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Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
Grades
1 to 12
tag(s): spanish (111)
In the Classroom
ESOL teachers looking for more literature for spanish-speaking students might find this site useful as a point of reference. There are also lists of magazines in spanish, in addition to a list of websites that could be useful in your class.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Online Dictionaries - Bucknell University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): dictionaries (49)
In the Classroom
Post this site on your teacher wiki or webpage to aid your foreign language students in their pursuit of understanding the language. Students can use these as aids on homework, study guides, in-class assignments, etc.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Council for Economics Education - National Council for Economics Education
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): money (112)
In the Classroom
If ever in need of an activity to explain a difficult concept, use this site to help students further explore it. Look at the site before hand and search for a lesson, which can be done by standard, a particularly useful tool. Take advantage of the free activities and plans this site provides!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Look Who's Footing the Bill! - Pacific Bell
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): speech (66)
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The World Bank Group
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): banks (7)
In the Classroom
Have students compare economic and social indicators between different nations and regions using Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here. Analyze statistics, create graphs, and interpret data sets having students create presentations using Presentations AI, reviewed here. Finally, students can analyze develop challenges and propose solutions using a virtual bulletin board such as Padlet, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lemonade Stand
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): money (112)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station during a lesson on supply and demand! The site could take up to 20 minutes, so be sure to pair it with other centers that could last equally long. This site would also be better in partners, allowing for student discussion along the way.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Explorations in Economic Demand, Part I - University of Omaha
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): supply and demand (6)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a classroom activity during a lesson on supply and demand. Have students work on the activity in pairs or cooperative learning groups. Even if you do not have time to do the entire webquest, the links provide good background information for shorter investigations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Currency Exhibit - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): money (112)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station during a lesson on the currency debates that have existed in the American Economy. To assess student learning have students create concept maps emphasizing what they learned from the interactive tour.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ramadan Fact Sheet for Teachers
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Take advantage of the classroom lesson plans and activities that the site has put together! This could definitely benefit a World History I teacher in charge of teaching students about various world religions. Be sure to save the site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Live from Earth and Mars Educational Modules - University of Washington
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): mars (25), soil (17), space (249), water (104), weather (174)
In the Classroom
There are several Modules here to choose from. Select a few for small groups in your class to explore. As students explore, have them take notes with an online tool like Simplenote, reviewed here, have them share the info they learned with their small group. Tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Make sure students compare notes and fill in their own with important information they may have missed. Simple note allows you to access and update across all devices. Take this a step further and challenge students to share their learning with the rest of their classmates and create a multimedia presentation using Sway, reviewed here. Sway offers tools to easily create professsional looking presentations, brochures, interactive posters, and newsletters. These can include images, videos, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chinese Garden Markets
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): china (79)
In the Classroom
Use the images from this site to contribute to a class visual discovery based on the economic situation of China. Most of the images are representative of the free markets thriving in major cities, making it easy to compare and contrast with what students have seen in the US. Select 3-5 of the more stimulating images, placing them in a powerpoint presentation. Show students the slides via interactive whiteboard/projector, with students writing down what they can observe & infer about each image. After the display is complete, have a class discussion based on student findings. This would be a great review activity, allowing students to apply classroom knowledge on what they're viewing.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The BBC's Special Report - BBC
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6 to 12tag(s): china (79)
In the Classroom
Although too outdated to be a current event's piece, this site could be used to study the ever-evolving nature of the Chinese government. Compare the reports on economic and social freedoms to those found elsewhere detailing those same rights today. Over the interactive whiteboard,use an online tool such as the 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams, reviewed here, to compare and contrast the two environments. This would be a great resource for a government or international politics class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Aaron Shepard - Aaron Shepard
Grades
1 to 8tag(s): folktales (34), plays (31), readers theater (11), stories and storytelling (78), writing (308)
In the Classroom
Click on Aaron's RT Page to find scripts for plays and tales you can use in the classroom. Use this website to find hints on how to dramatize the literature or folklore you're studying in the classroom. ENL students will find using Reader's Theater particularly helpful as they can read, speak, and listen to the materials and have more chances at comprehension. Similarly, students who are visual or oral learners will benefit from the multi-sensory presentations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Submarines! - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): navy (8)
In the Classroom
This site is a little text heavy, so be sure to use this with caution! If using as a learning center, pair lower & higher-level readers together - allowing your lower-level readers to get some help along the way. Because there is a lot of information here, only use if you have a guide or follow-along to help highlight for students what's most important off the site. For help creating easy graphic organizers, we recommend using Graphic Organizer Maker.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National World War II Museum - National World War II Museum: Learn
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): d day (11), veterans (37), world war 2 (168)
In the Classroom
This site could be the focal point for an extensive unit on World War II, with different student groups investigating aspects of the war. Or feature this site during a single lesson on D-Day. Ask students to decide which technology depicted in the science and technology interactive was the most important factor in the outcome of the war. Share videos on your projector or interactive whiteboard or assign students to create their own online posters about different facets of World War II using Adobe Express for Education.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CNN's Mars Specials - CNN
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Share with students on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Ask small groups to explore different sections and report out to the class using an interactive, multimedia poster maker like Genial.ly, reviewed here, where insert maps, surveys, video, audio and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Journey to Mars - NASA
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Share with students using a projector or interactive whiteboard as a whole class, or create a link at a computer station for students to explore on their own. Ask students to reflect on their learning using a blog like Telegra.ph, reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History Day Resources! - National Archives
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): history day (39)
In the Classroom
Save this site as a favorite and use it to generate ideas for lesson plans and classroom activities. The lessons can expand to your everyday, it doesn't have to be exclusive to a History day! American History teachers everywhere will appreciate this one.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Country Studies - Library of Congress
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): countries (70)
In the Classroom
Use the country profiles as activators or introductory activities to a lesson on a specific current event. Before students are able to understand happenings of today, it can be beneficial to provide them with a greater context, as seen here. To create a multimedia presentation with the information, have students use a mapping tool such as as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map of local landforms (with audio stories and pictures included)!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Presidential Debates Information
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): debate (38), presidents (151)
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If teaching about the historic 1960 television debates, use the videos and transcripts to provide students with something more tangible than the summary in their textbook. Click on the debate history section of the site, selecting the year 1960. There are multiple transcripts and videos that can easily be printed or viewed on the interactive whiteboard. To show the impact of technology, have students listen to the debate before watching - and also select a winner. After, have students repeat the activity; this time through watching the video. Have a class discussion on how seeing the candidates affected their opinions, and whether a similar effect occurred in 1960. Great for a US government classroom!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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