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How Air Force One Works - Howstuffworks
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): aircraft (26), flight (33), presidents (151)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a starting point for students working on research projects or papers on the President and the many services surrounding him. This site has a lot of great information and would be a great springboard for further research. Make sure to include this site on any resource sheets concerning their research!You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Alaska's Digital Archives - Historical Alaska Images - Fish and Wildlife Service
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): alaska (21), copyright (42), gold rush (18), states (129)
In the Classroom
If you're looking for photos of early Alaska, this is a great resource. Use these images as a chance to teach students about copyright use.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Jazz - National Museum of American History
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (129), harlem (10), jazz (17)
In the Classroom
Use the audio on this site to supplement a lecture or class discussion about the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz era. Click Education from the left menu, then use the next menu on the left to allow students to explore an area of interest. Enhance learning by having students use Padlet, reviewed here, to share what they learned and comment on their peers' contributions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Transportation and Public Transit
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): transportation (31)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station to help students review information about a unit on transportation. The chapter quizzes at the end of the unit make a great formative assessment, to see where students are and where they need the most help. This is an excellent source for elementary school teachers!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Name the States - primarygames.com
Grades
1 to 3This site includes advertising.
tag(s): states (129)
In the Classroom
Though the ads can be a bit distracting, this would be a great site to help students review their United States geography. Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard before allowing the class to answer the questions as a whole. To motivate students to participate, let student volunteers come up and select their answers on the interactive whiteboard. Teams can compete to see which can do it the quickest or most correct to add a competitive edge to the activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Origami Learning Center
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): japan (62), origami (15), paper folding (3)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an supplement to the book "One Thousand Paper Cranes." After the students have completed the book, use some class time to allow students to create their own cranes in class. Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard before allowing students to explore it further in cooperative learning groups. Once students have created a crane, encourage them to try more complicated shapes and figures! This is a great way to lead into a conversation on the significance of origami and why it was so important in the book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Newspapers in the US
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): news (222), newspapers (87)
In the Classroom
This is a huge collection of links. Although they try to keep them updated, there will probably be some that will not load. The good thing is that there are many alternatives!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NetState
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): states (129)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a reference for students working on a research project on the 50 states. Have students work on "state reports" during a unit on the geography of the 50 states, using this site as a point of reference. To show what they have learned from this site, challenge students to create an online graphic to share using DesignBold, reviewed here. Assign students specific states to research and report on, presenting their graphics to their classmates.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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50states.com
Grades
4 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): states (129)
In the Classroom
There are a lot of ads from this site, so if using be sure to forewarn students not to access any of the side links. Use this site if creating state profiles during an American History class. This activity works best if accompanied by a guided graphic organizer or worksheet - we recommend using Graphic Organizer Maker.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Frontier House - PBS
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
Explore this site with your class to learn what life was like for families in the western plains during the 1880s. Enjoy the accompanying activities, journal entries, and even video clips, which make the history come alive.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Where Learning Begins - Developmentally Appropriate Geography - National Council for the Social Studies
Grades
K to 2tag(s): vocabulary (251)
In the Classroom
The document includes technology-integrated and hands-on learning ideas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wrapped in Pride - Kente Cloth - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (129), cross cultural understanding (177), holidays (280), kwanzaa (23)
In the Classroom
Use this activity Kente Cloth Lesson Plan for Kids in your own classroom during a unit on African culture. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector to guide the classroom on how and when to wear Kente cloth. Students can do this with their own cloth, just so long as they are still grasping the significance of the real thing. This would be a fun activity during a class period that's devoted to presentations & the like.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chanukah - Hanukkah - Chabad.org
Grades
3 to 8In the Classroom
Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector around the holiday season. Allow students to peruse the site on their own to gain a better understanding of the holiday. In addition to Christmas activities, recreate some of the Hanukkah activities in the preceding days before winter break. Alternatively, create small groups and have each group research a different aspect of Chanukah and present their findings to the class. Use an engaging bookmarking tool such as Wakelet, reviewed here. With Wakelet students can make their wakes distinctive by adding a cover image or symbol for their Chanukah topic, a background, and choose the layout. As a culminating activity enhance learning by having each student compare Chanukah and Christmas using the Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, if your class is also learning about Kwanzza, use the Interactive Three Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Boston National Historical Park - National Park Service
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): american revolution (92), boston (11), virtual field trips (141)
In the Classroom
Have students use the site's maps and photographs to explore the Freedom Trail. Students select one historic location and create a postcard or travel brochure with Canva Edu, reviewed herehighlighting its importance during the American Revolution. Students choose a historical figure associated with Boston's Revolutionary history, such as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, or Abigail Adams. They can write and perform an interview in podcast form using Buzzsprout, reviewed here in which they answer questions from that person's perspective. Assign small groups a site within Boston National Historical Park, such as the Old North Church, Faneuil Hall, or the Bunker Hill Monument. Students can research the location and present how it contributed to the Revolutionary War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NPS for Teachers - National Park Service
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): national parks (29), virtual field trips (141)
In the Classroom
Whether you want your students to go on a virtual field trip, are studying American history, you're using blended or distance learning, you want to give your students a different take on math, science, art, or many other topics you will find something here for you and your students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Castillo de San Marcos - National Park Service
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): black history (131), florida (12), national parks (29), slavery (78), virtual field trips (141)
In the Classroom
If you are studying U.S. history, the history of Florida, or Black history, you will want to bookmark this site. Introduce the site by viewing several of the videos as a class, or if you have a blended class or are on distance learning, you can adapt the videos using your or your student's comments and questions with Moocnote reviewed here. Moocnote allows adding questions, comments, links, etc to any video.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fort Raleigh - National Park Service
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): colonial america (96), national parks (29)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site to the class on a whiteboard or with a projector. Once the students have been given a brief introduction to the sections you want them to learn about, divide the class into small groups. Give each group a topic to explore and become the experts. Engage students using the cooperative classroom technique Jigsaw, and have student groups share what they know with the other groups. Need a refresher for Jigsaw? See Jigsaw Classroom, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How the Grinch Stole Election Day
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): elections (87)
In the Classroom
This would be a cute way to teach students about the events of the 2000 election and the voting process. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector, either playing the audio version or have students take turns reading the lyrics. VERY useful for a US history or Government classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Presidential Biographies - IPL
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): presidents (151)
In the Classroom
Because this is a very organized presentation of the presidents, it would be extremely easy to compare presidents about very specific points. This would be useful in a class discussion of political party differences, campaign spending & finance, and legislation decisions. For comparison purposes, we recommend using an online Venn Diagram to be used on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram (reviewed here).Comments
This would be good for students doing their own research.Dan, OR, Grades: 0 - 6
This would be great for students doing their own research.Dan, OR, Grades: 0 - 6
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Apollo 11
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start your study of Space travel. The audio and images on this site would work really well either on the whiteboard or placed within a powerpoint lecture. This would be a useful resource for an American History course, especially as all the information is practically laid out in lecture format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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