Tag Archives: questioning/inquiry

Cultural Literacy: Saint George and the Dragon

Given the prevalence of its symbolism, particularly in Europe, I think this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Saint George and the Dragon ought to be able to find a home in most classrooms.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Kemal Ataturk

This Cultural Literacy worksheet on Kemal Ataturk is a nice introduction to the concept of modernising traditional societies, if teaching that sort of thing is in your wheelhouse.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Independent Practice: Sumer II

Here is the second of two (I posted the first two days ago, so it is just below this one) independent practice worksheets on Sumer.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Independent Practice: Sumer I

Today begins the final week of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019. In observation of this themed history month, Mark’s Text Terminal offers this independent practice worksheet on Sumer; it’s the first of two–the second one is just a couple of posts up the blog from this.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, May 24, 2019, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019 Week III: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on the Korean War

For week 4 of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019, Mark’s Text Terminal offers this reading on the Korean War with its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Mesopotamia

This Cultural Literacy worksheet on Mesopotamia would be useful in a number of lessons, I would think. Interestingly, as I was preparing this post yesterday, this item popped up in my Google news feed.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, May 17, 2019 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019 Week II: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on the Annexation of Hawaii

Is anybody else in need of respite from a hectic school year?

In any case, Mark’s Text Terminal offers this reading on the Annexation of Hawaii and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet in observation of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019. I appreciate the fact that the writers of this passage did not minimize the fact that this was an basic act of imperialist aggression.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Nirvana

On a Tuesday morning, let me put out this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Buddhist concept of Nirvana. Depending on whom you’re teaching, this might be high-interest material for teenagers who are fans of the rock band Nirvana.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, May 10, 2019, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019 Week I: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Confucianism

Continuing with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019, Mark’s Text Terminal offers this reading on Confucianism and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Hiroshima

In Mark’s Text Terminal’s ongoing observation of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Hiroshima and the tragedy one nuclear bomb visited on that city.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.