St. Mary Catholic School Teachers

Read the stories of people who remember where they were when certain historically significant events took place.  IN THE CLASSROOM SIgn up for a classroom account for the most efficient usage of this site. Utilize the suggested events here as opportunities for your students to interview grandparents and other older relatives since many of the events happened too far in the past for today's students to remember. Create your own class maps with comments using Google Earth . Talk about the importance of primary sources (such as this) on documenting history.

Bring some creativity into your literature lessons using this site that goes way beyond rote answers. Choose skills from drop boxes, identify one or two stories to analyze/compare, choose your thinking skills, and decide what the final product will be. For example, "Substitute The Giver's setting for A Wrinkle In Time's setting. Dramatize how this would affect A Wrinkle In Time's plot. Create a skit," or "Rearrange Oh The Places You Will Go's plot. Analyze how this would affect its tone. Create a photo essay ." Choose whatever book(s) are relevant to your class. Experiment with different ideas easily until coming up with the perfect response question for your class or individualize easily for different student responses. The creator of this site does admit that it is a rather new site with a few kinks. His email is provided if you see any issues. Our review team noticed nothing unusual, and all options were functioning properly, at the time of this review.