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Inquiry Based Learning with Digital Media
Educators, learn how to plan and facilitate inquiry based learning approaches with digital media & technologies in the social studies classroom.
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Questioning Techniques for Talking About Media
In this video educators will learn how to develop questioning skills in their students by learning how to effectively ask questions of sources.
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Using Media to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
In this video educators will learn about how to develop critical thinking skills in their social studies classes using media, such as: compare claims, assess credibility and reflect on one’s own process of reasoning.
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Media Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom
Educators, discover how media literacy can be taught/learned within all social studies classes.
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Robotics and Agriculture
“Robots and Agriculture” discusses the field of robotics and how it applies to medicine, industry, and, specifically, agriculture.
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic Fracturing explains what hydraulic fracturing is and why it is a highly controversial process by explaining the advantages and disadvantages of fracking.
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Space-Time Compression
Space-Time Compression examines how the speed of transportation and communication brings places closer together.
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Sahara Desert and Berber Culture
Sahara Desert and Berber Culture explains how the Sahara Desert affects the culture of the Berber people by exploring what life is like for the people who live there.
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Determine Fact and Opinion
Determine Fact and Opinion defines fact and opinion, explains the difference between the two, and gives examples of statements that are facts and opinions.
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Costs and Benefits
“Costs and Benefits” defines and gives examples of costs and benefits, including external costs and benefits.
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Interest Rates
Interest Rates discusses interest, defines interest rate, and shares examples of how to calculate simple interest.
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The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam discusses the history, construction, and physical features of the Hoover Dam.
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Deforestation
Deforestation explains how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence the environment and daily lives of people by analyzing the causes and effects of and solutions for deforestation.
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Voting Matters
Voting Matters explains how voting in a democracy helps change rules and laws.
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Forms of Advertising
Forms of Advertising defines advertising and discusses the forms and purposes of advertising.
Hip Hughes History
Triangular Trade Explained
What was Colonial Mercantilism when you boil it down to its basics? Perfect for students, life long learners and the cray cray on the internets.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise Explained: US History Review
Ready to get nauseous over some ugly US History? The Constitutional Convention's 3/5ths Compromise broken down so you can understand it for school, for a test or for life.
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The Seneca Falls Convention Explained: US History Review
Uploaded on the 167th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, we take a look at the big idea of women's rights in the 19th century as well as some interesting facts about the convention.
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The Scopes Monkey Trial Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review
A super fast overview of this historic trial in 1925 that began to redefine how we teach science in our public school system
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The Preamble to the Constitution for Dummies
The first in the "Constitution for Dummies" series. A simple, straightforward reading of the Preamble of the United States Constitution with a little bit of chuckle and context. The Constitution Explained Series. 48 Videos, 6.5 Hours...
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The Lame Duck Explained
What is a Lame Duck? A short history of the term with examples of Lame Duck Presidents and Congresses throughout American History.
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The Homestead Act of 1862 Explained: US History Review
Brush your history with a quick overview of the 1862 Homestead Act, one of Abraham Lincoln's crowning legislative achievements.
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The Gettysburg Address: A Reading
The Gettysburg Address with titles. (and a little acoustic strumming). Uploaded on November 19, 2018, 155 years to the day after Abraham Lincoln delivered it.
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The Compromise of 1850 Explained: US History Review
HipHughes takes you through what you need to know about the elusive Compromise of 1850.