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We Didn't Start the Fire - Ye Li
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Since the site is so specific to the relevant lyrics, it's fun to have students see exactly what it is being visualized. Also, since the lyrics go fast, it is sometimes difficult to make out all the references, so this is helpful for that reason. This is a great conversation starter with high school students. Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Watch the entire video and then play it again and pause the video on topics that relate to your current units of study. Use this site to find research topics for individual students or cooperative learning groups. Have the groups create multi-media presentations about their research topics. How about creating their own videos and sharing them using Teachertube, reviewed here. Or have students find a picture sharing their research topic and narrate their picture using UtellStory, reviewed here. Other options include creating a wiki, blog, or PowerPoint.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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History of St. Patrick's Day - A&E
Grades
6 to 12This site is very well done and offers a lot of information. If you are doing any activities about St. Patrick's Day, don't miss this site. Be aware: there are advertisements. There is a short commercial (10-seconds) prior to the informative video. This site does require Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): holidays (137), ireland (12), st patricks day (13)
In the Classroom
Share the video on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work in cooperative learning groups and complete research papers about the famous Irish people highlighted at this site or other research topics of interest. Have the cooperative learning groups create a multimedia presentation such as a blog or PowerPoint. Family and Consumer Science teachers could use this site to find some recipes to try out in class!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Political Dr. Seuss - Independent Television Service
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): comics and cartoons (61), dr seuss (11), world war 2 (141)
In the Classroom
Have students research the history of political cartooning with Theodor Geisel (or others). Have cooperative learning groups create multi-media presentations such as a PowerPoint, or an online book, using a tool such as Bookemon reviewed here to share on an interactive whiteboard or projector.Share the video/audio clips on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Take advantage of the FREE lesson plans that connect geography, history, reading, and writing.
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Big Huge Labs: Map Maker - John Watson: Big Huge Labs
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): maps (292)
In the Classroom
Create a map to track where your students went on summer vacation (or have ever traveled). Create a map of places you have visited in a work of literature, or where students have written about going on fantasy vacations. Share the maps on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have cooperative learning groups work together to create maps related to lessons in your social studies, history, or literature classes. Embed multiple student project maps in your class wiki along with student writings that accompany the maps. Check out the Big Huge Labs educator account. Easily pre-register students to avoid creating logins, view and download their creations, and view the site advertisement free. You will find information about the Educator Account here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual Tours - Egyptvoyager.com
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as an introduction into the cultures of Egypt. Using the interactive whiteboard or projector, have students complete a KWL chart about Egypt. After watching the panoramic video(s), have students brainstorm the similarities and differences between Egyptian cultures and those of other countries such as the U.S. Have students create an interactive Venn Diagram highlighting their findings, using a site such as Interactive Venn Diagram (reviewed here). If you have access to Google Earth, be sure to look up these same Egyptian locations and zoom in on the surrounding landscape on your projector to see the terrain.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Blues Journey - Kennedy Center
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): blues (17), chicago (5), jazz (16), louisiana (11), mississippi (6)
In the Classroom
Students will love listening to the clips as well as watching the play excerpts. Share the clips on your interactive whiteboard or projector. The site invites them to try the blues themselves, and this is a good class or small group exercise. Use this site in music or U.S. history classes. Have students write a fictitious blog from the viewpoint of one of the music composers: what were they thinking? What was their life like? In music class, have students compose their own "Blues." Video the songs and share them on using TeacherTube (explained here). Gifted students, especially those with an interest in music, could use this site as a springboard for their own compositions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pete's Powerpoint Station - mrdonn and phillip martin
Grades
K to 12tag(s): adhd (27), back to school (60), electricity (94), inventors and inventions (85), literature (264), parts of speech (67), polar (18), speech (86), states (161)
In the Classroom
Use these PowerPoints to provide background information for projects or further inquiry in class. For example, use a PowerPoint on cells to give background information. Create questions for students to answer while viewing the PowerPoint or add your own "lecture" notes while showing to a class. Remember that PowerPoint does not HAVE to be shown on a screen. Students can watch them as tutorials at a center or computer cluster. Learning support teachers will appreciate having an alternate way to present basic concepts to visual learners. Assign students a particular cell part to research more information about the part. Explore professional topics on your own or together with colleagues during inservice time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Breathing Earth - David Bleja
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): carbon (23), carbon dioxide (15), carbon footprint (11), earth (227), earth day (104), environment (321)
In the Classroom
This site has countless uses in the classroom of various grade levels. Share this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard. With younger classes, use this map to teach about map legends. Use this when studying ecosystems, environmental issues, economics, current events, world birth and death rates, pollution problems, and conservation. Leave the site open for a few hours for students to see the changes. This site is an excellent resource for research projects on countries throughout the world.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Census in Schools - U.S. Census Bureau
Grades
4 to 10In the Classroom
This historical census data is ideal for comparison with other, more recent years or for students to make predictions for an upcoming census based on past trends. Use this page when studying various states; students can make a quick comparison between targeted states with the facts ready to read all on one or two pages. If you teach data analysis and graphing in your math class, this data provides real world information for students to use in math exercises, spreadsheets, and graphs. You could even use it in Google Docs spreadsheets (reviewed here). If you have ESL and ELL students, check out the special ESL pages found under the teaching materials section. The easy to read materials include glossaries, exercises, and excellent maps, perfect for geography lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Podcasts: Civil War Tours - civilwartraveler.com
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): civil war (140), gettysburg (25), lincoln (81)
In the Classroom
Share the podcasts on your projector or interactive whiteboard. (Download in advance to avoid delays). While listening to the podcast, project the map on the screen for students to view. After hearing a podcast have students create blog entries from the perspective of the soldiers at the battle. In younger grades, brainstorm ideas together before they start writing the blog entry. In the older grades, have a debate. Divide your class into two debate teams (Confederates or Union). Draw names randomly and allow the teams time to research the REASONS why they support their side of the war. For a shorter assignment, have a class discussion about how the Civil War and battles would have been different if the television (and YouTube) was around to broadcast the highlights of the battles. Would the war have ended more quickly or lasted longer? Why? Another idea: divide your class into groups and have the cooperative groups create local maps that highlight a location that has connections to Abraham Lincoln or the Civil War (if applicable).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lincoln Bicentennial: 1809-2009 - Library of Congress
Grades
K to 12tag(s): civil war (140), gettysburg (25), gettysburg address (17), lincoln (81), presidents (124)
In the Classroom
Be sure to save this site in your favorites! Share the interactive timeline, online quiz, and podcasts using your projector or interactive whiteboard. Use this site for research about our 16th President. Have students create a blog from Lincoln's point of view (or from a slave's point of view AFTER the Emancipation Proclamation). Use the lesson plans designed for the grades that you teach. (Don't miss the history, language arts and writing, and art lessons).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TeachersFirst: Lesson Ideas for Lincoln - TeachersFirst
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): civil war (140), debate (45), lincoln (81), presidents (124)
In the Classroom
No matter what subject you teach, you can find something to fit in your plans for Presidents Day or the Lincoln Bicentennial. Use these ideas and adapt at will. You can even email an idea to your teacher colleague to save a friend time!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Remembering Jim Crow - Minnesota Public Radio
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): africa (163), african american (106), civil rights (121), racism (17), segregation (16)
In the Classroom
Try this one along with Martin Luther King, Black History, or American history activities. Share the images and audio on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students write captions for the pictures or a blog entry from the perspective of the individuals in the photos.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Powerful Days in Black and White - Kodak
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): africa (163), african american (106), civil rights (121), martin luther king (35)
In the Classroom
Share the photos on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Discuss the pictures as a class. What were the lives of those in the photos like? Have students choose one photo that was the most powerful and write a journal entry about that photo.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Day of Service - U.S. Government
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4 to 12tag(s): africa (163), african american (106), civil rights (121), martin luther king (35)
In the Classroom
Teachers looking for a meaningful way to honor Dr. King might find this approach attractive. Share the Why Serve link with your class and discuss how serving can change their lives. Why not come up with a class community service project to do in honor of Dr. King?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Citizen King - PBS Online
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): 1960s (28), africa (163), african american (106), black history (59), civil rights (121), martin luther king (35)
In the Classroom
Share the interactive videos clips and timelines on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Use this site for research about the civil rights movement or the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Causes, Conduct and Consequences of the U.S. Civil War - Univ. of Pennsylvania
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6 to 12tag(s): civil war (140), lincoln (81), primary sources (91)
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Share this site with your students while researching the Civil War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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This Day in the Civil War
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
While it's short on pure education, there's a wealth of spice here that could liven up a Civil War unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War Time-Line - A Nation Divided - The History Place
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site for research about the Civil War. Have cooperative learning groups research various battles of the Civil War. Or have students create their own interactive timelines using a tool such as Timeglider, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The life of Abraham Lincoln - History Place
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4 to 12tag(s): emancipation proclamation (12), gettysburg (25), gettysburg address (17), lincoln (81)
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Have students recreate their own "Lincoln timeline" highlighting one are of Lincoln's life and legacy. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to create interactive timelines using a tool such as Timeglider, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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