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YouTube is a fantastic resource for schools to teach content and for students to learn content. For pretty much any topic you can think of, someone has made a video explaining it (which I greatly appreciate when I have had to replace parts in my clothes dryer three times in the last few years).

The same thing is true for social studies. YouTube hosts thousands of educational videos on history, politics, geography, and more. Some are created by talented teachers sharing their classroom creations with the world, while others are made by companies, museums, and more.

Recently I had the chance to curate a list of YouTube channels for a social studies inservice I was leading. Below are 20 of the channels I found that are worth checking out for your classroom if you teach social studies. I am sure there are many more channels beyond what I have listed, so I would love to hear about others. Please use the comments section at the bottom to share links to your favorite YouTube channel or playlist for social studies.

Hip Hughes History - https://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV
Educator Keith Hughes covers US History, politics, World History, and more.

Mr. Beat's Social Studies Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat
Mr. Beat is a teacher who creates videos about history, with many of them incorporating music and song.

History Teachers - https://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers
Although no longer making new videos, this channel has a wonderful collection of music video parodies that teach history (and are actually good).

Tom for America - https://www.youtube.com/user/tomforamerica
Educator Tom Richey provides history lectures for AP US History and AP European History.

That Was History - https://www.youtube.com/user/YaBigFreak
Cliff Langston and Jeremy Payne provide educational videos on topics including This Day In History, History Rewrite (Alternate History), History Deja Vu, and "top lists" to rank events from history.

AlternateHistoryHub - https://www.youtube.com/user/AlternateHistoryHub
This channel investigates the 'What If?" of history, using knowledge of geography, population and other historical facts to see what could have happened if events changed.

CrashCourse - https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Videos on a wide range of topics including World History, US History, US Government, Politics, and Economics, as well as topics outside of social studies.

TED-Ed - https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation
TED-Ed creates excellent animated videos on a wide range of topics, including many that align with social studies.

Khan Academy - https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy
Khan Academy produces instructional videos on a wide range of subjects, including many that address social studies topics.

Extra History - Playlist link
Although the channel focuses on gaming, they have a massive playlist of animated videos for teaching a wide variety of history topics.

Biography Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/BiographyChannel
Thousands of video biographies on famous people.

Geography Now - https://www.youtube.com/user/GeographyNow
This channel aims to provide a video profile for every single country in the world.

The Great War - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar
Educational videos detailing the history of the First World War in the four years from 1914 to 1918.

Associated Press - https://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress
Daily breaking news and current events in politics, entertainment, sports, and more.

Seeker Daily - https://www.youtube.com/user/TestTubeNetwork
Videos on politics, society, life, and news.

US National Archives - https://www.youtube.com/user/usnationalarchives
Primary source historical videos from the US National Archives.

American President - https://www.youtube.com/user/MCamericanpresident
A video collection of presidential speeches and addresses.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - https://www.youtube.com/user/ushmm
Videos produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The Choices Program - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChoicesProgram
Video resources on historical and current international issues from the Choices for the 21st Century Education Program at Brown University.

CGP Grey - https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey
Q and A videos on a wide variety of topics, with many related to social studies, politics, and history.

For more YouTube resources, see my page here: http://www.controlaltachieve.com/p/resources-youtube.html

Please use the comments section at the bottom to share links to your favorite YouTube channel or playlist for social studies.

Post by Eric Curts. Connect with Eric on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1

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Stop stressing over the idea of creating an infographic - it's not as difficult as it seems.

Believe it or not, you can make an infographic in 5 steps. All you need are the right tools plus an easy-to-follow guide. As long as you have these down, your infographic strategy is on the right track.
Here's a short selection of 8 easy-to-edit infographic templates you can edit, share and download with Visme. View more templates below:
Before we start, here's a quick overview of the sections.

Set a goal and choose an infographic type

Plan and create the content

Organize and visualize your data

Choose a template or a set of content blocks

Add engaging design elements

Below is an infographic with the five steps, just to show you that you can pretty much create one from any type of information. It's just a matter of visualizing engaging content for the reader.

Table of Contents

1. Set a Goal and Choose an Infographic Type

Before you do anything towards designing an infographic, you need to know why you're doing it in the first place. Adding infographics to your content marketing strategy isn't just about aesthetics; it's about the communication you're creating with your readers.

What would you like them to gain from seeing your infographic? How would you want them to react to it? What value will your infographic add to their lives?

Start by setting attainable goals for your infographic design. If you don't know what you want the results to be, you'll have difficulty putting it all together into a cohesive infographic design.

Use a SMART goals approach to pinpoint what you wish to achieve:

Specific: I want my infographic to inform the reader about the positive rise in remote working.

Measurable: My infographic will inspire businesses to embrace remote possibilities for workers.

Achievable: I will distribute my infographic on a blog, social media, and outreach strategies.

Relevant: The data in my infographic is less than six months old.

Time-Bound: I must publish my infographic in two weeks.

Use this SMART goals template to draft these ideas out with your team.

Define your infographic's purpose.

A big part of setting goals is to define a purpose.

For example, will it be part of a blog post, or are you planning on distributing only on social media? Is the purpose of the infographic to be informational or purely entertaining? If informative, is it an academic infographic, or a corporate or casual one?

Maybe your infographic is part of an annual report or training manual. If so, it'll need to match the rest of the design, both in visual composition and tone. Not to mention, branding qualities like color and font must be the same as the other pages.

Is the purpose of your infographic to print, laminate and put up on the wall of the employee restroom? Or maybe it's meant for an event booth where you'll hang up posters. Are you creating the infographic fully immersive as a scrolling web page?

Now is the time to make these decisions.

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Select an aspect ratio and file type.

According to the purpose of your infographic, you'll need to select an aspect ratio and final output. As you might already know, vertical infographics are not the only option. Their square, horizontal and multipage counterparts are quickly growing in favor, mostly on social media.

Not to mention all the other places where infographics make appearances like proposals, onboarding documents, school bathrooms and more.

Aspect Ratio

The first decision is the aspect ratio. Here are your options and where their use is most suited.

Vertical: Blog posts, Instagram Stories, TikTok, Pinterest, infographic curation sites, printed event posters, magazines, interactive websites and documents. Vertical can be as tall as you want, depending on the final output.

Square: Blog posts, social media posts, Instagram carousels and documents.

Horizontal: Blog posts, presentations, videos, printed postcards, billboards, printed posters and documents.

File Type

The final output is all about the file type of your finished infographic. Select the option that makes the most sense with your goal and purpose. Here are your options and use cases.

Image: Download as an image if you plan to include the infographic in a blog post or document. As an image, JPEG or PNG, an infographic will be static and have no interactive elements.

PDF: You'll only really need a PDF if you plan on printing the final design. But ask your printers first, as they might just want an image.

Carousel or Multi-Page: If your infographic is a carousel or multipage, download a zip file of each slide as an image or share via a live link with Visme.

Video: Infographic videos are usually horizontal or sometimes square. They're downloaded as .mp4 and uploaded to your website or YouTube.

Interactive: Interactive infographics are best shared as a live link or embedded into your website. If your infographic is a page on its own, download it as an HMTL5 and include it on your website.

Here's an example of an interactive infographic embedded into the page. This technique is easy, and it's the best solution when sharing live data or if you might need to make a change in the near future. You could say it's the most agile way of making infographics.

Choose an infographic type.

Next up, it's time to decide on exactly what type of infographic you'll be making.

This choice is all about the content; assess accordingly to pick the perfect one. Combine with the selected aspect ratio and final output, and you've got a winning infographic.

In this section, we'll take a look at some of the most common infographic content types you can create with Visme.

If you prefer to watch rather than read, here's a video where Mike from Visme sums up the different types and shows examples of each.

Informational

The informational infographic is the most common and versatile for blogs and social media purposes. There are various ways to compose an informational infographic, depending on the content.

It could be a list, a collection of information blocks that repeat visually or a highly interactive composition of bite-sized content.

Here's an informational infographic template you can use:

Statistical

The second most common type of infographic is statistical or multi-chart. These are infographics with layouts that include information made up of numerical data. The combination is usually any mix of pie charts, arrays and data widgets.

Here's an example of a statistical infographic template:

Mind Map

Use a mind map style infographic to share how you came up with an idea or teach others how to do it. This infographic content type is excellent for client proposals, academic research posters, and anything involving thought processes.

Here's a mind map template as an example:

List

The list infographic is easily one of the most common infographics out there, which is not surprising since it's so easy to make quickly. You know the listicle blog post and the listicle video? The list infographic is of the same family.

Below is an example of a list infographic template:

Timeline

If our Google Analytics is any inspiration, timelines are super popular!

They're also relatively easy to make. The trick to timeline infographics is to make sure each content piece is the same size in terms of word and character count; this way, it stays balanced.

Here's a timeline infographic template you can customize:

How-To

Every 'How To' blog post or guide deserves its own infographic. Select the perfect combination of icons to help visualize the steps in a fun and interesting way. How-to infographics are an excellent option for interactivity as well.

Here's an example of a how-to infographic template:

Process

There are so many uses for a process infographic, from training guides to explainer videos. Adding animation and interactivity can take a process infographic to the next level. Use icons and lines or the Visme flowchart tool.

Below is an example of a process infographic template:

Comparison

Are you looking for an infographic to help you visually compare data sets? Great comparison infographics are the ones that have apparent differences and an organized layout - an exceptional option for review sites that publish comparisons between products.

Here's a comparison infographic template as an example:

Geographical

The geographical infographic isn't as common as others but is still quite practical for visualizing choropleth maps with all sorts of data. You can also use a map infographic to show location concepts from large regions to smaller country areas.

Here's an example of a geographical infographic template:

Flowchart

Visme Flowchart infographics use our flowchart maker, an intuitive tool that grows with your content. The different shapes are customizable, and the lines are mobile even once connected to a shape.

Here's a flowchart infographic template you can use right away:

Hierarchical

Hierarchical infographics are ideal for visualizing information with a size or importance decrease or increase. For example, food and nutrition charts or sales funnel explanations.

Use this type of infographic with a pyramid or cone chart to optimize hierarchy. Here's an example of a hierarchical infographic template.

Single Chart

Single chart infographics are smaller than regular infographics and include only one chart. These are ideal for visualizing a simple data set with a bar graph, pie chart, line chart, map or radar chart.

Include a legend for easy visualizing. Single chart infographics are also great for sharing bite-sized data on social media. You can also create them from longer infographics.

Anatomical

An anatomical infographic is all about describing the essential features of a person, object or idea.

The central element is surrounded by shapes and lines, including the content for each feature. This style of infographic is more creative than others.

Here's an anatomy infographic template you can use:

Organizational Charts

Organizational charts are essential in business building and planning.

A branded organizational chart can be included in the About Us page of your website, an annual report or a pitch deck to get funding. Use attractive images of your team to make it personal.

2. Plan and Create the Content

With step 1 complete, it's time to plan and create the content for your infographic. According to your strategic planning and goal setting, you selected a type of infographic to make. Align your content with the purpose and overall layout of the infographic.

For example, if you chose a timeline infographic, set up the content in chronological order. If you're creating a statistical infographic, it's essential to outline the data and content in their proper order and sections. Let's look a bit deeper.

Create an outline that matches the infographic style.

The best way to start writing the content is an overview outline. Create this outline following the infographic style you chose. Take a look at the example infographics to analyze how the visuals work and set up the content to match.

When writing infographic copy, use strategies to make the message easy to grasp with the least words possible. Infographics are not the place to get wordy or overzealous with vocabulary.

Use the KISS method and "Keep It Simple, Stupid!"

Create clusters from the main outline.

Infographics have sections; that's why they're easier to read. Most people will skim an infographic rather than read it. In general, infographics are not detailed data visualizations with deep data sets that you need a legend to understand. Keep it simple! (remember, KISS).

Use the outline as a guide to separate the content into clusters. Try to keep the word and character count even; that way, you won't end up with a huge text box next to a tiny one, throwing the infographic design off balance.

Take note of where you can add data visualizations.

As you create your content clusters, look for opportunities to use data visualization.

A spreadsheet with data is a clear indicator that you could turn that into some type of chart. But what about percentages, comparisons, and statistical snippets? Those can all be visual.

Take note of your content where you can take advantage of this tool.

3. Organize and Visualize Your Data

Content and data are different, yet you can visualize both. For example, a list can be content blocks with icons and colored numbers. Similarly, statistical snippets make for great data widgets.

Let's take a look at all your options below.

Bonus: Watch this video to understand how data visualizations work and help tell stories visually.

Select the best data visualization types for your content.

Choosing between a line graph or a pie chart - or many others - depends on the kind of data you have on hand.

You have various data visualization options when you create an infographic with Visme. Here's an infographic summarizing all the charts and graphs available in our editor.

Let's take a closer look at each one and when to use it:

Dual Charts

A dual chart combines a line chart and a bar graph.

This combination chart enables you to visualize two data sets that change over time and compare their differences. Color the dual chart with contrasting colors.

Radar Chart

The radar chart is a circular grid where you can plot one or more data series.

For example, the aspects of a group of restaurants, service, food flavor, ambiance and location - each plotted on a point in the radials.

Cone Chart

The main reason to use a cone chart is to visualize hierarchical data or a hierarchical flow.

For example, you can visualize numerical data from largest to smallest or a process that diminishes in size or importance as it progresses.

Pie Chart

Pie charts are perfect for comparing parts of a whole, most commonly percentages. The thing about pie charts, though, is that the data should differ enough, so it's easy to understand.

For example, if the data includes three values, 28%, 32%, and 40%, the wedges will look too similar to each other.

Line Chart

A line chart is ideal for comparing changes over time, even with minor variations.

They're also helpful in comparing differences between groups with lines in different colors. This is a perfect opportunity to KISS (keep it simple, stupid).

Bar Graph

Use bar graphs to show changes over time, but it will make more sense when the variations are large and more evident (use a line chart for smaller variations).

Bar graphs also help compare statistics between different groups.

Data Widgets

A data widget is a small visualization for data that stands alone, for example, percentages and parts of a whole unit. These are perfect for statistical, informational, multi-chart, single chart and minimal data visualization infographics.

Arrays

A data array is a visualization using icons of two different denominations.

The comparison is between two or three groups. Each group is color-coded, and each icon represents a full amount. Include a legend for better understanding.

Maps

Maps are a great addition to an infographic when any information has to do with location or geographic data.

Choose from continents to countries to regions and color code the map to match the rest of your design. A map data visualization can be part of an informational infographic or used on its own.

Venn Diagrams

Use a Venn diagram to compare groups and visualize what they have in common and what they don't.

Generally, Venn diagrams are created with circles but can also have ovals, triangles or elaborate designs. The data has two groups but can have as many as 6 or 8. A simple diagram fits well in a large infographic or on its own.

Tables

Including tables in an infographic isn't very common, but they can help if you're comparing a list of features or maybe a short pricing table.

Use the integrated Visme tables with formatting and layout options or create your own using shapes, lines and formatted text. Make sure to complete the table in a way that matches the rest of the infographic.

Mind Map

Mind maps make for great infographics inside blog posts because they help readers understand the content better. These visualizations are the best for conceptual content with no numerical data or blog posts about how to do things, create processes or brainstorm ideas.

Visualizing your content as a mind map can take many forms, from bubble maps to brace charts. These are also called graphic organizers, and their best use is as their own infographic or as part of a creative, informational infographic.

This video walks you through all the types available.

4. Choose a Template to Start With

Now that you know what type of infographic you want to create, it's time to figure out the technicalities. Browse the template gallery for the style you need.

Additionally, here are some things you can do to make sure you choose the right infographic template to start with:

Look for inspiration.

When you're not sure what you'll like your infographic to look like, looking at inspiration is a great help.

The templates in this article are a great place to start, but you can also look on Pinterest, infographic curation sites and Behance. The video below also has tons of inspiration to give you some ideas.

Choose an infographic template.

The most straightforward way to create infographics is to use a template. Sometimes it's the templates themselves that give you the idea for an infographic in the first place.

Other times you have the idea, and you just need a template to start. The most important thing to remember is that you can either stick to the layout a template offers or customize it.

Visme templates are 100% customizable and include a draggable bar at the bottom that helps you make the infographic longer or shorter according to your content.

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Use Visme's ready-made content blocks.

Aside from the ease of using templates, you also can use content blocks. Imagine a content gallery of pre-designed blocks that you can mix and match however you want on a blank infographic canvas.

The magic of Visme content blocks is that they're all in grayscale with basic fonts, so it's easy to apply your branding to all content blocks at once.

Here's a rundown of the Visme content blocks.

Headline

These are the essential headline designs for the topmost part of your infographic. There are different visual options.

Icons & Text

Icons & Text content blocks are perfect for visualizing small content clusters like on a list or informational infographic.

Images & Text

Try the images and text content blocks with creative image crops if you'd like to use images in your infographic.

Statistics & Figures

The statistics and figures content blocks are a variety of data widgets and small data visualizations, including percentages and gauges.

Charts & Graphs

This gallery section is all about data, including bar graphs and pie charts in different layouts and compositions.

Comparison

Comparison content blocks are perfect for informational infographics that need to visualize content side by side.

Diagrams

The content blocks with diagrams include pyramids, Venn diagrams and other visualizations to help you build an infographic.

Timelines

Timelines are great content blocks for small infographics in any aspect ratio, from vertical to multi-slide documents.

Process

This content block category is about processes and the flow of information from one step to the next.

Anatomicals

Anatomical infographic content blocks are a bit different from the others. These are all about describing the features of a person or object.

Maps

Geographical content blocks are next in a collection of ready-to-use layouts and compositions for your infographic.

Footer

The last section of the content block collection is the footer. It's here that you add your logo and information sources.

5. Add Engaging Design Elements

When your infographic has all the content it needs and is edited to the point of including only what's essential for relaying the message, it's time to make sure it's also visually appealing.

Adding design elements is important but requires a degree of consciousness that can be difficult for non-designers.

Here is a video with some tips that can help you understand the essential aspects of infographic design. These will help you make your infographic interesting and easy to understand.

A great way to get things right is to know what will make things go wrong and avoid them. As you can see below, errors like mistakenly chosen color palettes make text difficult to read.

Shapes.

Shapes are your best design tool when creating infographics. They help separate content and improve the flow from top to bottom.

There's also a more profound use to shapes, as they can impart feelings and thoughts to the viewer. Viewer perception is important, and shapes play a big part in that.

Check out this article detailing types of shapes and how they're used in graphic design.

Color Palette.

Choosing the colors for your infographic is all about contrast and legibility. The color palette must have one primary color and another to complement it.

Use two or three other colors to finish the color scheme. Contrast is indispensable for text over a background color or texture; the text must be easy to read and not hurt the eye to look at it.

You can use Visme's color palette generator to instantly create a color palette from an image that defines the mood or tone of your infographic. Here's a quick GIF showing how that works.

Fonts.

When creating infographics, the fonts you choose should support the content and data without distracting or taking away from the flow. Use no more than two fonts or variations of the same font.

Stay away from novelty fonts that are difficult to read, unless the content truly needs it. Don't use too many colors on the text and keep it balanced.

Here's an infographic showing some examples of great font pairs.

Icons.

Icons are the magic potion when it comes to infographics. They help visualize the story in the content, separate it into sections, create visual flow and help balance the design as a whole.

Use the same icon style throughout to maintain an ideal composition. For added visual depth, use 3D icons color-coded to match the design.

Animation & Interactivity

Have you considered creating an interactive infographic?

You can add all sorts of animated and interactive elements to your infographics in Visme, including links and popups, animated icons, characters and illustrations, videos, quizzes and GIFs.

Here's Mike showing you the best options for adding animation to your infographics.

Bonus: Tips to Improve Your Infographic Design

Making an infographic is as easy as the five steps outlined in this guide. But you also need to have good design. That's why we offer you so many templates in different styles to get you started.

If you still feel like you don't know about design enough to create an infographic, don't worry. With the design tips in the video and the list below, you'll be right on track to create a great infographic.

Avoid clutter.

There's nothing worse than a cluttered infographic - too much text mushed together, visuals without air to breathe and no space between titles and body text.

Yes, indeed, space on an infographic is usually limited, but part of that space needs to be empty areas, margins, spaces and what designers like to call "white space."

Again, here's Mike with lots of practical tips to help you figure it out.

Establish visual hierarchy.

Make sure that your infographic has a good visual hierarchy. The main title must have the largest text of the entire design, then the subtitle a bit smaller.

Here are some additional visual hierarchy principles to keep in mind:

Every section must follow a set of rules that you repeat throughout the design. These rules include the size of the section title, the size of the body text and the size of any icons or visuals.

Keep it balanced and ensure a flow to how the infographic reads.

Keep it on-brand.

If you're a business creating an infographic for marketing or internal communication purposes, it's critical to make sure your infographic is on-brand. If you're making the infographic for a client, then it's their brand that must be front and center.

Brand elements include the color palette, font pairing, brand icons, tone and voice. Don't forget to add your logo and website URL in the footer of your infographic.

Additionally, for SEO and readability purposes, when you add the infographic to your site, make sure to include your brand name in the file title and descriptive alt tags.

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How to Make an Infographic in 5 Easy Steps (2022 Guide)

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Wondering how to make an infographic that is informative and stands out? Here are 5 easy steps you need to follow. Templates, tips and examples included.

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History/Geography Lessons - Google Drive

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History/Geography Lessons - Google Drive

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Tons of Social Studies hyperdoc examples

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Please contact our #sschat co-leaders if you would like for us to help you promote a social studies-related chat.

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While educators can post on Twitter asynchronously using hashtags 24/7, there are a variety of moderated Twitter chats where people come together at the same time. The chart below contains information about those chats, and the bottom of the page has more information for Twitter beginners.

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‘Chocolate-covered broccoli:’ Instructor uses role-playing, video game to teach history | SOURCE

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‘Chocolate-covered broccoli:’ Instructor uses role-playing, video game to teach history | SOURCE

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Robert Jordan's digital history course at CSU is not like any other history class. First-time visitors might feel like they've landed in the wrong century.

Several groups of students, some dressed up as Vikings and Romans, are discussing maps and strategy in hushed voices. After listening to their empire's "national anthem" of Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling," each group takes turns going to the front of the classroom, where Jordan relays information from Sid Meier's Civilization V video game on his laptop. In a hushed circle around the screen, the instructor quietly tells each group about the newest developments in their virtual world and requests their next set of policy decisions.

"It looks like you have mountains with snowpack to your southeast," Jordan tells one group. "Also, your new laborer is ready to begin construction of a farm."

As unusual as it might seem, this kind of classroom environment is an exciting and effective way for students to engage with historical learning using role-playing and the latest digital simulations of living worlds. Jordan and a colleague from his graduate school days, Andrew Wilson, created the hybrid learning environment they call ImmerCiv through the synthesis of "gamified" roleplaying curriculum and the dynamic virtual environments of contemporary video games. Students in the upper-division course pretend to be citizens within a fictional ancient society controlled by the students' ability to work together as a functioning government.

Brings it to life

"I'm more excited to come to this class because I know we're going to do something different," says junior Brittney Zemlicka. "I didn't understand before that history can be more than a book. It's so much more by adding a digital component to it - I feel like it brings it to life in a way that makes you want to learn more about it."

Simulated inside the game environment, collective decisions by the student-run groups rapidly play out across centuries of time and across entire continents of historical space, so that the students can see the consequences of their actions.

"For a lot of students, this really does humanize history in a big way," Jordan says. "Students tell me they ended up doing more for this project than they would have for a traditional project, because it's fun. But they're also learning - it's like chocolate-covered broccoli."

Within this virtual society, the four groups of students each represent an ideology, and every student within a group has a certain occupation, such as scientist, soldier, politician, journalist, priest/priestess or banker. Each of the four ideologies - Totalitarians, Capitalists, Marxists, and Anarchists - have to make decisions on issues like warfare, trade, diplomacy, scientific research and the environment.

"They need to know their ideology and act accordingly, plus they need to know what the other groups are likely to do," Jordan says. "You may want to automatically attack a group and take what they have, but what if you're playing a pacifist?"

Historical insight

Since only Jordan is able to see what is happening in the game, the students make collective, collaborative decisions with limited - and at times biased - information, giving them an authentic and relatable impression of how mistakes were made in history.

"Are the barbarians in an encampment?" one student whispers to Jordan during another group huddle. "According to our ideology, I think we should just remain defensive."

Students have to do research outside the game scenario and are encouraged to continually seek out books, databases, archives and libraries for further information on a variety of historical subjects - which helps them "level up" their character's abilities used in ImmerCiv. Their eventual grade in the class depends in large part on their level of historical engagement. They can gain extra points by dressing in historical costumes, creating propaganda, and producing cultural works, all from their characters' historical perspectives.

"The game itself is very competitive - part of the motivation is certainly the desire by student groups to beat each other," Jordan says. "They're kind of holding up their cards and playing poker. Maybe one group is researching ironworks to gain a military advantage and doesn't want the other groups to know. The level of detailed understanding needed to succeed in the game compels students to learn everything from what they eat to how they talk."

Peer interaction

The game puts each student in a position to teach their peers and learn from them as well, giving the students a more active role in their own education and creating opportunities for growth as a leaders, communicators and negotiators. ImmerCiv effectively flips the classroom, as students research, write and deliver presentations.

"It really helps your social skills," Zemlicka says. "Our team even meets outside of class to brainstorm what we can do with the game."

"I definitely feel more connected to my classmates than I would in a normal history class," junior Allison Spontarelli adds.

They have their work assessed via student peer review before they come to class, by a "high council" that is led by a teaching assistant and an equal number of representatives from each group. While in class, they share their work and use their content knowledge to respond to the complex historical push-pull factors at play within the simulation. To "win" the game, students within each ideological group must rely on each other's expertise to collaboratively deal with the difficulties of gameplay factors while adhering to their ideological mindset.

A blast

"It definitely gets me more involved, because of the unconventional methods Dr. Jordan uses," Spontarelli says. "This class has been a blast."

The hybrid of a physical, digital and gamified classroom environment gives the students the chance to produce and critique each other's content produced for the game, learn a variety of digital and academic skills while advancing their character, develop nonteachable skills and learn collaboratively from one another, beyond traditional teaching methods.

"In this kind of learning environment, you're more able to identify and encourage qualities in students that you would never see otherwise," Jordan says. "Some of them really come out of their shells, growing as junior scholars and being able to see more clearly the connections between the past, the present and themselves."

The Department of History is in CSU's College of Liberal Arts.

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'Chocolate-covered broccoli:' Instructor uses role-playing, video game to teach history

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Robert Jordan's digital history course at CSU is not like any other history class.

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[Hyperdoc + Mini Breakout] Use Google Earth with your students

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Two Centuries of US Immigration Visualized -- Metrocosm

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Two Centuries of US Immigration Visualized -- Metrocosm

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This map shows everyone who immigrated to the United States between 1820 and 2013 (1 dot = 10,000 people).

The data is from the DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics and includes only people who attained permanent resident status. Most illegal immigration is not included.

Use the controls below the map to move back and forth in time or to pause / resume the animation.

For more info about this map and a list of data sources, see the full post: Here's Everyone Who Has Immigrated to the U.S. Since 1820.
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Two Centuries of US Immigration Vizualized

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Watch 200 years of U.S. immigration history in one animated map. Migration flows are visualized as colored dots, each one representing 10,000 people.

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Webstite Evaluation Hyperdoc (Shareable) - Google Docs

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Webstite Evaluation Hyperdoc (Shareable) - Google Docs

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Great Depression HyperDoc