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Students can research a bill in Congress by typing in a topic.  Then I have my students write a letter to their Senator or Representative about the bill they found.

This website has resources for teachers such as activities and lesson plans.  It has games for students, and they love them!  I set up all of my classes and the students sign up for an account within the first week of school!

This website is a great way for teachers to learn about ways in which they can utilize technology to keep their students excited. Although we may not all agree about changing our ways we can still intertwine some differences to better suite the needs of our students.

This is a great site for children to explore and understand energy. Students have access to many games and activities. This site can start as a basis for ideas for lessons and is a great source for students to learn about the world around them.

Google Drive is a great way to share information with students. Students can share their papers, while the teacher can edit and make comments for improvements through the Google Docs as well. In addition, the journalism class uses the Drive to store, share and organize images for the yearbook.

Excellent resource for both teachers and students. This website has a vast collection of graphic organizers to help students organize their information.

Wordle is an online site that allows your students to use their imaginations and create word art ! Examples: Wordle can be used at the end of a unit, by having your students choose vocabulary words that they feel were most important. Once they've chosen their words they will then create a Wordle document. Each document is customizable, Wordle allows you to choose from various fonts, colors, text directions etc.

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Get your students involved in researching history. Students then create their choice of website, display, documentary, research paper or performance. Students compete at regional, state and national levels. The ultimate learning experience!

I've used Wikispaces with middle school classes. Very interactive, easy to add students as members. You can add any kind of media, host student projects. I used to have students complete bell-ringers and closure on the message boards. The new Wiki Classroom adds other features. The site says, "We took the best parts of Wikispaces and added a newsfeed, realtime assessment, and a beautiful mobile experience. We think you'll love it."

This website from Discovery.com provides free resources for teachers such as lesson plans, worksheets, videos, and online challenges and contests.

Free elementary, middle and high school teacher resources, including puzzlemaker, student games and activities and lesson plans.

Free elementary, middle and high school teacher resources, including puzzlemaker, student games and activities and lesson plans.

Great resource for lessons and units!

This site allows teachers, students and parents to explore. It gives activities and resources for different aspects of language arts to be taught.

Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.

This site has saved my bacon a number of times when the filters on the schools network won't allow a You-tube video to play and I can play the same video through this teacher and student video site.

A free community for sharing instructional videos and content for teachers and students. We are an education focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners.

Students can create stories online on this site and share them with students around the world.

This is a really neat site where students can take a virtual tour of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid during World War II. They can learn what their daily lives were like as well as read short biographies on all the people who were in hiding in the building and the people who helped them survive while they were there.

Primary Sources, lesson plans for teachers, activities for students.  Great Interactive timeline.

This whole website is great for resources about the Holocaust, but the maps are excellent visuals for students to understand the issues of the Holocaust.

Students can use this site to see how their views align with political officials running for office.

I use this website to print a copy of the Constitution for all of my students at the beginning of the semester.  I also use it for activities related to the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Bill of Rights.

This will be a great online activity for my students to complete as they learn about the Presidency.  Activities are associated with each topic discussed.