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Title List>Political Theories for Students>Comparison Table of Political Theories I like this table comparing different political theories. I could easily use this in my government class. The chart itself was easy to understand and gave good information that was easy to find. Search I searched for World War II. This was a very general topic, but I think this is how students usually search. Under World War II, I found a variety of things: WWII Nurses, National War Labor Board, and other more general World War II information. The nurses topic gave me interesting information that I may not have looked for or even known about. When I clicked on the article I found PRIMARY SOURCES (!): pictures and eyewitness accounts. The National War Labor Board topic gave a short article (the perfect size for high school students). I liked that the MLA citation was displayed at the bottom of the article for easy student use. Under the general World War II topic, I looked at the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History. This is where I “listened.” I liked that it highlighted the words as it read. I also liked the option to Download MP3 and Download PDF to eReader. When I looked into my colleagues’ blogs, I saw that they enjoyed the listening function too. One pointed out, however that the voice was a little robotic. This is true, but if a student needs it read to them I think the voice is fine. ~Common Core~ Under education, I searched Critical Thinking. (I noticed, and liked, that as I was typing this in it started pulling up related ideas like “critical thinking skills” and “thinking critically.” I came upon an article about “Classroom Questions.” In the article, they discussed they types of questions that can be asked and the purpose of asking questions in the classroom. Common Core Standard 11-12.RH.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole. When looking at a primary source, students need to have the right questions. They need to look at the source and answer the basic questions and then think more deeply on the material and get some kind of connection to what they are supposed to be getting out of this.