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Visualizing History: Interacting with the Past through AI and Design
How can we help students move beyond the "memorization" of history and instead feel the "emotion" of a period? In this two-period lesson design, my students explored the annexation of Korea by Imperi…
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Remixing History: Creating Modern "Wind & Thunder God" Collages
Overview How can we make 400-year-old art feel alive to Gen Z? In this lesson, students dive into the Genroku Culture of Japan by remixing Tawaraya Sotatsu’s iconic "Wind God and Thunder God" screens…
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From Historical Inquiry to Digital Art: Creative Copywriting with Keynote
Reframing the Heian Period: Student-Led Output through Creative Copywriting In my 11th-grade Japanese History inquiry class, I designed a two-period unit focused on synthesizing our study of the Heia…
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7 Customizable Timeline Templates in Pages: Download and Go
Use these timeline templates to help students organize information visually, understand sequences, and enhance critical thinking across a variety of subject areas. Timelines are perfect for visually …
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World Map Shapes in Keynote
This resource includes shapes of individual world countries created by using Keynote on the Mac (the draw with pen shapes tool is amazing!). They are on each slide by continent or region. If you're a…
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My Keynote Maths Story Map
Here in Aotearoa, New Zealand we are in Term 4. My Year 2 and 3 students have been revisiting directions and positional language for some of our maths learning. We are also strengthening our "maths l…
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Learning with iPad - Using 'Art' to explore History
Context Empathy for events and more importantly people in historical or even current events helps us appreciate those moments and actions more. Through drawing and narrating the characters and settin…
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Create & Customize Maps in Numbers
Creating a digital map offers several advantages when connecting geography with history. With a digital map, students can drag and drop elements, making the activity more interactive and engaging. It…
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Historical Figure Profiles in Freeform
Two of our social studies teachers have loved using Freeform in their classrooms to have students create and share profiles of historical figures/cultures on their iPads. I originally created and sha…
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Learning with iPad - "Blast from the Past" - hearing stories from people in history
Context I always wished that I could make historical personalities or murals come alive. Would it not be great to have that "Harry Potter" magical moment where the walls, or a picture comes to live…
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Challenge: Commemorate and amplify history’s underrepresented stories
CommemoratingHeritage months broadens the scope of student historical knowledge, adds to the picture of our past and provides an understanding of the richness and historical influences of our diverse…
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SwiftTrailblazers: Students Code Black Tech History
Transform Black History Month into an engaging coding experience! Using Swift Playgrounds' "All About Me" template, students create interactive app prototypes highlighting African American technology…
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Literacy Learning - Keynote, Word Art & Animation
Word Art is another inroad to literacy learning. There are a number of amazing posts in this Apple Education Community that show how Apple Tools can support literacy. (Search “literacy” in the top r…
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Black History Month 2026 Project: Commemoration, Preservation, Impact (Grades 4–6)
This year, Black History Month marks 100 years of national Black history commemorations, and I wanted to create a project that moved beyond isolated biographies and instead asked students to explore …
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Explain your Reasoning: Use Notes and Screen Recording
#OPSProud Co-authored with Nicole Aune and Marni Driessen This activity allows students to explain their written work using the Notes and Screen Recording apps. By recording themselves as they descri…
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Fireworks! - Keynote Builds For a New Year’s Start
Our students finish up first semester exams this week before heading off for a winter break.As we head back to school right after the New Year it might be time to set off some fireworks. If you tea…
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Out of the Blue - Researching with Freeform
Airships, a story, primary sources…and a historic fabrication! In history classes you never know where the research rabbit hole will lead. Therefore a habit of mine, when creating history content, i…
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A Magazine of Multiple Perspectives: The Industrial Revolution
In this project, students will step into the world of the Industrial Revolution by creating a magazine that captures the diverse perspectives and lived experiences of the era. Through a combination o…
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MANIA Madness - History Told in Emojis
I previously implemented an engaging activity in my US History class that uses emojis to help students summarize the causes of World War I (MANIA). This approach combines creativity with technology, …
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Who's Who Book
Project Description – “Who's Who: The #1 NAMS Best-Selling Series” In this Middle School Social Studies project, students will select a historical topic or figure and research it in depth. Using thei…
