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Virginia Changemakers - Library of Virginia
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4 to 12
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Virginia Changemakers from the Library of Virginia is a free educational resource featuring short biographies of influential Virginians who have made lasting contributions to their...more
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Virginia Changemakers from the Library of Virginia is a free educational resource featuring short biographies of influential Virginians who have made lasting contributions to their communities, the Commonwealth, and the nation. Organized by historical era and themes such as civil rights, education, science, government, the arts, military service, and business, the site helps students explore diverse historical figures through engaging, accessible profiles. Teachers can use this resource to introduce biography studies, highlight underrepresented voices, connect historical events to real people, and support inquiry-based learning in history, social studies, language arts, and civics.
tag(s): american revolution (99), biographies (100), civil rights (224), civil war (148), colonization (22), great depression (33), industrialization (14), virginia (16), womenchangemaker (83), world war 2 (169)
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After reading several biographies, ask students to identify common leadership qualities such as perseverance, courage, innovation, or service. Students can support their findings with evidence from the biographies and discuss how these traits apply today. Have students select a changemaker and prepare a first-person presentation or living museum exhibit. Using information from the website, students can dress as the individual (optional), share important accomplishments, answer classmates' questions, and explain how their contributions continue to influence society today. Assign each student a different changemaker to research. Students can create a trading card using Trading Card Creator, reviewed here explaining the individual's accomplishments and lasting impact.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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National Native American Hall of Fame - National Native American Hall of Fame
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4 to 12
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The National Native American Hall of Fame is an educational resource that celebrates the achievements and contributions of Native American leaders, innovators, artists, athletes, military...more
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The National Native American Hall of Fame is an educational resource that celebrates the achievements and contributions of Native American leaders, innovators, artists, athletes, military veterans, educators, and other influential figures from tribes across the United States. Teachers can explore inductee biographies, photographs, videos, historical information, and educational resources that highlight Native American history, culture, leadership, and contemporary accomplishments. The site helps students gain a broader understanding of Indigenous perspectives while promoting cultural appreciation and challenging stereotypes, making it a valuable resource for history, social studies, language arts, and multicultural education.
tag(s): biographies (100), native americans (161)
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Assign each student or small group a Hall of Fame inductee to research. Students can create a slide presentation, podcast, or short video using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here highlighting the person's accomplishments and lasting impact. During Native American Heritage Month or while studying U.S. history, have students explore the website's biographies and videos. Students can create a digital timeline using MyLens, reviewed here showcasing achievements across fields such as science, sports, government, the arts, and military service. Have students compare a Hall of Fame inductee with another influential historical or contemporary figure. Students can create a Venn diagram with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here, analyzing leadership qualities, challenges, and contributions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teaching Comics - The Center for Cartoon Studies
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1 to 12
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The Center for Cartoon Studies' Teaching Comics page is a large collection of free resources for using comics, graphic novels, and cartooning in the classroom. Teachers can find short...more
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The Center for Cartoon Studies' Teaching Comics page is a large collection of free resources for using comics, graphic novels, and cartooning in the classroom. Teachers can find short creative exercises, complete lesson plans, study guides, handouts, and resources about visual storytelling, character development, dialogue, sequencing, editing, and literary devices. Many materials are available as printable PDFs, and several list recommended grade levels and Common Core subject connections. The site can support reading, writing, art, media literacy, and social studies lessons by helping students learn how words and images work together to communicate ideas.
tag(s): comics and cartoons (69), literary devices (14), sequencing (22)
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Have students use a simple six-panel template from Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here to tell a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end. Encourage them to plan how each panel moves the action forward and to use captions, dialogue, and pictures only where they add important information. After reading a chapter or short text, have students create a comic response that shows an important event, a character's change, a conflict, or a theme. Have students add a brief written explanation that describes how their visual choices connect to evidence from the text. They can choose new vocabulary words from a reading, science, or social studies unit and create small comics that show each word in context. Classmates can use the illustrations and dialogue to infer the word's meaning before checking the definition.
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Affinity - Canva
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6 to 12
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Affinity is a free professional design application that combines photo editing, vector illustration, and page layout tools into a single downloadable program for Windows and macOS....more
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Affinity is a free professional design application that combines photo editing, vector illustration, and page layout tools into a single downloadable program for Windows and macOS. Students and teachers can use its Pixel, Vector, and Layout studios to edit photographs, create original graphics and logos, design posters or infographics, and produce polished multi-page publications such as newsletters, brochures, and portfolios. Its layer-based tools and customizable workspace make it a strong option for digital art, media, and presentation projects, particularly when students need more precise design controls than a basic online creation tool provides. The core software is free, although some Canva AI features available within Affinity may require a Pro Canva plan, which is free for educators by enrolling in Canva for Education, reviewed here.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (352), editing (97), graphic design (57)
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Have students turn research from a science, social studies, or health unit into an infographic. They combine a clear title, concise facts, icons, charts, and visuals to teach classmates about topics such as ecosystems, weather, inventions, or historical events. After reading a novel or biography, have students redesign the book cover to show important themes, symbols, setting details, and character traits. They can write a short artist's statement explaining how each visual choice connects to the text. Have students use teacher-approved images to create a visual essay on a school, community, science, or social studies topic. They can edit images, arrange them on a page, and add captions that tell a clear story or support a central idea.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War and Reconstruction Virtual Exhibit - National Constitution Center
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4 to 12
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Go on a virtual visit to the National Constitution Center exhibit on Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality. Use your mouse to move through and view ...more
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Go on a virtual visit to the National Constitution Center exhibit on Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality. Use your mouse to move through and view different areas of the exhibit. Learn how to move through the exhibit by selecting the question mark icon at the bottom-left of your screen. The dropdown box at the top right of the screen provides direct links to different parts of the exhibit, beginning with "Building to Crisis" and ending with "Impact of the 15th Amendment."
tag(s): civil war (148), lincoln (65), slavery (82), virtual field trips (151)
In the Classroom
Include this virtual exhibit as part of a computer station activity or include it as an activity in a choice board focusing on the Civil War. Extend learning by asking students to create short audio guides of the different areas of the exhibit using a free audio tool like Vocaroo, reviewed here. Another group of students can create a timeline of events in the exhibit and use Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here to share their work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Document Analysis - National Archives
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K to 12
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The National Archives provides information and worksheets in both English and Spanish to guide users through analyzing primary source documents. The instructions include a step-by-step...more
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The National Archives provides information and worksheets in both English and Spanish to guide users through analyzing primary source documents. The instructions include a step-by-step progression for beginning document analysis, followed by several worksheets categorized by age and document type. The worksheet categories include photographs, written documents, artifacts, and several other document types. After selecting a category, the link includes questions and observations to guide artifact analysis. You can print each worksheet as a PDF.
tag(s): critical thinking (193), primary sources (163), worksheets (70)
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Bookmark and save this series of worksheets to teach students how to analyze documents, artifacts, and primary sources. Ask students to complete the worksheet and attach it to research projects and presentations. Engage students with station rotations and ask them to become the archivist. Include a primary source document or artifact at each station and have students use the appropriate worksheet to analyze the information. Have students record their findings on pre-made Google Slides, reviewed here. Use the worksheet information to create a slide deck for each artifact, then duplicate the slide so that each group can record their findings. When finished, discuss and compare each group's responses. For younger students, modify this activity to do an archivist-of-the-day activity as you work together to analyze a document or artifact.
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Boardous - Boardous
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Boardous is an all-in-one online teaching space for virtual learning activities. The free version gives you a persistent, infinite whiteboard for real-time collaboration, plus built-in...more
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Boardous is an all-in-one online teaching space for virtual learning activities. The free version gives you a persistent, infinite whiteboard for real-time collaboration, plus built-in video and audio chat. You can create reusable lesson templates, schedule sessions on the built-in calendar, and import PDFs to annotate directly on the board with your students; everything saves automatically to the cloud, so your boards are always available to use right where you finished using them. Invite students by sharing an invitation code; they don't need to create a Boardous account.
tag(s): differentiation (102), Whiteboard (10)
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Use Boardous for small-group work or to assist individual students. If you provide virtual office hours, Boardous is a helpful tool for conducting online learning sessions via video chat and for using the included tools to support learning. Send an invitation code to absent students to review an annotated board created during a lesson, or to meet live and review information they missed. Boardous is also helpful for virtual parent-teacher conferences and for sharing information as you discuss your student's progress.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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150+ Exit Ticket Questions And Prompts For All Subjects - Dylan Cable
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3 to 12
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Exit tickets are an excellent way to gather formative assessment information and gauge classroom learning, but writing quick, effective questions can take time. This article shares...more
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Exit tickets are an excellent way to gather formative assessment information and gauge classroom learning, but writing quick, effective questions can take time. This article shares over 150 general prompts to open communication and give you the information you need to assess student learning. Find prompts sorted into several categories, including all subjects, math, reading comprehension, and student reflections on strengths and weaknesses.
tag(s): assessment (141), Formative Assessment (45)
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Bookmark and save this article for inspiration when creating exit tickets. In addition to paper-and-pencil exit tickets, try using digital tools like Socrative, reviewed here, Google Forms, reviewed here, and Kahoot, reviewed here to gather exit ticket responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Independence Day Resources for K-12 Homeschoolers - Texas Home Educators
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K to 12
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This ready-to-go collection gathers Independence Day lesson plans, printables, crafts, games, primary-source activities, and historical investigations for homeschool and classroom use....more
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This ready-to-go collection gathers Independence Day lesson plans, printables, crafts, games, primary-source activities, and historical investigations for homeschool and classroom use. Resources are organized into elementary (K-5) and high school (9-12) sections, with each entry listing its grade level, approximate time, cost, and access requirements. Younger learners can explore patriotic symbols through crafts, coloring, puzzles, bingo, and short readings. At the same time, older students can analyze the Declaration of Independence, examine Revolutionary-era perspectives, use an interactive map, and complete discussion or writing activities. Many selections are free, although Education.com, PBS LearningMedia, and Newsela require accounts, and several Teachers Pay Teachers materials cost approximately $4-$10.
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tag(s): american revolution (99), crafts (104), declaration of independence (26), holidays (292), july 4th (20), maps (220), preK (335), primary sources (163)
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Younger students can sketch and label an American symbol, create a paper flag, sequence events from a short read-aloud, or compare how families and communities celebrate the holiday. Have students place key events from 1776 into the Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here. Students can develop a review game in Wordwall, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The 5 Clue Challenge - Michale Soskil
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5 to 12
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The 5 Clue Challenge is a collection of short videos that present five clues to identify a location, an animal, or another mystery. After hearing the first clue, viewers should ...more
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The 5 Clue Challenge is a collection of short videos that present five clues to identify a location, an animal, or another mystery. After hearing the first clue, viewers should pause and try to guess and research the answer. When ready, move on to the next clue, pause, and try to guess again. This site includes a teaching guide with suggestions for extension activities and integrating the 5 Clue Challenge in different curricular areas. YouTube Disclaimer: If your district blocks YouTube, the video may not be viewable.
tag(s): critical thinking (193), logic (177), Problem Based Learning (15), Research (92)
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Include 5 Clue Challenges as a schema activator to introduce a new teaching unit, such as a geography unit on European countries. Include these activities alongside lessons on research, source reliability, or map skills. Challenge students to play in groups and earn points using the system described in each video: five points for guessing correctly on the first try, four points on the second try, and so on. Extend learning by having students create their own 5 Clue Challenges using information available on the site. After recording student videos, use Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here or Canva for Education, reviewed here to edit and share the completed challenge videos.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Little Language Lessons - Google Labs
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K to 12
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Little Language Lessons is an experiment from Google Labs providing bite-sized language lessons in fifteen languages, teaching vocabulary, phrases, slang, and more in your chosen language....more
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Little Language Lessons is an experiment from Google Labs providing bite-sized language lessons in fifteen languages, teaching vocabulary, phrases, slang, and more in your chosen language. Begin by choosing from one of the three categories: Tiny Lesson, Slang Hang, and Word Cam. Tiny Lesson helps users learn vocabulary, phrases, and grammar tips; Slang Hang provides expressions and regional slang; and Word Cam uses your photos to help users learn from their surroundings. After selecting a language, each activity provides input options; you can view the results as text or listen to the audio response. Because this is an experimental site, it's best to double-check the accuracy of the results.
tag(s): arabic (12), artificial intelligence (352), chinese (39), french (73), german (50), greek (46), hebrew (18), italian (32), japanese (54), multilingual (82), portuguese (22), russian (26), spanish (113)
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In language classes, ask students to type in a scenario, such as ordering at a cafe, asking for directions, or reporting a lost passport, to get instant results in using the language in real-world situations. Integrate Little Language Lessons into a social studies unit and have students add common phrases and information from different countries or cultures. After learning common phrases or identifying items in their chosen language, ask students to use Canva for Education, reviewed here or Google Slides, reviewed here to make a postcard in that language as if they are writing home to tell about their visit to a foreign country. Use Padlet, reviewed here to create a gallery walk sharing students' postcards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State - Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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The John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial curriculum is a substantial collection of ready-to-use lessons and supporting materials about tribal sovereignty, Native history, culture,...more
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The John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial curriculum is a substantial collection of ready-to-use lessons and supporting materials about tribal sovereignty, Native history, culture, treaties, government-to-government relationships, and the continuing presence of tribal nations in Washington State. Resources are organized for early learning, elementary, middle school, and high school and include unit overviews, downloadable lessons, videos, primary-source materials, assessments, implementation guides, and professional-learning resources. Individual units connect tribal perspectives with Washington history, geography, environmental study, English language arts, social-emotional learning, and civics. Many lessons encourage educators to work with local tribes and to teach about distinct sovereign nations rather than presenting Native peoples as one generalized group.
tag(s): cultures (298), native americans (161), primary sources (163)
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Engage students by having them closely read treaties, maps, oral histories, quotations, photographs, and tribal accounts. Ask them to annotate evidence of sovereignty, compare tribal and state or federal responsibilities, sort examples into cultural, political, economic, historical, and environmental categories, or discuss how historical decisions continue to affect communities today. Younger learners can listen to tribally appropriate stories, sketch connections among land, water, plants, animals, and community, and compare oral traditions with other ways history is preserved. Students can plot tribal homelands, treaty areas, waterways, and present-day tribal governments with Google My Maps, reviewed here, while clearly distinguishing historical territories from current reservation boundaries.
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Free Learning Resources for Native American Heritage Month - Common Sense Media
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K to 12
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This curated collection gathers free teaching and learning resources focused primarily on Native American and First Nations peoples in North America. The materials are organized by...more
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This curated collection gathers free teaching and learning resources focused primarily on Native American and First Nations peoples in North America. The materials are organized by approximate grade bands -- PreK, grades 1-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12 -- and include lesson plans, videos, music, stories, and hands-on activities across several subject areas. Many selections were developed by or in partnership with Native people, tribal organizations, or Native nations, helping teachers center Indigenous voices as they explore the histories, cultures, beliefs, innovations, and contemporary contributions of specific communities. The collection is useful during Native American Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples' Day, and throughout the school year.
tag(s): cultures (298), native americans (161), preK (335), primary sources (163)
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Younger students can produce an illustrated digital book about one specific community or Indigenous contributor with Book Creator, reviewed here. Students can also build a visual chronology with the Timeline Tool by Read Write Think, reviewed here, making sure the timeline continues into the present rather than ending with historical conflict or removal. Invite students to examine images, objects, quotations, maps, or short texts and to record what they notice, wonder about, and need to verify. Use close reading to compare an Indigenous-authored account with a textbook description, or have students sort statements into past, present, stereotype, and evidence-based understanding.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Plains Indian Ledger Drawing - Plains Indian Ledger Art Digital Project
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5 to 12
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Discover a site dedicated to the celebration of the Plains Indians' "Ledger" drawings of the 19th century. After clicking on a specific ledger, you can zoom in, rotate, and save ...more
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Discover a site dedicated to the celebration of the Plains Indians' "Ledger" drawings of the 19th century. After clicking on a specific ledger, you can zoom in, rotate, and save the image. Additionally, the right side lists the Provenance, Document Info, Custodian, and Artist. Create a free account to view the research features and research tools.
tag(s): art history (110), montana (33), native americans (161)
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As students explore each of the drawings, they can share their noticings and wonderings on a virtual bulletin board such as Stormboard, reviewed here. Have students participate in a virtual interview with a historian who is familiar with Native American art. Ask pairs to compare two ledger drawings from different artists, time periods, or Native Nations and organize visual evidence with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here.
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American Indians in Children's Literature - Dr. Debbie Reese and Dr. Jean Mendoza
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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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Woodrow Wilson Family Home | Let's Go! - KnowItAll.org
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The Woodrow Wilson House in Columbia is the nation's only museum dedicated to telling the story of Reconstruction. This video, interactive tour, and photo gallery tell the story of...more
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The Woodrow Wilson House in Columbia is the nation's only museum dedicated to telling the story of Reconstruction. This video, interactive tour, and photo gallery tell the story of a time when African Americans in the South could first participate in government, start churches, and go to school. Create a free account to access free resources correlated to social studies standards.
tag(s): civil war (148), presidents (152), slavery (82), virtual field trips (151)
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This video is an excellent starting point for hooking students' interest at the beginning of a history unit. Students watch the tour to capture initial impressions of Reconstruction-era material culture before creating interactive timelines of the era using MyLens, reviewed here, which deepens their understanding by organizing key legislative milestones from 1865 to 1877. To push learning even further, students synthesize their knowledge by researching local post-Civil War history and posting findings on a collaborative digital wall via Padlet, reviewed here, connecting the national narrative to their own communities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Montana: Stories of the Land, Chapter 3 - Montana Historical Society
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Support a study of early Montana history and tribal perspectives with this teacher resource page for Chapter 3 of Montana: Stories of the Land. The page supplements the chapter "From...more
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Support a study of early Montana history and tribal perspectives with this teacher resource page for Chapter 3 of Montana: Stories of the Land. The page supplements the chapter "From Dog Days to Horse Warriors" with ready-to-use teaching supports, including educational trunks, a printable "Takeaway" summarizing strategy, recommended websites and lesson plans, videos, possible field trips, chapter tests and answer keys, and standards-alignment information. A particularly useful teacher note addresses disagreements among tribal cultural experts and historians over when different tribes arrived in Montana and encourages discussion of how historical knowledge is constructed. Resources also connect students with the Seven Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians and tribal perspectives on sovereignty, cultural continuity, identity, and history. The page includes several YouTube videos. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): montana (33), native americans (161), primary sources (163)
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Have students read an assigned section of Chapter 3, complete the site's "Takeaway" activity by distilling the reading to its most important idea, then compare summaries with a partner and revise for accuracy and concision. Ask students to organize significant developments related to horses, intertribal exchange, and changing lifeways into a chronological sequence using the Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here, then write a short explanation of which change had the greatest impact. Extend learning by asking students to examine one of the Seven Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians and post a student-friendly explanation plus one supporting example from Chapter 3 to Padlet, reviewed here for a collaborative class reference board.
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Indian Education - Montana Office of Public Instruction
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Explore a central collection of Montana resources supporting Indian Education for All, American Indian student achievement, tribal relations, and Native language and culture. The Montana...more
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Explore a central collection of Montana resources supporting Indian Education for All, American Indian student achievement, tribal relations, and Native language and culture. The Montana Office of Public Instruction explains the state's constitutional commitment to recognizing and preserving the distinct and unique cultural heritage of American Indians. It provides pathways to curriculum materials, professional learning, tribal resources, language preservation initiatives, and student-support information. The linked Indian Education for All collection includes classroom lessons and resources in art, health, language arts, mathematics, music, science, and social studies, organized by grade level and Montana tribal nation. Educators can also find the Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians, implementation guides, tribal history resources, recorded webinars, professional-development opportunities, and links to additional Indigenous education organizations and materials. The page also links to a YouTube video titled We Are One. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the video.
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Students can locate Montana reservations and tribal communities while studying the geographic resources on the site, then build an annotated map with Google My Maps, reviewed here that connects locations with evidence from OPI or tribal sources. Assign students to explore one contemporary topic from the OPI resources, then write a short, evidence-based response that connects present-day issues to historical or governmental context, rather than treating American Indian cultures only as topics of the past.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians - Montana Office of Public Instruction
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Build accurate background knowledge about Montana's tribal nations with this foundational Indian Education for All resource from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Originally...more
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Build accurate background knowledge about Montana's tribal nations with this foundational Indian Education for All resource from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Originally developed through discussions with American Indian educators from Montana tribes and most recently revised in 2024, the 32-page PDF organizes essential information around seven understandings. Topics include the diversity of Montana's twelve sovereign tribes, individual American Indian identity, traditional beliefs and oral histories, reservations and treaties, federal Indian policy, differing historical perspectives, and tribal sovereignty. Each Essential Understanding is expanded with key concepts and background information that helps educators move beyond generalizations and place historical issues in contemporary context. The document also provides information about Montana's tribal nations and reservations and concludes with an appendix identifying tribal groups, languages, membership information, and reservation establishment data. The introduction emphasizes that there is no generic American Indian and that tribally specific identification is the best approach whenever possible.
tag(s): diversity (57), identity (44), montana (33), native americans (161), oral history (14)
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Have students work in small groups to examine one of the seven Essential Understandings, identify its key ideas, and teach those ideas to classmates using evidence from the document. Ask students to compare two Montana tribal nations described in the resource, noting differences in language, history, government, location, and contemporary community information, using the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Extend learning by asking students to trace the federal policy periods described in Essential Understanding 5 and organize major changes from treaty-making and removal through self-determination with the Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here.
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Google Gemini - Google
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Google Gemini is a multipurpose AI chat tool that lets you text, code, and create images, audio, and video. The chatbot assistant includes many options to support users' needs, such...more
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Google Gemini is a multipurpose AI chat tool that lets you text, code, and create images, audio, and video. The chatbot assistant includes many options to support users' needs, such as uploading files from your device and Google Drive, photos, avatars, and Gemini Notebooks (formerly NotebookLM), reviewed here. Use the plus sign in the message box to stipulate the output; for example, choose create image, create music, or Canvas (code, write, or make slides). Gemini also integrates Google Gems, customizable apps for repetitive tasks. Choose the three dots at the end of any chat response to listen to the response, export to Google Docs, or start a draft in Gmail.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (352), chat (42), Google (21), search strategies (20)
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Use Gemini to support your personal and professional needs while saving time. View the archived session of OK2Ask: Google Gems Basics: Personalized, Interactive, and Safe AI Learning Experiences, reviewed here, to learn more about Gems or OK2Ask: AI Templates That Work: Quick & Easy Prompting Solutions, reviewed here, to understand how to create effective prompts to achieve the best results when using AI generation tools.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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