Frenchtown teacher Allen McCarty started a trend by sharing information about a PBS video on the Bozeman Trail. Then, Red Lodge teacher Steve Morris wrote in, sharing the unit he created around the video. And then I received this handy tip from Belgrade high school teacher Deb McLaughlin:
If someone wants to use the film on the Bozeman Trail they should check out the app Edpuzzle.com It is a wonderful teaching tool, and you can edit films. You can do about 5 films for free then the school has to buy a subscription, but well worth it with online and in-class situations.
I quickly browsed the Edpuzzle website, and it looks like a really useful tool: you can see if students watch the videos and add your own voice narration and questions. The website also promotes Edpuzzle's compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and GDPR laws (though of course you'll need to get your tech folks' approval if your school district doesn't already have an agreement.)
Thanks, Deb, for sending the link for this resource! Do you have one to share? Email it to me, and I'll share it out. Also, please complete our annual year-end survey, where I hope you'll share a no-fail lesson or favorite Montana history or IEFA resource. Need more incentive? I'm offering a prize to the eighteenth, twenty-eighth, thirty-eighth, and forty-eighth person to complete the survey.
Bozeman Trail
After sharing Steve's resources, I also received a note from Nikki Vradenberg at MontanaPBS saying that they worked on the Bozeman Trail documentary as well AND, more importantly, they have created a collection on PBS Learning Media with 1.5 to 8 minute clips from the film (plus support material/lesson plans) to make it easier to teach. (Clicking on a clip will take you to a page with both the video and links to the support material for that excerpt.)
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