Internet Knowledge Exploration
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Purpose of Today's Workshop
Today's workshop will examine Internet projects that incorporate unique and compelling resources in the areas of Language Arts and Social Studies. Participants will first examine a number of unique online resources that can be incorporated into a Language Arts or Social Studies Lesson. They will then learn techniques for evaluating web sites for use in the classroom and will explore several high quality interdisciplinary projects. Finally, participants will participate in a session which will model how an Internet-based project can be implemented in the classroom.Examples of Topic- Specific Resources
- Government and Politics: Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
- History: Early America Review
- Language Arts: Celebrate African American Literature, Art, and Music
- Foreign Languages: Foreign Language Newspapers, Altavista Translator
- Social Studies: Fifty States Everything you've ever wanted to know (and more)
Examples of Compelling Projects for Language Arts and Social Studies
- The Underground Railroad Project
- GeoGame
- Movie in the Making
- Historical Treasure Chests
- Children of Yesteryear
- Little House and the Census
- Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
- Flat Stanley Visits New Brunswick
Places to Find Primary
Source Material
- Library of Congress American Memory Project
- American Treasures of the Library of Congress
- National Archives and Records Administration Exhibit Hall
- University of Pennsylvania Center for Electronic Text and Image Collections
- Berkeley SunSITE Digital Collections
- Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library
- Yale University Library Primary Sources Research
- Primary Source Lesson Plans
- Today in History
- SCETI Woman's Studies Primary Source
- Mayflower
- Eyewitness - History through the eyes of people who lived it
- Ad Access - Duke University site
- Kathy Schrock's Guide: History and Social Studies
- History/Social Studies Web site for K-12 Teachers
- Scholastic Online Social Studies Activities- Grades Pre-K-8
- Countries A-Z Flags, recipes, fact books, and much more
- United States Postal Service Site for Kids
- National Geographic for Kids
- The Multi-Cultural Calendar Classroom resource, categorized by month, holiday, and country
- Elementary Planet - United Nations Site
- Printable Map Library
Web Sites that Publish Student Work
- KidPub
- Acrostic Poems
- Mrs. Henrikson's Poetry Pages
- Interactive Story
- Story Book
- Amazon Books
- Ink Spot
- Kids' Express
- ZuZu
- MidLink Magazine
- Positively Poetry
- Kid News
- Wacky Web Tales - For Grade 3 and up
- Poetry Pals
- Millennium Mystery Madness
- MOMA
- U.S. Presidents - Social Studies Reports
- Environmental Art and Poetry Gallery
- Cyber_Fair
- CIESE Annotated List of Selected Children's Fiction History and Geography related
- Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children NSTA List
- Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books - Grades K-6
- Newbery Award Winners
- Caldecott Medal Winners
- Best Books of the Year ALA site
- The Book Hive - Reviews of children's books categorized by genre and reading level
- CyberGuides to Children's Literature
- Random House Thematic Index
- Children' Book Council Teacher and Librarian Page
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
- Once Upon A Time -A children's literature resource page
- Little Web Schoolhouse
- 123 Reading Road
- The Reading Village
- Cyberbee- Integrating the internet into the elementary curriculum
- Children's Authors on the Web
- Weekly Reader for Teachers
- Language Arts: The Technology Way
- Scholastic
EduPlace
Word Find Puzzles
States
and Capitals
Create
Your Own Adventure