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Colombia - County Studies - Library of Congress
Grades
8 to 12
tag(s): south america (80)
In the Classroom
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Chile - Country Studies - Library of Congress
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8 to 12tag(s): south america (80)
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Brazil - Country Studies - Library of Congress
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8 to 12tag(s): south america (80)
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Bolivia - Country Studies - Library of Congress
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8 to 12tag(s): south america (80)
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Belize - Country Studies - Library of Congress
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8 to 12tag(s): south america (80)
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Boston Navy Yard - National Park Service
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1 to 12tag(s): navy (8)
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Valley Forge - National Park Service
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1 to 12tag(s): american revolution (96)
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Independence National Historic Park - National Park Service
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1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Boston National Historical Park - National Park Service
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): american revolution (96), boston (10), virtual field trips (147)
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Have students use the site's maps and photographs to explore the Freedom Trail. Students select one historic location and create a postcard or travel brochure with Canva Edu, reviewed herehighlighting its importance during the American Revolution. Students choose a historical figure associated with Boston's Revolutionary history, such as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, or Abigail Adams. They can write and perform an interview in podcast form using Buzzsprout, reviewed here in which they answer questions from that person's perspective. Assign small groups a site within Boston National Historical Park, such as the Old North Church, Faneuil Hall, or the Bunker Hill Monument. Students can research the location and present how it contributed to the Revolutionary War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Pilgrims - National Park Service
Grades
5 to 10This site includes advertising.
tag(s): colonial america (86), pilgrims (13)
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Have students create a timeline of the Pilgrims' movement from England to Holland, across the Atlantic, and finally to Plymouth using Timeline Tool by Read Write Think, reviewed here, adding reasons for each major move. Ask students in pairs to compare Puritans and Separatists, then create a two-circle comparison with Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here, showing similarities and differences in their beliefs and goals.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Park Service - Educators - National Park Service
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1 to 12tag(s): national parks (29), virtual field trips (147)
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Whether you want your students to go on a virtual field trip, are studying American history, you're using blended or distance learning, you want to give your students a different take on math, science, art, or many other topics you will find something here for you and your students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lost Colony of Roanoke - National Park Service
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5 to 12tag(s): colonial america (86), national parks (29)
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Assign small groups one theory from the Major Theories page and have them create an evidence chart listing facts that support the theory, facts that weaken it, and unanswered questions. Groups can then conduct a class hearing in which they argue for the explanation best supported while acknowledging uncertainties. Have students map Roanoke Island, Croatoan or Hatteras Island, Albemarle Sound, and the Chesapeake Bay with Google My Maps, reviewed here, adding notes that explain why each location matters to a theory about the colonists' fate. The NPS theories section specifically considers possible movement toward each of these locations. Invite students to examine the historical maps, illustrations, and other visual evidence alongside the written narratives, then annotate what each source reveals and what it cannot prove. Students can use Image Annotator, reviewed here, to create an annotated image that distinguishes observation from inference.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Castillo de San Marcos - National Park Service
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): black history (132), florida (12), national parks (29), slavery (80), virtual field trips (147)
In the Classroom
If you are studying U.S. history, the history of Florida, or Black history, you will want to bookmark this site. Introduce the site by viewing several of the videos as a class, or if you have a blended class or are on distance learning, you can adapt the videos using your or your student's comments and questions with Moocnote reviewed here. Moocnote allows adding questions, comments, links, etc to any video.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Roanoke Revisited for Young Readers - National Park Service
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): civil war (145), colonial america (86), north carolina (6), primary sources (146), virginia (15)
In the Classroom
Ask students in small groups to trace the English voyages and major events surrounding Roanoke Island with Timeline Tool by Read Write Think, reviewed here, creating a chronological timeline that distinguishes exploration, conquest, settlement, and John White's return. Have students work in pairs to investigate the site's Lost Colony theories, sort the evidence supporting or challenging each explanation, and defend which theory they find most convincing in a short evidence-based discussion. The NPS presents multiple proposed explanations and discusses strengths and weaknesses of the evidence connected with them. Have students collaborate on a geographic investigation using Google My Maps, reviewed here, to mark Roanoke Island and other locations important to the English voyages, proposed Lost Colony movements, and the Civil War-era Freedmen's Colony. Ask each group to add short explanations connecting geography to historical events.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fort Caroline Was First - National Park Service
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1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Coastal Defense Systems - National Park Service
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1 to 12tag(s): national parks (29)
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Documenting the American South - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): african american (132), civil war (145), emancipation proclamation (15), north carolina (6), primary sources (146), slavery (80)
In the Classroom
The images and primary sources all show different perspectives of what society was like in our Southern States during this time. Teachers can also use this site as an example of great primary sources or to demonstrate the kinds of evidence historians can draw from sources like this by having group work focused on analyzing a particular source from the site. Have students create a source-based timeline with Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here, using brief quotations, dates, captions, and citations from DocSouth.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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An Online History of the Millennium
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): news (223)
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Use this site as a tool to helping students understand the historical context of events, and as an activator to new units. Simply type in the year being studied to access a summary article of the big events that happened. The articles are mostly western-centric, but for an American or European history class it is still a useful tool.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Center for the Prevention of School Violence - North Carolina Department of Public Safety
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1 to 12tag(s): safety (63)
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Southern Poverty Law Center - The Southern Poverty Law Center
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): civil rights (223), courts (26), elections (87), immigrants (50), immigration (86), racism (82), sexuality (15), tolerance (7)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the information on the site to include when teaching lessons about equality, racism, and social injustice. Learn more about the classroom resources offered through Learning for Justice, reviewed here. Include selections from the Features and Stories portion of the site as part of any integrated unit. Consider using a learning management system like Actively Learn, reviewed here, to include videos and additional text sources as part of your unit. Actively Learn also includes resources that provide feedback on student learning. Extend learning by asking students to gather data and share information through various digital tools including infographics and digital storytelling resources. For example, as students learn about civil rights issues, ask them to share information by creating infographics with Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, create a multimedia presentation with Sway, reviewed here, or use Powtoon, reviewed here, to create an animated video explanation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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