Archive for the 'Social Studies' Category
For students who need extra challenges, there are many local, national and international competitions available. Here are a few pages with links to some of these competitions: Cogito.org has the best list of competitions for students in middle school or high school. The site is maintained by the John Hopkins Center for Talented youth. While […]
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For me, one of the most exciting elements of the Internet is the availability of authentic resources. People who have collected items for years now have a way to share them with the world. The beauty of this for educators is that it’s now relatively easy to turn someone’s hobby into dynamite lessons. Authentic resources […]
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Byrdseed is a site created by a gifted education teacher who was a gifted student when he was in elementary school. It contains a wealth of information for teachers involved with teaching gifted students. The site’s creator has a computer science background and has included some tech-integrated lessons. When you click on the “Lesson Ideas” […]
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GiftedSources.com is a site that contains links to a variety of resources related to gifted education. The links on the left take you to pages with lesson plans, interesting websites, articles, and professional organizations. The site does a nice job of separating lesson plans by subject area, however you have to click on the individual […]
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Questioning is an important part of the learning process for all students. Good questions can be used to help students develop higher-level thinking skills. It’s important not only to ask students more in-depth, open-ended questions, but also to encourage them to ask these types of questions during their own learning process. Here are links to […]
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Mrs. Sundra’s Gifted Resource Page is a site created by an elementary gifted teacher in Arizona. While this site doesn’t contain a large variety of resources, I feel the lesson plans and resources it does contain are of good quality and easy to use and adapt. The activities are related to the areas of Literature […]
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Smithsonian Education – Lesson Plans is a site that contains inquiry-based lesson plans in a variety of grade levels and subject areas. The Lesson Plans site is part of a larger educational site created by The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. The site is very nicely organized. You can search for lesson plans […]
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A Different Place is a website that has a variety of activities and resources for gifted students, parents of gifted students, and teachers. If you click on the “Teachers” button on the home page, you are taken to a welcome page for teachers. About halfway down the Teachers page, in the paragraph that starts with […]
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American Car Brochures is a site that contains archived car brochures and ads from cars dating back to the early 1900’s. The brochures are organized by manufacturers, then by years. Check out American Car Brochures to see if they have information about your first car. The site can be used with students studying 20th century […]
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Kids in the House is a government-created website for providing information to students about the legislative branch of our government. The site provides lesson plans, glossary, interactive activities, tours and games for young learners and grade school, middle school and high school students. The materials at different levels make it a good resource for differentiation.
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