Bobbie's Curiousities

from-student-to-teacher: Here is a great teacher tip from...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:14:30 +0000

Here is a great teacher tip from Hillary: Use puzzle pieces as a whole group management tool; when the class works together they get a piece of the puzzle. http://pinterest.com/pin/158751955587153875/

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Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:51:56 +0000

littlestwampum: Dossiers. Trying to get students to understand...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:55:19 +0000

littlestwampum:

Dossiers.

Trying to get students to understand a historical mystery? Try a dossier! Students get to play historical detectives for the day.

I manipulate and edit text books, magazine articles, etc. to create 5-10 individual strips of paper. I usually change the font and color code different sections of the text. Sometimes I write them on index cards, sometimes I actually clip out magazine headlines, and toss in photos. You could even go wild and laminate some items.

I mix up all the documents and stick them in an envelope. Then, I put a cheeky sticker like ” TOP SECRET” or “KEEP OUT” on it. Multiply by 30 and you have a class set plus a few extras if a student loses a piece.

Students then try to organize the text and piece together the story while completing a Check for Understanding or Comprehension Questions worksheet.

Howl’s Moving Castle

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:13:14 +0000

Howl’s Moving Castle

Spirited Away, classic!

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:12:52 +0000

Spirited Away, classic!

dishabillic: Okay, this set of photos is just incredibly...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:14:59 +0000

dishabillic:

Okay, this set of photos is just incredibly gorgeous.

Wow!

digg: Obama hung out with some preschoolers today.

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:01:49 +0000

digg:

Obama hung out with some preschoolers today.

“My heart is stronger now that you’re in it”

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:00:29 +0000

“My heart is stronger now that you’re in it”

ancientpeoples: A Valentines Day Special! Ancient Love...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:13:41 +0000

ancientpeoples:

A Valentines Day Special!

Ancient Love Poetry

Since it’s Valentines Day we thought we’d show our appreciation of your support by showing you some examples of ancient love poetry! While Valentines Day was not celebrated by the Ancients, the noble art of love expressed through poetry was alive and well.

Ancient Egypt

My one, the sister without peer,

The handsomest of all!

She looks like the rising morning star

At the start of a happy year.

Shining bright, fair of skin,

Lovely the look of her eyes,

Sweet the speech of her lips,

She has not a word too much.

Upright neck, shining breast,

Hair true lapis lazuli;

Arms surpassing gold,

Fingers like lotus buds.

Heavy thighs, narrow waist,

Her legs parade her beauty;

With graceful step she treads the ground,

Captures my heart by her movements.

She causes all men’s necks

To turn about to see her;

Joy has he whom she embraces,

He is like the first of men!

When she steps outside she seems

Like that the Sun!

From Papyrus Chester Beatty I

Ancient Rome

Lovers all are soldiers, and Cupid has his campaigns:
I tell you, Atticus, lovers all are soldiers.
Youth is fit for war, and also fit for Venus.
Imagine an aged soldier, an elderly lover!
A general looks for spirit in his brave soldiery;
a pretty girl wants spirit in her companion.
Both stay up all night long, and each sleeps on the ground;
one guards his mistress’s doorway, one his general’s.
The soldier’s lot requires far journeys; send his girl,
the zealous lover will follow her anywhere.
He’ll cross the glowering mountains, the rivers swollen with storm;
he’ll tread a pathway through the heaped-up snows;
and never whine of raging Eurus when he sets sail
or wait for stars propitious for his voyage.
Who but lovers and soldiers endure the chill of night,
and blizzards interspersed with driving rain?
The soldier reconnoitres among the dangerous foe; the lover spies to learn his rival’s plans.

Excerpt from Ovid “Love and War” (AD 17-43)

Ancient Greece

Some there are who say that the fairest thing seen

on the black earth is an array of horsemen

some, men marching; some would say ships: but I say
She whom one loves best is the loveliest.

Light were the work to make this plain to all,
since she, who surpassed in beauty all mortality,
Helen, once forsaking her lordly husband,

fled away to Troy-land across the water.
Not the thought of child or beloved parents
was remembered, after the Queen of Cyprus
won her at first sight.

Since young brides have hearts that can be persuaded
easily, light things, palpitate to passion
as am I, remembering Anaktoria
who has gone from me

and whose lovely walk and the shining pallor
of her face I would rather see before my
eyes that Lydis’s chariots in all their glory
armoured for battle.

Written by Sappho of Lesbos

Ancient China

Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.

Ancient Chinese Proverb

Ancient Sumer

“My dearest, my dearest, my dearest, my darling,

My darling, my honey of her own mother,

My sappy vine, my honey-sweet,

My honey-mouthed of her mother!

“The gazing of your eyes is pleasant to me;

Come my beloved sister.

The speaking of your mouth is pleasant to me,

My honey-mouthed of her mother.

The kissing of your lips is pleasant to me;

Come my beloved sister.

“My sister, the beer of your barley is good,

My honey-mouthed of her mother.

The sale of your beer-bread is good;

Come my beloved sister.

“My desirable one, my desirable one,

Your charms are lovely,

My desirable apple garden,

Your charms are lovely.

My fruitful garden of mes trees,

Your charms are lovely,

My one who is in himself Dumuzid-abzu,

Your charms are lovely.

My holy statuette, my holy statuette,

Your charms are lovely.

My alabaster statuette adorned with a lapis-lazuli jewel,

Your charms are lovely.”

Extract from the “Song of Songs”

Same Shirt, Different Day: Periodic Table of Super Elements!

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:37:09 +0000

Same Shirt, Different Day: Periodic Table of Super Elements!:

markct:

Putting this back out there because… Ya know… I had some support from the tumblr crowd.

About one year ago I was in my classroom looking at the Periodic Table I had hanging. Needless to say I was not impressed with it. Lots of numbers and letters and nothing to smack me in the face and say I AM…

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Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:53:39 +0000

pbsparents: BRILLIANT. Source: teach-from-the-heart.blogspot.com...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:07:08 +0000

pbsparents:

BRILLIANT.

Source: teach-from-the-heart.blogspot.com/

lohrien: Illustrations by Jasmin Darnell dA l tumblr

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:16:54 +0000

lohrien:

Illustrations by Jasmin Darnell dA l tumblr

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Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:53:19 +0000

delladilly: my first copy of the queen of attolia literally...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:52:31 +0000

delladilly:

my first copy of the queen of attolia literally fell apart several years ago and i kept all the pieces because you don’t just throw books out

but then i made it into shoes

bbcmirandaofficial: Are you ready? Miranda Episode 5 is on BBC...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:50:06 +0000

bbcmirandaofficial:

Are you ready? Miranda Episode 5 is on BBC One in just a moment! Get ready with your fruit friends!

GARRRRY

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Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:48:19 +0000

student2teacher: A classroom timeline to help children remember...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:46:57 +0000

student2teacher:

A classroom timeline to help children remember important events that happened throughout the year.

What a wonderful idea and a great classroom decoration. I will definitely do something like this.

teachmyworld: Such a great idea for all you History teachers...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:46:15 +0000

teachmyworld:

Such a great idea for all you History teachers out there!

Love it!

teachmyworld: Really good idea to add into a Language Arts...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:33:49 +0000

teachmyworld:

Really good idea to add into a Language Arts classroom. Great student interaction!