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Webinar LIVE! - (
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A workshop or lecture delivered over the Web. Webinars may be a one-way Webcast, or there may be interaction between the audience and the presenters.
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and topical discussions with our authors and curriculum specialists.
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Professional Development
Whether though webinars, webcasts, special mailings, newsletters, or answering your questions via email or message board,
we strive to help in whatever way we can to tkae your classroom to the next level of learning, and improving test scores.
Teacher Toolbooks
Teacher Toolbooks provide a general knowledge base, student-centered activities and assessments, plus “The Grand Exam” to assess what your students have actually learned.
A complete series of workbooks for the Social Studies, Grades 6-12
U.S. History, U.S. Government, Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern World History, World Cultures, Global Studies, World Regions, Geography
Everything you need
- Complete units from A to Z – you don’t need a textbook.
- Active learning – students perform what they know in front of the class.
- Brief lectures with maps, timelines, and graphic organizers.
- A wide variety of games: action games, brain games, and more
- Heavy on group analysis!
- Homework on the internet!
- Each workbook concludes with the “Mother of all Tests.”
Lessons are based entirely on Bloom’s taxonomy
| Recall |
The ABCs game, Mars/Venus, The Last Man Standing, Honk if you hate history! |
| Interpret |
Interpret maps, timelines, charts, documents, speeches, quotations, and political cartoons |
| Apply |
Can you talk like an Egyptian? and What would you have done? |
| Analyze |
The Bell Game, The Great Race, The Gong show |
| Synthesize |
Life is like a rock group, The Great Debate |
| Evaluate |
Bloom! This is pure Bloom’s taxonomy |
Students develop a sense of what Social Studies is all about
Brief lectures with graphic organizers, Timelines, Cause & Effect, Compare & Contrast, Strengths & Weaknesses
Students develop a Social Studies vocabulary
Define terms, Identify people
Students compete in games
Memory games - Brain games - Action games - Board games - Guys v. Gals - Games for the Great Outdoors
Students learn skills
Interpret: a timeline, a map, a photo, a political cartoon, a quotation, a document, a film
Research: on the internet, in the library
Working in groups, students practice critical thinking
Practice in Bloom’s taxonomy
What would you have done? Personalizing history
The Great Debate
Students practice writing essays
The expressive essay!
The narrative essay!
The informative essay!
The persuasive essay!
Students learn the logic of a multiple-choice test
Read the test aloud!
Games for taking the test (“Honk if you hate history!”
Students practice for the state test!
Every workbook concludes with the “Mother of All Tests”
Reading & Writing: Predicting the Past
Students read one story about a famous person and then predict what happens to him or her.
After writing their predictions, students then discuss the famous person’s character and values.
Why? Because they are . . .
• Nonfiction – and authentic.
• Easy to read – short pieces of reading.
• Diversity – stories of famous people from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the U.S.
• Memorable – individuals who faced tough decisions and made history.
• Inspiring – how each individual struggled despite tremendous odds.
• Entertaining – human interest stories you can find nowhere else!
• Great for character education!
Unlimited Webinar LIVE
This is from one of our more recent webinars:
Linda Brown, lead author at Performance Education, will hold a one hour web discussion entitled, "How To Make Your Classroom Bloom - Start the Year With a Bang!".
Discussion topics will include - Why we prepare for failure and not success. How to engage your students early - and never let go. And an open discussion on starting in September for what awaits in May. Ms. Brown will discuss how to the concepts found in Bloom\'s Taxonomy to make sure all students are engaged in learning.
While the majority of content discussion will form around Social Studies (6-12), practical application can be found for all grades and subjects.
