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What So Proudly We Hail: Making American Citizens Through Literature - Amy and Leon Kass
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): democracy (23), guided reading (33), holidays (185), literacy (121), literature (220)
In the Classroom
This comprehensive program can be a bit overwhelming at first look. You might want to pick just one, high interest short story lesson, perhaps Jack London's "To Build a Fire." This lesson and many others lends itself to small group discussion and work. The introduction makes observations and asks questions to encourage active reading and deep discussions that you may want to use as a class. Whether you and your students complete the lesson as a class or in small groups, you may want to use a program like Today's Meet reviewed here to enable all students to have a voice. If using small groups, have students post what the group decided are the answers on Today's Meet so everyone can see all answers. Where answers differ, have students go back into the reading and cite evidence to support their answer on Today's Meet for all to see. Teachers of gifted and music can choose selected ideas from this site, as well. A teaching team could make this site the focus of a year-long effort with so much material available. Upper elementary teachers and higher can make holidays and patriotic songs far more meaningful through close reading and class discussionsYou must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Newspaper Map - newspapermap.com
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5 to 12tag(s): arabic (13), cross cultural understanding (172), french (75), german (49), japanese (47), media literacy (107), newspapers (92), portuguese (22), russian (25), spanish (108)
In the Classroom
Newspaper Map is a great resource for locating news and culture from around the world. Share with your students to show them different perspectives on world events. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast coverage between two newspapers. After reading and comparing many different articles, have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, Acast, Animatron, Renderforest, and Presentious. Explore this site during Newspaper in Education week or as part of a unit on the basics of journalistic writing. World language teachers can use newspapers to teach about both language and culture. Have world cultures or social studies students learn about local culture through advertisements and articles and share their findings using a screencast (or screenshots) of the newspaper and talking about their discoveries. A free tool like Screencast-o-matic, reviewed here, or Screencastify (Chrome app), reviewed here, works well for screencasts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Problem-Attic - EducAide Software
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6 to 12tag(s): assessment (143), Teacher Utilities (183), test prep (69)
In the Classroom
Save this site as an excellent practice for end of year testing, state tests, and national tests. Use Problem-Attic to personalize learning for students. Share this tool on your class website for students to use both in and out of the classroom to prepare for state testing. Challenge your students to create (and print) practice tests for other students. Coaches for academic competitions can use this site for team practice. Teachers of gifted can use it for students to practice for out-of-level testing used to screen students for special gifted opportunities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ESL Discussions - Sean Banville
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use anytime you want to develop and promote discussion skills in your classroom. After students have completed their discussion questions, have them present their findings to the class then create a quick poll using using Poll Everywhere, reviewed here. Share with ESL/ELL and Special Education teachers as a resource for promoting discussion and speaking skills with their students. Use this site for teacher-selected topics in debate club, speech class, and more. Some of the topics could even make good blog prompts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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U. S. History Images - Karen J. Hatzigeorgiou
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1800s (75), american revolution (82), civil war (138), colonial america (95), colonization (21), emancipation proclamation (12), images (260), industrial revolution (22), industrialization (11), lincoln (66), native americans (108), pioneers (9), states (124), transportation (31), washington (28)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site to share during classroom lessons on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Share with students as a place to explore and to "get the picture" of early events in American History. As an alternative a traditional report and to enhance learning, create a newspaper using a site such as Printing Press, reviewed here, to report on Civil War events. This site is a wonderful source for students to find raw materials for multimedia projects in general. Be sure to provide a mini lesson on how to cite their image sources!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The People's House: History, Art & Archives - Office of the Historian, US House of Representatives
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): branches of government (64), congress (40), house of representatives (8)
In the Classroom
Understanding the separation of powers is fundamental to learning about how the US is governed. While it may be tempting to group the Senate and the House of Representatives into one legislative entity, there are important differences between the two bodies. This site can help students see the specific role the Founders had for this branch of government. Looking at important events in US history, like women's suffrage, civil rights, and foreign policy through the lens of the House gives added depth to the lesson. Students may be interested in the process by which the House conducts its business. Who is a "whip" and why do they call him (or her) that? Take some time to check out the lesson plans and other resources designed for educators as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lessons on American Presidents - Sean Banville
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): jefferson (19), kennedy (20), lincoln (66), presidents (135), reading comprehension (149), washington (28)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site as a resource to accompany US presidents units or to supplement current materials used in teaching about the presidents. This is a great tool to use in English/language arts class for nonfiction readings. For younger students and weak readers you may want to use an annotation tool tool such as eMargin, reviewed here. If you want to remove distracting advertisements, use a tool such as Readability Test Tool, reviewed here. Print activities and biographies about several different presidents to add to your substitute folder. Share this site with ENL/ELL and Special Education teachers as a resource for materials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Civil War - SonOfTheSouth.net
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): civil war (138), emancipation proclamation (12), gettysburg (15), gettysburg address (12), lincoln (66), slavery (78)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as a wonderful resource for first-hand accounts and information about the Civil War. Share this site with students to use as a resource for Civil War material. Have students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here to describe a person or event during the Civil War. Have students create maps about Civil War events using Have students collaborate to create maps using MapHub, reviewed here. Students can add icons, text, images, and location stops! This is also a good treasury of primary sources useful for History Day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rare Flags - Anthony Iasso
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5 to 12tag(s): american flag (7), flags (17)
In the Classroom
Use the Rare Flags site as part of any American History unit to view a flag of the time period. Show the timeline on your interactive whiteboard or projector to display changes of the flag over our history. Choose a few different styles of flags and ask students to choose their favorite. For this create a quick poll (with no membership required) using SurveyRock, reviewed here. Challenge students to design their own flags for 13, 48, or 50 states. Celebrate Flag Day using this site!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War 150 - Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
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4 to 12In the Classroom
Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a Civil War soldier or important person from that time. Enhance learning by having students create timelines of Civil War events (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline Infographic Templates, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War Interactive Poster - TeachingHistory.org
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6 to 12tag(s): civil war (138), emancipation proclamation (12), gettysburg (15), history day (39), lincoln (66), slavery (78)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for students to emcee on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Open up each quadrant to view images and documents provided. Have students discuss their reactions and thoughts on each of the representations before clicking on the asterisk to find specific information. Use the teaching resources and ideas provided to add context to Civil War lessons. Challenge students to create a talking avatar using a photo or other image (legally permitted to be reproduced). The avatars can be used to explain information provided by one of the images. Use a site such as Blabberize, reviewed here. Blabberize allows you to add speech and annotate images. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try Vecteezy, reviewed here. Challenge your students to use a site such as Timeline Infograhics Templates, reviewed here, to create an interactive timeline of information from this interactive poster along with other information learned during your Civil War unit. With Timeline Infographics Templates you can include text, images, and collaboration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History for Kids - history-for-kids.com
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): boston (10), california (16), dinosaurs (42), england (52), gold rush (15), greece (41), landmarks (22), myths and legends (31), olympics (44), romans (40), vikings (10)
In the Classroom
Make history (and mythology) come alive in your classroom with a little rhythm and rhyme! Use the poems to supplement your instruction while even adding tambourines, clapping, tapping, or toe tapping reaching all learners. Share the actual poem on your projector or interactive whiteboard. If you want students to have a hard copy of the poem (to use as a study guide), print it out. Otherwise, save paper and share the link on your class website. If you can't find the history or mythology topic you are studying, it is time for your students to make their own rhymes. Enhance learning by having students use the formate for one of the History for Kids poems and create their own poems with photos and images using Elementari, reviewed here. This tool allows adding audio and text to a picture. To find Creative Commons images for student poems (with credit, of course), try Pikwizard, reviewed here. Have a poetry day featuring what you have studied in history. Be sure to add your students' projects to your class website or blog. Gifted students will enjoy the challenge while struggling learners will enjoy the reinforcement of the main ideas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Hunger Games Challenge - Educurious - Educurious
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8 to 12tag(s): essays (21), expository writing (31), novels (34), persuasive writing (58), politics (117), posters (43), reading strategies (96), social networking (61)
In the Classroom
You could use this unit with the entire class reading The Hunger Games, or, with some fine tuning of ideas and materials, possibly use it with other dystopian novels in literature circles. A couple that come to mind are The Giver and The Maze Runner. This unit suggests Glogster, but you can also use a program like Webnode, reviewed here, or Sway, reviewed here. They will do just about everything Glogster will do, and they have more free features.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Freebook Sifter - FreebookSifter
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K to 12tag(s): book lists (166), independent reading (83)
In the Classroom
This site is a helpful classroom reference tool. Save this link on your classroom computers. Find books to use at learning stations, especially if you are a BYOD (Bring your own Device) school. Be sure to provide this link on your class website for students to use at home. The books available include all those in the public domain and titles whose authors have granted permission for free dispersal.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mapping History - University of Oregon
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7 to 12tag(s): 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 1900s (72), africa (144), alaska (22), american revolution (82), central america (20), civil war (138), cold war (30), colonial america (95), colonization (21), explorers (65), great depression (30), greece (41), greeks (41), hawaii (8), industrialization (11), italy (20), maps (215), native americans (108), romans (40), slavery (78), south america (40), spain (13), war of 1812 (15), world war 1 (77), world war 2 (160)
In the Classroom
View modules together as a class on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Provide links to selected modules on your class webpage or blog. Use as one source for students to create their own maps. Using a mapping tool such as MapHub, reviewed here, to create a map of any specific time period or event. With Clck2Map students can include display markers featuring text, photos, and videos!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chart Jungle - Wendy Shepherd
Grades
K to 4This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (170), classroom management (118), flash cards (43), handwriting (15), homework (29), organizational skills (88), presidents (135), printables (36), time (91)
In the Classroom
Use Chart Jungle as a resource for charts for use throughout the school year. Familiarize yourself with this site at the beginning of the school year. Use the reading chart for students to record the minutes spent reading at home. Use the homework charts to help your students stay organized. Share the flash cards link with parents to use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chronicling America - National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): 1800s (75), 1900s (72), journalism (73), news (228), newspapers (92), primary sources (116)
In the Classroom
Make history come alive in your classroom using newspapers, the perfect primary source. Enter dates from history and different locations to find local news stories and information. When studying events over an extended period of time, find resources from the beginning, middle, and end of that period to compare and contrast information from the local newspapers. Read the evolution of American popular opinion before and after Pearl Harbor, for example. Have students create "annotated pictures" to illustrate or report events using Phrase.it, reviewed here. Challenge your students to use a site such as Timeline JS, reviewed here, to create an interactive timeline of events as reported in various news sources. Timeline JS offers the option to upload and add photos, videos, audio, Tweets, and Google Maps making it interactive.Comments
Fabulous resource for American History/Social Studies. Primary sources you can search. Wasn't able to get phrases to work, but individual words do.Frances, CT, Grades: 6 - 8
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Crash Course - John and Hank Green
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (295), bacteria (22), bill of rights (31), body systems (41), chinese (45), constitution (93), declaration of independence (15), evolution (88), genetics (81), greeks (41), literature (220), meiosis (8), mitosis (9), nutrition (137), religions (90), rome (25), romeo and juliet (3), russia (35), shakespeare (99), water cycle (22)
In the Classroom
Use as a way to introduce new topics or subjects to establish background knowledge. Share these videos on your projector or interactive whiteboard to provide an introduction (or review) on various topics. Use as an alternate way to help motivate your tech savvy students. Use as an example for a group project with the students planning, writing, and producing an informational video in the subject you are studying. Enhance learning by having cooperative learning groups create videos using Typito,reviewed here, and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Be sure to point out the steps followed in teaching and learning in the videos. Independent learners and gifted students will love the opportunity to learn on their own using these videos. Instead of "games" for times when student finish work early, why not share the link to this YouTube channel and encourage them to keep a blog using Blogger, reviewed here about what they discover.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Literacy Design Collaborative - Literacy Design Collaborative
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K to 12tag(s): american revolution (82), animals (295), biodiversity (36), canada (24), careers (141), china (81), civil rights (201), cold war (30), ecosystems (80), energy (131), evolution (88), gettysburg (15), gettysburg address (12), india (32), industrial revolution (22), lincoln (66), literacy (121), marine biology (31), photosynthesis (21), poetry (192), pollution (52), professional development (373), shakespeare (99)
In the Classroom
This site is an excellent resource for schools implementing Common Core Standards. Share this site during professional development sessions to view and learn how to use the templates and modules in the classroom. Share the videos on an interactive whiteboard and have groups discuss afterwards. View videos from the site during these sessions to understand the framework behind the templates. Download templates and modules for use in your classroom for any content or use templates as a model for creating your own templates.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Historical Thinking Interactive Poster (Secondary) - National History Education Clearinghouse
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6 to 12tag(s): civil rights (201), evaluating sources (28), history day (39), infographics (56), primary sources (116)
In the Classroom
Use your projector or interactive whiteboard and teach your students how to think like a historian. There are some interesting links here for you and your students to investigate. For instance, there are links for exploring the modern civil rights movement, primary sources to look at diary entries from other time periods, examining lithographs, using and reading multiple perspectives, and several more. You may want to go through each quadrant with the entire class, or you might want to assign groups to become "specialists" in a quadrant and have them present it to your class. Challenge the groups to create presentations using Prezi, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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