Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, house prices, home value estimator, recent sales, cost of living, crime, race, income, photos, education, maps, weather, houses, schools, neighborhoods, and more For Geography Teachers Geographic Organizations American Geographic Society Association of American GeographersInternational Geographical Union National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (NCGIA) National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) National Geographic Society State Geographic Alliance Network - links to all 50 states Return to Top Geographic Links for Teachers 101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class - Geography #80-83 All About Money Curriculum - 5th-6th Grade Lesson Plans Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plans - more than 60 geography plans identified by grade level Back to School Ideas, Activities, and Ideas - from A to Z Teacher Stuff classchats.com - Connecting classrooms around the world CNN Student News - news for students, resources for teachers Copernicus Curriculum Matrix - resources, lesson plans, and activities mapped to academic standards. National Geographic Bee - get your school involved! I've been participating since 1990!
Archive We preserve historical records relating to the RSA's activities and administration and make them available for research. A five-year project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, other donors and the RSA, provided new storage for the archives and ensured that the majority are catalogued. The catalogue is a guide to the records in the RSA Archive. It does not offer a digital version of the records themselves, with the exception of some visual materials that have been digitally scanned in at a low resolution and are for reference purposes only. A number of images from the Archive can be seen at the RSA's Flickr page. Explore Your Archive campaign The national Explore Your Archive campaign’s aim is to raise awareness of archives, their value to society and their impact. Archive Holdings The archives date from the foundation of the Society in 1754 and provide a wealth of information about its history. Archive Hours and Access Archive Services and Policies Audio Archive View past RSA Events:
5 Teaching Practices I'm Kicking to the Curb So many of us teach the way we were taught. We may not even realize we’re doing it. And that means certain practices get passed down year after year without question, methods that are such a normal part of the way we do school, we perpetuate them without realizing there are better alternatives. Today I’m going to roll out five of these for your consideration: five teaching practices used every day that are not backed by research. A few caveats before I start: First, I have used every single one of these methods. A.K.A.: Round-Robin Reading, Volunteer Reading What it is: A teacher wants her class to read a text—a short story, a chapter in a textbook—so she has each student take a turn reading out loud while the others follow along silently. Why I did it: I used popcorn reading occasionally as a language arts teacher, when we were doing a whole-class novel, to “get through” the text. What to do instead: Consider where you want students to end up. Learn More: Learn more: A.K.A. Stick around.
film | story - About Many people relate to and learn about historical people, places, and events through film. And, even though many historians love to kvetch about the historical inaccuracies of films that portray the past, we simply cannot ignore the fact that the public interacts with and learns about history primarily through film. What we can do instead is talk about the events of the past represented in film and use that dialogue as a place of learning. How can I use FilmStory? FilmStory invites you to have a sense of exploration and curiosity as you explore the relationship between history and film. Why don't I see this or that important historical film in the database? FilmStory is continually adding new films and updating existing content. Why aren't there more films from this or that country? We tried to cover the globe, but remember that film production varies greatly from country to country and not all countries produce films. How can I be a part of FilmStory? You are doing great work!
A solar eclipse is coming to America. Here’s what you’ll see where you live. On Monday August 21, a solar eclipse will cut across the entire United States. And wherever you are, you will be able to see it. Even though the “totality” — the area where the sun is completely blocked out by the moon — is only 70 miles wide, the whole country (even Alaska and Hawaii) will experience a partial eclipse. This is what you’ll see, and the time you’ll see it, in your zip code. We recommend punching in a few different ones to see how the eclipse experience will vary across the country. The eclipse animation relies on data provided by The United States Naval Observatory and uses entering and exiting vertex angles along with the maximum obscuration percentage to calculate the trajectory of the moon across the sun. To get the bird’s-eye view of all the different shapes the eclipse will make against the sun around the country, check out this short video, also from NASA. Further reading:
20 Wonderful Online Museums and Sites for Virtual Field Trips to Use in Class January 27, 2014 Yesterday when I was working on the list of iPad apps that teachers can use with their students to make virtual field trips, it dawned on me to compile another list of web based platforms for both online museums and virtual field sites that can be used with students in class. After scouring the web for hours I finally landed on the selection below. Have a look and as always share with your students and colleagues. 1- National Portrait Gallery The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the history of America through individuals who have shaped its culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the American story. 2- Smithsonian Museums The Smithsonian Institution—the world’s largest museum and research complex—includes 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoological Park. 3- The Field Museum 5- The British Museum 6- Science Museum
Students Came Up With This Genius Way To Take Notes & It'll Change College Forever When you’re a college student, there’s nothing more stressful than trying to make sure you take the “right notes” in order to be prepared for exams and finals. While most professors don’t really give a f*ck if you understand the content – seriously – there are times where you will be sitting in a lecture hall saying “what the actual f*ck is going on?” Well, have no fear, because these students just changed the way you are going to want to take notes forever. It’s true that when you reach college, you’re finally granted the “permission” to have electronic devices in class (unless you have a real HARDO as a professor and if you do, I’m sorry). But – have you ever thought of collaborating with everyone else in your class? Basically, they used Google Docs – a Google version of Microsoft Word that allows you to “share documents” with several people – and worked together on creating the notes for the semester. Mind. What a brilliant idea!
tweentribune What Teachers Are Saying about TweenTribune: “Build an exciting informational reading experience...that involves students in reading and discussing current events.” -- Teacher Librarian Magazine “There has to be a source somewhere in the digital universe that can provide high interest reading for all students in a classroom right? Well look no further than Smithsonian Tween Tribune...The beauty of this website lies its ability to draw readers in with fun, exciting, and occasional weird articles geared towards youth.” -- Jorge Santana, review in The iLearn Initiative