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Art Access looks at objects from the The Art Institute of Chicago's permanent collection. This site has a variety of online resources including lesson plans for the classroom and art projects for the home. The site is suitable for grades 5-12.

Bill of Rights Institute Resources and lessons.

The Bill of Rights Institute has released a new game, Life Without the Bill of Rights? This free click-and explor activity asks students to consider how life would change without some of our most cherished freedoms. Life Without the Bill of Rights? invites studetns to understand the significance of their constitutionally protected rihts, including freedom of religion, speech, and press; freedom from unreasonable search and seizure; and the rights of private property. Other free resources include an interactive module that allows studetns to "travel through time" to converse with the Founding Fathers and report on the Constitutional Convention.

Education in 2030 developed by the Hoover Institution Stanford University. This is an interesting look at different aspects of education and what it is anticipated education may look like in 2030.

This information does not surprise me. I thought it was very interesting and 2030 is really not that far in the future.

many educators are using technology to engage students in project-based learning exercises that build 21st-century skills and motivate students with practical and hands-on-activities. The nonprofit Buck Institute for Education and Boise State University have put together resources to help educators plan, design, and implement such leassons. Guides and planning tools are available, as are a handful of examples of project-based teaching and learning strategies that have been successful in the classroom.