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return to subject listingBeware the Ides of March. But Why? - History.com
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6 to 12tag(s): holidays (170), julius caesar (5), romans (36)
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Use this interesting article during your studies of Ancient Rome or when reading Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. For younger students, create a guided reading activity using Read Ahead, reviewed here, or with older students, have them annotate the article with Kami, reviewed here. During Halloween, you could use this article to discuss superstitions and what superstitions your students know about. Create a Padlet, reviewed here with columns to keep track of good and bad superstitions.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Beware the Ides of March - ReadWriteThink
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Introduce this lesson with a brief discussion about what a superstition is and what are some superstitions your students know about. Create a Padlet, reviewed here with columns for categories of superstitions, for example, good and bad luck, walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella indoors, etc. After the discussions, follow the Classroom Activities and explore the Websites area, having students rotate through stations to explore the subject. As a culminating activity, ask students to create a video using Vmaker, reviewed here to share their impressions about superstitions (leave this wide open, whether they believe in them, have they discussed superstitions with anyone outside of class, and so on). Then, ask students to comment on at least two of their classmate's videos using Now Comment, reviewed here. Use the comment process as an opportunity to talk about digital citizenship and empathy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ides of March: What Is It? Why Do We Still Observe It? - National Geographic
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7 to 12In the Classroom
After an introduction to the class about superstitions, see Beware the Ides of March, reviewed here, have partners read this article. When sharing articles that contain difficult reading selections, use Read Ahead, reviewed here to transform the text into a Guided Reading activity that includes a focus on keywords and vocabulary found in the text.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Geographic Education - National Geographic Education
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K to 12tag(s): africa (139), amazon (11), animals (283), antarctica (29), anthropology (10), australia (27), biodiversity (31), birds (45), cells (82), climate (82), climate change (90), conservation (86), constitution (87), continents (32), countries (72), diseases (67), earth (185), earthquakes (45), egypt (48), engineering (123), erosion (15), explorers (65), fish (18), hurricanes (33), mammals (23), migration (45), molecules (42), moon (72), natural disasters (16), natural resources (38), nutrition (136), oceans (149), plants (147), pollution (51), population (48), religions (79), reproduction (7), reptiles (12), romans (36), slavery (76), sociology (22), solar system (108), space (214), volcanoes (56), weather (161), world war 2 (154)
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Bookmark and save this site as a resource to supplement your current curriculum. Share interactives and videos with students by bookmarking them on classroom computers or using a curation tool such as Symbaloo, reviewed here when sharing several resources. Enhance student learning when watching videos using Playposit, reviewed here to add questions, text, and additional media. Upon completing your unit, ask students to share their understanding of the content by creating concept maps using a visual organization tool such as Circlyapp, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History Maps - Nono Umasy
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7 to 12tag(s): american revolution (81), china (62), civil war (135), explorers (65), japan (56), maps (208), medieval (31), religions (79), russia (33), south america (38), timelines (52), vietnam (35), world war 1 (74), world war 2 (154)
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Share these maps and information on your whiteboard during classroom discussions as a visual tool for students to understand the geographic location of events and use it to provide context for relationships between different events. As students study history, ask them to create interactive timelines using Timeline JS, reviewed here, which includes images, videos, and documents to detail events. Extend learning by asking groups of students to create presentations using different multimedia tools to provide an overall understanding of the content. For example, ask one group to create a timeline and another to create an interactive map using Zeemaps, reviewed here, and have another group use Adobe Express Free Video Maker, reviewed here, to create a video presentation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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All Roads Lead to Rome - Engaging with Ancient Rome Through Literature - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): book lists (161), italy (16), julius caesar (5), rome (21)
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Bookmark this site with ideas about learning about Ancient Rome by engaging students through literature. Some books and activities include links to lessons and teachers' guides that provide additional information and classroom support. Use Curipod, reviewed here to quickly create engaging lessons and activities related to your book studies. For example, Curipod can create slides with themes such as lesson hooks; what do you infer? and exit tickets; use any of these options to generate ideas for discussion questions based on the theme of any books shared in this article. Extend learning by asking students to compare a student's life in Ancient Rome to today's students. Use one of Canva's Venn Diagram Creator templates, reviewed here for students to share their findings.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Walk Like an Egyptian: Exploring Ancient Egypt Through Literature - TeachersFirst
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3 to 12In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to save and easily access the many resources shared in this article for use when teaching ancient history or with lessons about ancient Egypt. Ask your media specialist to purchase the books discussed in this article for students to read during your teaching unit. Consider sharing a timeline with students to help them visualize and provide context for the period of the ancient Egyptian civilization, such as the one found in the World History Encyclopedia, reviewed here. Enhance learning by asking students to explore one of the topics shared in the article further and share their findings by creating interactive images created with Genially, reviewed here, or animated videos created with moovly, reviewed here. Extend learning by inviting parents and friends to an Ancient Egypt event to share and discuss student-created projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Beyond Mulan - Using Literature to Learn About Ancient China - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): asia (69), book lists (161), china (62)
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Take advantage of the resources in this article to introduce Ancient China to students of all ages. For example, when sharing YouTube videos with students, use Timelinely, reviewed here, to create an interactive learning experience by adding comments, highlighting important information, or linking to Google Map locations. Enhance instruction using Nearpod, reviewed here, to create and share interactive lessons available to use as live presentations or as flipped or blended learning activities. Finally, be sure to visit Nearpod's library to find several Ancient China presentations to use or modify to fit your needs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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It's All Greek to Me - Taking a closer look at Ancient Greece - TeachersFirst
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4 to 12In the Classroom
Start your unit on Ancient Greece with one of the Daily Life and Culture Activities, then proceed with one of the videos. When sharing the videos, use a tool like Vibby, , reviewed here, to highlight, annotate, and share parts of the videos for better understanding. Enhance learning by having students create a timeline adding to it as they go through the unit, to help students visualize and provide context for the period of the ancient Greece civilization.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Felt - Interactive Map Creator - felt.com
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K to 12tag(s): map skills (56), maps (208)
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Visualizing data and creating maps just became easier for teachers and students. Help your students understand current events worldwide by creating a map and embedding it on your classroom website or learning management system. For example, use maps in science to track migration patterns, explore climates, or map weather events. Teachers of students aged 13+ years can have students create and edit maps in real-time from anywhere. Build upon your student's knowledge by adding layers to your maps to show new information. Teachers of younger students can create maps for student viewing to map a story or show animal habitats.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TEACHFLIX - Ditch That Textbook
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K to 12tag(s): coding (91), computational thinking (41), computers (109), digital citizenship (86), engineering (123), problem solving (226), social and emotional learning (94), STEM (269), video (260), virtual field trips (83)
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Use this curated collection of videos to engage students in lessons in all subjects. Use EdPuzzle, reviewed here, to enhance the video content by adding comments, questions, and more within the video. Create interactive lessons with videos from this collection, formative assessments, and other interactive content using Pear Deck, reviewed here, to present material in a deeper, more robust manner. Upon completion of your lesson, extend learning by asking students to share their learning using a simple web page builder such as Straw.Page, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Gold Road Project - Howard University Center for African Studies
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8 to 12In the Classroom
Introduce this map to students as you begin your studies of medieval Africa. Allow them time to explore the map independently, then share ideas and questions created from their explorations. Use Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to gather students' thoughts. For example, within one Jamboard, create frames (slides) for students to post questions, another for important information found, and another for comparisons between medieval Africa and contemporary Africa. Extend learning by asking students to share their understanding by creating maps made with Google My Maps, reviewed here. Use Google My Maps to create virtual field trips that feature links, images, and videos to tell the story of Africa.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Georgia Virtual Learning Shared Resources - Georgia Virtual Learning
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5 to 12tag(s): art history (86), body systems (41), business (48), chinese (44), drawing (60), environment (237), financial literacy (92), french (75), geology (64), japanese (48), latin (22), literature (215), music theory (45), myths and legends (23), narrative (14), novels (31), nutrition (136), oceans (149), OER (43), photography (118), plagiarism (33), poetry (189), psychology (67), robotics (23), romeo & juliet (7), short stories (18), sociology (22), space (214), spanish (105), STEM (269), writers workshop (31)
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Bookmark and save this site as a supplemental resource for your current lessons, as a resource for students to learn about subjects not covered in their current courses, and to differentiate learning for students. For example, provide remediation to high school students by sharing the 9th or 10th-grade literature and composition courses as a review activity or enhance your British Literature unit by assigning a module that focuses specifically on 17th, 18th, or 19th-century British literature. Consider assigning different activities to groups of students to present to their peers. Ask them to use an infographic creator such as the Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here, as a tool for sharing important information. As a final learning extension, create a digital class book using Ourboox, reviewed here, to share understanding of the content learned. Include text, images, maps, and more in the student-created books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tales from the Griots - The Mali Empire - TeachersFirst
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6 to 12tag(s): africa (139)
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Use the ideas and resources found in this article to enhance your lessons on ancient civilizations or provide information for a new teaching unit. In addition to the suggestions already seen on the article, consider using technology tools to help students curate resources, organize information, and share their learning. Wakelet, reviewed here, is an excellent tool for curating resources into shareable collections. Use Wakelet individually or collaboratively when working on research projects. Use CirclyApp, reviewed here, as a graphic organizer to help students understand and compare the Mali Empire with other civilizations. CirclyApp is an excellent visual tool that includes several useful templates to compare and contrast information easily. As students prepare to share their learning, consider the options found at Genially, reviewed here, for students to create interactive presentations, infographics, charts, and more. Resources correlate to ISTE and AASL National School Library Standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Open-Ended Social Studies - Thomas Kenning
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6 to 12tag(s): 1600s (20), 1700s (36), 1800s (74), 20th century (61), american revolution (81), civil war (135), colonial america (93), colonization (20), gettysburg (15), gettysburg address (11), native americans (92), OER (43), washington (26), westward expansion (38)
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This site is an excellent addition to any middle or high school social studies curriculum. Bookmark this site to include with your other lesson resources. Use individual lessons to supplement your lessons through a new viewpoint since many of the tasks encourage students to think of history through the eyes of a traveler. Each lesson begins with a series of focus questions to keep in mind throughout the article. Engage students in learning and provide support for focusing on important information using Read Ahead, reviewed here. This handy tool lets you transform any text into a guided reading activity that highlights critical components of the text. As students collaborate on learning activities, enhance learning by using Notejoy, reviewed here, as a collaborative note-taking tool. Ask students to add the preview questions listed before the lesson and any other focus points, then share ideas and responses in Notejoy throughout the reading and discussions of the content. As a final learning extension, ask students to use Open-Ended Social Studies as a model for telling history through the eyes of a storyteller or from the perspective of one location. Use Vizzio, reviewed here, to create interactive timelines using animated maps. Include text descriptions, images, and videos as part of your interactive timelines.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World History Encyclopedia - World History Foundation
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6 to 12tag(s): china (62), climate change (90), colonial america (93), egypt (48), explorers (65), greeks (32), japan (56), maps (208), medieval (31), primary sources (118), religions (79), romans (36), slavery (76), vikings (10), women (140)
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This site is a must-have for any history teacher. First, bookmark the site for students to use as a multimedia encyclopedia and media resource. Then, include it with your other teaching resources to find engaging classroom lessons. Have students use the images on this site when creating presentations (using proper attribution, of course). Enhance student learning by having them use Genially, reviewed here, an excellent tool for students to use to create interactive and multimedia presentations. Have students add images to presentations, then create "hotspots" that link to outside resources such as videos, articles, or student-created texts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WisdomMaps - Terrence Monroe
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9 to 12tag(s): american revolution (81), asia (69), central america (18), ethics (21), greece (27), industrial revolution (20), north america (14), religions (79), renaissance (33), romans (36), south america (38)
In the Classroom
Share WisdomMaps with students as a blended learning activity by allowing students to explore a shared map before discussing ideas together as a class. Provide a collaborative Google Jamboard, reviewed here, and ask students to add sticky notes with information discovered through their exploration. Consider either creating columns for information found and another for questions that need further exploration. Use the WisdomMaps found on this site as a model for students to create maps using MindMeister, reviewed here, that correlate with your current classroom curriculum.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Evaluating Art as Historical Evidence - Digital Inquiry Group
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9 to 12tag(s): american revolution (81), art history (86), artists (80), assessment (148), china (62), civil rights (197), civil war (135), colonial america (93), comics and cartoons (53), declaration of independence (15), egypt (48), france (40), japan (56), mayans (10), mexico (30), native americans (92), nazis (8), thanksgiving (24), womens suffrage (44)
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Bookmark and save this list for use throughout the year with many different history lessons. Include these art activities to provide context and visual perspective to important events. Use a curation tool such as Padlet, reviewed here, to create an ongoing resource for students to use for review and as a guide for understanding history through a wider lens. For example, when using Padlet, choose the timeline feature and add a piece of art onto the timeline. Upload videos, text, and additional images to create an interactive timeline that tells a story through art. As a final project, ask students to share their learning using Sway, reviewed here, to write a reflective piece on the use of art throughout any period in time. Have students include student work, images, links, maps, and more in Sway projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World History for Us All - Public History Iniative, Department of History, UCLA
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7 to 12tag(s): africa (139), asia (69), cold war (30), environment (237), europe (75), greeks (32), industrial revolution (20), migration (45), north america (14), population (48), religions (79), south america (38), world war 1 (74), world war 2 (154)
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Bookmark this site to use in whole as your history curriculum or use parts of lessons to supplement your current instruction. Collaborate with your peers to modify and adjust information in these units to suit your needs. If using Microsoft Word, share your document with peers and add highlights and comments as you adjust the unit. If using the PDF version, use the tools found at SmallPDF, reviewed here, to annotate, merge with your current materials, or convert to another format. As you use this curriculum to view the world from a global perspective, use Google Earth, reviewed here, to create a collaborative project by adding markers to areas around the world to create virtual tours of historic events told through the lens of different locations and perspectives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Useful Charts YouTube Channel - Matt Baker
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7 to 12tag(s): asia (69), china (62), egypt (48), europe (75), famous people (20), france (40), germany (25), politics (111), presidents (124), romans (36)
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Include links to videos found on this channel to help students understand the complicated family trees found throughout history. After watching the videos, ask students to use an organizational tool such as Genially, reviewed here, to diagram family trees for American Presidents, European Royalty, Asian Dynasties, or other ruling families. When finished, use a timeline creator such as Vizzio, reviewed here, and find the "layered timeline" to view information in chronological order that includes additional information such as text, images, and primary documents.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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