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Vistas - Dr. Dana Leibsohn and Dr. Barbara Mundy
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (172), cultures (179), explorers (65), hispanic (35), resources (84), spanish (109)
In the Classroom
You could share this site with your students on your interactive whiteboard or projector and at the same time create a timeline for the Spanish Americas using a tool such as Timeline Infographic Template, reviewed here. What a wonderful resource for higher level students during Hispanic Heritage Month!There are several themes listed on the site and each theme starts with a video that is less than five minutes. You might want to put small groups of students in charge of a theme, and have them explore the site for what their theme is all about (be sure to go over the titles in the Library with them). Enhance learning by having the small groups use a tool such as Mindmeister, reviewed here, to create and share concept maps of the important ideas about their theme. They may want to use the images from the site, too, so be sure to remind your students that they must cite their source, and give credit to the people who created this site when they create a project on line.
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Native American Crafts Unit - TeachersFirst
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): crafts (63), native americans (111), thanksgiving (24)
In the Classroom
Try using this unit with a study of Thanksgiving, colonial settlements, or Native Americans of the eastern U.S. Share the hands-on crafts and be sure to take digital pictures. Ask students to write explanations of the crafts on your class wiki (with the accompanying pictures)! Or include the link to directions for one of these crafts on your class web page for students to try as a summer activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cool Earth - Mark Ellingham
Grades
K to 12tag(s): carbon (17), climate (82), ecology (102), environment (248), sustainability (46)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site by sharing photos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Include this site on a list of hotlinks for students to access when researching the Rainforest, climate change, sustainability, or carbon footprints. Save this site in your favorites on classroom computers for students to view rainforest maps, ask questions, or read magazine articles. Enhance learning by asking students to visit the site and create an interactive multimedia presentation from the information they learn there using Sway, reviewed here. Register your school with Cool Earth and take advantage of the free lesson plans and resources they offer. The ultimate experience would be to personalize student learning and sponsor a tree or organize a fundraiser to purchase an acre of land. Ask students to research their tree, or the biome biodiversity characteristic of their acre. Include a link to this site on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Anne Frank House - The Anne Frank Stichting
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): anne frank (10), holocaust (42), remembrance day (5), women (148), world war 2 (160)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to take your class on a virtual field trip to Amsterdam to visit the Secret Annex where they can realize what it was actually like for Anne Frank's family and four others to live inside a hidden space, with the constant fear of being discovered by the Nazis. Help the words in Anne's diary come alive by showing what the outside and inside of the building looked like, by viewing the painstaking ways that were taken to keep them safe, and by looking at the space where Anne ate, slept, and hung her pictures. Students will be more likely to relate to Anne as a real person, instead of a fictional character, and admire her optimism, courage, and resiliency. Use this to initiate journal entries for students to reflect on how they would handle two years of hiding and sharing a small space with others, as well as what they would do to remain positive, or use the online exhibit to shed some light on a dark period in history and to strengthen the personal account of the hiding period and the deportation to the camps. Assign class members to read about one of the house members or helpers to research, then have them write a diary (or blog entry) from that person's point of view. Assign teams to debate who was the most important member of the household or if this situation could take place in today's society. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through.Have groups compare two people they learned about using a tool such as the Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram (reviewed here). Create a class wiki for students to share their journal articles and respond to others.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Family Farm Album: The Photographs of Frank Sadorus - Illinois State Museum
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): agriculture (47), genealogy (8), photography (123), primary sources (117)
In the Classroom
This site is a good site to use if you want to introduce more primary sources into your teaching. There is an extensive activities and resource section that covers the topics of photography, history, farming and genealogy. In addition, the PDF entitled the Turning Point would be a good resource to use in a lesson on narrative writing. Share the photos in art (or photography) class on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students create blog entries from the perspective of Frank Sadorus. Use the pictures for creative writing exercises. Why not have a photo of the week and have students write a short piece on the class wiki about what they feel the picture represents, what is happening in the photo, what the animal or person was doing/thinking in the photo, or whatever else is applicable in your class. Do you want to learn more about wikis? Check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Hispanic Heritage Month Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): hispanic (35)
In the Classroom
Use the resources in the collection to supplement classroom material during a unit on Hispanic Heritage. The resources listed here can be used for webquests, learning centers, lesson plans & the like!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Holiday Zone: Cinco de Mayo - Julie Vickery- Smith
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): cinco de mayo (10), mexico (32)
In the Classroom
Use this site to prepare for your classroom's Cinco de Mayo celebration. Have cooperative learning groups explore one of the additional sites or a specific topic and either replace paper journals by writing a blog entry using Seesaw, reviewed here, enhance learning by creating a slide show using Slides, reviewed here, or redefine learning by creating a multimedia video using Typito, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Taking the Fifth - Pearson Education
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3 to 6tag(s): cinco de mayo (10), mexico (32)
In the Classroom
While studying Cinco de Mayo and/or Mexico, share this quick quiz on your interactive whiteboard or projector.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cinco de Mayo - Kiddyhouse.com
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): cinco de mayo (10), mexico (32)
In the Classroom
Use this informational site about the history behind the May 5th holiday as the focus of a teacher-made Webquest using Zunal, reviewed here. Check out the links at the end of the narrative for printable coloring activities and Word searches.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cinco de Mayo - abcteach
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): cinco de mayo (10), mexico (32)
In the Classroom
Share this informative site with your students on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have cooperative learning groups explore this site together. Why not challenge students to create a news broadcast highlighting the holiday. Tape the broadcasts and share them on a site such as Teachers.TV (explained here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cinco de Mayo - BellaOnline
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1 to 6tag(s): cinco de mayo (10), mexico (32)
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Read the stories to your class and try some of the activities together!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Native American Nations - Lisa Mitten
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3 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for research papers and projects. Students can search for information about specific tribes or for information that the tribes themselves have put forward. This would be a great resource for a US history class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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1492 - An Ongoing Voyage - Library of Congress
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): explorers (65), native americans (111)
In the Classroom
Use the images on this site to create a picture walk activity in your classroom. Select 10-15 of the more descriptive images, preferably with different subjects. Assign students to stand at specific images, rotating every 30-45 seconds. In that time, students should quickly jot down what they observe, infer and predict about each. After the walk is done, have a class discussion based on the notes that students have taken. This is a great way to introduce the beginnings of the New World in a non-lecture format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Create a Timeline - Ourtimelines.com
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1 to 12tag(s): timelines (55)
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History Explorer - Smithsonian
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6 to 12tag(s): agriculture (47), american revolution (82), famous people (19), japan (57), japanese (47), jazz (16), lincoln (66), politics (118)
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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Official U.S. Time - National Institute of Standards
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2 to 12tag(s): time (91)
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Costa Rica: Land of Pure Life - PBS
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5 to 7In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and classroom activities hosted within the "Teacher Resources" portion of this site. This could be a great resource for a World History classroom, or for a Earth Sciences class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Great Corn Adventure - University of Illinois
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4 to 6tag(s): agriculture (47)
In the Classroom
Save this site on classroom computers as a favorite. Allow students to access it as a learning center or station. This site is a great addition to any lesson about Native Americans, Geography of the corn belt, or the impact of globalization on the farming industry.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Polar Husky - NOMADS
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1 to 12In the Classroom
Use the GoNorth! adventures to supplement a unit on Geography or Climate changes. Make sure to save the site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Amazon Interactive
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4 to 6tag(s): amazon (11), ecosystems (81), south america (44)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center during a unit on Ecotourism. Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard before allowing students to complete it in cooperative learning groups on classroom computers. This would be a great activity to use to help students review before a final assessment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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