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Zoom Into Maps - For Teachers. Historic American Newspapers - Chronicling America (The Library of Congress) The Basics. Posted by Edward Zelarayan on 17th September 2012 Due to the large amount of requests that we have received from the Nearpod Community, we are sharing some useful resources for all the educators using Nearpod.

the Basics

Here you will find: - Recorded versions of our WebiNears to learn more about Nearpod, including getting started, creating presentations, and accessing reports. Through these weekly WebiNears we are able to answer many of our users’ questions and help them become pro Nearpod users. - Nearpod Lessons focused on Nearpod’s Content Tool, to learn how to create a Nearpod presentation and add cool interactive features to it. Maps From The World Digital Library - Primary Source Set - For Teachers. Map Collections Home Page. The Library of Congress Search by Keyword | Browse by Geographic Location Index | Subject Index | Creator Index | Title Index The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form.

Map Collections Home Page

Maps and Mapmakers: Seeing What's on the Map - Teachers & Students (myLOC.gov) The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

Maps and Mapmakers: Seeing What's on the Map - Teachers & Students (myLOC.gov)

Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Discover and discuss ways to bring the power of Library of Congress primary sources into the classroom. Go to the blog Subscribe to the blog via e-mail or RSS. Using Primary Sources Discover quick and easy ways to begin using primary sources in your classroom, with teachers' guides, information on citing sources and copyright, and the Library's primary source analysis tool. TPS Partners The Teaching with Primary Sources Program builds partnerships with educational organizations to support effective instruction using primary sources. The Teaching with Primary Sources Journal. Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles.

Movie Maker. Goodreads - Share Book Recommendations. Apps for the iPad. Review Game. The Instant Jeopardy Review Game has been designed and dramatically improved to make it the perfect review game for a wide variety of classroom uses. This tool is a fun and interactive way to review content in your classroom, meeting, conference, or other group setting.

The new and improved version of the Jeopardy Review Game includes the following features: Simple insertion of pictures on Question and/or Answer slides Full support for symbols, such as exponents and wingdings style fonts Better support for foreign language Question and/or Answer slides Simpler visual editing process Embed anything in your question slides, even Youtube videos, flash objects, etc. Simple scorekeeping system Works on portable devices such as smartphones, iPad, and iPod Touch!

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Symbaloo- Student Toolbox. Pictogram Graph Creator. X About A simple pictograph creator.

Pictogram Graph Creator

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