Archive for the 'Social Studies' Category
WatchKnowLearn is a site created for teachers and students by the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, to provide a place for them to go to access free, quality educational videos. WatchKnow has indexed over 15, 000 educational videos from all over the Internet and organized them by age and subject. WatchKnow doesn’t host the videos, but […]
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Internet Archive is an Internet library of historical collections in digital format. The archives include text, audio, moving images, software, and archived web pages. It’s amazing the number of resources available on this site! I especially like FedFlix, which contains videos from the US Government, including military training films, documentaries, and more. These can be browsed […]
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The National Archives: For Educators and Students is part of The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s website. It is designed to help teachers use primary sources. Click on the “Teaching With Documents: Lesson Plans” link to access lesson plans that include the use of primary source documents.
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The Object of History is a joint effort between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media. The site contains virtual museum field trips based on six themes: Desk, Gold Nugget, Dress, Voting Machine, Lunch Counter and Short-handled Hoe. If you click on the “1. Browse […]
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LIFE Photo Archive is a joint venture between LIFE Magazine and Google. The site contains millions of photographs dating as far back as 1750. Each photo has its own page, which lists the date the photo was taken, the size of the photo, the name of the photographer (if available), a brief description of the […]
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Differentiated Curriculum Samples is part of the “Reaching All Students” site, which is sponsored by the Oregon Department of Education Gifted and Talented Office. On the Differentiated Curriculum Samples main page is a chart that lists the name of the activity, the targeted grade level and the subject area. The downloadable lessons are beautifully done […]
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Thirteen Ed Online is a site for teachers, students and parents, sponsored by the Educational Broadcasting System. The site provides a wide variety of lesson plans, many of which integrate technology through video clips, online games and websites. If you click on the “Educators” link on the top, you’ll find the lessons archived by subject […]
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SweetSearch is a suite of search engines designed for teachers and students. The sites that are searched through SweetSearch are approved by their evaluation team of teachers and librarians. SweetSearch configured their search engine to favor sites like the Library of Congress, PBS, and university websites. SweetSearch4Me is a search engine for elementary students. There’s […]
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ReadWriteThink: Flip Book is an online flip book maker. I know I mentioned ReadWriteThink in an earlier post, but there are so many great tools on the site that it’s easy to miss some. The flip book maker is a user-friendly template for creating flip books. The site walks you through the steps of creating […]
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In my searching I have stumbled on a handful of sites that provide information on a topic at a variety of different levels. I wish there were more or these kinds of sites. It would make finding material for differentiating lessons so much easier for teachers. Here are the ones I have found so far: […]
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