Jason Eifling
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Jason Eifling replied to Kristi Barber's discussion Class Competition Revisited in the group Middle School Social Studies
"Very cool.  I tried this when covering ancient Greece, but I failed in the long run.  I had students get in groups and each represented a city-state for the "Olympics."  I just couldn't keep up with grading and keeping…"
Jul 30, 2012
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Jul 26, 2012
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Jul 9, 2012
Jason Eifling added a discussion to the group UbD Understanding by Design
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ASCD UbD

Here is a .pdf from ASCD regarding UbD.  Gives a pretty detailed overview.See More
Apr 22, 2012
Jason Eifling commented on Matthew Farber's blog post Using "Assassin's Creed" to Teach the Renaissance
"Great idea. Curious if you had any complaints from parents based on 1. video games in general and 2.  the game's rating since you are teaching middle schoolers."
Apr 22, 2012
Jason Eifling replied to Jason Eifling's discussion Textbook link in the group UbD Understanding by Design
"File should be here"
Apr 17, 2012
Jason Eifling added a discussion to the group UbD Understanding by Design
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Textbook link

Pearson publishing has recently become involved in UbD. Grant Wiggins has added his name to their product as well. www.pearsonubd.com is a link to their products and a simple overview of what UbD is about. There are a few short videos as well. Take it for what is worth, but take a look at the overview .pdf at least.Sorry I can't link it here (doing this from smartphone)See More
Apr 17, 2012
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Apr 16, 2012
Jason Eifling replied to Daniel K. Edwards's discussion Overwhelmed? in the group Middle School Social Studies
"We fall under this category, but I don't get all the "hassles" because Social Studies is not tested until high school and I guess our course "doesn't count."   I feel like my creativity for lessons has been…"
Nov 10, 2011
Jason Eifling replied to Chris Sloan's discussion Fresh and Exciting word wall.... Help!! in the group World History Educators
"It is basically like what was stated here asa well.  I have heard it called SPRITE, PERSIA, and SPERM as well.  I do grapes because I used to feed the students grapes or sprite when I introduced the topic.  It is a pretty easy way to…"
Oct 4, 2011
Jason Eifling replied to Chris Sloan's discussion Fresh and Exciting word wall.... Help!! in the group World History Educators
"I was thinking about putting words into categories.  I used the GRAPES method of introducing characteristics of cizilizations, and I was going to have words put into those categories vs. just having words on a wall."
Oct 3, 2011
Jason Eifling replied to David Wallace's discussion Primary Sources in the group Middle School Social Studies
"I like using this from the Library of Congress.  I start with simple primary sources and try to increase the difficulty as the year progresses.    http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/guides.html"
Jun 30, 2011
Jason Eifling commented on Jeff Kohls's group Games in Social Studies
"http://playinghistory.org/   Has links to various online games.  Be warned that many links do not work."
Jun 27, 2011
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Games in Social Studies

Games and simulations used in all realms of social studies classes.
Jun 22, 2011
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Jun 13, 2011
Jason Eifling joined Angela Cunningham's group
Jun 13, 2011

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Jackson Public Schools District
About Me:
Currently teaching middle school social studies(geography foundations, ancient history, and soon to be a basic civics class as well)
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jeifling

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