FactCheckED: Monty Python and the Quest for the Perfect Fallacy
Lesson plan for teaching logical fallacies using political and commercial advertising, plus Monty Python. Aligned to National Social Studies standards and NETS info literacy.
A teacher uses Google Earth to teach students about the Mormon trail and how settlers traveled from Iowa to Utah. She explains how the technology allows students to experience something they wouldn't be able to without the technology. Summarizes how this activity meets principles for good technology use in the classroom.
"Primary Source Investigations" Model Activity - Workshop 2
Lesson ideas for primary sources, grouped by media type. Multiple subjects represented, including some hard-to-find ideas like using political cartoons or historical maps to teach math concepts.