Monday, October 1, 2012

Bulk Jon Hyatt has shared: 'Flipped classrooms' in North Texas turn traditional teaching on its head

Flipped Classrooms can work in social studies
'Flipped classrooms' in North Texas turn traditional teaching on its head

Source: dallasnews.com

Students listen to recorded lectures at home, allowing teachers to spend classroom time working with them one on one.

  

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

EBSCO Alert: Foreign Affairs

GREAT articles about world affairs... 

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Subject: EBSCO Alert: Foreign Affairs
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1. NATO'S Victory in Libya. By: Dadlder, Ivo H.; Stavridis, James G.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p2-7, 6p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1640
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2. Rethinking Latin America. By: Sabatini, Christopher. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p8-13, 6p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1560
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3. Chinese Computer Games. By: Segal, Adam. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p14-20, 7p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1530
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4. The Case for Space. By: Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p22-33, 12p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1430
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5. God and Caesar in America. By: Campbell, David E.; Putnam, Robert D.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p34-43, 10p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1390
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6. The Future of U.S.-Chinese Relations. By: Kissinger, Henry A.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p44-55, 12p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1430
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7. The Arab Spring at One. By: Ajami, Fouad. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p56-65, 10p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1230
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8. Why We Still Need the World Bank. By: Zoellick, Robert B.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p66-78, 13p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1300
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9. Clear and Present Safety. By: Zenko, Micah; Cohen, Michael A.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p79-93, 15p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1420
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10. The Iraq We Left Behind. By: Parker, Ned. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p94-110, 17p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1440
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11. War Downsized. By: Malkasian, Carter; Weston, J. Kael. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p111-121, 11p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1450
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12. The Globalization of Animal Welfare. By: Park, Miyun; Singer, Peter. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p122-133, 12p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1580
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13. A Farewell to Fossil Fuels. By: Lovins, Amory B.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p134-146, 13p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1420
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14. Not Time to Attack Iran. By: Kahl, Colin H.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p166-173, 8p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1550
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15. The Missing Middle in American Politics. By: Salam, Reihan. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p147-155, 9p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1510
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16. Poker Lessons From Richelieu. By: Bell, David A.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p156-160, 5p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1500
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17. Freedom's Secret Recipe. By: Mann, Michael. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p161-165, 5p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1450
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18. COUGH IT UP. By: TANG, SHENGLAN; BARIS, ENIS. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p197-198, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1290
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19. TRUE PEACE IS HARD TO FIND. By: HARRIS, DAVID. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p198-199, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1390
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20. REPORTS OF THE BEAR'S DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED. By: ADOMANIS, MARK. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p199-200, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1480
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21. With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918/The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War. By: FREEDMAN, LAWRENCE D.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p178-179, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1240
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22. Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government. By: MEAD, WALTER RUSSELL. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p180-181, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1170
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23. Thinking the Twentieth Century. By: MORAVCSIK, ANDREW. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p182-183, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1360
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24. The Southern Tiger: Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future. By: FEINBERG, RICHARD. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p184-185, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1300
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25. Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground. By: BROWN, L. CARL. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p189-190, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1410
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26. Saying the Unsayable: Monarchy and Democracy in Thailand. By: NATHAN, ANDREW J.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p191-192, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1280
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27. Africa's Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent. By: VAN DE WALLE, NICOLAS. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p194-195, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1250
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28. Uniting States: Voluntary Union in World Politics. By: IKENBERRY, G. JOHN. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p174-175, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1190
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29. Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy. By: IKENBERRY, G. JOHN. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p175-176, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1230
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30. Arctic Security in an Age of Climate Change. By: COOPER, RICHARD N.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p177-178, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1120
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31. Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944/The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943.By: FREEDMAN, LAWRENCE D.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p179-180, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1150
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32. The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World. By: MEAD, WALTER RUSSELL. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p181-182, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1210
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33. After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent. By: MORAVCSIK, ANDREW. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p183-184, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1230
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34. Guantánamo: An American History. By: FEINBERG, RICHARD. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p185-186, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1330
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35. Reaching Out: Cuba's New Economy and the International Response. By: FEINBERG, RICHARD; DOMINGUEZ, JORGE I.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p186-187, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1210
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36. Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life. By: LEGVOLD, ROBERT. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p187-188, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1000
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37. The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia. By: LEGVOLD, ROBERT. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p188-189, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1220
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38. Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi's Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq. By: BROWN, L. CARL. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p190-191, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1320
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39. China's Local Administration: Traditions and Changes in the Sub-national Hierarchy. By: NATHAN, ANDREW J.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p192-193, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1130
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40. Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance. By: NATHAN, ANDREW J.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p193-194, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1470
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41. COUGH IT UP. By: CHOW, JACK C.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p197-197, 2/3p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1480
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42. DEBATING EUROPE. By: DAVIES, NORMAN. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p200-200, 1/4p
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43. Humanity's Law. By: IKENBERRY, G. JOHN. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p174-174, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1410
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44. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World. By: COOPER, RICHARD N.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p176-176, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1320
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45. Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship. By: LEGVOLD, ROBERT. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p187-187, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1200
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46. Governance Without a State? Policies and Politics in Areas of Limited Statehood. By: IKENBERRY, G. JOHN. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p175-175, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1290
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47. Global Trade in Services: Fear, Facts, and Offshoring. By: COOPER, RICHARD N.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p177-177, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1330
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48. Plundered Nations? Successes and Failures in Natural Resource Extraction. By: COOPER, RICHARD N.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p177-177, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1400
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49. DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World. By: COOPER, RICHARD N.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p178-178, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1220
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50. The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade. By: FREEDMAN, LAWRENCE D.. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p180-180, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1180
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51. No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington. By: MEAD, WALTER RUSSELL. Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p181-181, 1/2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1180
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

President's day resources from AIHE

Some free resources from AIHE for President's Day.


n Mini documentary on George Washington

n Actor portrayal of Abraham Lincoln

n Lesson and activity links

http://americaninstituteforhistory.org/highlight/PresidentsDay/

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