Twitter
National Geographic @NatGeo
National Geographic is a twitter account that I feel is valuable to follow because it shows nature, animals, culture, politics, economics, war, and pretty much anything that has to do with humanity through the lens of a camera. There are articles on the past, the present and the future. The images and the articles are useful to use in a history class when, for example, talking about current events.
@HISTORY
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
To get my daily dose of news, I like to look at a variety of sources and following BBC is one of the sources that I look at for current events. This is easy to bring into a history classroom because one of the tasks assigned to history teachers is to help the students become good citizens. Looking at and talking about current events in the classroom causes the students to think critically about what is going on in the world today and form feelings and opinions on the issues.
Drunk History @drunkhistory
Drunk history is a show created by Comedy Central in which a famous person gets drunk and narrates a story about a historical event. The events are played out by famous actors. Although I am not sure if most of the tweets are appropriate to use in the classroom, a teacher would find it amusing and perhaps even learn something from it!
Iconic Sports Clips @SportsOfHistory
Iconic sports clips is a twitter account that shows you clips of videos of major sporting events that occured on that day in the past. If a teacher knows that her students enjoy sports, this is one way she can bring the student's interests into her history classroom. You can show the clip at the beginning of a class or incorporate it into a lesson plan. The kids will be engaged and hopefully understand that history can be interesting.
National Geographic @NatGeo
National Geographic is a twitter account that I feel is valuable to follow because it shows nature, animals, culture, politics, economics, war, and pretty much anything that has to do with humanity through the lens of a camera. There are articles on the past, the present and the future. The images and the articles are useful to use in a history class when, for example, talking about current events.
@HISTORY
Following the History channel on twitter is a great way to learn quick tidbits of current and historical events. Similar to the app mentioned in my previous blog, the history channel posts tweets called "this day in history" and give you fun facts about things that occured on this day in the past. For example, on April 16th, 1943 the effects of LSD were discovered and on April 15th 1947, Jakie Robinson became the first African American in the Major League Baseball.
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
To get my daily dose of news, I like to look at a variety of sources and following BBC is one of the sources that I look at for current events. This is easy to bring into a history classroom because one of the tasks assigned to history teachers is to help the students become good citizens. Looking at and talking about current events in the classroom causes the students to think critically about what is going on in the world today and form feelings and opinions on the issues.
Drunk History @drunkhistory
Drunk history is a show created by Comedy Central in which a famous person gets drunk and narrates a story about a historical event. The events are played out by famous actors. Although I am not sure if most of the tweets are appropriate to use in the classroom, a teacher would find it amusing and perhaps even learn something from it!
Iconic Sports Clips @SportsOfHistory
Iconic sports clips is a twitter account that shows you clips of videos of major sporting events that occured on that day in the past. If a teacher knows that her students enjoy sports, this is one way she can bring the student's interests into her history classroom. You can show the clip at the beginning of a class or incorporate it into a lesson plan. The kids will be engaged and hopefully understand that history can be interesting.
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