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Videos for the Classroom: History of the World in Seven Minutes

Why can’t all our units of study be this concise?! The good folks at the Social Studies and History Teachers Blog put up an interesting little video about world history.  World History For Us All created this film to show … Continue reading

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A Dear John Letter to my Textbooks

Dear NYC Social Studies Core Curriculum Textbooks published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, This is a difficult letter for me to write…and an even more difficult letter for you to read, so I hope that you are sitting down. Remember when … Continue reading

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DEADLINE EXTENDED! – History’s Worst Dad Contest

Maybe it was the rush to get things ready for summer vacation. Or perhaps it was the painful memories of your own good-for-nothing sperm donors. Either way, I won’t chalk up our paltry total of entries (ZERO, to be exact) … Continue reading

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