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Homework hotline - homeworkhotline.org
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
Visit the "Boring Stuff' link for parents and teachers to find a PDF of 10 Ways to Use the Homework Helper Site in Your Classroom. Find segment guides, scripts, and book reviews beneficial for in class or use by students outside of class. Share this link at Back to School Night and put the link directly on your class website. Encourage middle schoolers to build independent work habits using this site.Consider creating helpful information, videos, and tutorials of information students need answers to and creating your own help site as a school. Use students to create book reviews, math tutorials, etc. Use a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here to share the videos.
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CIS: Kids' Zone - Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Grades
2 to 8tag(s): american revolution (83), massachusetts (8), states (122)
In the Classroom
Challenge your students to go past PowerPoint and make an online presentation using Animoto (reviewed here) or another reviewed presentation tool from the TeachersFirst Edge. Share the site with students as a resource for state research projects. Use The Ladybug Story with younger students to demonstrate the bill-creation process, then compare with your state's procedures.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ConneCT Kids - State of Connecticut
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): branches of government (62), connecticut (3), states (122)
In the Classroom
Have students create a simple online posters using PicLits, reviewed here, as an alternative to a traditional written report of the state. Share the site on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) then allow students to explore on their own.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Democracy Kids - Duckster
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2 to 8tag(s): branches of government (62), congress (39), democracy (19)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a basic introduction to social studies lessons on the Houses of Congress and the judicial and executive branches by exploring the links at the bottom of this page. Encourage your students to write letters to senators or representatives after learning about their accessibility. Assign students specific government officials to research and prepare a multimedia presentation to share with the class. Have students create a Thinglink, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Have students create a simple online posters using PicLits (reviewed here). Rather than a traditional report, challenge students (independently or collaboratively) to create an online book using a site such as Mixbook (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Maryland Kids Page - Maryland Secretary of State
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): biographies (95), maryland (7), states (122)
In the Classroom
Challenge your students to go past PowerPoint and make an online presentation using Animoto (reviewed here) or another reviewed presentation tool from the TeachersFirst Edge. Share the page with the bill-creation process on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) with students and have them compare with other states' processes. Create a scavenger hunt including information from the site and have students explore the pages to find answers. Share the site with students as a resource for state research or famous American projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Just For Kids - Idaho - State of Idaho
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): states (122)
In the Classroom
Have students use a tool such as Padlet (reviewed here) to create an online bulletin board to use to display information they learn about Idaho. Share this site with students on your interactive whiteboard (or projector). Then allow students to explore on their own when researching state information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mr. Donn's Social Studies - Mr. Donn
Grades
K to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1920s (15), africa (139), archeology (25), china (62), civil rights (198), civil war (135), colonial america (95), egypt (48), great depression (29), greece (27), holidays (167), immigration (63), india (25), industrial revolution (20), japan (56), mayans (11), mesopotamia (4), native americans (91), psychology (67), religions (77), renaissance (33), resources (88), rome (21), slavery (76), westward expansion (38)
In the Classroom
This is the perfect site for Social Studies and History teachers. Use this site for background information when planning lessons. Place this link on your classroom computers to provide students with safe places to research. Several topics have video clips that are perfect for showing on a projector or interactive whiteboard. If using this site for research, enhance learning by challenging students to create 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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Science.Gov - CENDI
Grades
8 to 12In the Classroom
Use this as resource when researching for scientific papers, getting ideas for experiments, or just staying apprised of the latest scientific research on a specific topic.If your students are doing scientific research you might want to supply them with links from Science.gov using Diigo-Education reviewed here.
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Would like to see better search features within subject categories.Kathleen, VT, Grades: 0 - 12
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State Flags Entry into Union - Advance Local Media
Grades
4 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): american flag (7), colonization (20), flags (17), states (122)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector as a fun way of exploring state flags. Create a link on classroom computers for students to explore the site on their own. Use the site as a way for students to choose a state for research projects, let them pick a flag and that will be the state they will research!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Web Japan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan
Grades
3 to 9tag(s): cross cultural understanding (155), japan (56), virtual field trips (80)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard and allow students to explore on their own or in pairs. Use the site to create Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast life in Japan with life in the United States. Take a virtual field trip to Japan by exploring different cities and cultural activities offered on the site. Find a recipe for one of the Japanese foods listed on the site and make it to try in class. Assign cooperative learning groups a specific part of this site to explore. Challenge groups to choose and make a multimedia presentation using Genially, reviewed here where they will find nteractive prese ntations, images, infographics, charts, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Globetracker's Mission - TeachersFirst
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): continents (32), directions (12), earth (184), landforms (37), latitude (10), longitude (9), map skills (56), maps (207), oceans (149)
In the Classroom
See "Lesson Ideas" from the Teacher Edition page for a complete list of ways to use this creative unit with younger students, on laptops with student partners, or as semi-independent work. Be sure to share the link on your teacher web page for students to share at home (or check on the next episode, if they can't wait!).Encourage parents to join the fun on the mission by sharing the suggestions listed under "Parent Info."
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U.S. Dept. of Education publications - US Government
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1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NOAA's Satellite Fire Imagery Pages - US Government
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): fire (22)
In the Classroom
Images renew and upload every 25 minutes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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This Day in History - A&E Television Network
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5 to 12Although the videos are the highlight of this site, there is much more to explore! On the right side bar you will find text boxes to enter ANY date and choose the category. Some examples of categories include Civil War, Cold War, Presidential, Sports, Old West, World War I and II, Entertainment, and several others. On the left side bar there are even more topics and links to explore. Once you click on the subject area, specific "story topics" are provided under the subject. Both of the features on the right and left side of the site display text information, not video clips.
tag(s): presidents (122)
In the Classroom
You can add this in your RSS reader. Why not use the RSS feature to remind you of the day's events? Share the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. The topics on the left and right side bars make excellent research references.For a classroom-ready activity each day to build understanding of historical events in the context of your students' prior knowledge, also try TeachersFirst's Dates That Matter. Include both links on your teacher web page for instant access by students both in and out of class. Maybe start a class wiki for your own "This Day" collection and assign student groups a day of their own. Add to it from year to year. Or have students write blog responses on class or individual blogs as they choose an event for the day from several sources and react to it.
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Perfect resource for stimulating interest on a variety of topics.Patricia, NJ, Grades: 6 - 12
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Annenberg Classroom - NPR/NY Times
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): character education (75), civil rights (198), ecology (99), radio (20), women (138)
In the Classroom
Use this site to help students explore the branches of government in action as they address a "hot topic." Have groups of students listen to real broadcasts and analyze the issues as examples of the constitutional concepts you are studying. Make this link available from your teacher web page while studying the Constitution, the branches of government, and many other social studies topics. Use your interactive whiteboard or projection screen to share a video or audio clip to spark discussion on an issue or activate your lesson. Then, divide your class into teams and have a class debate about the issue. Have students prepare a pro/con wiki using links to the primary sources to support their position or create their own podcast commentaries with support for their opinions.Comments
Too many resources to even summarize. I can't wait to share this resource. CONSTITUTION ON SEPT. 17.Patricia, NJ, Grades: 6 - 12
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Information is Beautiful - David McCandless
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5 to 12Keep in mind that many commenters are very spirited in their discussions! Preview the comments before sharing with your class.
tag(s): data (147), infographics (57), oil (24), oil spill (14), visualizations (11)
In the Classroom
Use the site to teach data and the display of data graphically. Allow groups of students to choose a graphic and report to the class on how the data was made more meaningful using the graphics that were chosen. You may also want to share this link as a research tool for debates or presentations on science or social studies topics. Discuss the science, history, or math behind the data collected. Discuss other information and ways of presenting the information in order to create a more interesting graphic. Provide students with options to share their findings in a multimedia presentation using Sway, reviewed here, or challenge students to create a video and share using a site such as SchoolTube, reviewed here. OR have cooperative learning groups narrate a picture using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here. When using data in class, discuss what makes the graphic visually appealing. Consider using data (or collecting your own) to create class graphics that show the data.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Preceden - Matt Mazur
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): timelines (51)
In the Classroom
Create an ever-growing timeline throughout the school year by adding events discussed in class so students understand where events relate to each other in history. Create a timeline with events in American History and add a layer of authors' works to connect literature's time periods to history.Have your students use Preceden to create a timeline of their life and their family's life. Then use events from their life for writing a memoir, poetry, etc. Science students could create a timeline for the stages of mitosis for a cell or the life cycle of a forest or an animal. Have students in government or history create timelines related to topics you are learning about in class.
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American Presidents Related Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): holidays (167), presidents (122)
In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect Presidents' Day to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons. This collection would also be useful during a unit on the three branches of government, specifically investigating the Executive branch.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World Government Data - The Guardian
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): agriculture (48), cross cultural understanding (155), data (147), energy (130), financial literacy (92), population (48), statistics (116)
In the Classroom
Find data belonging to a specific country through its own data portal page. Collect similar data and data sets from more than one country at the same time to compare and contrast and identify trends. For example, view categories such as Agriculture, Crime, Culture, Economy, Education, Energy, and more. Enter keywords to find data matching your needs. Use this site to look at data and determine reasons for difference. Encourage students to find articles written in these various countries to explain culture differences. Students can also make infographics (data visualizations) to display comparisons and contrasts. Make connections with educators in these countries to encourage discussions between the different classes either through multimedia or blogs. Resources such as Classchats or Skype in Schools can get you started.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teacher's Portal - American Bar Association
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): bill of rights (28), constitution (88)
In the Classroom
Use the lesson plan suggestions to meet the mandate for instruction on Constitution Day, but be sure and check out the other resources for lessons on civics, government, current events and the Constitution itself. The section called "Dialogues" provides resources to engage students and community members in discussion of fundamental American legal principles and civic traditions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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