Chart: If the world were 100 people. Thinking like a historian in the elementary classroom. It’s day two of the Best Practices conference. I love this sort of stuff – the conference isn’t that big but that just means a lot more conversation and working together. So we all are walking away smarter. This morning’s session is focused on training elementary kids to think like a historian. Lyndsay and Amy are from Olathe, Kansas and are sharing how engaged kids are when they’re asked to solve problems using historical evidence. They’re big fans of Sam Wineburg’s Stanford History Education Group site and are showing how third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers can use the resources on the site.
I especially like the SHEG Historical Thinking Chart and the posters that explain the skills kids need to make sense of evidence. After creating a free account, you can download all of this stuff for free. Another great example for younger kids is Snapshot Autobiography. I also like the far right column on the Historical Thinking Chart titled Prompts. What’s the source for this? Like this: Summer Explorer Series: 20 Resources for Trotting Around the Globe : KQED Education | KQED Public Media for Northern CA. In the remaining weeks of summer, take students globetrotting with PBS LearningMedia. From Antarctica to the Farallon Islands, these resources offer students a window to the world by spotlighting cities and customs from around the globe.
PBS LearningMedia allows you to search, download and create playlists to support learning anytime, anywhere! Sign up for a free account for full access to over 80,000 educational resources. Antarctica | Video | Grades PreK-12 In this video, trek to Antarctica to investigate life south of the polar circle. Along the way dive in the majestic kelp forests of Patagonia and meets a massive jellyfish.
Global Learning & Awareness | Collection | Grades K-12 Explore why learning about the international community matters. Around the Globe: France | Collection |Grades K-12 Travel to France with an assortment of resources including essays, lesson plans, images, and videos. Social Studies/History through Music and Dance | Videos | Grades K-13+ Two Ways to Explore the News Through Maps. When teaching students about current events I have always tried to incorporate maps so that students can make a connection to the places that they are reading about.
I do this if the story is about something happening in Africa or something happening twenty miles down the road from our community. Newspaper Map and the Breaking News map are both helpful in showing students the connections between story subjects and their corresponding locations. Newspaper Map is a neat tool for locating and reading newspapers from locations all around the world. Newspaper Map claims to have geolocated 10,000 newspapers. To find a newspaper you can browse the map then click on a placemark to open the link within to read a newspaper. You can also locate newspapers by using the search boxes to locate a newspaper by title or location. Breaking News presents a constant stream of headlines from around the world. Formative assessment - Google Slides. THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art.
World Wonders Project. Lessons On Movies.com - Film English | Movie Lessons. Current Events for Kids | Grades K - 5. 10 Best Social Studies Stuffs of 2013. Stuffs. Yeah. I know. Not an actual word. Though I happen to think it should be. Cause I use the word stuff a lot. Last year I created a quick list titled the 10 Best Social Studies Stuffs of 2012. So . . . stuffs. I suppose you can call them whatever you want. Feel free to add your own stuff in the comments.
Kahoot Kahoot is the latest in web-based student response systems. The Memory Hole Written by former NCHE prez and awesome teacher/presenter Fritz Fisher, The Memory Hole examines five central topics in the US history curriculum, showing how anti-historians of both the left and right seek to distort these topics and insert a refashioned story in America’s classrooms. Fritz calls them on it. 12 Years a Slave Difficult to watch but a film every American needs to see. (Be sure to check out the extra link in the comments to an earlier version by Gordon Parks – shared by Joe Phelan of EDSITEment.)
Oyster My new favorite app. Kansas State Social Studies standards Okay. That’s my stuff. Picturing History:Analyzing and Researching Primary Source Images | AASL Learning4Life Lesson Plan Database. The Franklin Institute - Home - 215.448.1200. Browse by Topic. 7 Useful YouTube Channels for History Teachers. One of my favorite things about Netflix streaming is that I can watch some great history documentaries on my laptop or tablet. As much as I enjoy a good documentary I also know that not everyone does. I also know that many students get bored by documentaries very quickly. On the other hand, short video clips can be helpful to help teachers illustrate a point or present a point in a different manner.
If you're a history teacher, particularly a U.S. History teacher, here are seven YouTube channels where you can find some good short video clips to use in your lessons. Hip Hughes History is a channel that Greg Kulowiec shared on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. Dizzo95 is the first YouTube channel that came to mind when I started to build this list. The U.S. World History & Other Stuff contains just what the title implies. The Smithsonian has many channels on YouTube. US AMERICAN SYMBOLS FLIP-FLAP BOOK - AN EXPOSITORY WRITING RESOURCE.
Get ready to have your students APPLY everything they learned about U.S. Symbols in this fresh and funky Flip-Flap Book! Included in this unit is: * 1 S-Y-M-B-O-L-S Flip-Flap Book - The students will have the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned about U.S. Symbols in this flip-flap book * tracers for the bushes and Washington Monument They will: - write about the Statue of Liberty - color a huge illustration of the Statue of Liberty - write about the Bald Eagle - write about the Washington Monument - write about the American Flag - write about the Liberty Bell - write about the Lincoln Memorial - write about Mount Rushmore This flip-flap book could also be used as an authentic assessment to evaluate the depth of knowledge your students gained through your unit on U.S. Please Note: This unit requires 8 1/2 x 11 AND 8 1/2 x 14 (legal size) photocopy paper. Try something NEW, DIFFERENT, and FRESH with your students. Are you nervous about making a Flip-Flap book in your classroom?
Home » Retronaut. Map Puzzles - Learn U.S. and World Geography Online. Map Puzzles for all computers and devices including iPad, Android, PC and Mac: We will be updating the rest of our Map Puzzles for devices soon; these still require Adobe Flash: World Continents Map Puzzle World Features Map Puzzle World Monuments Map Puzzle Quill's Quiz - 1100 QuestionUS Mega Geography Quiz U.S.
Smithsonian Education - Welcome. Best of History Web Sites. Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1880 - Interactive Graphic. BBC History - World War One Centenary - WW1 1914-1918. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education.