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Holodomor course

Lars — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:07:54 +0000

(testing the ActivityPub federation) Dear #historyteacher I am collecting material for a history course on the #Holodomor in Ukraine 1932–33 for K12-students. Does anyone know of modern Russian history text books covering the topic or translated russian journalism from 1932–33? Any other suggestions for primarcy source material are welcome 🙂

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Timelines in OneNote

Lars — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 21:07:10 +0000

- How can we help our students to connect the topics we teach? 1: Timelines as different tables on the canvas This exercise utilizes 3 cool features of OneNote: I simply created a page with 6 content boxes containing a timeline each of a history course, and then distributed the page to the individual student … Continue reading "Timelines in OneNote"

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Be aware and exercise your #Google #criticism

Lars Henriksen — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:11:07 +0000

This is an idea for a history lesson on “search machine-criticism”: Homework: Watch this video [arve url=“https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles?language=en#t‑177480” title=“Google bubbles” /] In class; Test the assertions/claims in the video by changing location and Google accounts: Google the same keyword from different IP adresses: at home, in school or at work and take screenshots of the … Continue reading "Be aware and exercise your #Google #criticism"

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Digital tools in the #history classroom

Lars — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:18:11 +0000

Presentation for plenary session on Council of Europe Belgrade seminar, 29/10 2015 This is my first visit to Belgrade so I hope there will be time to see the city. My name is Lars Henriksen and I have been teaching history in upper secondary school for 15 years. Over this period of time, my use … Continue reading "Digital tools in the #history classroom"

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Kan man undervise i historie på Twitter?

Lars Henriksen — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 08:47:44 +0000

Fordele og ulemper Det er klart at de 140 tegn sætter sine begrænsninger. Det er ikke her at eleverne får lært at skrive længere opgaver. Men man kan jo linke til det rigtige materiale og begrænsningen kan måske hjælpe til at formulere sine spørgsmål præcist. (På den anden side er: “Fortæl hvad du ved, tak”, … Continue reading "Kan man undervise i historie på Twitter?"

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5 ideas for a connected educator #history classroom

Lars Henriksen — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:55:39 +0000

I would like to connect my classroom with a classroom in another country. That should be technically feasible with all the free social and collaborative tools available today, right? One purpose of history education is to empower students to be world citizens and lead the world in the future. To achieve that you need “cultural … Continue reading "5 ideas for a connected educator #history classroom"

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Cooperative Learning in History

Lars Henriksen — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:21:58 +0000

I was introduced to Cooperative Learning structures more than a year ago by a colleague/fellow. She taught a course of 4 lessons or workshops at my school. What can I say. I am a bit slow. This week I tried some of Spencer Kagan’s CL-structures in my classes. The ‘Inside-Outside Circle’ seemed to work well, … Continue reading "Cooperative Learning in History"

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Flipped history

Lars Henriksen — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:46:24 +0000

Tomorrow I will try a different approach in one of my history classes on Great Britain and India. Homework: Watch the first 28 min. of this video and prepare 3 questions for quiz and swap in class. Lessonplan: 1) 15 minutes of quiz- and-swap : Students quiz one another with their questions in pairs, then … Continue reading "Flipped history"

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