Archive for the 'Vocabulary' Category
Smithsonian Learning Lab is a portal for accessing the digitized resources available from the Smithsonian museums. It contains over a million images, recordings and texts, which are all easily searchable. In addition to their own primary source sets, the Smithsonian Learning Lab allows teachers to create their own collections of resources. Teachers can also set […]
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Amazon Inspire is an online marketplace of free teaching resources for grades K-12. These resources have been uploaded by educators as well as by Amazon’s education partner organizations (Newseum, EdLeader21, state education departments). Anyone who has shopped on Amazon’s website will immediately be familiar with the user interface. Teachers can search for resources by grade, […]
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Chronicling America is joint venture between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. The Chronicling America website offers viewers access to over 10 million digitized newspapers printed between 1836 and 1922. (Copyright laws prevent them from archiving more current newspapers.) The Library of Congress created this helpful video with ideas for […]
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Google News Archive is an extension of Google News. It contains a large collection of historical newspapers, magazines and other documents. Many of the resources available through Google News Archive are free; others require a fee. Users can search by keyword and also use Google’s Advanced Search feature to search by date. While Google stopped […]
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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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Multiple Meaning Matcher is a tool that randomly chooses a set of homograph definitions that can be used for matching. Users can choose from three difficulty levels and can also choose whether or not to show the words being defined. I used definitions created by the Multiple Meaning Matcher to create this digital matching activity […]
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Vocabulary.co.il is a site that contains over 100 games designed to expand vocabulary. There are a variety of games available for a range of ages and skill level. The site also includes games for learning some foreign languages.
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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 Online Etymology Dictionary is a site through which users can find the origins of English-language words. In addition to searching for entire words, users can search for roots, prefixes and suffixes.
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