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Encyclopedia of Chicago - Chicago Historical Society
Grades
8 to 12
In the Classroom
Use the images on this site to create a visual discovery activity in your classroom. The images span the decades, and can be easily searched to find one that matches a particular unit in your classroom. Open the image on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students discuss or write what they observe, infer and predict happening in the photograph. This is a great way to review activity in place of a practice assessment, as it requires to use what the have learned and apply it to the circumstances in the photo in order to interpret it.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Discovering Lewis and Clark - VIAs Inc.
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): jefferson (18), lewis and clark (14), louisiana (6), louisiana purchase (5)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station during a unit on the two explorers and western expansion. Based on what they read, have students create a multi-media presentation summarizing the main points. Have students create a presentation using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try Pikwizard, reviewed here. Have students report the exploration as though it were a current event, using images from the site or other approved sources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Memorial Day Activities - David Merchant
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): holidays (162), memorial day (12), puzzles (143)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities on this site! There are also some practice quizzes and puzzles that would be fun ways to assess students, or have them use the tools to help review the content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History Explorer - Smithsonian
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): agriculture (49), american revolution (81), famous people (21), japan (56), japanese (47), jazz (17), lincoln (60), politics (112)
In the Classroom
Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. There is enough information in "exhibit" details to provide a starting point for students trying to decide what to base a research project on. Recommend the site to students who are having difficulty picking a project subject.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MoOm: The Museum of Online Museums - Coudal Partners
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artists (77), inventors and inventions (71), museums (44), trivia (18)
In the Classroom
Select a display that fits your classroom needs and share it on the interactive whiteboard or projector. A lot of the art displays based on the site focus on creativity and the ingenuous of design, easily motivating students to create their own original art pieces.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Child Labor in America - Library of Congress
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): evolution (85), industrial revolution (20)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan hosted on this site! Save this one as a favorite on your classroom computer, to allow for easy retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Do History - Harvard University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): colonial america (95), england (50)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities offered on this site! The "Doing History" section would make an excellent webquest or classroom activity if teachers are willing to print out the resources. If doing it as a class, introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector before dispersing materials and having students work on the activity in groups. The activity is a great way for students to understand bias, validity and differences that historians find among primary sources. This would also be an interesting way to reflect on the roles of women in society and how they may have changes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Stories of the Wrights' Flight - Smithsonian
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): flight (31), wright brothers (15)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan that's offered on this site! There is even a pre-prepared graphic organizer that is available to help students catalog the information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age - Smithsonian
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): wright brothers (15)
In the Classroom
Use the images on this site to create a visual discovery activity in your classroom to introduce the topic of the Wright brothers. Select 3-5 of the more powerful images, placing them on separate slides in a Powerpoint, to be displayed over the projector. Have students write down what they observe, predict and infer about each image jotting them down on a graphic organizer. (For help making graphic organizers, try: Graphic Organizer Maker, (reviewed here).) Once the class has gone through all of the images, have a class discussion based on the notes that students took during the process. This activity can be used to introduce or review, in a non-lecture format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Salem - National Geographic
Grades
7 to 9tag(s): massachusetts (8), salem (6)
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Interactive Tour of Ellis Island - Scholastic
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): ellis island (6), immigration (64), migration (44)
In the Classroom
On its surface, this site appears to be simply a "virtual tour" of Ellis Island. However, the Teacher's section contains a good deal of information on how to create an on-site, interdisciplinary immigration experience for students. There are tips on content, involving parents, and other aspects of the project. Well worth a look if you're studying this time period or immigration in general.Use this site as a learning center or station. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector to introduce it to students, before allowing them to explore the site in groups. Note: portions of this site have audio, so be sure to include headphones.
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American Women's Rights Movement - Infoplease
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): 1920s (15), women (137), womens suffrage (44)
In the Classroom
Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start your study of the Women's Rights movement. There are a lot of interesting yet random facts that can supplement lecture material. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector and use it to guide students along the lecture. You can also print the information out for students to use as a follow-along if a PowerPoint is a part of your lecture. Either way it's a great organizer for putting the time period into perspective.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War Lesson Plans: Elementary - American Battlefield Trust
Grades
3 to 7tag(s): civil war (134), Juneteenth (22), lincoln (60), slavery (75), states (122)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan ideas and activities in this site. There are printables and PowerPoints to download. Refer to this site if ever looking for activity ideas in a Civil War unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Painless Guide to the Branches of Government: Judicial Branch - United Learning
Grades
5 to 8tag(s): courts (19), supreme court (27)
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The Underground Railroad - National Geographic
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): abolition (7), slavery (75), underground railroad (12)
In the Classroom
Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector before allowing students to complete it in pairs or individually. Enhance learning using Read Ahead, reviewed here, as a guided reading activity at a learning center or station during a unit on slavery in the colonies. This article provides good background information on slavery and the Underground Railroad.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Slavery and the Making of America - WNET
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): africa (137), african american (109), slavery (75)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities hosted on this site within "K-12 Learning." Save this site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval for a unit on Slavery leading up to the Civil War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State - Community Television of Southern California
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): hitler (6), holocaust (41), jews (23), nazis (8), world war 2 (149)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and resources located on this site! A very interesting resource for a US or World History classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Place the State - Sheppard Software
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): map skills (56), maps (209), states (122)
In the Classroom
What a great way to have students know American geography better than physically moving the states in their places? Introduce this site on the interactive whiteboard before allowing cooperative learning groups to complete the activity on classroom computers. Have a class challenge as students try and compete to see which group can get the lowest average error mileage. This would be a great refresher before a US history class (particularly before a unit on the Civil War where state geography is important) or during a Geography class first learning the basics!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Newspaper Pictorials: WWI Rotogravures - Library of Congress
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): 1900s (73), 20th century (59), images (270), photography (131), world war 1 (72)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the images on this site to supplement text in an ESL classroom. Include the images in your classroom and presentations to give students a visual concept to grasp on to while learning the terms and concepts of WWI.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Stars and Stripes - Library of Congress
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): journalism (72)
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Take advantage of the free images and printables from this site. The site not only provides primary sources, but maps and timelines that could also be used to supplement your lecture. Be sure to look at this site before designing any presentations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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