Friends of Magnifico Publications. For history and social studies teachers and others interested in our publications. If you like simulations, historical movies, geography, or historical humor this group is for you.
Mission: High-quality, low cost activities for social studies teachers. We strive to make lesson plans that motivate students to be more actively engaged in Social Studies. If there is a unmet need for a work of curriculum, we write it!
My books are now available at Bookshop Santa Cruz, so if your looking for a gift try Tales of Time a short story anthology about time travel and alternate history, or Along the Rivers of Faith a multigenerational saga about a family in Ancient times. They also carry Ohlone Teacher Resource if you would like to know more about local Native people.
Exporting the French Revolution
The year is 1799. The Revolution has triumphed in France. The king and all of his supporters have been defeated. All of the enemies of the Revolution within France have been captured and eliminated. French armies are now turning outward to capture neighboring countries and spread the Revolution to t...
Escape the Reign of Terror!
Students play the role of émigrés trying to escape Revolutionary France. They must get out of Paris, out into the provinces, and across the borders with revolutionary agents trying to capture them at every stage! This is a lively game that gets them out of their seats and learning by being involve...
The Trial of The Shah of Iran Simulation
An interesting "What if?" exercise for your students. What if the United States had agreed to extradite the Shah of Iran to stand trial in his homeland? Students will play out the roles of the Iranian Revolutionary Council, attorneys, and witnesses for the prosecution and the defense. This alternate...
We have some new simulations on Teacherspayteachers.com. There is one on the Russian Revolution and the Italian unification movement. Soon there will be ones about the Revolutions of 1848 and the Fall of Communism. Psst, can you keep a secret? A whole new book of simulations may be on its way this year!
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Richard Di Giacomo will be appearing at the LocalLit 2018 authors’ fair at the King Library in San Jose on the Second Floor, Room 225.
Date & Time: Sunday, December 16, 2018 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
I will be talking about my book, Along the Rivers of Faith, a novel about multiple generations of a family who have to defend their faith from the time of Abraham until the Byzantine Empire.
We have sold 62 copies of the History Teacher's Joke Book in just this month! I guess a lot of kids are buying it for their teacher for Christmas!
Richard Di Giacomo will be presenting at The National Council for the Social Studies. Presentation #844: What Will Your Students Remember in Ten Years? A Simulation
Friday, November 17, 10:00 - 11:00 am
Room: , Moscone Center West, 800 Howard St., San Francisco
We have converted all of our books to paperback binding now and updated most of the covers with attractive artwork and layout. We have a few copies left of the old spiralbound editions of Creative Geography and the History Teacher's Movie Guide that are being deeply discounted. Same content, just different binding. Contact us if you are interested.
Many of our books can now be ordered from Books Inc.
We are now on Bookbub.com
Check out our discounted e-books!
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These simulations were recommended in the book, Essentials of Middle and Secondary Social Studies [2014] by William B. Russell, as an example of best practices in education. Russell says, "Di Giacomo has convincingly pointed out that simulation games provide real, authentic learning and that learnin...
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These simulations were recommended in the book, Essentials of Middle and Secondary Social Studies [2014] by William B. Russell, as an example of best practices in education. Russell says, "Di Giacomo has convincingly pointed out that simulation games provide real, authentic learning and that learnin...
https://www.facebook.com/richard.giacomo/posts/10154646665839323
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Our lesson plan "Historical Documentary Film Review" was given 4/4 stars by a customer on the Teachers Pay Teachers website. This is a free sample from our book, The History Teacher's Movie Guide. It is packed with teaching tips, movie reviews, and even a list of every historical movie ever made listed by era! You can get this and many other of our books at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com at a much lower cost than the print editions. (Don't use the link below it is the wrong website, but Facebook won't let me remove it).
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Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area is now available at the Harris-Lass House in Santa Clara.
The following Barnes & Noble bookstores will soon carry our book Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area: Redwood City, Hillsdale, Gilroy, San Bruno,El Cerrito, Blossom Hill, Eastridge, and Fairfield.
Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area will soon be available at the Barnes and Noble in Santa Clara.
Richard Di Giacomo will be a presenter at the 31st Annual Ohlone Day Celebration
Saturday, September 10 from 10 am to 4 pm at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park off Highway 9 in Felton, Ca. Come by and get a signed copy of one of his books!
Celebrate the Ohlone Peoples of the past, present and future at the 31st Annual Ohlone Day on Saturday, September 10th at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. You will see traditional dances and Ohlone demonstrators will share traditional basketry, songs, stories, tools, musical instruments, language and history. During this family-friendly event, visitors can throw an atlatl, play Ohlone games, find out how rocks were used to cook meals and much more!
Most of our titles are now available through Ingram and Baker & Taylor book distribution companies. If you don't see them in your local bookstore, ask and they can order them.
We have re-released our book about careers that use social studies skills with a fresh title and cover design. It is now available from Amazon as ISBN-13: 978-1535260145.
The new edition of Ohlone Teacher Resource is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1535368861/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=
This book contains: * Full color images of Ohlone sites, homes, tools, and historical paintings * Classroom activities * A complete list of places to visit to learn about the Ohlone * An extensive bibliography of Ohlone books, films, websites and CD-ROM s.
Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Ohlone Teacher's Resource are now being sold at the National Steinbeck Center and Downtown Book and Sound in Salinas.
Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area is now available at Towne Center Books in Pleasanton and Rakestraw Books in Danville.
Notre Dame de Namur University is going to use our book, Ohlone Teacher’s Resource as text book for a multicultural studies class this fall.
I am running a 10% off coupon on the site www.smashwords.com for
The History Teacher's Movie Guide: Choosing and Using the Right Films for Your Classroom.
The code is: MN53X
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Richard Di Giacomo's new book, U.S. HISTORY ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Age of Exploration–21st Century has been listed in the "new and notable" section of the socialstudies.com website.
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I will be at the Berkeley Historical Society booth at the Bay Area Book Festival this weekend, June 4 / 5 from 3-4 p.m. Come by and I will sign a copy of my book for you.
Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area is now available at the Carmel Mission.
Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area is now being sold at Laurel Books in Oakland, University Press Books in Berkeley, and the Bookshop in Hayward. If you don't see it in your local book store or library yet, please request it. Thanks.
A book signing session will be held at Railroad Book Depot
650 Railroad Ave.
Pittsburg, CA 94565 May 14, 2016
1:00 PM for Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Santa Clara Library recently added our book Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area to their collection. If you have the time, please put in a purchase request for it at your local library.
The newest version of our book U.S. HISTORY ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Age of Exploration–21st Century has just been released by Social Studies School Service. http://www.socialstudies.com/c/product.web?nocache%407+s%40jFYkBa1h_0ZXw+record%40TF47015
The following bookstores in San Francisco now carry our book, Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area: Bird & Beckett Books, Dog-eared Books, Alley Cat, Folio Books, and Alexander Book Company.
We have added movie reviews for Noah, Bridge of Spies, and Northmen: A Viking Saga to the website http://historymovieguide.com/
The book, Essentials of Middle and Secondary Social Studies [2014] by William B. Russell, recommends Richard Di Giacomo's simulations as an example of best practices in education. Russell says, "Di Giacomo has convincingly pointed out that simulation games provide real, authentic learning and that learning is most likely to occur when students are engaged in the material and, most importantly, when they get the chance to do something rather than simply passively receiving information. Simulation games involve students in active decision making and help them see the consequences of good and bad decisions."
Richard Di Giacomo will be presenting at the California Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference in Costa Mesa on Saturday, March 5, from 7:45-8:45 a.m. He will discuss how teachers can get their lesson plans published.
Historical Gems of the SFO Bay Area is now available at the following East Bay bookstores: Walden Pond Books, Diesel Books, and all three locations of Pegasus Books in Oakland, Berkeley, and Albany.
Our books, The Ohlone Teacher Resource and Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area are now available at the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine Museum.
Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area is now available for sale at the following fine historical sites:
Oakland Museum of California
The Winchester Mystery House
Wings of History Museum
Morgan Hill Historical Society
Fort Ross
The Haas-Lilienthal House
Sunnyvale Heritage Park
Hiller Aviation Museum
Monterey County Agricultural Life Museum
Red Oak Victory Ship
and the following bookstores:
Bell's Books of Palo Alto and Book Revue of Los Gatos
Many more sites are on the way!
Richard Di Giacomo will be a featured speaker this Sunday at noon at the conference for the California Council for the Promotion of History at the Museum of Monterey. The public is welcome. He will be speaking about how he did the research and travel for his book, Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Some of our books are now available as e-books at www.Smashwords.com
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Richard Di Giacomo will appear at the Chitactac Family Day on Sept. 19, 2015
10:00 AM until 02:00 PM. He will bring some interesting artifacts and sign copies of the Ohlone Teacher Resource and Historical Gems of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Richard Di Giacomo doing a book signing last Saturday at the Los Gatos Author's Fair.
The History Teacher 's Joke Book, When am I Ever Going to Use This Stuff?, and The History Teacher 's Movie Guide are now available at www.teacherspayteachers.com
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