Archive for the 'Social Studies' Category
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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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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Annenberg Learner is a site created to promote excellent teaching. The site offers many resources for use in the classroom as well as those to help teachers stay current in their field. The site offers videos, professional development, lesson plans and interactives, categorized by subject area and grade level.
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ReadWorks is a site created to help support reading comprehension. The hundreds of lessons available on the site are Common Core aligned. In addition, the site offers over 2,000 leveled non-fiction and literary passages. There are search tools to help you find what you need. An account login is required to access the passages but […]
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BrainRush is a website that allows teachers to create interactive activities for their students. Activities are created using built-in templates: Cards Template, Buckets Template, Sequences Template, and Hotspots Template. The Cards and Buckets games allow you to add images and audio. Teachers can create classes and add their students to assign activities. To get a […]
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The Digital Public Library of America is a one-stop-shop for over 7 million images, books, primary documents, audio files, artifacts, maps and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the country. These resources are freely available to the public. You can search for resources by keyword, date or location of where the artifact is located. […]
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