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UnboundEd was started by the group of educators who have worked on the EngageNY website. Many teachers have looked to the EngageNY sites for quality lesson resources related to the Common Core Standards. However, the money for the EngageNY project is drying up so the team created UnboundEd in the hopes of furthering the mission […]
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Diffen is an interactive online tool that allows the user to compare two things. Did you ever wonder what the difference is between jam and jelly? Just type the two terms into the text boxes and you’ll get a whole page of information of both jam and jelly. Many of the pages also include images […]
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Myoats is an online drawing site that allows the user to easily create symmetric geometric shapes. It provides a variety of tools, colors, and effects to make the drawings more original. Drawings can be downloaded without a user account. What a fun and easy tool for helping students with the concept of symmetry!
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KQED Education is the educational portion of the KQED website. KQED is a public broadcasting network in San Francisco. KQED Education provides curricular resources for the for K-12 classrooms related to arts, science, and social studies, and language arts. The media-rich resources are designed to engage students and build 21st century skills and technology literacies.
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Constitute is an interactive site that allows the viewer to read and compare the full text of constitutions from countries around the world. The constitutions can be searched or browsed by topic. The site also offers a nice utility that allows the viewer to compare two or more constitutions. Click on the “Explore Constitutions” link […]
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TweenTribune is one of the free services available from the Smithsonian. It is designed for teachers and students in grades K-12. The site contains articles from the Associated Press related to science, history, art, culture, and current events. The articles are leveled by Lexile score. In addition to articles, TweenTribune offers images, videos, audio files, […]
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The C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards was published in 2013. They were developed for states to upgrade their state social studies standards and for practitioners — local school districts, schools, teachers and curriculum writers — to strengthen their social studies programs. Several states — including Illinois — have adopted the Framework to use as […]
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Where Children Sleep is a site created by photographer James Mollison, who took photographs of children’s bedrooms across the globe. The images on the site are identified by a child’s first name and the city and country in which the picture was taken. Mollison’s purpose for sharing these pictures is to encourage children to think […]
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Wordless News (One headline per day, vowel and consonant free) is a site created by designer Maria Fabrizio. Each day, the artist chooses a story from the news, then creates an editorial drawing of the story. She also includes a link to the story. Visitors to the site enjoy trying to figure out the story and […]
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Google News Archive is an extension of Google News. It contains a large collection of historical newspapers, magazines and other documents. Many of the resources available through Google News Archive are free; others require a fee. Users can search by keyword and also use Google’s Advanced Search feature to search by date. While Google stopped […]
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