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PBS Teachers provides PreK-12 educational resources and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards and professional development opportunities delivered online. As stated in the lesson plan overview: "Through the activities presented in this lesson, students will become familiar with the tenets of the Homestead Act, the shifting borders of the American frontier, and the life faced by homesteaders. After a class discussion and examination of a variety of Web sites, students will complete an written assessment in which they will determine whether or not the land available through the Homestead Act was, in fact, "free." This lesson can be used as an introduction to a unit on American settlement in the latter half of the nineteenth century, or as a pre-viewing activity to the PBS series FRONTIER HOUSE. A basic knowledge of 19th-century United States history is required."

Those of you doing infographics for your groups should search my library in this theme.

The power of connections in today's world.

This is just a general resource on best practice in education. It applies, certainly, to Social Studies instruction but is a great overall resource to have for knowing what is most likely to work!

Democracy is contingent on having an educated populace in the 20th and 21st centuries. Therefore, knowing how to effectively teach is incumbent on those of us trying to support this part of our society.

This African American owned and operated newspaper in Minnesota has been in operation for almost a century.

A lot of resources from parent, teacher, kid, etc.. perspectives, and has many categories, not a literal focus on environment. - At Earth's Kids we believe that children are our future. Their creativity, values, and choices will shape our society and create waves of impact that may some day be felt all over the planet - perhaps for centuries to come. It's up to us help them make that impact a positive one.

A comparison from the 1920's till present day.

This would be a great site for students to create timelines to highlight important events of each decade. It also points out how things such as the cost of living, technology and popular culture have changed over time.

handy links to videos by decades....not highly academic but user-friendly

21st century skills related to Geography education.

Primary Source Lesson Plan of Chinese Family

Did you know about these horrifying fires that happened in Minneapolis around the turn of the century? Uff da!

Overview of four or five great tools for digital storytelling

Overview of four or five great tools for digital storytelling