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Video for the Classroom: Electing a US President in Plain English

Happy New Year! We just rang in 2012 and amazingly, the Iowa Caucuses are tonight, beginning another presidential election season.  Eventually, someone will ask about that 18th century enigma, the Electoral College.  This nifty video from CommonCraft.com explains the process in … Continue reading

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Movies for the Classroom: A Christmas Carol (1971)

The holidays are never complete without Charles Dickens‘ immortal Victorian morality tale–and now you can show among the best versions of the story. In 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was not only a wildly popular bestseller.  In so many … Continue reading

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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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