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What is Yom Kippur - BBC
Grades
K to 4
tag(s): holidays (179), jews (29), yom kippur (14)
In the Classroom
In the classroom, students can answer the thinking/reflection questions in small groups. The students can create a poster or diorama, or use technology to showcase how they celebrate the holiday in their family. Finally, students can compare and contrast Yom Kippur with another holiday.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Storyboard That Mesopotamia - Storyboard That
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): asia (73), digital storytelling (152), mesopotamia (5)
In the Classroom
Students can design a map of the Fertile Crescent, labeling key rivers, cities, and regions. Students can use the storyboard format from Canva's Storyboard Templates, reviewed here to visually represent the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia, from kings to enslaved people. Have students create a timeline using Timeline Infographics Templates, reviewed here to highlight major achievements, such as the invention of the wheel, writing (cuneiform), and irrigation systems. Challenge students to create a storyboard that depicts the daily life of a Mesopotamian family, focusing on religion, economy, and culture. Have students create storyboards that illustrate different laws from Hammurabi's Code, showing how laws were applied in Mesopotamian society.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) - The Institute for Curriculum Services
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6 to 12tag(s): arab (12), bias (27), environment (245), immigration (68), israel (14), jews (29), maps (207), religions (85)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this site's many offerings to find lessons and support materials for teaching about antisemitism, the Middle East, and Ancient Israel. For example, maps can be shared with students to provide the context of the changing regional boundaries in the Mideast over time and ask them to research events that led to changing boundaries. Engage students while sharing maps and documents by using Annotate, reviewed here to create flipped lessons. While using Annotate, create clips with video explanations and add assessments to your documents. Extend learning by asking groups of students to choose a topic or specific region to actively explore the events and problems and how they relate to modern-day difficulties in the region as a project-based learning activity. Find more information and resources for project-based learning at TeachersFirst Special Topics Page: Project-Based Learning, here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Short History Of... - Paul McGann and John Hopkins
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6 to 12tag(s): africa (142), american revolution (82), artists (83), authors (105), churchill (8), colonial america (94), colonization (21), d day (11), dickens (9), dinosaurs (41), disasters (37), diseases (69), england (51), explorers (66), great depression (30), greece (28), india (25), industrial revolution (22), korea (20), lincoln (65), listening (93), martin luther king (45), native americans (95), olympics (41), pearl harbor (14), podcasts (104), presidents (133), pyramids (18), renaissance (38), rome (23), roosevelt (15), rosa parks (9), russia (35), shakespeare (96), st patricks day (12), underground railroad (15), vietnam (38), westward expansion (39), womens suffrage (48), world war 2 (161), wright brothers (16)
In the Classroom
Add this podcast to supplement your current list of history resources. Organize and share resources with students using Wakelet, reviewed here or Padlet, reviewed here. Wakelet and Padlet offer tools that make it easy for students to collaborate and share information. Enhance learning by sharing a podcast as an introduction to a new unit and asking students to discuss what they learn. Consider using Project Zero's Thinking Routine Toolbox, Padlet, reviewed here to encourage student understanding and develop critical thinking skills. For example, the Step-in, Step-out, And step-back routine can help students view people and events from different perspectives. Extend student learning by asking them to develop a script and share a podcast as a final assessment of your unit using a free tool such as Buzzsprout, reviewed here or Spotify for Podcastors, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World History 2 - Crash Course
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): africa (142), world war 1 (78), world war 2 (161)
In the Classroom
After watching the video series, students can pick a historical period that they would like to time-travel to and explain why. They can debate which period of world history had the most impact. Use an online debate tool such as Kialo Edu reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World History - Crash Course
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): agriculture (48), renaissance (38), world war 1 (78)
In the Classroom
After watching the video series, the students can pick a historical period they would like to time-travel to and explain why. Students can debate which period of world history was the most impactful. Create a virtual bulletin board for an online debate using Padlet, reviewed here. Turn on the commenting features so students can comment on other students' posts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teaching Children About Rosh Hashanah - KidsKonnect
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K to 5tag(s): cross cultural understanding (167), holidays (179), jews (29), religions (85), rosh hashanah (13)
In the Classroom
Add this to your teaching resources when teaching about religions, cross-cultural understanding, or holidays. Use Padlet, reviewed here or Wakelet, reviewed here to organize your resources by topic. Access to this site's worksheets is only available to paid members; however, many free AI tools, such as Diffit, reviewed here and Eduaide, reviewed here make it easy to create learning activities that engage students in learning and critical thinking. Extend student learning by asking students to create animated videos that explain Rosh Hashanah using Adobe Express Animate from Audio, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rosh Hoshanah - Rosenfeld Community of Practice
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K to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (167), cultures (145), holidays (179), religions (85), rosh hashanah (13), yom kippur (14)
In the Classroom
Use book suggestions and videos from this site in lessons on Judaism, cross-cultural understanding, or holidays. Engage students in learning about Rosh Hashanah by asking students and family members to share their family's observations of Jewish holidays. Use AI tools such as MagicSchool, reviewed here to enhance learning. For example, use MagicSchool's conceptual understanding tool to generate ideas with classroom activities that help students understand this observance and how it ties to their current knowledge base or use the tool that shares common misconceptions about a topic and how to address them. Extend learning by asking students to share their understanding using Snorkl, reviewed here. Create a Snorkl topic board that asks students to share information about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, then Snorkl provides instant, personalized feedback to student responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Yom Kippur - PJ Library
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K to 5tag(s): book lists (165), cross cultural understanding (167), holidays (179), jews (29), religions (85), rosh hashanah (13), yom kippur (14)
In the Classroom
Use the materials on this site in your lessons about religion, holidays, or cross-cultural understanding activities. If available, ask a parent or community member to visit your classroom to discuss their observance of Yom Kippur and the Jewish faith. Use the shared book lists to find books to include in your classroom library so that students can learn more about Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. Part of observing Yom Kippur is reflecting upon the previous year and making plans for the upcoming year; ask students to make resolutions about being more helpful to others in school, for example, inviting others to sit with them at lunch or including new students in recess games. Use Padlet, reviewed here to share students' resolutions using the Sandbox feature that allows you to add sticky notes onto a surface similar to a whiteboard. Using Sandbox tools enables students to add new ideas and document their accomplishments. Extend learning using Gamma, reviewed here, a tool that uses AI to create slide presentations and websites based on your prompt. Use Gamma to make a presentation that tells more about the story of Yom Kippur. Share your presentation using the link provided or export the slides to PowerPoint to personalize and edit as desired.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rosh Hashanah - PJ Library
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K to 6tag(s): cross cultural understanding (167), cultures (145), holidays (179), jews (29), rosh hashanah (13), yom kippur (14)
In the Classroom
Include this site with your resources when teaching about holidays, cross-cultural understanding, or religious observations. Consider using an organizational tool such as Wakelet, reviewed here to save your resources or share resources with students. Use the podcast found on this site, "Why do we eat pomegranates on Rosh Hashanah?" to enhance student's understanding of cultural traditions by asking them to create a podcast that explores traditional foods eaten on their favorite holiday. Ask students to use Canva Storyboard Templates, reviewed here to plan their podcast, then record the podcast using a free podcast creation tool such as Acast, reviewed here or Spotify for Broadcasters, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History of Science - Crash Course
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5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): brain (56), computers (110), ecology (102), electricity (62), genetics (81), medieval (33), scientific method (48), scientists (63)
In the Classroom
After watching a of Crash Course History of Science episode, students can create a living museum highlighting famous scientists. Students can research more about the time that each video takes place. Students can debate which scientific "event" was the most important to shaping our world.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rosh Hashanah Resource Collection - The Jewish Educator Portal
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K to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (167), holidays (179), jews (29), podcasts (104), religions (85), rosh hashanah (13), yom kippur (14)
In the Classroom
Save this resource to include as part of your lessons on Rosh Hashanah. Find additional resources on the TeachersFirst Special Topics Page: TeachersFirst's Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Resources, reviewed here. Use Wakelet, reviewed here to curate and share information with students, such as videos, articles, and activities on this site. As an assessment activity, ask students to share information about Rosh Hashanah and Jewish holiday celebrations by creating short animated videos using Vmaker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History Maps - Nono Umasy
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7 to 12tag(s): american revolution (82), china (62), civil war (136), explorers (66), japan (56), maps (207), medieval (33), religions (85), russia (35), south america (39), timelines (55), vietnam (38), world war 1 (78), world war 2 (161)
In the Classroom
Share these maps and information on your whiteboard during classroom discussions as a visual tool for students to understand the geographic location of events and use it to provide context for relationships between different events. As students study history, ask them to create interactive timelines using Timeline JS, reviewed here, which includes images, videos, and documents to detail events. Extend learning by asking groups of students to create presentations using different multimedia tools to provide an overall understanding of the content. For example, ask one group to create a timeline and another to create an interactive map using Zeemaps, reviewed here, and have another group use Adobe Express Free Video Maker, reviewed here, to create a video presentation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Felt - Interactive Map Creator - felt.com
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K to 12tag(s): map skills (57), maps (207)
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Visualizing data and creating maps just became easier for teachers and students. Help your students understand current events worldwide by creating a map and embedding it on your classroom website or learning management system. For example, use maps in science to track migration patterns, explore climates, or map weather events. Teachers of students aged 13+ years can have students create and edit maps in real-time from anywhere. Build upon your student's knowledge by adding layers to your maps to show new information. Teachers of younger students can create maps for student viewing to map a story or show animal habitats.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Georgia Virtual Learning Shared Resources - Georgia Virtual Learning
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5 to 12tag(s): art history (89), body systems (41), business (51), chinese (44), drawing (61), environment (245), financial literacy (89), french (75), geology (62), japanese (47), latin (22), literature (218), music theory (45), myths and legends (24), narrative (15), novels (32), nutrition (137), oceans (149), OER (43), photography (118), plagiarism (33), poetry (192), psychology (67), robotics (23), romeo & juliet (7), short stories (18), sociology (24), space (217), spanish (106), STEM (282), writers workshop (31)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site as a supplemental resource for your current lessons, as a resource for students to learn about subjects not covered in their current courses, and to differentiate learning for students. For example, provide remediation to high school students by sharing the 9th or 10th-grade literature and composition courses as a review activity or enhance your British Literature unit by assigning a module that focuses specifically on 17th, 18th, or 19th-century British literature. Consider assigning different activities to groups of students to present to their peers. Ask them to use an infographic creator such as the Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here, as a tool for sharing important information. As a final learning extension, create a digital class book using Ourboox, reviewed here, to share understanding of the content learned. Include text, images, maps, and more in the student-created books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Open-Ended Social Studies - Thomas Kenning
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6 to 12tag(s): 1600s (20), 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 20th century (62), american revolution (82), civil war (136), colonial america (94), colonization (21), gettysburg (15), gettysburg address (11), native americans (95), OER (43), washington (28), westward expansion (39)
In the Classroom
This site is an excellent addition to any middle or high school social studies curriculum. Bookmark this site to include with your other lesson resources. Use individual lessons to supplement your lessons through a new viewpoint since many of the tasks encourage students to think of history through the eyes of a traveler. Each lesson begins with a series of focus questions to keep in mind throughout the article. Engage students in learning and provide support for focusing on important information using Read Ahead, reviewed here. This handy tool lets you transform any text into a guided reading activity that highlights critical components of the text. As students collaborate on learning activities, enhance learning by using Notejoy, reviewed here, as a collaborative note-taking tool. Ask students to add the preview questions listed before the lesson and any other focus points, then share ideas and responses in Notejoy throughout the reading and discussions of the content. As a final learning extension, ask students to use Open-Ended Social Studies as a model for telling history through the eyes of a storyteller or from the perspective of one location. Use Vizzio, reviewed here, to create interactive timelines using animated maps. Include text descriptions, images, and videos as part of your interactive timelines.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World History Encyclopedia - World History Foundation
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6 to 12tag(s): china (62), climate change (93), colonial america (94), egypt (49), explorers (66), greeks (32), japan (56), maps (207), medieval (33), primary sources (119), religions (85), romans (36), slavery (78), vikings (10), women (143)
In the Classroom
This site is a must-have for any history teacher. First, bookmark the site for students to use as a multimedia encyclopedia and media resource. Then, include it with your other teaching resources to find engaging classroom lessons. Have students use the images on this site when creating presentations (using proper attribution, of course). Enhance student learning by having them use Genially, reviewed here, an excellent tool for students to use to create interactive and multimedia presentations. Have students add images to presentations, then create "hotspots" that link to outside resources such as videos, articles, or student-created texts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WisdomMaps - Terrence Monroe
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9 to 12tag(s): american revolution (82), asia (73), central america (18), ethics (21), greece (28), industrial revolution (22), north america (15), religions (85), renaissance (38), romans (36), south america (39)
In the Classroom
Share WisdomMaps with students as a blended learning activity by allowing students to explore a shared map before discussing ideas together as a class. Provide a collaborative Google Jamboard, reviewed here, and ask students to add sticky notes with information discovered through their exploration. Consider either creating columns for information found and another for questions that need further exploration. Use the WisdomMaps found on this site as a model for students to create maps using MindMeister, reviewed here, that correlate with your current classroom curriculum.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World History for Us All - Public History Iniative, Department of History, UCLA
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7 to 12tag(s): africa (142), asia (73), cold war (30), environment (245), europe (80), greeks (32), industrial revolution (22), migration (45), north america (15), population (50), religions (85), south america (39), world war 1 (78), world war 2 (161)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use in whole as your history curriculum or use parts of lessons to supplement your current instruction. Collaborate with your peers to modify and adjust information in these units to suit your needs. If using Microsoft Word, share your document with peers and add highlights and comments as you adjust the unit. If using the PDF version, use the tools found at SmallPDF, reviewed here, to annotate, merge with your current materials, or convert to another format. As you use this curriculum to view the world from a global perspective, use Google Earth, reviewed here, to create a collaborative project by adding markers to areas around the world to create virtual tours of historic events told through the lens of different locations and perspectives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Useful Charts YouTube Channel - Matt Baker
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7 to 12tag(s): asia (73), china (62), egypt (49), europe (80), famous people (20), france (40), germany (25), politics (116), presidents (133), romans (36)
In the Classroom
Include links to videos found on this channel to help students understand the complicated family trees found throughout history. After watching the videos, ask students to use an organizational tool such as Genially, reviewed here, to diagram family trees for American Presidents, European Royalty, Asian Dynasties, or other ruling families. When finished, use a timeline creator such as Vizzio, reviewed here, and find the "layered timeline" to view information in chronological order that includes additional information such as text, images, and primary documents.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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