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Time Value of Money - National Council on Economic Education
Grades
6 to 12
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The Decisive Day is Come - Massachusetts Historical Society
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): colonial america (97), massachusetts (8)
In the Classroom
Use the maps and timeline on the interactive projector as supplement to text during an introduction to the American Revolution. The images can be incorporated into a slide show and can help guide students along the events of Bunker Hill. This is a great resource for a US history class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Watergate Revisited - Washington Post
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): 1970s (30), politics (124), presidents (153)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have students explore the site with the intentions of creating a summary of the most important events. Have cooperative learning groups create online books using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here. Students can write the book from the perspective of Nixon or Deep throat...a great way to introduce the topic in a non-lecture format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Monticello Explorer - Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): american revolution (93), evolution (85), jefferson (20), virginia (15), virtual field trips (139)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector to the class. Then have students break into small groups and use the Jigsaw strategy to divide up the task of exploring the site. Need a refresher for the Jigsaw approach? See Jigsaw Classroom, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Discovering Lewis and Clark - VIAs Inc.
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): jefferson (20), lewis and clark (15), louisiana (6), louisiana purchase (6)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station during a unit on the two explorers and western expansion. Based on what they read, have students create a multi-media presentation summarizing the main points. Have students create a presentation using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try Pikwizard, reviewed here. Have students report the exploration as though it were a current event, using images from the site or other approved sources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Memorial Day Activities - David Merchant
Grades
3 to 10tag(s): holidays (283), memorial day (27), puzzles (163)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities on this site! There are also some practice quizzes and puzzles that would be fun ways to assess students, or have them use the tools to help review the content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History Explorer - Smithsonian
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): agriculture (54), american revolution (93), civics (129), famous people (40), japan (62), japanese (53), jazz (17), lincoln (67), politics (124)
In the Classroom
Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. There is enough information in "exhibit" details to provide a starting point for students trying to decide what to base a research project on. Recommend the site to students who are having difficulty picking a project subject.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Child Labor in America - Library of Congress
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): 20th century (168), evolution (85), industrial revolution (21)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan hosted on this site! Save this one as a favorite on your classroom computer, to allow for easy retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Salem - National Geographic
Grades
7 to 9tag(s): massachusetts (8), salem (5)
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Test Your Geography Knowledge - Lizard Point
Grades
3 to 8In the Classroom
Use these quizzes to help students review either post-instruction or before an assessment. Have students complete the site on individual computers or as a class on the interactive whiteboard. Have a team competition as students use the site on an interactive whiteboard and try to see which group can complete it the fastest - and most correctly!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactive Tour of Ellis Island - Scholastic
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): ellis island (6), immigration (85), migration (45)
In the Classroom
On its surface, this site appears to be simply a "virtual tour" of Ellis Island. However, the Teacher's section contains a good deal of information on how to create an on-site, interdisciplinary immigration experience for students. There are tips on content, involving parents, and other aspects of the project. Well worth a look if you're studying this time period or immigration in general.Use this site as a learning center or station. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector to introduce it to students, before allowing them to explore the site in groups. Note: portions of this site have audio, so be sure to include headphones.
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Civil War Lesson Plans: Elementary - American Battlefield Trust
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): 1700s (38), 1800s (86), american revolution (93), civil war (145), Juneteenth (33), lincoln (67), perspective (30), slavery (79), states (128), war of 1812 (15)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan ideas and activities on this site. There are printables and PowerPoints to download. Refer to this site if ever looking for activity ideas in a Civil War unit. Analyze primary source documents from a lesson and have students determine the author's perspective, purpose, and historical significance. Use the site's battle maps and historical resources to create a digital timeline using the Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here that includes key events from the Revolutionary War or Civil War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Painless Guide to the Branches of Government: Judicial Branch - United Learning
Grades
5 to 8tag(s): courts (25), supreme court (32)
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The Underground Railroad - National Geographic
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): abolition (15), slavery (79), underground railroad (15)
In the Classroom
Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector before allowing students to complete it in pairs or individually. Use Book Creator, reviewed here to create a book about important figures for the Underground Railroad. This article provides good background information on slavery and the Underground Railroad.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Slavery and the Making of America - WNET
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (130), slavery (79)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities hosted on this site within "K-12 Learning." Save this site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval for a unit on Slavery leading up to the Civil War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Citation Maker - Secondary - Oregon School Library Information System
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): citations (34)
In the Classroom
Have a student demonstrate how to use this tool on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Share this link on your class web page for easy use any time students have a research project. Model ethical use of resources by using it yourself to cite sources on handouts, etc.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Place the State - Sheppard Software
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): map skills (69), maps (224), states (128)
In the Classroom
What a great way to have students know American geography better than physically moving the states in their places? Introduce this site on the interactive whiteboard before allowing cooperative learning groups to complete the activity on classroom computers. Have a class challenge as students try and compete to see which group can get the lowest average error mileage. This would be a great refresher before a US history class (particularly before a unit on the Civil War where state geography is important) or during a Geography class first learning the basics!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mysteries of the Nile - PBS Online
Grades
7 to 12In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and classroom activities housed in the "classroom resources" portion of this site! This site would be great for ANY unit on Ancient Egypt, regardless of the grade level.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World Map - Holt, Rinehart and Winston and MapQuest
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this map as a learning center or station when needed in a World History or Geography class. This could be a good way to review basic information about continents and oceans, or could be used for a more in-depth look of the geography of said countries. 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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America's Stone Age Explorers - NOVA
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): archeology (26)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans located in the classroom activities section. (located in the teacher guide) These lesson connect the history lesson to biology and the study of genetic traits, a very interesting inter-disciplinary focus.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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