Archive for the 'Social Studies' Category
News in Pictures is part of the BBC News website that features pictures related to current events topics from around the world. One feature of this site that I like is “Day in pictures”, which offers pictures related to news topics on a particular day. There is also a “Week in pictures”, which includes pictures […]
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My American Farm is a website created by the American Farm Bureau Foundation to help elementary students learn about agriculture. The site uses games to teach students about where their food comes from, and how it gets from the farm to their plate. The site also provides resources for educators which contains lesson ideas and […]
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Youngzine is a site created for elementary and middle school students to help them learn about current events. Youngzine was created by a team of parents who want to provide a safe, bias-free place for students to learn about the world. The site contains stories and videos related to current topics. Each story has a […]
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Whether you were a teacher or a student in the late 1990’s, most likely you remember the SchoolHouse Rock Videos. Did you know that all 44 SchoolHouse Rock videos are available on YouTube? Here’s a link to the SchoolHouse Rock playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL627DC99CDC973298
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YouTube Teachers is a YouTube Channel created by YouTube. The purpose of YouTube Teachers is to help teachers learn how to use YouTube as an educational tool. The site includes lesson plans, educational playlists, and training on how to create your own educational videos. When you sign up for YouTube Teachers, you are eligible to […]
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The American Folklife Center is a site hosted by the Library of Congress with the intent to research and preserve American culture. The site contains digitized resources — including manuscripts, audio files, images, photographs, art — from all 50 states. Especially useful to educators is the Educational Resources section, which can be accessed through a […]
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Smithsonian’s History Explorer is one of the newer additions to Thinkfinity. The site is developed by the National Museum of American History along with the Verizon Foundation, and offers free online resources for teaching and learning about American history. The resources include lesson plans, activities, online exhibitions, and more, along with suggestions for using primary […]
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Free Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) is a website created for teachers by the Department of Education. FREE contains over 1,500 K-12 resources related to the arts, language arts, math, physical education, science and social studies. All the resources come from dozens of federal agencies, including the Department of Education, The Department of Health and […]
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ABCya is a website of computer games and activities for students from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. The thing I like best about ABCya is that the games and activities were developed by teachers, based on actual curriculum. The large selection of activities are related to spelling, reading, math, geography, science and technology, and are sorted […]
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If It Were My Home is an easy-to-use site that compares life in another country to life here. It also allows you to compare life in two different countries. To compare your life to life in another country, just click on the country name from the list provided on the home page. To compare […]
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