In this lesson, students examine the new Times Opinionator series Disunion, which “follows the Civil War as it unfolded.” They then analyze Civil War-era primary sources to use as writing prompts for their own contributions to a Civil War blog.
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Differentiated Instruction Strategy Raft - 33 views
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Great presentation on how to use RAFT for writing across the curriculum
The History Lab - 24 views
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Created by Angela Cunningham for the enrichment of Social Studies instruction using technology. Great set of resources and conceptual approaches to embedding technology into instruction.
How to Write a Petition - ePetitions - Start a Petition - GoPetition - 0 views
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Resources for teaching students how to become informed, take action and write a petition.
Who Am I?: A History Mystery - 3 views
IfItWereMyHome.com - 16 views
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Compare US and another country side-by-side
http://mdgmaps.appspot.com/ - 11 views
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overlay statistics on world maps. Useful tool for many types of classes
Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com - 5 views
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Interactive Budget Puzzle, looking at ways to fix the national budget. Great potential for debate & discussion in an economics class.
Blogging History: Interpreting Civil War-Era Primary Sources - NYTimes.com - 5 views
Investigating the First Thanksgiving - 14 views
Sites for Learning About Countries - 17 views
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A guide to the best 18 sites for students to write country reports, arranged by school level.
Interview of the Day - 10 views
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A compelling historic interview with a notable figure each day, plus links to complete information about the subject. Interviews taken from renown historic sources such as The Paris Review, The Mike Wallace Interviews of the 1950s, the BBC, Charlie Rose, NPR
iCivics | The Democracy Lab - 11 views
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civics games, learn about rights, be a president for a day, join the supreme court and so on
7-12 Student Interactives - UEN - 14 views
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Student Interactives for grades 7-12 (there are links at the bottom for grades K-2 & 3-6)
Slavery Museum 4 Teens - home - 11 views
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Wikispaces Site built by teens to educate other teens about slavery.
Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy - 3 views
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Primary documents online
101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class - 27 views
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A well curated list of the best free online for teachers of government, history, economics, psychology and other social studies disciplines.
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Great tools can help students with disabilities as well as those with lagging skills.
