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Deborah Nichols

Our Documents - 100 Milestone Documents - 1 views

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    This is a collection of the 100 most influential documents according to the U.S. government. It would be interesting to have students read these throughout the year, and rank them on their own list of most influential. It also helps students understand how great of an impact a document can have on a country's history.
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    A site that would be great for any American History class. It has digital copies of the 100 most important documents in US History. I think that it would be used with high school students in an American History or Government class. Students are able to click on the list of documents they'd like to see and an image of the actual document appears. It can be enlarged so it's a little easier to see. Due to their age, some of these documents are difficult to read, but there an option for students to read the document transcript.
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    This is a list of the top 100 primary source documents as chossen by this website. One of the great features of this is it is easily manageable. It has documents from 1776 to 1965. The links take you to both a printer friendly version of the document and a digital image of the primary document. You can see George Washington and President Kennedy's handwriting also.
Deb Kendall

EyeWitness to History - Index - 0 views

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    These primary documents are listed by date, which would make it a handy reference for teachers and students, especially in social studies classrooms. The documents can be downloaded in a printer friendly view with the citation on the bottom. There is a wide variety of topics of interest to students.
Michelle Phillips

Archiving Early America: Primary Source Material from 18th Century America - 1 views

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    This website offers a variety of primary source material from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, magazines, maps and writings are just as they appeared more than 250 years ago. Also a scrolling of "what happened on this day in early America" for upper elementary to 12th grade.
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    Students could research many topics about American history using this site. There are examples of newspapers, maps, and almanacs from the 18th century. There are songs that students can listen to from the different time periods in our history. There are also images from the past that students can even use for free. There are instructions on how to access these images and how to give credit to this source.
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    This site has lots of primary sources including pictures, maps, etc. that pertain to early America. This site would be great for teaching history.
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    This site is organized in a student-friendly format. The text is large, descriptions are concise, and the toolbar on the left side of the page helps students navigate easily. I love the inclusion of "Freedom Documents" as well as "Rare Images." The "Join or Die" propaganda from the "Rare Images" tab is also featured in our social studies text (students can make a text-to-media connection). "Pages from the Past" gives students a glimpse into colonial-era printing and publication. What an authentic experience!
Susan Findlay

Climate Kids- NASA's Eyes on the Earth - 1 views

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    This site discusses what climate change is and what can be done to help it. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Student friendly site with lots of resources for teachers.
Kelly Eby

EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it - 1 views

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    First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos, original radio broadcasts. Ancient world through the 20th century accounts to include history in motion. All accounts are bookmarked and easily accessed. Citation information is located at the end of each article.
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    With sound and film clips, quotes, pictures, and documents, this website provides primary documents for time periods and cultures ranging from the ancient world to the 20th century. A great site for middle school social studies on up, the site is nicely organized and has monthly focus topics.
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    I highly recommend this site to social studies teachers.  Many of the events featured on this site are so relevant to discussions when learning about these historical periods.  If you follow a time line as you teach history, this site will thrill you with some fabulous videos, quotes, photos, sights, sounds and eyewitness accounts that will help highlight and help explain history.
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    This site is INCREDIBLE! The format is student-friendly and easy to navigate. There are numerous 1st-hand accounts of memorable moments in history, from a transcript of a dinner with Attila the Hun, to video of the Hindenburg explosion. Students can search through events from many countries, centuries, and eras, including the Civil War era and the Old West. Photos and radio broadcasts are also available. I especially enjoy the format of the homepage, which includes interesting tabs such as "Spotlight On" (i.e., Spotlight on History's Bad Guys) and "Notable Quotes."
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    This site had a lot of great information and first hand accounts of events in history. Included various sources, photos, videos, radio broadcasts, maps and many more. The index was detailed and well organized, I liked how it highlighted topics that were interactive. The photo of the week was also a nice feature, this could be used to start a discussion with students on the photo and get their reactions to it.
Lorie Adams

Welcome to Web Weather for Kids - 2 views

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    Great website for elementary students about weather. Many activities to engage students as well as teachers.Stories and games make it a fun site to visit and learn at the same time. It also addresses one of the Nebraska State Standards for Science in 2nd grade. This primary site has a teacher guide for ideas to teach about many different kinds of weather related information.
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    This site has lots of information about weather. Students can learn about lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes,blizzards, and floods. There are links to safety, games, activities, stories, and more. One of the games is cloud concentration in which students click on cards to find matching clouds. The stories looked very interesting and were all about severe weather.
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    This site is fun, friendly and easy to navigate. Students can research a topic such as clouds. After students have read about the layers of the clouds they have the options of playing a related game or related activity that could be done in the classroom or at home. Students can learn what makes weather, do activities and learn to predict the weather.
Kelly Eby

US History, American History - 0 views

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    shmoop claims to "speak student."  I think this is a great site for kids who are trying to understand their topic of choice.  There are some primary source links embedded within the text of each subject.  The high interest topics of study makes this site usable for students doing research.
Lorie Adams

EIA Energy Kids - Energy Kids: Energy Information Administration - 0 views

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    Student friendly wed site that explores energy basic, energy resources, using and saving energy and history of energy. The teacher's resource has activities that use this web site.
McKenzie White

Eyewitness - 1 views

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    Eyewitness:American Originals form the National Archives provides first-hand and personal testimonies of select historical events as told from the point-of-view of presidents: Jefferson, Washington, Truman, JFK, Bush Sr., John Adams, Carter, Eisenhower-as well as other influential individuals. This would be great for time period specific research projects. Easy to read and compact digital arrangements make this user friendly for young students, teens, and educators.
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