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Teaching the Constitution - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Find a constitutional topic and move directly to a collection of supporting classroom materials with this organized teaching guide from Annenberg Classroom. Resources are grouped by...more
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Find a constitutional topic and move directly to a collection of supporting classroom materials with this organized teaching guide from Annenberg Classroom. Resources are grouped by the Constitution's articles, branches of government, amendments, and landmark Supreme Court cases, making it easy to connect a unit or current issue to relevant videos, lesson plans, games, and timelines. Topics include separation of powers, federalism, the legislative process, presidential authority, judicial independence, the Bill of Rights, freedom of speech and the press, due process, voting rights, equal protection, and other constitutional principles. Many videos provide historical footage and commentary from legal scholars, Supreme Court justices, attorneys, and people connected to significant cases. The broader site also offers an interactive Constitution guide that pairs the original text with plain-language explanations. Materials are free and primarily intended for middle and high school civics instruction.
tag(s): constitution (111), bill of rights (48), freedom of speech (17), primary sources (183), supreme court (37)
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Invite students to research a landmark case and create a person or concept card with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here, summarizing the parties, constitutional question, ruling, and long-term significance. Ask students to compare two constitutional rights with the 2 and 3 Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here, identifying their origins, limits, landmark cases, and continuing debates. Have students stage a mock Supreme Court conference in which justices question opposing attorneys, discuss relevant constitutional language, and write a majority or dissenting opinion supported by precedent.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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PBS NewsHour Classroom Daily News Lessons - PBS NewsHour Classroom,
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6 to 12
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Help students connect classroom learning to unfolding events with ready-to-go news lessons for grades 6-12. PBS NewsHour Classroom regularly posts lessons built around current reporting...more
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Help students connect classroom learning to unfolding events with ready-to-go news lessons for grades 6-12. PBS NewsHour Classroom regularly posts lessons built around current reporting in civics, social studies, English language arts, science, STEM, and arts and culture. Teachers can search by topic or keyword, and individual entries commonly include a video report, a concise summary, discussion prompts, background information, media-literacy questions, and extension activities. The collection is especially useful for morning meetings, current-events routines, substitute plans, and timely additions to an existing unit. Because the subject matter follows the news, teachers should preview each lesson for sensitive topics, political content, violence, or other material that may require context for a particular class.
tag(s): critical thinking (194), journalism (73), primary sources (183), civics (142), media literacy (140)
In the Classroom
Ask students to identify who, what, where, when, and why in a current-events story, then post their findings on Padlet, reviewed here, to create a whole-class news briefing. Invite students to take opposing positions on a civic or policy question raised by a lesson, prepare evidence-based arguments, and use Mentimeter, reviewed here, to collect an anonymous vote before and after the debate. Have students write and record a two-minute news analysis with Adobe Podcast, reviewed here, explaining the event, why it matters, and which evidence supports their interpretation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Traffic Lite - Leading Edge Learning, LLC
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5 to 12
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Bring clear AI-use expectations into each Google Classroom assignment with Traffic Lite, a Chrome extension for K-12 educators and administrators. Teachers select a customizable two-,...more
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Bring clear AI-use expectations into each Google Classroom assignment with Traffic Lite, a Chrome extension for K-12 educators and administrators. Teachers select a customizable two-, three-, four-, or five-color scale, then add color-coded policy language explaining how students may use AI for a particular assignment. The Traffic Lite GPS assistant can review an assignment draft and recommend a policy color that matches the teacher's expectations. Teachers may edit the default policy language, while school and district administrator tools add shared policies, group settings, policy controls, and usage reporting. The teacher version does not include the centralized controls and reporting available through administrator accounts. The extension requires installation and authenticates through a Google account. Student installation is not required.
tag(s): Teacher Utilities (234), Google (23), digital citizenship (113), artificial intelligence (368)
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Have students examine several sample assignments in pairs, decide which Traffic Lite color best fits each task, and defend their classifications using evidence from the assignment directions. Ask students to sort AI-use scenarios on Padlet, reviewed here, creating columns for acceptable, limited, and unacceptable uses before the class compares its decisions with the teacher's policy. Invite small groups to debate whether AI should be permitted during brainstorming, research, drafting, revising, and proofreading, then collect a whole-class vote with Google Forms, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Annenberg Classroom Videos - Annenberg Classroom
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6 to 12
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Bring constitutional history and Supreme Court decisions to life with this collection of free civics videos. The archive includes documentaries about landmark cases and constitutional...more
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Bring constitutional history and Supreme Court decisions to life with this collection of free civics videos. The archive includes documentaries about landmark cases and constitutional principles, conversations in which Supreme Court justices discuss legal issues with high school students, short lectures from an introductory constitutional concepts course, and programs explaining the roles of courts and other branches of government. Topics include the Magna Carta, federal and state power, freedom of the press, criminal defendants' rights, judicial independence, dissenting opinions, and the development of individual liberties. Teachers can select individual programs to introduce a topic, provide historical context, or support case analysis, and many videos connect to separate standards-aligned lessons elsewhere on the site. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): primary sources (183), critical thinking (194), bill of rights (48), supreme court (37), constitution (111)
In the Classroom
Invite students to produce a short audio case briefing with Online Voice Recorder, reviewed here, explaining a decision in language that younger students could understand. Use a video as the basis for a whole-class discussion, then have teams create an evidence-based review game with Wayground, formerly Quizizz, reviewed here. Invite small groups to compare two videos addressing related rights or government powers, then organize similarities and differences with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here.
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18 Teacher Resources on Native American History and Culture - Facing History & Ourselves
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6 to 12
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This teacher-focused collection gathers resources to examine Native American history, cultures, sovereignty, identity, resistance, and contemporary life throughout the school year,...more
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This teacher-focused collection gathers resources to examine Native American history, cultures, sovereignty, identity, resistance, and contemporary life throughout the school year, rather than limiting study to Native American Heritage Month. The page points middle and high school educators to Smithsonian Native Knowledge 360'''A'? lessons and student webinars, museum exhibitions and art collections, books, podcasts, films, and Facing History readings and teaching ideas. Topics include treaties, removal, stereotypes, military service, public memory, Native Hawaiian sovereignty, and the gap between the United States' founding ideals and its treatment of Indigenous peoples. The main article is freely viewable without an account, although account requirements and access conditions may vary for linked materials. Some linked Facing History lessons may require a free login to access all materials.
tag(s): native americans (168), cultures (292), primary sources (183)
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Have groups sort statements into "historical," "contemporary," "stereotype," and "needs evidence," then revisit their choices after using the collection. Students can arrange treaty events, removal policies, resistance, and present-day developments on Padlet's age-friendly Timeline board, reviewed here. Secondary students can build a geographic narrative connecting lands, nations, treaties, and events with StoryMap JS, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Postal Musuem - Smithsonian
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1 to 12
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The National Postal Museum site showcases the postal service with an online calendar of events, highlights, and photographs. Highlights include current exhibitions, special topics,...more
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The National Postal Museum site showcases the postal service with an online calendar of events, highlights, and photographs. Highlights include current exhibitions, special topics, stamp collecting, educator resources, and more. Google Arts and Culture Street View has a 360 tour of the museum. STAMP camp (currently closed at the time of this review) offers activities in science, technology, art, math, and problem-solving. STAMP camp is for children ages 6 through 12. All lessons are online and can be completed at your child's own pace.
tag(s): virtual field trips (154), primary sources (183), museums (58)
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Students can participate in the lessons from STAMP camp and showcase their work using ClipChamp, reviewed here. Students can use a virtual bulletin board such as Lino, reviewed here to share what they learned on the Google Arts and Culture 360 tour. Have students use MyLens, reviewed here to create a timeline of special stamps that have been created.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes - Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
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10 to 12
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Learn directly from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes through this official tribal government website, which offers especially useful materials for teaching tribal history,...more
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Learn directly from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes through this official tribal government website, which offers especially useful materials for teaching tribal history, sovereignty, culture, civics, language, and environmental stewardship. The site explains that the Flathead Indian Reservation is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Upper Pend d'Oreille, and Kootenai peoples and provides information about their distinct histories, languages, traditions, and relationships with the land. Educators will find particularly strong ready-to-go resources in the Tribal Education and Culture sections, including Tribal Civics study guides and films, materials related to the 1855 Treaty of Hell Gate, bibliographies, Native-authored resources, cultural publications, and environmental education materials. The Tribal Civics collection includes lessons designed to scaffold students' understanding of sovereignty and treaty history, while other curriculum materials connect to Montana's Indian Education for All Essential Understandings. If your district blocks YouTube, the video(s) may not be viewable.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (168)
In the Classroom
Students can use SchoolAI, reviewed here to learn more about the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Students can highlight important facts about the contributions of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes using Magazine Cover Maker, reviewed here. Assign pairs one of the Tribal Civics films or study guides, such as resources on tribal entrepreneurship, gaming, women in leadership, or treaty promises, and have them create an evidence-based presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here.
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Montana History Portal - Montana State Library
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4 to 12
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Dig into Montana history through a large, free collection of digitized primary and secondary sources from cultural institutions across the state. The Montana History Portal includes...more
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Dig into Montana history through a large, free collection of digitized primary and secondary sources from cultural institutions across the state. The Montana History Portal includes photographs, maps, rare books, historic documents, diaries, letters, school yearbooks, oral histories, audio and video clips, paintings, illustrations, art, and other materials documenting Montana's cultural heritage. Teachers and students can browse or search collections, examine digitized artifacts from many contributing institutions, and use curated digital exhibits that pair primary sources with explanatory text. The portal is especially useful for local-history research, document analysis, inquiry projects, and lessons that ask students to work directly with historical evidence rather than relying only on a textbook. Montana Historical Society materials alone include digitized books, diaries, letters, advertisements, photographs, maps, and other records, and the broader portal now contains well over 100,000 items.
tag(s): evaluating sources (61), primary sources (183), native americans (168), montana (34)
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Have students search for historic photographs of their town, county, or another Montana community, then compare the images with the location today. Have students examine a historical photograph closely, record observable details before making inferences, and annotate important evidence with Image Annotator, reviewed here, to create a visual primary-source analysis. Ask students to explore historical maps and other geographic records from the portal, then create an annotated comparison map with Google My Maps, reviewed here, explaining how settlement, transportation, industry, land use, or community boundaries changed over time.
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TRAILS: Archives & Special Collections - Treasure State Academic Information and Library Services
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9 to 12
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Open the door to Montana history through this directory of archives and special collections maintained by TRAILS member libraries. The page connects researchers and educators to distinctive...more
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Open the door to Montana history through this directory of archives and special collections maintained by TRAILS member libraries. The page connects researchers and educators to distinctive physical and digital collections from institutions across the state, including tribal colleges such as Salish Kootenai College, Little Big Horn College, and Chief Dull Knife College, as well as Montana State University, the University of Montana, and other member institutions. Collections focus on the diverse histories of Montana's regions and can lead students to photographs, manuscripts, institutional records, oral histories, local history materials, and other primary sources, depending on the participating archive. The page also links to institutional repositories where users can find open-access theses, dissertations, journal articles, professional papers, and other scholarship created in Montana. Because TRAILS serves as a directory rather than a single digitized collection, available materials and search tools vary by institution.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (168)
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Add this resource to a Wakelet, reviewed here as a reference for students to search for information on the Cheyennes. Learn more about the Native Americans in Montana by using SchoolAI, reviewed here. Students can ask the ChatBot questions and learn more information. Ask students to map the Montana communities, tribal colleges, universities, or historical locations represented in their research with Google My Maps, reviewed here, adding brief source-based notes to each location.
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Montana State Parks Education Resources - Montana Fish
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4 to 12
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Turn Montana's state parks into outdoor classrooms with this collection of field trips, in-school programs, traveling trunks, and classroom-ready Indian Education for All resources....more
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Turn Montana's state parks into outdoor classrooms with this collection of field trips, in-school programs, traveling trunks, and classroom-ready Indian Education for All resources. Teachers can browse programs at parks such as Bannack, Chief Plenty Coups, First Peoples Buffalo Jump, and Flathead Lake, with activities covering Native American history and culture, Montana history, geology, ecology, wildlife, art, health, and language arts. Many offerings identify grade ranges and content standards, and several combine ranger-led interpretation with hands-on activities such as gold panning, traditional Native games, birding, scavenger hunts, puppet-making, and guided hikes. A particularly useful section links to 21 K-12 Indian Education for All model lesson plans created with the Montana Office of Public Instruction. These lessons feature individual state parks and can stand alone in the classroom even when a field trip is not possible. The page also includes teacher planning guidance, supervision recommendations, and traveling educational trunks with materials such as animal hides, books, maps, scientific equipment, and curriculum guides.
tag(s): primary sources (183), montana (34), native americans (168)
In the Classroom
Have students select a Montana state park and create a brochure using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here highlighting its history, geography, wildlife, cultural significance, and reasons to visit. Choose a park and research its plants, animals, geology, and ecosystems. Students can create a field journal with sketches, observations, facts, and food webs. Have students examine one of Sue Reynolds's photographs with the site's Notice and Wonder strategy, then post one careful observation and one inquiry question to Padlet, reviewed here, for a class discussion about evidence, perspective, and assumptions.
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Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe - Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe
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4 to 12
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The Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's website shares the tribe's traditions and stories. The site allows you to explore topics such as News and Events, Government, Tribal Elections,...more
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The Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's website shares the tribe's traditions and stories. The site allows you to explore topics such as News and Events, Government, Tribal Elections, Tribal Resources, Programs, and Culture. The Culture tab features links to YouTube videos on Creation Teachings, Cultural Stories, Lessons, and Traditional Herbs and Medicines.
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In the Classroom
By using Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here, students can share the government structure of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. Students can create a podcast using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here to share about the family roles of the tribe. Have students host a virtual question-and-answer with a member of the tribe.
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Everyday Native - The Everyday Native Project
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4 to 12
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Everyday Native helps students look beyond stereotypes by pairing contemporary Native American experiences with photographs, poetry, videos, background information, discussion questions,...more
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Everyday Native helps students look beyond stereotypes by pairing contemporary Native American experiences with photographs, poetry, videos, background information, discussion questions, and inquiry activities. Designed for grades 4-12, the resource focuses on both Native history and present-day life. It supports Language Arts, U.S. History, Native American History, Social Studies, Current Events, Photography, Poetry, and Art. Students encounter photographs by Sue Reynolds, poems by Victor Charlo, and videos featuring Native youth discussing pride, courage, resilience, culture, family, and challenges. Teacher supports include interpretation strategies, writing and discussion prompts, research ideas, downloadable analysis sheets, and a regularly updated newsfeed. Full access is free after registration.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (168), primary sources (183), media literacy (140)
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Ask students to read a Victor Charlo poem and use the site's inquiry approach to identify what they notice, what they wonder, and where their prior ideas about Native Americans originated; then investigate one compelling question using additional sources. Have students compare information about a Native nation featured in the resource with tribally produced information, then create an annotated map with Google My Maps, reviewed here, showing important places and explaining why specific tribal identification is more accurate than treating Native peoples as one group. Assign students a final reflection in which they explain one stereotype or misconception that changed during the unit and support the response with two pieces of evidence from photographs, poems, videos, or background readings.
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Big Horn County Historical Museum and Visitor Center - Big Horn County Historical Society
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4 to 12
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Explore Montana history through the Big Horn County Historical Museum in Hardin. Teachers can use its historic buildings, artifacts, and exhibits to support lessons on Plains Indian...more
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Explore Montana history through the Big Horn County Historical Museum in Hardin. Teachers can use its historic buildings, artifacts, and exhibits to support lessons on Plains Indian culture, Fort Custer, ranching, transportation, schools, early businesses, and daily life in Montana's past. Students can examine primary-source photographs and preserved structures to compare life then and now.
tag(s): primary sources (183), native americans (168), montana (34)
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Invite small groups to examine how the museum presents Plains Indian history alongside settler, military, agricultural, and community history, then ask students to identify which perspectives are represented and which additional tribal or primary sources would strengthen their understanding. Ask students to research Will James using the museum's biographical information and create a biography card with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here, including key dates, his work as a cowboy artist and author, and his connection to Big Horn County. Have students investigate the development of Big Horn County, Fort Custer, local settlement, transportation, or agriculture and organize major events on a class chronology with Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Native Land Digital - Native Land Digita
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4 to 12
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Begin a place-based inquiry by searching Native Land Digital's interactive maps of Indigenous territories, treaties, languages, and place names around the world. Map layers overlap...more
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Begin a place-based inquiry by searching Native Land Digital's interactive maps of Indigenous territories, treaties, languages, and place names around the world. Map layers overlap intentionally, helping users consider Indigenous relationships with Land and Waters beyond fixed colonial borders. Nation, treaty, and language entries may include sources and links for further investigation. In contrast, additional resources include a 2025 Teacher's Guide, a land and waters acknowledgment guide, open map data, and an API. Teachers should present the map as a starting point rather than a final authority because Native Land Digital states that its maps are living educational resources, are still being refined, and do not represent official or legal boundaries. Students should verify findings through Indigenous nations and community-based sources whenever possible.
tag(s): montana (34), evaluating sources (61), cultures (292), native americans (168), map skills (68)
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Ask pairs to compare the Native Land map with a conventional political map and organize differences in borders, labels, overlap, and perspective using the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here. Have small groups investigate Indigenous place names in a selected region and build a map-based story with StoryMap JS, reviewed here. Assign students to compare several overlapping territorial or language layers and create a presentation with Canva for Education, reviewed here.
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Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress - Library of Congress
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8 to 12
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View information about Native Americans, including primary source sets, historical photographs, and classroom guides. Topics include Native American Boarding Schools, Exploring the...more
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View information about Native Americans, including primary source sets, historical photographs, and classroom guides. Topics include Native American Boarding Schools, Exploring the Stories Behind Native American Boarding Schools, and Drake's West Indian Voyage, 1588 to 1589. Each includes a teacher's guide with primary sources.
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Students can use Kiddle, reviewed here, to continue researching Native Americans who attended boarding school. If possible, have students virtually interview students who also attended boarding school. Students can present their lesson understanding by creating a presentation using Google Slides, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Indians in Children's Literature - Dr. Debbie Reese and Dr. Jean Mendoza
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K to 12
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This blog highlights Native American writers and illustrators. Each blog post highlights how there has been a change in the number of Native American writers who have written books....more
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This blog highlights Native American writers and illustrators. Each blog post highlights how there has been a change in the number of Native American writers who have written books. A list of books is also featured, including Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Maillard, We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, and Keepunumuk: Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Brown.
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Teachers can share the book list with parents when they are teaching about Native Americans. Students can read books from the site's list and share their favorite. After finishing a book, students can complete a story element graphic organizer using Canva Infographic Creator, < a href="/single.cfm?id=17570">reviewed here.
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National Museum of the United States Army - National Museum of the United States Army
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4 to 12
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The National Museum of the United States Army Digital Resources page offers a wide variety of free educational materials that help students explore American history through the experiences...more
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The National Museum of the United States Army Digital Resources page offers a wide variety of free educational materials that help students explore American history through the experiences of U.S. Soldiers. Teachers can access engaging videos, interactive timelines, maps, online exhibits, lesson plans, virtual field trips, and primary-source activities that connect to topics ranging from the Revolutionary War to modern conflicts. The site also includes resources related to National History Day and offers opportunities for students to investigate history through artifacts, historical documents, and storytelling. These materials work well for social studies, history, reading, and cross-curricular lessons, helping students build research, critical-thinking, and historical-analysis skills.
tag(s): 1900s (87), 1910s (31), 1940s (69), world war 2 (168), world war 1 (88), civil war (148), virtual field trips (154), lewis and clark (16), american revolution (99), biographies (103)
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Explore a virtual field trip from the museum and have students complete a digital scavenger hunt focused on artifacts, uniforms, vehicles, or important historical events connected to the tour. Use the museum's interactive timelines and maps to help students trace major battles or troop movements, then create their own illustrated timeline or digital map presentation using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Have students analyze historical artifacts shown in the digital collections and make inferences about the people who used them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Power BI - Microsoft
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6 to 12
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Microsoft Power BI is a powerful business intelligence and data visualization platform that enables teachers and students to turn spreadsheets and large datasets into interactive charts,...more
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Microsoft Power BI is a powerful business intelligence and data visualization platform that enables teachers and students to turn spreadsheets and large datasets into interactive charts, dashboards, and reports. Educators can use the platform to analyze classroom data, track student growth, visualize survey results, and create engaging STEM or research projects that emphasize critical thinking and data literacy. Power BI connects with tools such as Excel, Google Analytics, databases, and cloud services, making it useful for real-world data analysis and project-based learning. The platform includes both a free desktop version and online collaboration features, helping students build valuable technology and career-ready skills in data interpretation and digital communication.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (368), data (215), spreadsheets (23), Project Based Learning (32), charts and graphs (183)
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Create classroom data walls or progress dashboards that help students monitor reading growth, assessment scores, attendance, or personal learning goals throughout the school year. Use the platform during media literacy or research projects to teach students how data visualizations influence communication, helping them critically and accurately evaluate graphs, infographics, and digital reports. Have students analyze real-world datasets in math, science, or social studies classes by creating interactive dashboards that display trends, comparisons, and predictions using charts and graphs.Edge Features:
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TLDR This - Tridev
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TLDR This is a free AI-powered text summarization tool that helps teachers and students quickly condense lengthy articles, web pages, research papers, PDFs, and online content into...more
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TLDR This is a free AI-powered text summarization tool that helps teachers and students quickly condense lengthy articles, web pages, research papers, PDFs, and online content into shorter, easier-to-read summaries. Users can paste text, upload documents, or enter a webpage URL to generate concise key points and remove distractions such as ads and unnecessary details. The platform also offers browser extensions and metadata extraction features that identify information such as author, title, and estimated reading time. Teachers can use the tool to support research, differentiated instruction, study skills, media literacy, and informational reading activities while helping students manage information overload more effectively.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (368), summarizing (30)
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Have students compare the AI-generated summary of an article with the original text to identify missing details, bias, or inaccuracies. Use the tool during research projects to help students gather key information from lengthy nonfiction articles, primary sources, or current events before creating presentations or written responses. Create summarization challenges in which students first read an article, write their own summary, and then compare their work to the AI-generated version to discuss effective summarizing techniques.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Data Studio - Google
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Google Data Studio is a free web-based data visualization and reporting tool that allows teachers and schools to turn spreadsheets and other data sources into interactive dashboards,...more
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Google Data Studio is a free web-based data visualization and reporting tool that allows teachers and schools to turn spreadsheets and other data sources into interactive dashboards, charts, and reports. Educators can connect data from Google Sheets, Forms, Analytics, and many other sources to create customizable visuals that help track student progress, assessment results, attendance, survey responses, and classroom trends. The platform supports real-time collaboration and easy sharing, making it useful for professional learning communities, administrators, and teachers looking to make data-driven instructional decisions. Its drag-and-drop design tools and interactive filters also make it accessible to educators new to data visualization.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (368), data (215), charts and graphs (183), spreadsheets (23)
In the Classroom
Create collaborative social studies or science inquiry projects in which groups gather research data and design dashboards to explain topics such as weather patterns, population growth, or environmental changes. Teachers can build classroom management or assessment dashboards that display formative assessment trends, attendance, participation, or benchmark growth to guide small-group instruction and enrichment activities. Use Google Data Studio during math lessons to help students interpret real-world data. Students can compare statistics, analyze class averages, or track progress on fluency and goal-setting activities through visual reports.Edge Features:
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