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Ronda Deabler

TeachingAmericanHistory.org Document Library - 0 views

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primary document UNORef10 history research primarysources speeches letters documents books articles

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  • Ronda Deabler on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site compiles the best primary resources that are available to help teach different American history events. The documents include: letters, speeches, books and articles from important people from the different eras of American history.
Juli Steen

EIA Energy Kids - 2 views

www.eia.doe.gov/index.cfm

Energy energy conservation energy sources renewable energy nonrenewable energy electricity history of energy energy lessons

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  • Alice Harrison on 27 Sep 10
     
    This website for kids is develped by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It is an award winning website with the character Energy Ant. Learn all about energy, its sources, uses, how to save energy, history with information rich timeline, calculators and tools for converting energy, measuring etc., games and activities, glossary and teacher section. Text formatted.
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  • Juli Steen on 27 Sep 10
     
    The U.S. Energy Information Administration's energy website is a well organized resource for students in upper elementary on up. It has sections on what energy is, different types energy sources, ways of saving energy, history of energy, plus games and activities. There is a page for teachers with lesson plans and teacher's guide.
  • Lindsay Peterson on 27 Sep 10
     
    The U.S. Energy Information Administration provides this "Energy Kids" site. It defines energy in lots of different ways. It compares renewable and nonrenewable sources as well as potential and kinetic energy. It talks about different types of energy sources, the history of energy and even provides games and activities for kids.
  • Beth Eilers on 01 Oct 10
     
    This website, created by the US Dept of Energy's Information Administration, answers students' questions about energy -- from what is energy to the history of energy to saving energy. Website provides teachers with lesson plans, teacher guides, virtual field trips, energy career information. All teacher information is categorized by student age group.
Beth Eilers

Newseum | Newseum Home - 0 views

www.newseum.org/index.html

primarysources education news frontpages museums UNORef10

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  • Beth Eilers on 01 Oct 10
     
    The Newseum is an actual brick and mortar museum located in Washington, D.C. Its website contains an eye-opening feature called "Today's Front Pages," which publishes front pages from newspapers around the world (see link on the right sidebar). Excellent source for teaching Media Literacy by demonstrating how differences in societies and cultures frame news stories differently. Especially fitting for journalism and social studies classes. Varies from many of my chosen sites because it displays current primary sources.
Lindsay Peterson

FEMA for KIDS Homepage: Education, Schools, Disasters, Games, Teachers, Art, Hurricane - 1 views

www.fema.gov/kids

FEMA distaster science

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  • Deanne Dunphy on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site explains disasters of all kids. It focuses on weather. hiss site would be useful when teaching weather and getting kids to understand the different aspects of weather. It's also good to know about the different kinds of disasters so you can be prepared! Kids love learning about different disasters they are unfamiliar with.
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  • Lisa Dresbach on 26 Sep 10
     
    This is a gov doc for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It is geared for elementary age students with games and activities to learn how to prepare for and prevent disasters. There is a section for parent and teacher resources.
  • Lindsay Peterson on 27 Sep 10
     
    This site gives information about Federal Emergency Management Agency. It provides links to games and interactive sites that help kids understand the agency, what it does, types of weather emergencies and how to be prepared for weather emergencies. This would be a good addition/extension to a weather unit in 3rd-5th science curriculum.
  • gail walker on 28 Sep 10
     
    An animated site geared toward elementary students with information on FEMA. Includes follow up quizzes, template for planning family disaster drills and an interactive map showing current FEMA efforts in U. S. disaster areas. Good companion to current events and science.
Karen Schack

Ben's Guide to US Government - 3 views

bensguide.gpo.gov

social_studies history United_States government

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  • Denise Adams on 22 Sep 10
     
    This site explains to kids how our government operates on their own level. The branches of government are explained, website links are included and there are games that can be played. There are great lessons that can be used for every grade.
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  • Alice Harrison on 27 Sep 10
     
    Colorfully animated character of Benjamin Franklin. Follow Ben as he explains many aspects of American government. Explore through all grade levels. Text rich information with animation, games and activities. Fifth graders in Lincoln learn about the American government so this would be a great, fun site to utilize in teaching this information.
  • Catherine Wilkinson on 30 Sep 10
     
    This is a wonderful site to use with Character Counts. One of the pillars is citizenship and there is a page devoted to citizenship. Fifth grade is all about the U.S. and so if you need example and a site that is kid friendly, this is it.
  • Deanne Dunphy on 02 Oct 10
     
    Great site for all ages. This site gives great information on all aspects of our government. Kids love this site because of the animation and colorful appearance. The vocabulary is geared towards kids so that all information is easily understood.
  • Crystal Knutson on 02 Oct 10
     
    This is an amazing site, fun for kids and perfect for all grades. As a 3rd grade teacher, I found many items on the 3-5 grade level applicable to my SS program. For example, Citizenship, Your Neighborhood and Beyond, and How Laws are Made all match my curriculum and clarify these complicated processes into simple terms. I know my kids would love to match the states game under Interactive Games.
  • Karen Schack on 03 Oct 10
     
    This is a good site for information on the Federal government, and it is broken down by age levels. There are games and activities for each age level. There are also links at each age level to different government sites.
Lindsay Peterson

NGAkids ARTZONE Collage Machine II - 0 views

www.nga.gov/...collagemachine2.htm

collage ngakids interactive art

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  • Lindsay Peterson on 24 Sep 10
     
    As a classroom teacher, art was always a struggle for me. As I was looking through our curriculum guide, I noticed one of the national art standards asks students to "Understand and apply media, technique and processes. This site allows kids to create collages using different shapes and layering. There are size, transparency, flip and turn functions. Printing is an option. This would be fun as station activity.
Crystal Knutson

National Archives-Educators & Students - 1 views

www.archives.gov/education

UNOREF10 PrimaryDocs USHistory Exhibits

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  • Ken Dahlenburg on 01 Oct 10
     
    The National Archives' digital classroom for using primary sources. Activities and training for students and teachers. Link to another site for using primary sources, Docs Teach.
  • Crystal Knutson on 02 Oct 10
     
    The exhibits on this site were awesome! From the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence to the Deadly Influenza Virus or Electing a President and Democracy; these were just a few among many that met indicators on my specific grade level, so I'm sure others would work for different elementary grades. My favorite part was the Eyewitness exhibit. It has links to all important moments in US History and has video, songs, and voice recordings to bring students into that very moment in time.
Lindsay Peterson

U.S. Civil War Effects on People: Primary Sources - 2 views

www.ket.org/primary.html

civil war history social studies letters

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  • Denise Adams on 23 Sep 10
     
    This site talks about the causes of the Civil War and has letters, memoirs and diaries of people that lived through the Civil War. It would give kids a better feeling about how people felt at the time the war was going on.
  • Lindsay Peterson on 02 Oct 10
     
    This cite shares differing points of views during the civil war. This site includes letters to and from family members, soldiers, slaves, women and children. It would be interesting to compare the letters to the social studies books kids use in class.
ljorasmussen

American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement - 2 views

www.americanjourneys.org

UNORef10 Primary Documents American History World History Explorers Settlers Native Americans

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  • ljorasmussen on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site is joint venture between the U.S. Institute of Museum & Library Services, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and National History Day. The site offers thousands of pages detailed eyewitness accounts from a number of different groups of people. The documents record the first encounters of the Native Americans and those coming into contact with them for the first time.
Juli Steen

American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page - 3 views

memory.loc.gov/index.html

American History Primary Source

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  • April Jorgensen on 13 Sep 10
     
    This site is a WEALTH of information on the history of the United States. It includes letters, documents, photos, audio and video that are all in the public domain (and there fore also legal to use) since they are all owned by the U.S. government. Using the search box will yield many results. My favorite search on this site is to find primary sources about the great depression. A search tip: be sure to click "gallery view" when you look at your search results. It helps you know what type of source you are looking at.
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  • Annette Coon on 22 Sep 10
     
    This site covers historical topics, contains historical images and has a special teacher page with lessons and materials that are ready to use in the classroom. I love this site and use it often especially when I need some extra material for historical holiday celebrations in the classroom.
  • Juli Steen on 22 Sep 10
     
    This website has loads of links to primary sources on US history. I like the flexibility of the "more browse options" to find collections by time period, place or source format in addition to the browse by topic option. Source formats include books, periodicals, photos and film, some dating back to the 1400's. The "today in history" link is a good place to find daily tidbits to throw into lessons.
  • Tammy Davis on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site from the Library of Congress provides a vast collection of primary sources for educators. I like the way the site is organized so you can browse the collections by topic. One of the collection highlights is the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Abraham Lincoln. This is a collection of more than 11,100 items donated to the Library of Congress in 1953. This collections includes Lincoln's life, Presidency, slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Primary sources available from the Lincoln era include newspapers, Lincoln's law papers, sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, and campaign tickets.
  • Caitlin Nelson on 26 Sep 10
     
    There is a lot on this website for students to search for primary and government documents. They are organized by topic or you can search for specifically what you need. This site is a great resource . There are many different ways you could use the documents found here.
  • Laura Horn on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site provides information that teachers from many different disciplines could use in their classrooms. There's information about literature, the environment, immigration, as well as culture and sports. There's also a link specifically for teachers where they can get lesson plans and ideas for their classroom.
  • MK Kreikemeier on 28 Sep 10
     
    search: Oregon Trail first person accounts and maps that help to explain trails and settlements Lincoln Public - grade 4 - Social Studies * Major rivers and terrain determined trail paths and settlement sites * Motivation varied (Oregon = land, California = gold, Mormon = religious freedom)
  • Catherine Wilkinson on 02 Oct 10
     
    There are some great sites at this source. Their topics run from Women's history to Native American history. There are even maps. This would be a big help for upper elementary to 12th grade.
Kathie White

old magazine articles - 1 views

www.oldmagazinearticles.com

Primary Source

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  • Kathie White on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site is s group of newspaper and magazine articles from African American issues to cartoon historical articles. It includes magazines for fashion in the 30's and earlier. It has movie reviews and music history. In other words, just about anything in history that one would like to look up in the newspaper or magazines. These sites are very good for students to see first hand information about a particular time in history. These kinds of sites can be used for almost any kind of project the teacher can think up. The teacher librarian needs to be aware of at least a few of these different kinds of sites.
Nancy Coffey

Special Places, Special People National Park Service KidsZone - 0 views

www.nps.gov/...index.htm

Government Documents Social Studies United States National Parks

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  • Nancy Coffey on 26 Sep 10
     
    A great site for students to get to know 14 of the different National Parks. Students can click on one of the fourteen park sites and learn more about the park. There are also activities and games that go along with it. I would use this site in Social Studies when studying the United States.
Nancy Coffey

State and County QuickFacts - 0 views

quickfacts.census.gov/...index.html

GovernmentDocs Geography Math

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  • Nancy Coffey on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site gives census information on states, cities and towns throughout the country. It would be a great site to use for figuring percentages in math, comparing and contrasting different cities and states in geography.
Nancy Coffey

H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web Site - Making Cents - Fall 2009 Edition - 0 views

www.usmint.gov/...q3.cfm

GovernmentDocs Social Studies U.S. States

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  • Nancy Coffey on 27 Sep 10
     
    There are many links on this site to find out more about the U.S. Mint and coins. Students can click on "Vacation in 50 States" to play a game that would familiarize them with the different states using that state's quarter. A fun way to learn more about each state!
Jackie Pedersen

Teachers - Education - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - 0 views

www.jpl.nasa.gov/...teachers

solar system education teachers docgov

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  • Jackie Pedersen on 02 Oct 10
     
    Great resources at this site for space study. A list of popular activities to do with your students and many links to follow for more in depth information. Good information given in a variety of different ways; imagines, live debates, games, video, lectures, etc...
Kathie White

Weather - 2 views

42explore.com/weather.htm

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  • Kathie White on 26 Sep 10
     
    This site seems to be a good one for 4-12 grade levels. It has interactive weather sites, the ability for students to make up their own interactive sites. There is a weather channel they cna visit. They can alos explore a site called the "Weather Eye", one called, "Accuweather", and one called, "USA Today Weather. At each of these sutes there are various other sites to go to to do different activities. This site would be a good one of which a school teacher librarian should be aware.
Catherine Wilkinson

Science Sites - 0 views

missbarbara.net/#biomes

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  • Catherine Wilkinson on 26 Sep 10
     
    This is a science source. This site will give other sources for your different science sites like dinosaurs, biomes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
Lindsay Peterson

For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise - 0 views

kids.earth.nasa.gov

science NASA earth science kids

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  • Lindsay Peterson on 02 Oct 10
     
    This NASA site would be great for 4th and 5th grades. It talks about how NASA studies different parts of the Earth. It includes a "Picture of the Day" and a "Did You Know!" section. I also like how it include career ideas for kids to read about. I can see this being used as part of a learning station.
Alane Freerksen

National Gallery of Art | NGAkids home page - 2 views

www.nga.gov/kids.htm

interactive museum education arts paintings kids

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  • gail walker on 28 Sep 10
     
    A richly interactive site where visitors can design and create varied genres of art. A virtual tour through the NGA has an accompanying guide in 5 languages. Extensive information on artists from all eras. Lots of activities at the teacher's site. A good instructional site. Grades 3-12.
  • Deanna Reilly on 29 Sep 10
     
    This art site allows children to explore American Folk art, landscapes, abstract art, still life, and digital photography. Children are able to manipulate art to create their own pieces. Students can also create a tropical jungle. There are additional online resources for teachers, as well as a link to exhibits from the National Art Gallery.
  • Alane Freerksen on 03 Oct 10
     
    This page contains several art activities for children, including interactive art programs that allow students to create portraits or still life pictures. There is a link that allows students to search for specific artists or works. This site would be a good resource for art teachers, but English teachers could also use it to find different works of art that appeal to kids and could be used for descriptive writing assignments.
Alane Freerksen

Nineteenth Century in Print, Books: Special Presentation-Poetry - 1 views

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poetry in nineteenth century history

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  • Alane Freerksen on 03 Oct 10
     
    This site contains original works of poetry from 19th century American authors, including John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and James Whitcomb Riley. It may be useful in American Literature classes if the student is seeking examples of a poet's work different from the standard poems found in anthologies and textbooks.
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