Archive for the 'Social Studies' Category
Geographical Media is an online tool that helps you follow a news story from a variety of sources from around the world. In addition to reading current news stories, Geographical Media also provides statistics and popular videos related to the stories. This is a great current events website.
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SnagFilms is a storehouse of full-length, high quality documentaries on a variety of topics. Browse their topics to find documentaries related to science, social studies, sports, health and more or use their Search function to find videos related to a specific topic.
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Cost of Living Comparison is a CNN Money is an online calculator that allows you to easily compare the cost of living in cities around the country. Just enter a salary and two US cities to compare the cost of groceries, housing, utilities, transportation and health care between those two cities.
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View At is a site that offers panoramic views of major sites and cities from around the world. What a great way for you and your students to explore places that you’re studying or reading about. You can use the site’s Search feature to help you find a specific location.
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360 Cities offers beautiful interactive, high-resolution panoramic views of major sites and cities across the globe. By clicking and dragging the images, you and your students can explore places around the world in a way that you can’t do with a single image. I would recommend reading the 360 Help page for tips on how […]
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Guess the Wordle is a new web site in which new Wordles are posted three times a week. Each Wordle is based on a topic, and the challenge is to figure out what the topic is. Monday’s Wordle is simple, Wednesday’s is a bit more challenging, and Friday’s is even more tricky. Guess the Wordle […]
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Measuring Worth provides a variety of tools for comparing the purchasing power of a dollar over time and around the world. Use the Measuring Worth calculator to find out what a dollar was worth 50 years ago or to estimate what something purchased years ago would be worth today. Use the data sets to measures […]
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From Washington to Obama in Less Than 4 Minutes is a short video of pictures of all the United States presidents presented in sequence. Each picture is morphed into the picture of the next president. Included in the video are the years of the presidents’ terms. In addition to being an interesting way to present […]
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Breathing Earth is an interactive website showing a map of the earth. When you hover your mouse over a country, it shows the population, birthrate, deathrate and rate of CO2 emissions of the country. The site also adds up the number of births, deaths, and tonnes of CO2 emissions that have taken place worldwide while […]
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National Geographic Xpeditions is part of Thinkfinity.org, a site supported by the Verizon Foundatin that offers free resources for teachers and students. The site, created by the National Geographic Society and WotldCom, is designed to provide activities based on the U.S. National Geography Standards. Included in the site are maps of places all over the […]
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