Archive for the 'Social Studies' Category
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature is a website through which you can search for award winning books for children. The database contains over 7,000 books that can be searched by a wide variety of options — keyword, author, title, setting, historical period, ethnicity, language, genre, age of reader,etc. — which makes this a great site […]
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Wordle is a site that creates word clouds from text that is typed or copied and pasted into the text box on the site. I have to admit, the first time I was introduced to Wordle I thought it was a cool website, but I didn’t see much educational application. Since then, I realized that […]
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Zinn Education Project is a companion website to the popular book A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. The site offers lesson plans and activities for using A People’s History of the United States in the classroom. The goal of the Zinn Education Project is to present history to students in a […]
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Vintage Ad Browser is a site at which you can peruse print advertisements from as early as the 1700’s to the present. There are over 100,000 ads available to browse through. The ads are organized by category (Sports, Clothing, Cigarettes and Tobacco, TV and Electronics), then organized by years. There is a search feature that […]
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CNN Student News was recommended to me by Justin Kastory. CNN Student News is geared for students at the middle and high school levels. Students can access the site to get information on the top news stories.
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Ideas to Inspire is a website that Pam Gruzynski told me about. It has some great ideas for teachers who want to use different technologies and engaging activities. The ideas are contributed from teachers from all around the world and cover a range of curriculum topics, including writing, the arts, and geography.
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Interesting Ways to Use Audio in Your Classroom is the result of a collaborative effort from teachers with tips and hints for using audio in the classroom. At the time of this posting, there were 22 Interesting Ways…; more ideas are added as teachers come up with them. What I like about this site is […]
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The Illinois State Museum site offers a variety of lesson plans, activities and online exhibits that relate to Illinois’ heritage. Be sure to click on the “Online Exhibits” link to view collections related to Anthropology, Art, Botany, Geology, History and Zoology. Clicking on the “Teachers and Students” link takes you to a page with many […]
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Kitzu is a site that offers digital kits that relate to a variety of topics that teachers and students can download for use in creating PhotoStory and other projects. The digital kits contain images and a summary of the topic. Some kits also include audio files. Teachers are encouraged to include their own kits for […]
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Tap Into the World of Comics is a slide show that offers several good suggestions for using student-created comics in the classroom. In addition to offering teaching strategies it also gives an extensive list of online tools for creating comics. Comics can be great motivators for students. Is there an activity that you’ve used in […]
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