Comments on: Final Exam Question For The World History Class I Don’t Teach /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/ less helpful Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Teaching/Being the Worst First Year Teacher Ever « Maximize Interest /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-496921 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:18:54 +0000 /?p=837#comment-496921 […] that got me inspired to do a blog in the first place.  Again, blog blog bloggedy blog.  Also, Dan Meyer was reading Marginal Revolution back in 2008.  Guy continues to […]

]]> By: On Our Minds @ Scholastic » Laughs from the blogosphere /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-302067 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:10:49 +0000 /?p=837#comment-302067 […] to Dan Meyer for giving me my daily chuckle…from a World History exam given at his school: Q. You are […]

]]> By: ken /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-116337 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:12:01 +0000 /?p=837#comment-116337 You are unexpectedly transported to PHILADELPHIA in the year 2008 AD with what you are wearing, what you know, A NEW WIFE, and nothing else. What challenges do you face? Specifically, how do you survive?

Send answer to either:

1. SLA
2. Springfield High School, Montgomery County, PA

]]> By: Sarah Trabucchi /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-116309 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:13:42 +0000 /?p=837#comment-116309 best. answer. ever.
truly.

]]> By: Paul B /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-114679 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:37:03 +0000 /?p=837#comment-114679 My favorite exam question was a final in a course on global climate change. The course covered 4.5 billion years (not at all about anthropogenic global warming). The question?

Is the earth alive?

Four freakin words! I had to write 3 hours on this topic using thermodynamics for God’s sake.

Stay tuned. I’ll give up my answer for cookies.

]]> By: Q /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-114587 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:14:39 +0000 /?p=837#comment-114587 Great question! I’ve got a few term paper/group project ideas along these lines. I’m inclined to use more traditional (but well designed) questions for exams, though.

]]> By: Benjamin Baxter /2008/final-exam-question-for-the-world-history-class-i-dont-teach/#comment-114549 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:57:56 +0000 /?p=837#comment-114549 Hah! Well played, sir. Well played.

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