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NewseumED - NewseumED.org
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): civil rights (127), elections (76), freedom of speech (12), politics (106), primary sources (100), terrorism (46), terrorist (15)
In the Classroom
If you teach or even discuss civil rights, the First Amendment and its freedoms and ideals, current events, or the presidential elections be sure to look at the lessons provided here. The lessons will also help you show students how to tell facts from opinions in current events. Use ideas from the lesson plans to supplement your current teaching materials. Modify learning and challenge small groups of students to create an infographic sharing their learning from the notes they took during a lesson. Use Infogram, reviewed here, to construct the infographic. If you plan on using one of the EdCollections ask students to redefine their learning and develop a multimedia presention using Presentious, reviewed here, or an interactive poster with a tool like Genial.ly, reviewed here, for one of the suggested Extension Activities.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Histography - Timeline of History - Matan Stauber
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): timelines (60)
In the Classroom
Explore different time periods together on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Discover different events included on similar dates to help students understand an overall view of events during any period. Share with students as a resource for finding information and events to include with multimedia projects for any event such as the American Revolution, the Iron Age, or events leading up to World Wars.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TomRichey.net - Tom Richey
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): advanced placement (24), american revolution (90), colonial america (110), europe (72), greece (29), israel (17), medieval (28), native americans (82), primary sources (100), renaissance (33), romans (37)
In the Classroom
Tom Richey has put together an excellent resource for any secondary level history teacher. Take advantage of the many free materials to supplement your current curriculum. Share a link to videos and review information on your class web page for student use at home or view together on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Be sure to share with students as they prepare for AP exams.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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America's Heritage: A History of Immigration - immigrationcouncil
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): immigrants (24), immigration (63), timelines (60)
In the Classroom
Share this timeline on your interactive whiteboard as an introduction to your unit on immigration. You could show the history of immigration and discuss the U.S. as a nation of immigrants. Use a tool such as Socratic Smackdown, reviewed here, for students to debate about this topic, or any hot topic. It is interesting to note that there are many more events for the most recent twenty-five years than there are for all the previous years. Use this as a starting point for students to research and find additional information to add. Have students transform their learning and create their own timelines (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here.Comments
This is a comprehensive, yet kid-friendly, overview of US immigration policy in an interactive timeline. It ends with an Executive Order in November 2014. I hope the Heritage foundation continues to update this resource.Patricia, NJ, Grades: 6 - 12
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Teaching World War I With The New York Times - New York Times/ Michael Gonchar
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): europe (72), middle east (44), world war 1 (57)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan for use in your World War I unit. Use this site to differentiate activities for students. Be sure to "mine" the links within the site for additional resources to add to your current lesson plans. Have students create online posters individually or together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a president, soldier, or family member during the time of World War I.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hip Hughes History - Keith Hughes
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): china (65), classroom management (145), constitution (94), elections (76), foreign policy (15), politics (106), presidents (134), russia (37)
In the Classroom
Show videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector to your class as an introduction to a new unit or class discussion. Flip your lesson and assign videos for students to view at home or in the computer lab and discuss questions at the next class meeting. Prep for this by asking questions during the video using Comment Bubble, reviewed here. Use the videos as a springboard for engaging writing prompts or to spark a discussion connected with a unit of study. Have students create a simple infographic with information learned from videos using Easel.ly, reviewed here. Be sure to check out some of the classroom management tips and advice for new teachers for some fresh ideas to use in your classroom!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Global Flow of People - Nikola Sander, Guy J. Abel, and Ramon Bauer
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): continents (49), countries (84), cross cultural understanding (137), migration (61)
In the Classroom
Share The Global Flow of People with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard as part of any global studies unit. After finding the numbers of people migrating, have students brainstorm or collect ideas for the reasons of migration on a collaborative bulletin board like Scrumblr, reviewed here, quick start- no membership required. Challenge students to explore further and share their findings with a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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What has the United Nations ever done for you? - The Guardian
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cross cultural understanding (137), cultures (116), united nations (7)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Allow students to explore on their own. Social studies teachers will want to bookmark this interactive for use throughout the year as students learn about different countries and cultures. Instead of paper notecards enhance student learning by having them use Simplenote, reviewed here, to take digital notes; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. updates across all devices Then, modify learning by challenging students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here, to explain what they learned from this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FutureLearn for Schools - FutureLearn
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): advertising (37), business (55), computers (105), creative writing (162), cultures (116), dental health (22), environment (319), financial literacy (109), gifted (79), literature (262), photography (145), politics (106), professional development (194), psychology (64)
In the Classroom
Allow gifted students to enroll in courses that interest them or that provide enrichment beyond classroom content. Share with others in your building as a resource for professional development. Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging material to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field. With older students you may want to consider requiring them to take a course with the idea that it is a model. Challenge students to develop a course using a tool like Lore, reviewed here, about something in which they feel they are an expert.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The 25 Biggest Turning Points in Earth's History - BBC Earth
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cells (103), dinosaurs (51), earth (226), evolution (106), mammals (33), plants (174)
In the Classroom
Ask students to consider the question of the 25 biggest turning points in Earth's history before viewing this site together, and then compare responses. Have students brainstorm or collect ideas on a collaborative bulletin board like Scrumblr, reviewed here, (quick start- no membership required!). Use this site as inspiration for students to create their own 25 (or whatever) choices for the biggest turning points in their life, your state, their country, a country they are studying, or any subject they are studying. Ask students to present their own 25 to their peers using an interactive poster like Adope Spark, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Arts Connected - Minneapolis Institute of Arts & Walker Art Center
Grades
K to 12tag(s): 20th century (52), art history (78), artists (79), cross cultural understanding (137)
In the Classroom
Start by pulling together a collection of video, audio, art pieces, or text. Mix and match your set or use one of the already created sets. Give the set a title and description once you have selected all the pieces. Attach a PDF to provide more information, questions, notes, or directions. Duplicate sets for use with multiple sections of a class. Create custom slides to include YouTube videos.You can use the digital classroom section to discuss and get more information on fair use, creative commons, copyright, and public domain. Find links to information that can be used to teach students the correct way to use information that was created by others. Once you have created a set or found a resource that is appropriate for your students, have them identify the different elements and techniques that are present in the pieces. Students can compare multiple pieces of art that are either similar or very different. Zoom into an image to get a better look at the skills that were used to create the artwork.
For secondary students, use Arts Connected to research and compile a set of works that demonstrate a certain concept or idea. Use this opportunity to have students practice their digital citizenship skills by properly crediting works chosen as well as demonstrate learning. Students can save sets as a PDF and submit to the teacher in hand or electronically.
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Google Newspaper Archives - Google
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (137), media literacy (77), news (259), newspapers (99)
In the Classroom
Share with students to show them different perspectives on historical events. This site would also provide contrasting texts for close reading as required by Common Core. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast information. After researching events in history, have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Build student awareness of the limited view provided by some publications, especially during times of international tension. Explore this site during Newspaper in Education Week or as part of a unit on the basics and nuances of journalistic writing. World language teachers can use newspapers to teach about both language and culture. Have world cultures or social studies students learn about local culture through advertisements and articles and share their findings using a screencast (or screenshots) of the newspaper and talking about their discoveries.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History/Social Science Resources - Los Angeles Unified School District
Grades
K to 12tag(s): assessment (124), commoncore (88), professional development (194)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site for use throughout the school year. Be sure to take advantage of the lesson plans and curriculum guides. Share with other teachers as you collaborate and plan together.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pantheon People Rankings - MIT Media Lab
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): cultures (116), explorers (70), politics (106), scientists (71), sociology (23), sports (102)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use throughout the year when looking for ideas for research projects, biographies, and more. Have students create a list of whom they think is most influential and compare their lists to the actual results. Use information to find the most influential people around the globe or throughout time. Have students modify their learning and create timelines (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Global Flow of Refugees - Nikola Sander & Ramon Bauer
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): continents (49), countries (84), cross cultural understanding (137), immigrants (24)
In the Classroom
Share this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to research and understand the flow of refugees throughout the world. Use this as an introduction to understanding complicated events in the Middle East and other volatile regions in the world. After viewing the interactive, have students study the regions for large migrations of refugees from one region to another. Have them share their findings with a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Have students use Little Memory, reviewed here, to create a diary entry as a refugee traveling to a new country.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Five Myths - The Washington Post
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): journalism (69), myths and legends (26)
In the Classroom
Share Five Myths on an interactive whiteboard or projector as an excellent starting point for lessons on the subjects included. Be sure to review comments on each section before sharing since they are unmoderated. After viewing the articles on this site, start a discussion about what students know about urban legends and Snopes. Have students research and find five myths for any topic, then create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Great Human Odyssey - A World of Extremes - CBC
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (137), deserts (18), oceans (163), tundra (20)
In the Classroom
The Great Human Odyssey is perfect for use with an interactive whiteboard or projector. View the different sections together to learn more about life in extreme climates. Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about one of the nomads. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast student lifestyles with those on this site. Compare the three nomadic lifestyles presented with the Venn Diagram - 3 Circles, reviewed here. Have students create maps using Animaps, reviewed here, to locate places found on this site and explore areas close by. Students can add text, images, and location stops!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Global Trend Map - Paul Bourke
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (137), maps (297), news (259)
In the Classroom
This site is excellent for enrichment during current events lessons. World language classes can keep up with hot topics in the countries where the language they are learning is spoken. Include this link on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class. Challenge students to compare and contrast trends across different countries using an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here. Have students create a presentation on any of the trending topics using Swipe, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tom Richey's YouTube Channel for AP History - Tom Richey
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1700s (31), 1800s (53), 1900s (45), advanced placement (24), american revolution (90), black history (60), colonial america (110), england (57), france (34), germany (28), greece (29), greeks (33), industrial revolution (26), jefferson (21), romans (37), rome (25), russia (37), spain (9), video (267), washington (32), world war 1 (57)
In the Classroom
Mark this one in your teacher favorites to find videos to use in AP History and Government classes. Be sure to share videos with students and parents, especially videos with study plans for AP tests. Create a link to this YouTube channel on your class website or blog for students to access at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Q-Files The Great Illustrated Encyclopedia - Q-Files Ltd
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): aircraft (25), amphibians (21), animals (324), asia (74), aztecs (10), birds (52), china (65), cultures (116), dinosaurs (51), earth (226), earthquakes (52), ecosystems (90), electricity (95), energy (213), erosion (19), europe (72), forces (47), insects (73), literature (262), mammals (33), mayans (14), medicine (64), microscopes (13), moon (81), oceans (163), photography (145), planets (139), polar (18), population (64), religions (73), rocks (52), romans (37), scientists (71), solar system (125), space (232), sports (102), telescopes (10), vikings (12), weather (211)
In the Classroom
Use Q-Files as an informational reading source for a variety of subjects. In science and social studies use as a way to provide background information for inquiry-based projects. Redefine learning and challenge students use resources for multimedia projects such as Slidestory, reviewed here, Sway, , reviewed here, or modify learning using Flipboard, reviewed here, to share their findings. Pair these articles with literature to provide a better background information base, such as information on ancient China or Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. Add as a bookmark to student computers and on your class website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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