Animal Adaptations Lessons, Printables, & Activities Highlights Videos Interested in using different types of media in your classroom? We have a growing collection of videos, with related activities, for holidays and events, including: Thanksgiving, slavery & the Civil War, American History, U.S. Presidents, handwashing awareness, the Common Core, women's history, Memorial Day, the American Revolution, and the environment. ThanksgivingThanksgiving is just around the corner! November Calendar of Events November is full of events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Hour of Code Introduce your students to basic coding and computer science! Election 2012: Teaching Ideas and Resources Update: Nov. 7, 2012 New | Nov. 2012 New | Oct, 2012 New | Sept. 2012 Here are some suggestions for teaching and learning about the 2012 election season, followed by selected New York Times features and Learning Network lesson plans. Meanwhile, we’d love to hear from you! Our Election 2012 Unit We’ve designed our Election 2012 Unit to put teenagers front and center of this election. Mini-Unit 1: Who are the candidates? Students research one candidate and retool his campaign to appeal to younger voters by creating brochures, slide shows, biographies or Facebook pages or other social media strategies to introduce him. Mini-Unit 2: What are the issues? Students survey each other on the issues that matter to them, then research one or more of these issues in order to create campaign materials like buttons, advertising, brochures or posters around it. Mini-Unit 3: How are the candidates trying to win the election? Mini-Unit 4: What Do You Think? Ten More Ideas for Teaching the Election 1. 2. 3.
Interactive Flag Explore the flag that inspired the National Anthem to discover stories about its creation, history, and preservation. Open the hotspots to learn what makes this flag special to so many Americans and how the National Museum of American history is working to preserve it for future generations. Begin Interactive Flag A Flash version of the interactive is also available. <p>This feature requires Javascript to function. Found 00 of 14 What is the red upside-down “v” shape on the flag? It stands for “V” for victory in the War of 1812 It is an “A” sewn onto the flag by Louisa Armistead, widow of the commander of Ft. How to Use This Resource in Your Classroom
Congress.gov | Library of Congress C-SPAN Classroom | Free Primary Source Materials For Social Studies Teachers Cylinder Recordings Early Recording Artists Recording Artists Visit this Cyberbee researched page to learn more about early artists who recorded for the major record comapnies like Edison, Columbia, and Victor. Geoffrey O'hara recorded Navajo Indian songs, Edna Bailey told bedtime stories, Harry Humphrey recited famous speeches, Ada Jones and Billy Murray were popular singers, Christine Mille demonstrated tone tests and sang beautiful songs. Cal Stewart enterained audiences with his Uncle Josh stories. Discover these "Oldies, but Goodies" and teach music using primary sources. Foreign Language Instruction Cylinders Foreign Language Instruction Cylinders Language laboratories were made possible by Thomas Edison's invention of the tin foil phonograph in 1877. Native American Cylinders Native American Cylinders A number of ethnographers recorded the stories, music, and traditions of Native Americans. Websites for Learning and Listening Belfer Cylinder Digital Collection Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
OLE 2012 Election Series President Barack Obama begins his second term on Inauguration Day, Monday, January 21, 2013—the day the nation also celebrates the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The 2009 inauguration set many records and drew some 1.8 million people to Washington, D.C., to witness the historic event. The second inauguration is expected to [...] Read More» Here at the OLE Election series, we’re pleased to announce the winners of our Citizen Journalists contest. It would have been tough for anyone in America to not hear about the 2012 elections, especially the contest between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts. After much debate about an “enthusiasm gap” among young voters prior to the 2012 election, turnout among this group seems to have been comparable to that in 2008. And you thought the 2008 campaign was costly! The people have spoken and what they said was—more of the same. Is Joe Biden planning for 2016? Page 1 of 1012345...10...»Last »
Songs for Campaign Seasons Past and Present