The History Teacher’s Joke Book
Reviews:
“A perfect gift for your history teacher.”
“Love this book. Very good for my students”
“That’s what I loved about
Mr. Di Giacomo’s class: those awful jokes. LOL.”
ISBN-13: 978-0985300685
Description: 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!
A sample of the torture in store for your students:
Danny: “I like the mammals in Tasmania.”
Annie: “You devil, you!”
Research has shown that humor increases student attentiveness and engagement in learning. This book has been used as assigned reading in college social studies methods classes.
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!”
Table of Contents:
1. Geography
2. World History
3. Famous Flubs
4. Career Day
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