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US News Map is a site maintained by the Georgia Tech Research Institute and eHistory.org at the University of Georgia. It houses American newspapers that were printed between 1836 and 1925. Search results are displayed on a map with clickable markers.
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Open Middle is a website that offers “challenging math problems worth solving” for students in grades K-12. While the problems have one correct answer, there are multiple ways to get to that answer. The problems support the Common Core standards and can lead to great student discussions.
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The Google Cultural Institute offers access to artwork from over 1,000 museums and cultural institutions. Through this site, users can access over six million documents, images and videos. Users can also “visit” museums and performance arenas through the site. Users can also build their own virtual galleries of artwork related to a specific topic.
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The New York Library Digital Collection contains over 650,000 digitized items from the New York Public Library. Items include prints, photos, maps, manuscripts, videos, and sound recordings. Items can be searched by keyword, type, date, topic, etc. and can be downloaded. All items are free from copyright laws and can be used without restrictions.
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The Museum of Modern Art has posted over 65,000 of its 200,000 paintings online. This online collection includes works from the 1800s to today. These works can be searched by medium and by time period.
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Historical Thinking Matters is a website developed by Stanford University and the Center for History and New Media. It’s purpose is to help students learn to read and question primary documents related to learning history. Using the strategies used by historians of sourcing, contextualizing, close reading and corroborating, students are encouraged to become detectives rather […]
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Writing Prompts is a site that offers a variety of writing prompts for students. The site was created by a teacher who actually used the prompts with students. The prompts are related to a variety of topics that I think are relevant to students. They also require upper level thinking.
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Did you ever wonder what it’s like for someone with Dyslexia to read? Victor Widell created a website that can give you an idea. When you go to the website, you might think that there’s something wrong with the site. But the letters jumping around is done on purpose to give you an idea of […]
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Quill is an interactive website that helps students with grammar, vocabulary and writing skills. Quill provides over 150 Common Core-related activities for elementary through college students. The activities can be completed in 10-15 minutes. Students received immediate feedback once they’ve completed an activity.
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MovieText by ClassTools provides a simple way to present scrolling text. The template uses a Star Wars theme which is appealing to students. To create your scrolling message board, simply go to the site and click on the Edit link in the lower left corner. Then delete the initial text that’s in the textbox and […]
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