#teaching tools

[womenclature]

The Countries of the World

Can you name the countries of the world?

The Countries of the World

Can you name the countries of the world?

This is my favorite Sporcle quiz. I love trying over and over until I can get almost all of them.

[riesenfeldcenter]

It’s turnip time!

An imaginary turnip with time, that is.

The intricate, fantastical visual aids in Johannes Buno’s Memoriale Institutionum Juris don’t make much sense to us but they sure are a lot of fun.

This copy comes to us from the library of German jurist Hermann Kantorowicz and is featured in our new exhibit, Tools of the Profession: Law Books and the History of Legal Education.

[iheartguts]

LOVE that this high school teacher used our guts to teach students about the endocrine system and hormones. So cute.

[craftdiscoveries]

Magnetic Alphabet Chart for Kids - Cherished Bliss

[thegeekanthropologist]

Zombies in the Classroom: The Importance of Teaching the Zombie Apocalypse in Anthropology Classes

Zombies in the Classroom: The Importance of Teaching the Zombie Apocalypse in Anthropology Classes

By Jennifer Trivedi

The zombies were everywhere – on televisions and film screens, in books and online searches, at doors in October. And they caught my attention.

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[quomododragon]

[to my students]: “I’m going to show you a video. You’re going to have exactly one question when you see it, and that question is going to be ‘why?’ I will have no answer for you. But I will tell you this: you will never forget the imperfect tense endings for the rest of your life.”

It’s that time of year, kids! The time I teach the imperfect tense, and use this video to confuse/scar my students for life!

[saoirse-argentum]

I took this photo and used it to teach my students about rhetorical devices.

 “Everything is text...Billboards are text. Video games are text. Billboards in video games are text!” 

[monstervsme]