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How
History Solutions Works:
Our goal is to make it simple for schools to subscribe to History
Solutions, and then to make it easy to introduce our simulations and
lessons to students in the classroom. We will constantly be looking
for feedback and advice to improve our systems. For information
on technology and HistorySolutions, click
here.
Registration:
Fax and Mail registration
is now available! This is how registration works:
- 1st:
You need to choose the type of membership (Full School Membership
or Classroom Membership). See our Join Page
for descriptions of these types of memberships.
- 2nd:
You will fill out a simple registration
form. On this form, you will choose your own "Administrator"
Login and Password. These are used by school administrators, teachers,
or parents. They are never given out to students. You also pick
a unique "School Abbreviation" ... more on that later.
- 3rd:
Then you can purchase your membership via credit card, check,
or money order by simply printing the form and mailing to: History
Solutions, Inc., 407 Main St., Chatham, NJ 07928 or by fax at
973-701-6774.
- 4th:
Once your payment is received, it takes us 3 - 5 days to set up
your account. When the account is ready, we will email instructions
on how to proceed. It's that simple!
Classroom
Setup: This is how History Solutions will work in your classroom
(once you register, you will receive an automatic email from us
explaining this process):
- 1st:
To begin, you login at History Solutions and "register" your teachers.
This is extremely easy: all you do is type in the teacher name
and his or her email address (so they can receive student work
by email). This should take you less than 5 minutes.
- 2nd:
Your school will have its own unique URL for History Solutions.
Remember that unique "School Abbreviation" you selected when joining?
That is used to create your School URL. For example, let's
say your school is named Robert High School and you chose "RHS"
as your School Abbreviation. Then your students will go to the
following School URL to begin: http://www.historysolutions.com/RHS
- 3rd:
Have your teachers Login (using your Administrator Login ID/Password)
and review our simulations and lessons. They will need some time
to look them over and decide which ones they want to introduce
to their students.
- 4th:
When a teacher is ready, he or she tells their students to go
to the School URL. On that page, a student personally registers
(the student selects his or her own Login ID/Password). The student
then goes to the "Unit" that the teacher told them to review (for
example: "The Road to Revolution"). The student begins with the
"Historical Simulation" and moves through the other lessons. If
the student doesn't finish, then they can login at home (!) and
finish the assignment as homework. This is just one of the real
strengths of History Solutions -- by individually tracking and
SAVING student work, teachers are not restricted to only assigning
work during class time.
Important Notes:
- In each Unit,
the first lesson is always called "Setup" ... on this page, the
student must select which teacher will receive his or her work
by email. The student simply selects the teacher's name from a
drop down box! The student does not have access to the teacher's
email address (see #1 above under "Classroom Setup").
- Do you want
students to skip certain lessons? Just tell them to do so! There
is no reason for them to complete every lesson in a Unit unless
you want them to ... you decide what is best for your classroom.
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