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Independence Day Resources for K-12 Homeschoolers - Texas Home Educators
Grades
K to 12
tag(s): civics (130), declaration of independence (24), holidays (292), july 4th (19), primary sources (143)
In the Classroom
Create a choice board using several of the featured resources. Students can choose activities such as completing a patriotic craft, exploring a primary source, solving a history puzzle, reading an informational article, or creating a flag-themed art project to demonstrate their learning. Set up classroom stations featuring different Independence Day topics, including the Declaration of Independence, patriotic symbols, the American Revolution, and Fourth of July traditions. Have students rotate through the stations, completing short activities and recording new facts at each stop. Patriotic STEM and Art Challenge. Invite students to reflect on what freedom means to their family. They can interview a family member, write a personal reflection, or create a digital poster with Adobe Express for Education,reviewed here connecting their family's traditions with the values celebrated on Independence Day.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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15 Festive July 4th Crafts & Activities - ABCDee Learning
Grades
K to 2This site includes advertising.
tag(s): crafts (114), holidays (292), july 4th (19), preK (328), STEM (380)
In the Classroom
Set up rotating stations featuring the site's printable activities, including color-by-code pages, patterns, beginning sounds, and counting games. Students can practice literacy and math skills while working independently or with partners. After creating a patriotic craft, have students write a short paragraph explaining the meaning of American symbols such as the flag, stars, stripes, or fireworks. Display the finished projects as a classroom bulletin board celebrating Independence Day. Have students create one of the featured fireworks art projects, then participate in a gallery walk. As they view classmates' work, they leave positive feedback and discuss the art techniques, colors, patterns, and shapes used to represent fireworks.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Soar - Teaching Ideas
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K to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animation (71), creativity (93), descriptive writing (45), design (77), graphic design (53), images (273), inferencing (8), problem solving (282), STEM (380)
In the Classroom
Students can use Storyboard That, reviewed here to create their own storyboard of the animation. Use Kidrex, reviewed here to learn more about aviation. Students can use Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed hereto create a movie trailer about an invention or inventor.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History for Music Lovers - Amy Burvall and Herb Mahelona
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): humor (24), romeo & juliet (8), shakespeare (99), songs (52), women (191)
In the Classroom
Students can use SchoolAI, reviewed here to chat with historical figures found in the videos. Use Magic School's Lyrics Generator, reviewed here to create a song about a historical event or figure and ask students to record their song using Vmaker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chrome Music Lab - Google Labs
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K to 12tag(s): coding (110), musical instruments (63), summer (53)
In the Classroom
Have students use Song Maker to compose a short melody that represents the mood or theme of a story, poem, or historical event studied in class. Students can explain how tempo, rhythm, and pitch connect to the topic. Challenge students to design background music or sound effects for a digital story, podcast, reader's theater, or coding project. Students can use Chrome Music Lab creations to enhance multimedia presentations and cross-curricular STEAM activities. Use the Rhythm and Beat experiments during math lessons to reinforce skills in fractions, patterns, sequencing, and counting. Students can create rhythmic patterns that demonstrate equivalent fractions or repeated sequences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Fridays - Science Fridays
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K to 12tag(s): animals (283), artificial intelligence (342), brain (59), climate (99), energy (143), ethics (22), insects (65), makerspace (44), space (252), STEM (380), volcanoes (60)
In the Classroom
When learning about ants in How Do Ants Crown A Queen? students can use Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here to share the steps that ants take to crown a queen. In Train Your Brain To Manage Stress, students can create an infographic using Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to share ways to manage stress. When learning about using a chatboat in AI For Kids: A Chatbox Exploration, students can use Timeline Infographic Templates by Venngage, reviewed here to compare and contrast chatbot output from the different chatpots used.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Magma - Radek Eichler, Damian Kaczmarek, and Wojtek Jodel
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): collaboration (137), creativity (93), images (273)
In the Classroom
Students can collaborate in real time using Magma on art projects. Students can share feedback on art as others are working on images. Students can use Magma to showcase their artwork in a portfolio.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
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Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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Norman Rockwell Imagining Freedom: A Virtual Field Trip - Norman Rockwell Museum
Grades
K to 12tag(s): civil rights (223), racism (82), virtual field trips (146)
In the Classroom
Use this virtual tour and the included activities in a social studies or art history lesson on the Civil Rights Movement. Start the activity by having students explore the Imagining Freedom exhibit independently or in pairs, and direct them to select one artwork that resonates with their understanding of justice. After their virtual visit, students can use ClassTools Image Annotator, reviewed here to pinpoint specific symbols or techniques within their chosen piece and explain how those elements contribute to the overall message of freedom. To extend learning, have students research the geographical locations mentioned in the exhibit and create an interactive map using Google My Maps, reviewed here to help students connect historical art to the physical places where history unfolded.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Krikey AI - Krikey Inc.
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44), social and emotional learning (205), text to speech (24)
In the Classroom
Incorporate SEL and communication activities by asking students to create animated public service announcements about empathy, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, or teamwork. Use the platform for multimedia project-based learning by allowing students to create animated book trailers, persuasive commercials, or classroom presentations that integrate writing, speaking, creativity, and digital media production. Use Krikey AI for world language practice by having students create short animated conversations in another language using text-to-speech and character dialogue tools.Edge Features:
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Scholarcy - Turnitin
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), flash cards (47), summarizing (30)
In the Classroom
Students can use Scholarcy to summarize academic papers and create a presentation using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here. Students can create an escape room showing their understanding of the materials using Genially, reviewed here. Extend learning by uploading research materials to NotebookLM, reviewed here and creating support materials including reports, videos, audio podcasts, and infographics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pitch - Pitch Software
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4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44), slides (39)
In the Classroom
Have students design a presentation that follows a story's setting, combining maps, images, and descriptions of key locations. They can explain how each setting influences the plot or characters, connecting geography to literature. Ask students to identify a theme in a text and create a presentation using images, brief text, and possibly embedded videos to explain how the theme develops throughout the story, and then create a slide deck analyzing a character from a class novel. Each slide can focus on traits, motivations, key events, and text evidence, helping reinforce characterization skills.Edge Features:
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Flip Education - Flip Education
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), commoncore (63), Teacher Utilities (224)
In the Classroom
Use the free features available from Flip Education to supplement your current planning resources and provide fresh ideas for classroom instruction, or as a resource when planning for a substitute. Extend the learning activities available by using an AI tool such as Magic School, reviewed here, to differentiate instruction, create rubrics for assessing student projects, or generate original texts to accompany the materials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tinkering Projects - Exploratorium
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3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), creativity (93), images (273), inquiry (38), makerspace (44), STEM (380)
In the Classroom
When participating in the Bring a Book to Life lesson, students can use Scratch, reviewed here to code their animations. Students can use Stop Motion with Google Slides, reviewed here during the Making Faces lesson. Students can post their pictures from the Light Painting lesson on a virtual bulletin board such as Lino, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Free Explainer Video Maker - Canva
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K to 12tag(s): animation (71), collaboration (137), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44), Project Based Learning (29)
In the Classroom
Have students create short videos explaining a concept they've learned (such as a math strategy, a scientific process, or a historical event). Ask students to choose a vocabulary word or key concept and create a short animated explanation. Use Canva's Explainer Video Maker to design a short video to raise awareness about a social issue, community topic, or school initiative.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Jigsaw Puzzles - Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
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3 to 12tag(s): artists (102), enrichment (16), puzzles (172)
In the Classroom
After completing a puzzle, students use the See-Think-Wonder strategy to record observations, inferences, and questions about the image, helping build critical thinking and visual literacy skills. Have students analyze the completed puzzle image as a primary source by identifying details, context clues, and possible perspectives. Then have them write a short paragraph explaining what the image reveals about a specific time period or topic. Have students write a narrative, diary entry, or short story inspired by the completed puzzle image.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Canva GIF Maker - Canva
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3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), creativity (93)
In the Classroom
Students can create GIFs regarding historical events and post them to Padlet reviewed here. Have students create a GIF to show a character's emotions. Use GIFs for creative writing projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Scroobly - TensorFlow
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3 to 8tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), drawing (58)
In the Classroom
Have students create a simple drawn character and use Scroobly to introduce themselves or a fictional character. Assign vocabulary words and have students create characters that act out or explain the meaning of each word. Students can animate a character from a different perspective (for example, the antagonist or a side character) and explain events from that viewpoint, strengthening comprehension and critical thinking.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Toby - Arthur Camara, Benny Giang, and Guile Lindquist
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8 to 12tag(s): curation (27), organizational skills (91)
In the Classroom
Organize your documents and links using Toby. Create collections for different subject areas (math, science, social studies, and more). Collaborate as a group within collections with others having access to add resources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Humor in the Art Room - The Art of Education University
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4 to 12tag(s): classroom management (144), humor (24), podcasts (172), teaching strategies (81)
In the Classroom
Start a lesson by intentionally making a funny mistake during a demonstration, such as using the wrong color, holding a tool incorrectly, or pretending to forget a step. Ask students to catch the mistake and explain how to do it correctly. Use lighthearted class discussions about appropriate humor, asking students when jokes are helpful and when they might hurt someone's feelings. Try a teacher-student improv activity where students quickly add a funny detail to a drawing, story, or idea the teacher starts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fractivities - Fractal Foundations
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K to 12tag(s): collaboration (137), commoncore (63), patterns (78), problem solving (282)
In the Classroom
Have students work in groups to create a large fractal design, such as the Sierpinski Triangle, using paper shapes or index cards. Each group can build a small part, then the class combines the pieces into one large pattern. Have students design their own fractal artwork using drawing, coloring, or digital tools such as Google Drawings, reviewed here. They can repeat shapes, zoom in on patterns, or create symmetrical designs inspired by the examples on the site. Use one of the Fractivities worksheets to explore how fractals relate to fractions, multiplication, or geometry. Students can calculate how many shapes are added at each step and predict what will happen next.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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