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return to subject listingSmithsonian Global Sound - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): songs (44)
In the Classroom
Search this site for songs to supplement your unit in a US or World history class. This teacher was able to find a song about the suffrage movement, and was able to teach the beliefs of suffrage through student analysis of the lyrics and tone. Be sure to search - there are literally tons of songs that can be used for a variety of curriculum.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Malcolm X Project - Columbia University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): 1960s (27), africa (137), african american (109), black history (121)
In the Classroom
Use the footage of Malcolm X to emphasize his message and intent during a unit on his life or the civil rights movement. Open the footage over the interactive whiteboard, playing small clips during a lecture or class discussion of his life. This would be useful in an American History class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Deadly Virus - National Archives and Records Administration
Grades
8 to 12In the Classroom
The most descriptive part of this website are the images of civil servants in contact with the public wearing surgical masks while performing their everyday duties. Use these images to supplement your lecture on the epidemic, and to spur a class discussion on the comparison between people's reaction for diseases today such as the Swine flu or the Bird flu.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Age of Exploration - Mariners' Museum
Grades
3 to 7tag(s): explorers (64)
In the Classroom
Use the activities portion of this site to add enrichment to your classroom. There are plenty of quick projects and lesson plans, but there are also two interactive web games that could be used to help students review information. Save those particular portions of the site as favorites on your computer and use them for a learning center or station.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Child Labor in America - The History Place
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): air (106)
In the Classroom
Project these images in your classroom to add some visual realism to a study of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. An excellent primary source to help students understand the significance of the Fair Labor and Standards Act that eventually ended this practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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What Are We Fighting For Over There? - Library of Congress
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): 1900s (73), foreign policy (12), world war 1 (72)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free lesson plan in your classroom during a unit on WWI - the documents are all very revealing and an excellent example for students of reliable primary sources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Intelligent Designs on Evolution - American RadioWorks
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Pair with a study of the 1925 Scopes Trial, use as the basis for a "current events" class debate (with a focus on the court system), or challenge students to be on the lookout for similar news items from across the country.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Black History Month - Time, Inc.
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): africa (137), african american (109), civil rights (193), speech (66), speeches (18)
In the Classroom
This site is a great addition to a classroom unit on the civil rights movement. Save the site as a favorite on the classroom computers, and have students work on it pairs, or use it as a learning center. Some of the web quests are basically quizzes in disguise, making them appropriate for review. If using it for review, add the site to your teacher web page so students can access it both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lighting a Revolution - Smithsonian
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5 to 8tag(s): electricity (60), inventors and inventions (71), light (52)
In the Classroom
Use this resource to frame a student invention unit based on the five stages detailed on the site. Focus the invention process on current or future needs brainstormed by students in class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GOV.com - GOV.com
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9 to 12In the Classroom
Enrich a current events discussion with this resource. Compare what is heard and seen by students in the media with the facts that appear on this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Nuremberg Trials - WGBH
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8 to 12tag(s): courts (19), world war 2 (149)
In the Classroom
Challenge students to think about the similarities and differences between the trial of Saddam Hussein and the Nuremberg trials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - University of Virginia
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8 to 12tag(s): africa (137), african american (109), slavery (75)
In the Classroom
Bookmark as an online resource for student research or as a teacher source for lesson development.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Multiple Choice Quizzes - SchoolHistory
Grades
8 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site to review students on important scanning many units of history. Save this site as a learning center or station, and allow students to use it in the days proceeding an assessment. Teachers can also print out some of the quizzes and use them to assess students background knowledge when entering a new unit.Be sure to post these on your teacher wiki or webpage too, allowing students to review before a major assessment - both in and out of the classroom.
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What Coal Miners Do - UMWA
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7 to 9tag(s): coal (6)
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Quiz Tree - Sierra Vista Software
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
A great resource for reviewing content or investigating new information. Headphones highly recommended.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bound for Glory: America in Color - Library of Congress
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8 to 12tag(s): 1930s (20), 1940s (14), great depression (28), images (270), photography (131)
In the Classroom
It's interesting how viewing the images in color makes the viewer feel as though the Great Depression was something far more recent - perhaps due to the dated feeling of black and white images. In a discussion of the Great Depression, spend some time comparing these images and the traditional black and white images on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Ask students about the differences and if one is more revealing or not. This can also lead into a discussion on the reliability of primary sources and the effects of seeing something rather than reading it.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Discovering American Women's History Online - Ken Middleton
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8 to 12tag(s): history day (40), women (136)
In the Classroom
This is an excellent resource for piecing together American history by examining primary source documents. Have cooperative learning groups investigate women's contributions in various decades and extend their learning by creating a video using Kizoa, reviewed here, to share with their peers. With Kizoa you can add music and text to voice. Share the videos using a site such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Intelligent Design in American Classrooms - NPR
Grades
8 to 12In the Classroom
If willing to deal with the possible religious discussion, this article would be a great starting point for a class debate on the costs and benefits of teaching intelligent design in the classroom. Based on what the article has written, begin a class discussion as to whether or not some of the actions taken by states have crossed any constitutional boundaries? Where would that boundary lie? (etc) This could lead to a heated discussion, but is a great way to get students discussing the importance of the establishment clause and its' practical application in society.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History of Thanksgiving - History Channel
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3 to 6tag(s): holidays (159), pilgrims (12), thanksgiving (24)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a way to introduce the Thanksgiving holidays in a way that is both educational and fun for students. Share the site with students on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Examine the interesting facts for little known information, or bring up the document entitled "a Thanksgiving proclamation," found here. Use Read Ahead, reviewed here, with the document to help students understand the meaning in this text. Have students read the document aloud, in turns or by volunteers. The document will help students understand the actual v. the myth of Thanksgiving. The site can also be saved as a favorite on classroom computers to be used as a learning center if that method is more appropriate for your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rosa Parks - NPR
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8 to 12tag(s): africa (137), african american (109), civil rights (193), rosa parks (9), segregation (17)
In the Classroom
The most intriguing part of this site are the audio portions where Parks recounts her story. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector and play the portions during and within a lecture on Parks. Hearing Parks tell her story will add a different element than pictures and lecture provide.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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