding out about their family, birthday, friends, pets, and favorite things. Using this information, the third graders will write a story, using their first grader as the main character and the information from the interview as the basis for the story. The stories will be pub… Continue

Activity 2 (copy and paste the description of one of the six standards-based activities you selected for Module 4)

Description of lesson -
I Know My Shapes And Colors
A WebQuest for Grades PreK-2
Introduction

Task

Process

Resources

Evaluation

Conclusion

INTRODUCTION
On the news today, a famous lawmaker said, “Shapes are useless. People can’t eat shapes. They can’t ride in shapes. They can’t work or play in shapes.” The lawmaker wants to pass a law to get rid of all the shapes in the world… Continue

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I'm an exceptional education minor and I'm very interested in the area of autism so here are some links to stories about people with autism.


The Ongoing Debate of Whether Vaccines are a Cause for Autism

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/02/02/Researchers_see_no_autism-vaccine_link/UPI-44431233558583/

Animal Therapy as a Treatment for Autism

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/health/stories/2009/02/02/autism_dog_service.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9

A Young Man with Autism Runn… Continue