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Ramadan Fact Sheet for Teachers
Grades
4 to 12
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the classroom lesson plans and activities that the site has put together! This could definitely benefit a World History I teacher in charge of teaching students about various world religions. Be sure to save the site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later on.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Live from Earth and Mars Educational Modules - University of Washington
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): mars (25), soil (17), space (252), water (105), weather (172)
In the Classroom
There are several Modules here to choose from. Select a few for small groups in your class to explore. As students explore, have them take notes with an online tool like Simplenote, reviewed here, have them share the info they learned with their small group. Tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Make sure students compare notes and fill in their own with important information they may have missed. Simple note allows you to access and update across all devices. Take this a step further and challenge students to share their learning with the rest of their classmates and create a multimedia presentation using Sway, reviewed here. Sway offers tools to easily create professsional looking presentations, brochures, interactive posters, and newsletters. These can include images, videos, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chinese Garden Markets
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): china (79)
In the Classroom
Use the images from this site to contribute to a class visual discovery based on the economic situation of China. Most of the images are representative of the free markets thriving in major cities, making it easy to compare and contrast with what students have seen in the US. Select 3-5 of the more stimulating images, placing them in a powerpoint presentation. Show students the slides via interactive whiteboard/projector, with students writing down what they can observe & infer about each image. After the display is complete, have a class discussion based on student findings. This would be a great review activity, allowing students to apply classroom knowledge on what they're viewing.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Aaron Shepard - Aaron Shepard
Grades
1 to 8tag(s): folktales (34), plays (31), readers theater (11), stories and storytelling (80), writing (309)
In the Classroom
Click on Aaron's RT Page to find scripts for plays and tales you can use in the classroom. Use this website to find hints on how to dramatize the literature or folklore you're studying in the classroom. ENL students will find using Reader's Theater particularly helpful as they can read, speak, and listen to the materials and have more chances at comprehension. Similarly, students who are visual or oral learners will benefit from the multi-sensory presentations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CNN's Mars Specials - CNN
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Share with students on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Ask small groups to explore different sections and report out to the class using an interactive, multimedia poster maker like Genial.ly, reviewed here, where insert maps, surveys, video, audio and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Journey to Mars - NASA
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Share with students using a projector or interactive whiteboard as a whole class, or create a link at a computer station for students to explore on their own. Ask students to reflect on their learning using a blog like Telegra.ph, reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History Day Resources! - National Archives
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): history day (38)
In the Classroom
Save this site as a favorite and use it to generate ideas for lesson plans and classroom activities. The lessons can expand to your everyday, it doesn't have to be exclusive to a History day! American History teachers everywhere will appreciate this one.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Presidential Debates Information
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): debate (38), presidents (151)
In the Classroom
If teaching about the historic 1960 television debates, use the videos and transcripts to provide students with something more tangible than the summary in their textbook. Click on the debate history section of the site, selecting the year 1960. There are multiple transcripts and videos that can easily be printed or viewed on the interactive whiteboard. To show the impact of technology, have students listen to the debate before watching - and also select a winner. After, have students repeat the activity; this time through watching the video. Have a class discussion on how seeing the candidates affected their opinions, and whether a similar effect occurred in 1960. Great for a US government classroom!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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U.S. Geologic Survey - Educational Resources - U.S. Department of the Interior
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): amphibians (16), animals (283), biomes (96), birds (47), caves (7), citizen science (44), climate (99), climate change (112), earthquakes (51), ecosystems (112), environment (246), erosion (15), floods (11), fossils (44), geology (60), mammals (21), minerals (14), plate tectonics (28), rock cycle (25), rocks (43), soil (17), tsunamis (15), volcanoes (61), water (105)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and the wealth of information on this site. As you go through the lessons on this site, replace pen and paper and have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) link. This blog creator requires no registration. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Edublog.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Library of Congress: for Teachers - U.S. Library of Congress
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): primary sources (146), Research (91)
In the Classroom
Use the learning page as a launch pad for planning your own lessons in conjunction with the vast array of resources available from the Library of Congress. Many of the documents and images are in the public domain and can therefore be used as visuals in other multimedia projects created by teachers and students. Be sure to read the permissions. Share an image on your projector or interactive whiteboard or a voice recording to start a lesson. Assign students to explore and explain collections you select. Be sure to check out the self-directed professional development modules, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center - ERIC
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): resources (78)
In the Classroom
Share this great resource with your teaching collegues by including it on your teacher web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Copyright Resources - Stanford University
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): copyright (39), creative commons (29), digital citizenship (110), evaluating sources (54), media literacy (130)
In the Classroom
Be sure to share this site with your teaching colleagues and/or school librarians. Have students examine a fictional classroom copying scenario and apply the four fair-use factors, then write a decision that explains which evidence supports and weakens a fair-use claim. Ask students to design a copyright decision infographic with Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here, showing the questions classmates should ask before copying, remixing, or publishing protected material.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Census Quick Facts - United States Census Bureau
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): census (12), population (51)
In the Classroom
Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Have pairs of students create multimedia presentations about specific states or counties. Have students use a mapping tool such as as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map of the locations they have researched (with audio stories and pictures included)!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mythweb Lessons
Grades
4 to 10In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free teacher guides and lesson plans offered on this site! Definitely a helpful resource for a world history classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wyoming
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): states (128)
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North Carolina
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4 to 12tag(s): north carolina (6), states (128)
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West Virginia
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New Mexico
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BlackPast - BlackPast.org
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (132)
In the Classroom
Create small groups of students. From the menu on the left, click African American History. Under Browse Our Online Encyclopedia assign one of the Entries About...(People, Places, etc.) to each small group. Ask students to choose on topic per student in the group from their Entries About. After reading their encyclopedia entry and taking notes with an online tool like Simplenote, reviewed here, have them share the info they learned with their small group. Tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simple note allows you to access and update across all devices. If you have the time, you could then mix the groups up and have them share what they learned with the new group, thus giving students a little more knowledge about a huge topic: African American History.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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K-12 Toolkit for Teachers - Harvard Library
Grades
K to 12tag(s): native americans (128), OER (53), primary sources (146), Teacher Utilities (223)
In the Classroom
Have students connect nations, homelands, treaties, removals, and present-day communities in a geographic narrative using StoryMap JS, reviewed here. Students can organize events and evidence with Padlet's age-friendly Timeline board, reviewed here, or create evidence-based profiles of leaders, artists, writers, activists, and important concepts with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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