Harcourt: Facts about Texas State flower: Bluebonnet Capital: Austin State bird: Mockingbird Population: 20,851,820 Statehood: December 29, 1845, 28th state State nickname: Lone Star State State motto: Friendship State song: "Texas, Our Texas" Largest cities: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, Austin Major land areas: Mountains and Basins, Central Plains, Great Plains, Coastal Plains Lowest point: Along the Gulf of Mexico, sea level Highest point: Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Major rivers: Brazos River, Canadian River, Colorado River, Pecos River, Red River, Rio Grande, Sabine River, Trinity River Major bodies of water: Amistad Reservoir, Galveston Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Meredith, Lake Texoma (artificial), Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Toledo Bend Reservoir Climate: In January temperatures range from 40°F (4°C) to 61°F (16°C), and in July temperatures range from 72°F (22°C) to 93°F (34°C). History: Spanish explorers reached what is now Texas in the early 1500s. Links: Official State Site
Best of History Web Sites Media media [n.] 1. the means of mass communication, especially television, radio, and newspapers collectively. 2. plural of “medium”. - ORIGIN The word media comes from the Latin plural of medium. In the normal sense ‘television, radio, and the press collectively’. Oxford Dictionaries Media is all of the above but has now taken on the further meaning of different forms of presentation within one area, for example visual media covers film, television, streaming video, photography, animation, … . This page looks at media as a school subject area. Media Curriculum & Essential Learnings Communication‘How do we make meanings from various communications in a contemporary social world ?’ Specific Resource Sites Action For Media Education‘Most lesson plans are designed for secondary grades. Other Information General Sites & Resources A Pictorial Media Archaeology Museum‘A historical window to Early Vintage Visual Media Archaeology’ and information.
Maps ETC Homepage Welcome to ETC's collection of historic maps. Here you will find over 5,000 maps representing many different time periods. A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 25 maps in non-commercial school projects without further permission. All maps are available as GIF or JPEG files for screen display as well as in PDF for printing. Use the GIF or JPEG maps for classroom presentations and student websites. Home » Retronaut
FREE -- Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans from the Federal Government 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. Educational Resources Global Temperatures In this activity, students create graphs of real temperature data to analyze climate trends by analyzing the global temperature record from 1867 to the present. Long-term trends and shorter-term ... Electricity data browser The Electricity data browser allows individuals and organizations to create, download, or view graphs, reports and tables based on energy data sets for 2001-2013 from the US Energy Information ... Marine Air Temperature This is a graph of marine air temperature anomalies over the past 150 years. Climate Wisconsin Ice Cover This is an interactive graph that involves records of ice cover in two Wisconsin lakes - Lake Mendota and Lake Monona - from 1855-2010. Power Metering This activity focuses on applying analytic tools such as pie charts and bar graphs to gain a better understanding of practical energy use issues. Sea Ice Yearly Minimum in the Arctic This series of visualizations show the annual Arctic sea ice minimum from 1979 to 2010.
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. 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. The New York Historical Society has a YouTube channel that at first you might not think has anything of relevance to teachers and students outside of New York, but on further investigation you will find content like this playlist of videos about Frederick Douglass. World History & Other Stuff contains just what the title implies. The Smithsonian has many channels on YouTube. For the military history buffs, the Naval History & Heritage Com'd channel (to be clear, the channel is not administered by the U.S.
Google Chrome Issues of International Trade Trade issues occasionally dominate and are a continuing theme of the international scene: the global market, sweatshops, child labor, trade deficits, the euro, sanctions, tariffs, embargoes, and the EU, NAFTA, WTO – the seemingly endless alphabet of interest groups, treaties, organizations, and trade agreements. As a classroom topic, international trade has the great advantage of providing ready-made material for teachers wanting to engage student interest in current events. On the other hand, the complexity of the issues surrounding trade is daunting. While economic reasoning doesn’t guarantee resolution of the issues, it is a powerful tool of critical thinking that brings clarity to the discussion of current events. (Click here for information on co-sponsoring or attending free teacher 1-day workshops.)
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. * 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? Flip-Flap Book Video Tutorial
FRONTLINE/WORLD . Educators . Activities . Geography . Bride Kidnapping and the Role of Women in Kyrgyzstan Bride Kidnapping and the Role of Women in Kyrgyzstan Target Grade Levels: Grades 7-12 Themes: Human Characteristics of Place, Tradition, Role of Women, Human Rights, Peer Pressure • The Activity • Extensions • Relevant National Standards • Cross-Curricular Activities • Ties to Literature The Activity Have students write in their journal for five minutes about if they think they will marry. Show students where Kyrgyzstan is on a map. Next, explain to students that you want to invite them to a Kyrgyzstan wedding, then show them the video "Kyrgyzstan: The Kidnapped Bride" (about 17 minutes). After the video, tell students that according to estimates, up to a third of all ethnic Kyrgyz women in Kyrgyzstan may have been wedded in nonconsensual bride kidnappings. What does the practice of bride kidnapping tell us about Kyrgyzstan culture? back to top Extensions Expand class discussion on the role of women by exploring these related FRONTLINE/World stories: Relevant National Standards Benchmark 1.
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