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Websites that could be resources for lessons and/or activities in Social Studies
Updated on May 31, 12
Created on Mar 19, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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Teacher: All Levels (Social Studies, Language Arts)
Student Use: Create historical timelines, plot analysis
TimeToast is quick and easy timeline creation … bullets along the timeline can expand to add important details. TimeToast is the simplest timeline maker I’ve seen so far.
Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide
The Miller Center is a collection of Presidential history, from basic biographies to transcripts of speeches, this site is an extensive resource for teachers and students. Includes a media gallery and over 4,000 hours of audio and video (with more being added).
You are the Captain of the Jamestown Colony:\nCan you do any better than the real colonists? You will have a copy of the London Company's Instructions to help guide you. Also, you can ask your fellow colonists and the Native Americans for advice. Be careful, though, because some advice is better than others!
For those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials, the Picture Collection Online presents more than 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
(from Edu Techie Gal) Science and Technology of WWII brings historical science and technology to life. Students can create, deciper and send coded messages, explore a darkroom of images, AND if your school can hold video conferences you can schedule a virtual tour of of the National WWII Museum. FREE poster offer, too. Includes lesson plans to get you started on this special unit.
30 items | 3 visits
Websites that could be resources for lessons and/or activities in Social Studies
Updated on May 31, 12
Created on Mar 19, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: