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WordSense.eu - dictionary - Dirk Moosbach
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): dictionaries (48), prefixes (10), root words (10), suffixes (8), thesaurus (22), vocabulary (242), vocabulary development (95), word study (59)
In the Classroom
Use Word Sense on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to explore word origins, definitions, and more. This is a great site to use as a resource for a word of the day or word of the week. Choose a word and have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as WordClouds, reviewed here, or WordItOut, reviewed here. Share this site on your class website or blog for students to access at home for writing projects. Use this tool to decipher words when studying word roots and affixes. As students prepare for the SAT, have them explore and attempt to figure out words based on roots, etc.Cuban Missile Crisis - Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): 1960s (26), kennedy (20), presidents (136)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site (or save it in your favorites). Use the resources for any unit that includes the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidents, or John F. Kennedy. Watch videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Share a link on your class website for students to view at home. Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about any of the characters involved with the crisis. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare the point of view of the U.S. vs Cuba or to compare outcomes based on possible decisions made during the crisis.Lesson Plans and Activities for Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer - Penguin Group
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): careers (182), civil rights (219), courts (24), critical thinking (137), guided reading (32), reading comprehension (149)
In the Classroom
Use this unit as a whole, or pick and choose the activities you think your students will be most interested in. Collaborate with your social studies teacher to teach about the judicial system as you read this book. If you have students who have previously read "Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer," they can still read along and will learn so much more from the activities. Or those who have read this book may want to read another book in the series but can still follow the activities from this guide.John F Kennedy Curricular Resources - John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
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K to 12tag(s): civil rights (219), cold war (31), kennedy (20), presidents (136), vietnam (38)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this resource for use when teaching about John F Kennedy, the presidency, Civil Rights, or the Vietnam War. Share with teachers at other grade levels (k-12) for use with lesson planning.Duolingo - Duolingo
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1 to 12tag(s): arabic (13), chinese (45), DAT device agnostic tool (146), french (74), game based learning (206), german (48), hebrew (16), italian (31), japanese (56), multilingual (78), OER (43), Online Learning (36), portuguese (22), russian (26), spanish (112)
In the Classroom
Use Duolingo in your world language classes as another form of practice and enrichment. Have students sign up to compete against each other in a fun game of language mastery. Have world language students use the immersion tool to help read and translate authentic text. For an ENL/ELL classroom, provide extra, specific practice in beginning English. ENL/ELL students can also use the immersion section to check their own written documents and connect with other ENL/ELL students. Offer this site as a supplement when you study cultures from around the world. Gifted students are sure to enjoy the challenge of learning some language phrases. Is your class remote learning? Duolingo has a guide just for that! Scroll down the home page and find Duolingo for Schools, then click Bring Duolingo to Your Classroom. Find the Guide for using Duolingo at home at the top right of the page.Engaging Students With Primary Sources - Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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6 to 12tag(s): primary sources (118)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site for use throughout the year as a guide for using primary sources. Use some of the lesson strategies with other primary source collectionsBeyond The Bubble - Stanford History Education Group
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6 to 12tag(s): 1920s (14), assessment (146), civil rights (219), civil war (141), cold war (31), colonial america (95), immigrants (48), immigration (84), racism (83), rubrics (36), slavery (79), thanksgiving (24), war of 1812 (15), womens suffrage (52)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this excellent site as a resource for Common Core social studies literacy assessments. Many of these activities (and videos) are ideal for your interactive whiteboard or projector. Share the interactive rubric BEFORE the lesson, so students are aware of exactly what is expected. Use activities and materials provided on the site to teach lessons in character education, bias, and racism. Create your own similiar activities. Explore this site during professional development sessions for ideas for rubrics and lesson planning. Click on tags for "same assessment type" to find additional assessments not in the main list.Learn 48 Languages Online for Free - Open Culture
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chinese (45), french (74), hebrew (16), italian (31), portuguese (22), russian (26), spanish (112)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector in world language classes. This is a great tool for students to use to explore MORE of their new language both in the classroom and at home. Use this tool to enrich your classroom during world cultures units and let students explore a new language. Offer this site to gifted students to explore and learn (or compare) new languages on their own. This is a great site to help YOU learn some of the native languages of your ESL/ELL students, even how to say "hello" could make their day! If your school celebrates an ethnic heritage festival, you will find ideas for activities among these many resources.Ice Age Floods - Tom Foster
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): glaciers (17), landforms (39), rock cycle (12), rocks (34), volcanoes (55)
In the Classroom
Use as part of a flipped lesson. Have students watch videos or read portions of the site and create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Penzu, reviewed here, with Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. Take this a step further and challenge students use a mapping tool such as MapHub, reviewed here, to add points of interest with display markers featuring text, photos, and videos. Share videos and site information on your interactive whiteboard for viewing together.Pulitzer Center Lesson Plans - Pulitzer Center
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3 to 12tag(s): africa (170), careers (182), china (83), debate (42), earthquakes (47), ethics (21), food chains (19), hiv/aids (15), india (33), journalism (74), media literacy (113), water (105), women (154)
In the Classroom
Use the lesson plans on the site as a resource for discussing and debating global issues. If there is no time to complete a full unit, explore resources from each topic for ideas to use in your classroom. For example, try the ideas on interviewing individuals who migrated to the United States offered in the How Did I Become the Person That I Am unit. Share this site with students interested in journalism careers as a resource for learning more about the profession and some of its members.GR8CTZ - Great Cities of the World - Vadim Temkin
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8 to 12tag(s): countries (73), cross cultural understanding (178), map skills (64), maps (224)
In the Classroom
Use this tool on an Interactive Whiteboard (or projector) with an entire class. Students can work as a class, individually, or in groups to identify locations based on clues. Use the clues to discuss information about social structure, livelihood, religion, landforms, and other cultural information. Use this information to uncover and correct misconceptions and discuss cultural differences in countries outside the US. Go beyond the map to learn about the various foods, agriculture, and other aspects of their lives. Research the local ecosystem to determine native plants and animals found in the country. Create a poem or story set in that locale using information learned through research. Are you a connected educator? Join the Across the World Once a Week project ( here) to share about the culture where you live.Words of the World - The University of Nottingham
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6 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (178), vocabulary (242), vocabulary development (95), word study (59)
In the Classroom
Words of the World is a great site for some quick vocabulary building, but even more it is a window into words as vital components of culture and history. Share these videos on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) for a quick lesson on the background and meaning of several words. Use it to talk about how words can also define a time period in history or a concept that is vital to a particular culture. Explore language as PART of a culture as you study different countries. Find out what words are unique to that culture. Use this site as an example, then challenge cooperative learning groups to create their own word background videos of culture-connected words and share them on a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here. Share a link to videos using links provided on your class website for students to view as a word of the week. Challenge students to use the word of the week in class discussions or other written work throughout the week.Ultimate Titanic - UltimateTitanic.com
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4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1910s (6), 20th century (62), disasters (37)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for information and ideas for teaching the Titanic as part of an early 20th century history lesson or as enrichment when reading any novel about the Titanic. Use the materials available here to talk about the difference between primary and secondary sources. Use the site's timeline as a starting point and then redefine learning by challenging students create their own multimedia Titanic timeline (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here. Create a newspaper using a site such as Printing Press, reviewed here, extending learning and telling the details of events of the Titanic.Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz - The Bomb Sight Project
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7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): churchill (8), england (49), hitler (6), maps (224), world war 2 (163)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for use on an interactive whiteboard or projector during any World War 2 unit to visually display the impact of the Blitz on London. Make the Blitz more "real" to your students by sharing the stories and images as first person narratives (primary sources). Have students use Fakebook (reviewed here) to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a resident of London during the time period. This would be a great way to help students understand why Britain came together so strongly during WWII, an experience that most students today cannot relate to.GeoGuessr - Anton Wallen
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9 to 12tag(s): countries (73), cross cultural understanding (178), cultures (226), maps (224)
In the Classroom
Use this tool on an Interactive Whiteboard (or projector) with an entire class. Students can work as a class, individually, or in groups to identify clues in the image. Use the clues to discuss information about social structure, livelihood, religion, landforms, and other cultural information. Use this information to uncover and correct misconceptions and discuss cultural differences in countries outside the US. When the answer is revealed, the names of many other countries are shown. Use this opportunity to reinforce past learning of geography and culture. Go beyond the culture to learn about the various foods, agriculture, and other aspects of their lives. Research the local ecosystem to determine native plants and animals found in the country. Create a poem or story set in that locale using information learned through research. Are you a connected educator? Join the Across the World Once a Week project to share about the culture where you live.Green Vegetation - NOAA
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8 to 12In the Classroom
Look at the map on an Interactive Whiteboard (or projector) to look at the different colors and determine what they represent. Zoom in to the Nile region to view the stark contrast between the Nile River delta and the desert that surrounds it. Brainstorm how vegetation changes can indicate potential forest fires or drought and how weather is predicted based upon vegetation, humidity, runoff, and surface temperature. Compare the locations of high vegetation to those with low or no vegetation. What factors change the locations of these areas? Watch this interactive over a period of time (possibly the whole school year) to identify changes in areas around the world. Create a presentation about the changes in vegetation including research as to why it is very important. Find great tools on TeachersFirst for creating presentations or Infographics. Tie discussion of this map into economics, political policy, our food system, health statistics, and more.Saylor - Free Online Courses Built by Professors - Michael J Saylor
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8 to 12tag(s): professional development (393)
In the Classroom
Allow gifted students to enroll in courses that interest them or that provide enrichment beyond classroom content. Share with others in your building as a resource for professional development. Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging topics to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field.World Digital Library - Unesco
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4 to 12tag(s): 1600s (20), 1700s (36), 1800s (75), 1900s (72), 20th century (62), africa (170), asia (136), australia (29), china (83), cross cultural understanding (178), europe (84), images (263), north america (15), south america (77)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for viewing and learning about the many cultural treasures around the world. Display the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector to view images and documents from American and World History. Have students choose an item of interest to research further and then share using a tool like Slides, reviewed here. World language teachers can underscore culture lessons using these resources or have students explore and share their findings.National Museum of Natural History Virtual Tours - Smithsonian Institution
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6 to 12tag(s): museums (52), natural resources (37), virtual field trips (131)
In the Classroom
Perfect for use on an interactive whiteboard (or projector), the virtual tour can allow students access to exhibits and artifacts they may never be able to visit in person. If you have access to tablets or have a BYOD policy, students can explore exhibits or areas individually. If you are fortunate enough to be planning an actual field trip to the Museum of Natural History, this site is a great way to prepare for the trip.3D Toad - TechTol Imaging
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5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1700s (36), body systems (40), chemicals (39), civil war (141), coral (11), dance (33), dissection (6), elements (33), fossils (41), rocks (34)