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Museo Frida Kahlo Virtual Tour - Museo Frida Kahlo
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K to 12tag(s): art history (103), artists (88), museums (51), virtual field trips (129)
In the Classroom
Offer students time to explore this virtual museum while studying artists or Mexican culture. Have students create artwork in Kahlo's style, then share it as a gallery walk using Google Slides, reviewed here or Padlet, reviewed here. Ask students to choose several of their favorite pieces, explain their significance using animated characters, and choose a personalized background with Animate Characters, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Timeline Templates - Genially
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4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): digital storytelling (145), infographics (60), multimedia (54), timelines (57)
In the Classroom
Students can retell events from a novel or a historical figure's life using a timeline with images and clickable text, making reading comprehension more interactive and visual. Have students create timelines that connect historical events with scientific discoveries or literary works from the same era. Assign specific events to different students or groups to add to a shared timeline, promoting teamwork and reinforcing sequencing skills. Students can build a yearlong timeline of their learning journey, showcasing key projects, reflections, and academic milestones to share during student-led conferences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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America's Chinatowns - Google Arts and Culture
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6 to 12tag(s): asia (139), china (83), cross cultural understanding (175), cultures (245)
In the Classroom
Explore this site and share highlights with your students, or share the site with students to explore and share items of interest with their peers. Use an online canvas for sticky notes such as Lino reviewed here for students to share information learned and questions for further follow-up. Use MyLens reviewed here to extend learning by creating timelines and mindmaps of the content found on this site. Use Google My Maps reviewed here to create custom maps featuring Chinatowns across the US and adding images and videos from each location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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9 Ready-to-use Halloween Lesson Plans for in the Classroom - Lucie Renard
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): fall festival (14), halloween (46)
In the Classroom
Students can use Lino, reviewed here to post which was their favorite activity. Students can access the lesson on the site using a Symbaloo, reviewed here collection of Halloween activities. Finally, students can create their own digital escape room by using and editing the Halloween Escape, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hail to the Chief - Exploring American Presidents - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): book lists (153), presidents (145), primary sources (119), professional development (273)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many teaching and technology ideas included in this article. Find many more free resources to include with your lessons on presidents by visiting the TeachersFirst Special Topics Page: American Presidents Related Resources found here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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An Ember that Blazes Forever (credit to Justice Sonia Sotomayer) Contributions of Hispanic Amer - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): book lists (153), cross cultural understanding (175), cultures (245), hispanic (45), holidays (229)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this article as a resource for finding books and classroom activities to celebrate and recognize the Hispanic community throughout the school year. As students learn about Hispanic characters, ask them to use Animate Characters from Adobe Express, reviewed here to easily create a short video telling that person's story. As an alternative to a living wax museum, conduct a gallery walk in your classroom to share the many stories of members of the Hispanic Community. Learn how to create a gallery walk by visiting this TeachersFirst blog post, Using AI to Plan and Implement Gallery Walks, found here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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George Washington and the American Revolution - PBS LearningMedia
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3 to 12tag(s): american revolution (84), presidents (145), washington (33)
In the Classroom
Students can use MyLens reviewed here to create a pathway to the American Revolution. Students can use Adobe Podcast, reviewed here to create a public announcement informing everyone that the American Revolution has begun. Finally, students can use Figma reviewed here to compare George Washington to another person who was influential during the American Revolution.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Boston Massacre Engraving | Interactive Image - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 12tag(s): american revolution (84), boston (10)
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Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to post what they notice about the image. Students can use Google Drawings, reviewed here to compare and contrast how the image could be propaganda. Students can use ClassTools, reviewed here to create a timeline leading up to the Boston Massacre.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Jovita Idar - Unladylike 2020
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6 to 12tag(s): civil rights (216), journalism (72), women (171), womenchangemaker (67)
In the Classroom
Have students create a front page of La Cronica or El Progreso using a template in Canva Edu reviewed here, featuring a headline, article, and illustration about one of Idar's accomplishments or a key issue she advocated for. Assign students to write a modern-day editorial as if they were Jovita Idar, addressing a civil rights issue relevant to their own community. Encourage them to use persuasive writing and include a call to action for readers. Host a classroom debate inspired by Idar's stand against the Texas Rangers. Use the guiding question: "Should journalists risk personal safety to speak out against injustice?" Encourage students to use historical examples and modern parallels.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Meta Warrick Fuller - Unladylike 2020
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6 to 12tag(s): artists (88), women (171), womenchangemaker (67)
In the Classroom
After watching the animated documentary, have students reflect on how Fuller used sculpture to express identity and social issues. Then, students can draw or describe a symbolic sculpture they would create to represent a cause or part of their identity. Students can use Google Drawings reviewed here to compare her artwork to another person from the same period. Create a mini "gallery" in the classroom featuring images of Fuller's major works along with other historical art. Assign students to rotate through stations, completing response sheets with prompts like "What message does this sculpture convey?" or "How does art act as protest or empowerment?"Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ken Burns in the Classroom: Thomas Jefferson - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 12tag(s): declaration of independence (16), jefferson (20), presidents (145)
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Students can use Class Tools reviewed here to create a timeline of events leading up to the creation of the Declaration of Independence. Students can use Figma reviewed here to compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson with another president.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pop Culture - PBS Learning
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6 to 12tag(s): 1910s (26), 1920s (25), 1960s (54), cultures (245), great depression (30), womens suffrage (63)
In the Classroom
After watching The Crash of 1929 - Primary Resources: Headlines, students can use Story Maps, reviewed here to create a cause-and-effect diagram for the Crash. Students can review the Annie Oakley series to create a digital story using Book Creator, reviewed here that includes famous Americans. Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to post questions after each video.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science and Technology - PBS Learning
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2 to 12tag(s): 1920s (25), 1940s (68), 1950s (32), 1960s (54), 1970s (30), 1980s (21), cold war (36), inventors and inventions (82), space (230), world war 1 (83)
In the Classroom
After watching "Tesla: Early Experiments with Wireless Power," students can continue to research Tesla's history by completing a timeline using Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here. After watching Sputnik's Launch Begins the Space Race | Chasing the Moon, students can use Google Drawings, reviewed here to compare and contrast the space race between the United States and Russia. Students can also research using Kiddle, reviewed here about what advancements have been made in fire safety, work conditions, and immigration since the Triangle Fire.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PBS Learning: The American West - PBS Learning: The American West
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9 to 12tag(s): railroads (16), westward expansion (41)
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Students can review the Annie Oakley or Transcontinental Railroad series to create a story using Book Creator, reviewed here of famous Americans. Students can use Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here to create a timeline for the transcontinental railroad. Students can also use Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here to create a promotional video to encourage people to use the transcontinental railroad.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gertrude Ederle - Unladylike 2020
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6 to 12tag(s): sports (84), women (171), womenchangemaker (67)
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Students can learn about Gertrude Ederle's world records by using Kiddle reviewed here. Students can use Google My Maps reviewed here to recreate Gertude Ederle's swim through the English Channel. Have students use Seesaw reviewed here to track Gertrude Ederle notable accomplishments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Experience: War - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 12tag(s): 1960s (54), cold war (36), propaganda (9), vietnam (39), world war 1 (83), world war 2 (165)
In the Classroom
Students can use Google Drawing reviewed here to create a pros and cons chart after viewing the media gallery on U.S. Support for the Shah of Iran: Pros and Cons | Taken Hostage. After engaging in the lesson on Technology and WWI: The Transformation of Codebreaking During the Great War, students can input the technology transformation in MyLens reviewed here. Students can interview veterans and create a podcast using Anchor reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dia De Los Muertos Printables - IXL Learning
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): fall festival (14), halloween (46), holidays (229), mexico (52), worksheets (71)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site to access a wealth of resources for teaching about Dia de los Muertos. Extend learning by asking students to compare and contrast holiday traditions between Halloween and Dia de los Muertos by creating Venn Diagrams using the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Many of the free materials are available in Spanish; use these items to teach basic Spanish words and phrases. Use Blooket, reviewed here to create games that reinforce understanding of this Mexican holiday. Search the Booklet library to find many pre-made games about the Day of the Dead that are ready to use for different grade levels.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Day of the Dead Resources - National Museum of the American Latino
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3 to 12tag(s): fall festival (14), halloween (46), holidays (229), mexico (52)
In the Classroom
Enhance student learning by creating trading cards using Big Huge Labs, reviewed here. Have students create cards for different components of Dia de los Muertos, such as the ofrenda, sugar skulls, and the meaning of using marigolds to guide the deceased back to the world of the living. Extend learning by asking students to write a script that tells about this Mexican holiday, then record a podcast using Adobe Podcast, reviewed here to share with their family and friends.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Louise Arner Boyd - Unladylike 2020
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6 to 12tag(s): women (171), womenchangemaker (67)
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Students can use Google My Maps reviewed here to virtually visit the area/region Louise Arner Boyd explored. Have students research other Arctic lead expeditions using Kiddle reviewed here. Finally, students can use Seesaw reviewed here to write information regarding the findings from the different Arctic expeditions that Louise Arner Boyd led.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Experience: Women - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 12tag(s): women (171), womenchangemaker (67), womens suffrage (63)
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Students can complete the lesson available from PBS. Students can use Kiddle reviewed here to learn more about the time period. Students can use Book Creator reviewed here to make a book featuring famous women.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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