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Literary Traveler - Literary Traveler
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): authors (113)
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Animated Engines - Matt Keveney
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): industrialization (12), inventors and inventions (88)
In the Classroom
allow students to explore various simple machines.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WASP on the Web - Wings Across America, Nancy Parrish
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): 1940s (70), 20th century (168), aviation (51), women (189), world war 2 (169)
In the Classroom
Use the video on this site on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector to show students who the WASPS were as well as the contribution they made to the war effort. This would be a great addition to a lesson on WWII as well as the fight for equality between the sexes. Click on the Gallery and view Above and Beyond about the 38 WASPs who died during service to their country. The information here is very brief. You may want to ask small groups of students to select three of four WASPs to research and share their stories using a tool like Sway, reviewed here. With Sway, you can have music, photos, videos, and even make it interactive.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Women Come to the Front - Library of Congress
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): 1940s (70), 20th century (168), journalism (74), women (189), world war 2 (169)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station during a unit on the battle front in WWII. The content is still valid, and would be a great center to break up others based on the battles and the men who are normally focused on. A useful resource for a US history classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chateau Versailles - Chateau Versailles
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): france (38)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use the menus to explore the "hidden" content. Then divide the class into small groups based on their area of interest and have them research their topic. Challenge them to research other sources to learn even more about the palace and its inhabitants. Enhance student learning by asking the small groups to use a multimedia tool such as Genially, reviewed here, to present to their peers what they learned about the palace and its inhabitants.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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U.S. Air Force Museum - U.S. Air Force
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Click on "explore museum exhibits" from the right menu, then scroll down the page and choose from a list of exhibit areas for photos of each plane and weapon featured in the museum. Aerospace teachers can use this site, for example, to show pictures of planes being studied in class. In contrast, history teachers can use those same photos in units on the evolution of transportation or warfare. This site truly is an interdisciplinary webpage and can be used to supplement lectures in many classrooms. After introducing this site, allow student pairs, groups, or individuals to explore and find an area of interest. Then extend student learning by asking them to research what more they can learn about their area of interest and create a Google Drawing. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Flags of the World - Flags of the World website
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): flags (18)
In the Classroom
Elementary social studies teachers may find this one addictive.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: Discussion Questions - Shmoop
Grades
4 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): e l konigsburg (2), world war 2 (169)
In the Classroom
Challenge your students to a discussion using the ideas from Thinkalong, reviewed here. To help students prepare for the discussion, have them write about their opinion(s) for selected questions first. Replace paper and pen and have students create blogs sharing their thoughts and understanding about the book. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, exchange paper and pen and challenge your students to create a blog using Seesaw, reviewed here. After completing the discussions, challenge older students to choose a question and create a script for the ideas that emerged from the discussion; then strengthen student learning and have them put it into a podcast. Use a tool like Buzzsprout, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WorldoMeters - Osearth
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): ecology (118), population (53), resources (80)
In the Classroom
This is a really great way to demonstrate a lot of the concepts taught in a Cultural Geography or US government class. Assign cooperative learning groups to investigate a portion of this site, based on what's being taught at the time. A good example would be having environmental sustainability group looking at water and land resources, as well as the growing population. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts. Use a site such as PodOmatic (reviewed hereAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cultural Astronomy - Bringing the Heavens to Earth - Adler Planetarium
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Save this site as a favorite and use it for an all-around resource for a unit on astronomy. Take advantage of the free lesson plans offered in addition to the sections that could be used as learning centers by themselves. This is a great resource for an inter-disciplinary lesson about astronomy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lessons from Teaching with Historic Places - National Park Service
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): african american (130), american revolution (93), archeology (26), civics (129), civil rights (219), civil war (145), hispanic (55), immigration (85), lincoln (67), migration (45), native americans (129), politics (124), spanish (112), war of 1812 (15), women (189), world war 1 (87), world war 2 (169)
In the Classroom
This is a great resource for ANY history teacher! Save this site as a favorite on your classroom desktop and use it as a reference point when in need of new material.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Battlefield Protection Program - National Park Service
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have groups look for the closest battles to your state (that is if in the Continental US) and how the battle impacted the environment. If out of the continental US select an arbitrary state and do the same. Have students present to the class what they thought the most important nearby battle was and why. This activity is a good way for students to understand how the Civil war affected their local environment in a way make the subject more tangible.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Native American Dioramas - University of Michigan
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): india (34), native americans (129)
In the Classroom
Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector as an introduction to a unit of Westward expansion or colonization. Allow students to view the images to garner a more realistic vision of what Native Americans were like during that time period. Use the images as inspiration for students to create their own dioramas, although be careful in making sure that the students don't create exact replicas of the originals.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History in Pictures - Time, Inc.
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): 20th century (168)
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The artifacts can be searched by geographic location, medium, topic, event, etc. Students can explore these artifacts as part of a scavenger hunt or as a writing prompt. Over one million artifacts pertain to the United States.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Plan for Lower Manhattan - Lower Manhattan Development Corp.
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): architecture (83), sept11 (19)
In the Classroom
What do your students think the best memorial would be? Enhance learning and ask students to put thier choices in Dotstorming, reviewed here, where you can brainstorm then VOTE.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ghost Town Gallery
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Try this site for a "what would life have been like?" lesson.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wisconsin Pioneer Experience - University of Wisconsin
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): pioneers (13), primary sources (133), wisconsin (5)
In the Classroom
Use these primary sources as a way to teach students what it was like to be a pioneer during the period of Westward expansion in the United States. Select documents that are at the appropriate reading level for your class, and have groups read and analyze assigned ones. Have groups present their findings to class in order to portray what life was like from all different perspectives. This can be easily used in either a Wisconsin History course, or a US history class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War Letters of Calvin Shedd - University of Miami
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): civil war (145), florida (12), new hampshire (3)
In the Classroom
Beyond the obvious insight this sight provides concerning the gritty details of the revolution, but it can also be used as an excellent example of a useful primary source. Open one of the documents on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students read the document and then have a classroom discussion as to the reliability of the source. Question students as to the motive of the writer, bias, information quality, and how that affects how they interpret the source. An interesting starting point to discuss the variability of history, and how historians interpret different sources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Muhammad - Legacy of a Prophet - PBS
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Try this one if your students are studying either the mideast, comparative religions, or American cultural traditions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Mohawk Iroquois Village - New York State Museum
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): native americans (129), new york (23)
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