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PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tags "social studies" & district

August 2006

Teaching History With Technology

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The THWT Newsletter offers resources, lesson plans, and tech tips to help history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Inquiry-Based activities, webquests, PowerPoints, Blogs

March 2006

The Renaissance Connection

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With the simple click of a mouse button, travel 500 years into the past to discover many Renaissance innovations revealed through the Allentown Art Museum's Samuel H. Kress Collection of European art.

November 2005

Patriotic Melodies (I Hear America Singing, Library of Congress)

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Patriotic Melodies tells the stories behind many of the songs that have now become part of the American national heritage.

Connect the World | Arthur . Games . PBS Kids

Play against Buster to match 4 items in a row. Items depict different aspects of world cultures. Has audio

September 2005

World Landmarks

Easy reading level for World Landmarks topic

African Animal Communities

Read about different african animal communities. Easy reading level.

Weather Symbols Unit

A great unit on weather symbols, the adjectives used to describe weather and a writing activity

Introduction

Pupils follow a balloon as it travels either north to a cold country, or south to a hot country. They track the balloon across a map of the world, and look in detail at the landscape features of the country where it lands .

Mapping Our World

Whole class interactive activity. Very appropriate for GR1 and 2

Positional Language

A resource that teaches children positional language(prepositions). Whole class activity with projector

Introduction

This geography resource pack is intended to develop pupils' ability to recognise different directions. It centres on the four main points of the compass and contains teacher-led whiteboard activities for developing navigation and direction-following skills.

BBC - Schools - Famous People

Learn about Famous People such as Christopher Columbus, Florence Nightengale, Pochahontas, and more. Click Learn, Quiz, and Pirates. Use Full Screen window.

August 2005

Place The State - Intermediate

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Click and drag the states to their correct location

Image Trails - Canadian culture

Image Trails are pre-selected searches on a particular topic or theme, which yield between 50 and 150 images.

GeoNet Game

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Online geography game for the United States and World. Games are centered on the 5 themes of geography.

Make your own "Old West" style Wanted Poster

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Upload a picture, add some text, and create your authentic "Wanted" poster online!

July 2005

Miniature Earth

Compelling flash presentation which simplies statistics by scaling world population down to just 100. This thought-provoking presentation is a perfect launching point for class room discussion.

Plimoth Plantation - You are the Historian

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Use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding “The First Thanksgiving” and discover what might really have happened during the fall of 1621. Outstanding site with Teacher's Guide.

History Matters: The U.S. Survey on the Web

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Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history.

Eduscapes Links for Canada

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Lots of links for resources for studying canada. Some links may not work but overall this is a comprehensive site for teachers to explore.