History Teacher's Joke Book - Softcover

Di Giacomo, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098530068X ISBN 13: 9780985300685

Publisher: Magnifico Publications, 2016

Synopsis

This book is a joke book for social studies teachers to help add a little excitement to your classes and help students to have fun with history. It contains corny geography puns and wonderfully bad history jokes. The final chapter contains notable flubs that students have made in class. This book is guaranteed to keep you and your students rolling in the aisles! It has been used by teachers across the country and even in teacher training courses in universities.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Di Giacomo graduated from San Jose State University with a B.A. in Ancient and Medieval history, a B.A. in Social Science and an M.A. in American History. He has been a teacher for over 20 years and has taught in a variety of schools from private and continuation schools to public high schools. He has taught everything from at risk and limited English students to honors and college preparatory classes. The subjects he has taught include U.S. and World History, Government, Economics, Bible and Ethics, History of the Cold War, and Contemporary World History. He has been a reviewer and contributor to textbooks, and a frequent presenter at social studies conferences on the use of simulations, videos, and computers in education. Rich's love for role-playing and strategy games led him to develop his role-playing simulations. He has also written books on renaissance explorers, California Indians, history movies, humor, and ELL instruction. Teachers enjoy his books because they are written by a teacher for other teachers. Students like the activities contained in them because they are interesting, challenging, fun, and very different from traditional instructional methods.

From the Back Cover

A sample of the torture in store for your students:
Danny: "I like the mammals in Tasmania."
Annie: "You devil, you!"
Maureen: "Did you get to see much of Virginia?"
Doreen: "No, Chesapeake."

Ed: "What do you do if your food store flops in India?"
Fred: "Open a New Delhi."

Teacher: "Sometimes pharaohs died quite young."
Student: "Tut, tut, what a shame!"

Apollo: "Which ancient battle had the best lunch meat?"
Vulcan: "The Battle of Salamis."

Teacher: "Can an obscure figure from a small Mediterranean island become the Emperor of all France?"
Class: "Of Corsican!"

Teacher: "Why did Theodore Roosevelt drop out of politics?"
Smart Alec: "Because Teddy could bear no more."

Teacher: "What was the British response to the German trenches in WWI?
Pupil: "Tanks a lot!"

Mitch: "Why does the Dalai Lama go to Las Vegas?"
Rich: "He loves Tibet!"

Edition details

• Publisher: Magnifico Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 098530068X
• ISBN 13: 9780985300685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58