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Using
Technology As a Tool in the Classroom:
Making Connections Training
Teachers
Curriculum Links and Teaching Resources
Social
Studies
- You Be the
Historian
- http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/nmah/notkid/ubh/00intro.htm
- Here's a fun way to explore American history by
looking at artifacts. The site asks visitors to "figure
out what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas and
Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware."
Students are also asked to consider what future
historians might learn about them from objects in their
homes. From the National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
School.
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- Black History Month: Exploring
African American Issues on the Web
- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
- A Web site from Pacific Bell Education First, offers
different activities you can use depending on your
learning goals and students. The strategies come from
Working the Web for Education. Briefly, "Black History
Hotlist" offers pre-searched Internet resources,
"Sampling African America" hooks learners affectively,
"Black History Treasure Hunt" helps students
interactively acquire knowledge and formulate a thesis
statement, and "Tuskegee Tragedy: a WebQuest" prompts
students to think critically about the Tuskegee Syphilis
Study and other controversial issues.
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- GlobaLearn
- http://www.globalearn.org/
- Founded as a nonprofit organization by a teacher
struggling to make history relevant to children,
GlobaLearn puts on expeditions twice a year and
facilitates classroom experiences related to these
expeditions. A host child introduces each expedition
site, a starting point for investigations into the
history,traditions, industries, and physical resources of
the community. The Web site shares the discoveries of the
explorers and organizes resources for teachers and
students who want to participate in the project. Classes
choose from a wide variety of learning experiences,
including desktop publishing projects, collaborations
between schools, math and science exercises, geography
activities, journal writing, drawing and painting, and
more. The Fall '97 expedition went to Brazil. A 5 month
journey from Venice to Hong Kong via Eastern Europe,
Central Asia and China will began in January.
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- Hero of the Year
- http://w3.nai.net/~chewie/framehero.html
- In this Web-based activity by 4th-grade teacher
Rebecca Pilver, elementary students research selected Web
sites to select a Hero of the Year, then design a
commemorative stamp. This is a nice example of how
elementary educators can make use of existing Web sites
in their interdisciplinary lessons.
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- Little Horus
- http://www.horus.ics.org.eg
- With its rich history, facinating culture and famous
pyramids, Egypt is appealing to even the youngest
internet explorers. Now there is an Egyptian web site for
children that is both educational and fun. Tour guide
Little Horus takes visitors on a whirlwind tour of this
ancient land, where they learn about Egyptian history,
geography, entertainment, facts, and even fun places for
children visit. This site features over 300 pages of
information and illustrations and is billingual (English
and Arabic).
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- International WWW Schools
Registry
- http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html
- This site includes links to schools around the world.
This site can be used for research and to connect with
students and teachers across the globe.
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- Mozart's Magical Musical
Life
- http://www.stringsinthemountains.org/m2m/1once.htm
- Kids will love this interactive biography of Johannes
Amadeus Mozart. The storybook is embellished with
pictures, hypertext links to details, and audio files of
Mozart's compositions. This site also provides a
corresponding U.S. historical context by including the
history of Steamboat Springs, CO, the Yampa Valley, and
the Ute Indian Tribe.
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- UNICEF Voices of Youth WEBSITE
CHILDREN AND WORK DISCUSSION FORUM
- http://www.unicef.org/voy/
- Students worldwide are participating in discussions
about Child Labour at the UNICEF Voices of Youth Website
in English, Spanish or French. Your students can get
involved in these discussions simply by visiting the
Children and Work discussion forum, reading what others
have written, and emailing their comments directly.
"Comments" forms are available onsite.
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