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Rick Steves Classroom Europe - Rick Steves
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6 to 12tag(s): architecture (84), england (49), europe (84), france (40), germany (27), italy (30), medieval (33), middle east (50), religions (114), renaissance (38), spain (13), Teacher Utilities (202), video (267)
In the Classroom
View the videos as a class on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector to learn about countries or periods studied. Take advantage of the search tool to find videos by themes to provide a comprehensive look at the themes in various parts of Europe. For example, select the Renaissance to view information about this period in France, Italy, Austria, and Portugal to provide a larger context of these events. Create playlists to share with your students for social studies topics. Have students include information from the videos on this site to create a website using Webnode, reviewed here, to share their findings. Ask students to use the templates found on Webnode to enhance their learning style while including images, videos, and their writing. One idea is for students to create a website through the persona of a person living in one of the countries or different a period sharing their way of life. Ask students to modify their learning by creating timelines using Timelinely, reviewed here, to document events from European history. Use Timelinely to include maps, videos, images, and more to create an interactive timeline experience.Ancient History Encyclopedia - Jan van der Crabben
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6 to 12tag(s): aztecs (10), cultures (226), greece (47), japan (64), maps (224), mayans (32), mesopotamia (32), myths and legends (42), religions (114), romans (52), vikings (10)
In the Classroom
Use the Ancient History Encyclopedia as an activator before teaching any unit on ancient times to share the stories of any period instead of just learning dates. Share the period in time with your students and allow them to explore the site to find items of interest to share with others. Replace paper and pen by using an online bulletin board site like Pinside, reviewed here, and have students share their findings. As you move on through your lessons, extend learning by asking students to use an animated map-making tool like eStory, reviewed here, to tell the story of events from their chosen topic. eStory offers tools for using current or historical maps to create an animated path including text and uploads of source materials.Read. Inquire. Write. - University of Michigan
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6 to 10tag(s): civil war (141), colonial america (95), concept mapping (15), debate (42), democracy (24), evaluating sources (30), greece (47), inquiry (30), maps (224), mexico (46), middle east (50), native americans (116)
In the Classroom
Instead of using paper documents, scan the included PDF or Word documents into Google Classroom or your school student/teacher platform to share and assign to students. Be sure to include mentor texts for student use. Enhance student learning by asking students to use highlighting and note-taking tools within their word document to provide documentation for their responses. Although this site includes many high-quality graphic organizers, create your own and using Diagramo, reviewed here to engage students and personalize for your classroom use. Have students use a digital portfolio tool to share their investigations. Spaces, reviewed here includes many resources for creating online portfolios and web pages. Consider sharing the activities found on this site with your peers as a model for redesigning lessons you already use in your classroom. Use Padlet, reviewed here to collaborate and share ideas, activities, and resources as you work toward incorporating inquiry lessons into your classrooms.Quatr.us - Dr. Karen Carr
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 1900s (72), 20th century (62), medieval (33), renaissance (38)
In the Classroom
Bookmark Quatr.us as a resource for history articles and "on this date" information to share with students. Instead of creating links to bookmarked sites on your class webpage or computer, use Padlet, reviewed here to create an interactive resource for students. Within your Padlet create columns to add websites, videos, or other student resources. Consider using Quatr.us along with other history sites as a resource for students to use and create a weekly or monthly podcast discussing historic events using a site like Podbean, reviewed here. Instead of just learning about historic events, different time periods, or the history of a country enhance student knowledge by having individual students or groups of students use Google My Maps, reviewed here to create a virtual field trip to tell the story. Enhance student learning by asking students to use a timeline creation tool like Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here, to create an interactive timeline using images, maps, and video.Timeline Eons - Maani.us
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6 to 12tag(s): climate change (100), conservation (101), geologic time (12), space (220), timelines (57)
In the Classroom
Have students explore the timeline on their own, then research and share information on any given period of time. Encourage students to view future predictions on the timeline as a research project to find the basis of the predictions. Have students create a simple interactive infographic sharing their findings using Infogram, reviewed here.Ancient Origins - Stella Novus
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8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): australia (29), greece (47), greeks (46), myths and legends (42), paleontology (28), palestine (5), romans (52)
In the Classroom
Include Ancient Origins with bookmarks to share with students for use during studies of ancient history. Share specific areas of the site to highlight items such as scientific studies, myths, or archaeology from different countries or time periods. Transform learning by challenging students to create timelines (with audio, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here, to share information from Ancient Origins.MetKids - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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2 to 12tag(s): africa (170), art history (108), artists (87), asia (136), china (83), europe (84), inventors and inventions (81), japan (64), middle east (50), myths and legends (42), russia (34)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for use on classroom computers or for a blended class for students to explore on their own. Streghthen student learning by asking them to find information for a specific period of time or country and label what they find important using Webnote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Next, transform classroom technology and extend learning by showing students how to embed media into an interactive time line using Sutori, reviewed here. With Sutori you can include images, text, and collaboration, or Preceden, reviewed here, for creating multi-layer timelines for over lapping events.Hardcore History - Dan Carlin
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8 to 12tag(s): germany (27), greeks (46), nuclear energy (20), religions (114), romans (52), world war 1 (77), world war 2 (163)
In the Classroom
Include portions (or all) of these podcasts as part of your in-depth look at historical events. Have cooperative learning groups create their own podcasts discussing events and characters in history. Use a site such as RedCircle, reviewed here. Use an online tool such a Lucidchart, reviewed here, to create diagrams, mindmaps, and other visual graphic organizers to organize historical information. Create a link to podcasts on your class page for students to listen to at home, then discuss in class. Alternatively, flip your class and have students view and react to the podcasts on YouTube using VideoANT, reviewed here. With VideoANT student's can add comments and ask questions as they watch videos.Military History Now - NH Mallett
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8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): battles (18), famous people (28), veterans (27)
In the Classroom
Military History Now is an excellent addition to any history classroom. Share information from posts with students to add background information to any topic. Encourage students to browse the site on their own to find little-known facts to share with others. Have students create an interactive image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Genially, reviewed here, to share information learned.Chronas - Dietmar Aumann
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6 to 12tag(s): 1600s (20), 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 1900s (72), explorers (64), maps (224), religions (114), timelines (57)
In the Classroom
Introduce Chronas on an interactive whiteboard and demonstrate how to use the timeline and find the many features available. Allow time for students to explore on their own. Use this site to reinforce your students' understanding of timelines. Have cooperative learning groups investigate a particular period or ruler. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Visme, reviewed here.CyArk - CyArk & Partners
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K to 12tag(s): archeology (30), egypt (59), environment (251), erosion (14), graphic design (49), mayans (32), photography (131), romans (52), speech (69), virtual field trips (131)
In the Classroom
You and your students will love exploring the many areas from around the world on this fascinating site! Be sure to create a link on classroom computers and your class website for students to explore on their own. History and social studies teachers can partner with science and math teachers to present the lesson plans to students. Have students create a multimedia presentation of a cultural site using Visme, reviewed here. Visme allows you to narrate slides. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts sharing details found on CyArk. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Take a virtual field trip to any of CyArk's sites without leaving the comfort of your classroom!World Population History - Population Connection
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6 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (26), conservation (101), environment (251), population (52)
In the Classroom
Try using this website in science class during environmental science units on human population growth. Start the class by sharing this site on an interactive whiteboard (or projector) for students to see. Provide time for students to look at the material and to generate questions about it. Brainstorm not only questions but what students learned from it. Allow groups time to research the economic and social issues that have caused such a change in population and how people live. Challenge students to make a multimedia presentation using Sway, reviewed here, about what they learned from the different time periods or themes. With Sway, you can have music, photos, videos, and even make it interactive.MetPublications - Metropolitan Museum of Art
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6 to 12tag(s): art history (108), artists (87)
In the Classroom
Share this site with your school's art teacher. Explore artwork from different time periods or places as part of social studies lessons. Encourage students to explore this site on their own to learn more about the various components of art. Have students create an annotated image of different pieces of art including text boxes, related links, and videos using a tool such as Google Drawings, reviewed here. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use it: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here.Highbrow - Artem Zavyalov & Jane Limanskaya
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7 to 12tag(s): 20th century (62), architecture (84), authors (108), business (54), differentiation (85), endangered species (27), equations (119), financial literacy (95), greeks (46), human body (91), inventors and inventions (81), logic (160), medicine (57), mental math (19), numbers (121), photography (131), poetry (195), psychology (65), short stories (18), surrealism (2), weather (160), women (154)
In the Classroom
Highbrow is perfect for differentiated learning. Allow students to choose their own topic and sign up for a course. When complete, choose another topic and start a new course. Modify classroom technology by having students create commercials for finished courses using Powtoon, reviewed here, and share them using a tool such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Challenge students to create a course after a unit of study as a final assessment. Be sure to include this site on your class webpage for students to access both in and outside of class for personal use.Mr. Moore's Classroom - Matt Moore
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9 to 12tag(s): 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 1900s (72), 20th century (62), advanced placement (26), american revolution (83), aztecs (10), civil rights (219), civil war (141), debate (42), industrial revolution (22), industrialization (12), speech (69), world war 1 (77), world war 2 (163)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save Mr. Moore's Classroom as a supplement to your current social studies teaching materials. Find new ideas for Debate Team. Take advantage of the free materials and planning information offered on this site. Share this site with colleagues.The Walters Art Museum - The Walters Art Museum
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K to 12tag(s): art history (108), artists (87), museums (52)
In the Classroom
Find printable lesson plans to create cross-curricular lessons. The lesson plans include objectives, multiple activities, examples, and a wrap-up. Students can then use the site to find other pieces of art that demonstrate or support the same concept.Connect middle and high school students to the museum through one of the prescheduled video conference calls to learn about specific topics. Be sure to prepare students for the conference call, and encourage students to participate with comments and questions to enhance the learning experience. After the conference, have students navigate through the pieces of art on the site that relate to the topic from the video conference. Enhance student learning by posing questions on Gravity, reviewed here, for students to answer and comment on each other's answers.
Histography - Timeline of History - Matan Stauber
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8 to 12tag(s): timelines (57)
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.TomRichey.net - Tom Richey
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): advanced placement (26), american revolution (83), colonial america (95), europe (84), greece (47), israel (14), medieval (33), native americans (116), primary sources (118), renaissance (38), romans (52)
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.History/Social Science Resources - Los Angeles Unified School District
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K to 12tag(s): assessment (146), commoncore (73), professional development (393)
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.Tom Richey's YouTube Channel for AP History - Tom Richey
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9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 1900s (72), advanced placement (26), american revolution (83), black history (135), colonial america (95), england (49), france (40), germany (27), greece (47), greeks (46), industrial revolution (22), jefferson (19), romans (52), rome (37), russia (34), spain (13), video (267), washington (28), world war 1 (77)