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Massachusetts
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): massachusetts (8), states (126)
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California
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4 to 12tag(s): california (17), states (126)
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Oregon
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4 to 12tag(s): states (126)
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Maryland
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Arkansas
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4 to 12tag(s): states (126)
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Oklahoma
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): states (126)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector when students are studying states and creating reports, then allow students to explore on their own. Create (or have a group of students create) a scavenger hunt to find information included on the site. To show what they have learned from this site, challenge students to create an online graphic to share using DesignBold, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Alaska - Alaska.gov
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Share this site with students researching information for state reports. Rather than having students create traditional reports, replace these by making them online! Use PicLits, reviewed here. Take student learning a step further by modifing their learning and having students use a tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here. This tool allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location on a map (Alaska) where the report takes place. Explore the site with students when learning about different states, ask students to tell what they know then compare to information provided on the site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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North Dakota - North Dakota.gov
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4 to 12tag(s): states (126)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students researching information for state reports. Rather than having students create traditional reports, replace these by making them online! Use PicLits. Take student learning a step further by modifying and having students use a tool such as Zeemaps. This site allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location on a map (Alabama) where the report takes place. Explore the site with students when learning about different states, ask students to tell what they know then compare it to information provided on the site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kentucky - Kentucky.gov
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4 to 12tag(s): states (126)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students researching information for state reports. Rather than having students create traditional reports, replace these by making them online! Use PicLits, reviewed here. Take student learning a step further by modifing and having students use a tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here. This site allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location on a map (Alabama) where the report takes place. Explore the site with students when learning about different states, ask students to tell what they know then compare to information provided on the site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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State of Alabama - Alabama.gov
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4 to 12tag(s): states (126)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students researching information for state reports. Rather than having students create traditional reports, replace these by making them online! Use PicLits, reviewed here. Take student learning a step further by modifing and having students use a tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here. This site allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location on a map (Alabama) where the report takes place. Explore the site with students when learning about different states, ask students to tell what they know then compare to information provided on the site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Winning the Vote - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans hosted on this site! This would be a great addition to a US government class, just make sure to save it as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Congressional Directory
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3 to 12tag(s): biographies (96), congress (40)
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Use this site as a starting point for students working on biographies or research projects about specific congressmen. Although the biographies are short, they provide other resources that could easily be followed up!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civics Online
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1 to 12tag(s): elections (83)
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Mosaic America on Film: Fact Versus Fiction - Yale University
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (176), cultures (245)
In the Classroom
Use this lesson plan to add multicultural perspectives to various lessons throughout your US history curriculum. Although intended to be taught separately, these lessons could easily be modified to fit within your pre-determined units, making the content more accurate. Make sure to add this one as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later on!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness - Yale University
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): american revolution (84)
In the Classroom
If in need for some new material during a lesson on the American Revolution, take advantage of this one provided by Yale University. Just make sure to save it as a favorite on your classroom computer, to allow for easy retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Eye Behind the Camera: the Voice Behind the Story - Yale University
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): civil rights (216), racism (79)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free lesson plan during a unit on racism and civil rights! Make sure to save this one as a favorite on your classroom computer to allow for easier retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Picturing the Century - National Archives
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): images (254)
In the Classroom
History and social studies teachers should see this one.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Living History Farms
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): agriculture (46)
In the Classroom
Each farm section has limited information offered, so this activity would best be used as an quick introduction to a unit rather than a major activity. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector, and examine each farm with the class. Pull out important characteristics offered, and compare and contrast the farms. We recommend a Venn diagram tool such as 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams, reviewed here. This would be a useful activity to discuss the differences in habitats, and different ways people have subsisted on the same land.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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At Home in the Heartland
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): 20th century (169), cultures (245)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station to accompany US history curriculum. Find the time period that's most appropriate for the unit being studied, with students working in pairs to explore the site. Before beginning your unit, use a quiz tool like Baamboozle, reviewed here, to assess student knowledge or use Baamboozle as a review tool at the end of your unit. This would be a better tool to help review since not all the material is "need-to-know" for National standards but serves as great supplementary information that students can connect the content to.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Archives: Educator Resources - National Archives
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4 to 8tag(s): media literacy (105), primary sources (119)
In the Classroom
This is an excellent site for any history, art history, or civics teacher attempting to put forth something more tangible for students to grasp. Click on "Images of the American Revolution," and open up the pictures on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Question students as to the meaning and context of the illustrations, to help them understand how images were used to convey certain meanings. Ask the students to create their own cartoons about something controversial in their town, or about the unit being studied, and encourage them to use some of the same subtle concepts the original illustrators did.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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