 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
| K - 12 Partnership Online Materials 2002 - 2003 | |
Purpose
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.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: Yahoo Newspapers Online, The Paper Boy, Altavista Translator
- Social Studies: Fifty States Everything you've ever wanted to know (and more)
Projects that use Primary Source Materials
- The Underground Railroad Lesson
- Movie in the Making
- Historical Treasure Chests
- Children of Yesteryear
- Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
- The Salem Witch Trials
- 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
- Today in History
- SCETI Woman's Studies Primary Source
- Mayflower
- Eyewitness - History through the eyes of people who lived it
- The Jack London Collection -- good example of hard-to-find personal letters and documents
- Ad Access - Duke University site
- Cyber Guides - Teacher's guides for children/young adult novels
- NY Public Library for Kids: Recommended books and much more
- Random House Thematic Index- Children/Young Adult novels categorized by theme
- The Civil War in Children's Literature
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - for teachers in grades K-8
- The Children's Literature Web Guide
- Grimm Fairy Tales
- American Folklore
- Biography Maker
- Word Play- Links to activities for vocabulary building and enrichment
- Word Central
- Wacky Web Tales
- Wacky World of Words
- Ace Writing
- Writing Prompts - for grades 1-8
- Grammar Gorillas- Funbrain Learning Network
- Dositey- online activities and printable worksheets
Web Sites that Publish Student Work
- KidsOnline
- Story Book
- Amazon Books
- ZuZu
- MidLink Magazine
- Kid News
- Kid Authors
- National Geographic Book Club for Kids
Social Studies
- CNN - News for students and teachers
- Cyberguides K-12 History and Social Science
- Peace Corps for Kids
- PBS History Links
- Online Social Studies Projects Scholastic Press site
- Test Your Geography Knowledge
- How Far Is It? -- Find the Distance Between Two Cities
- National Geographic -- Maps and educational resources
- Blank and Outline Maps
- Black History Hotlist
- Mapquest -- get driving directions for anywhere in the US
- USGS Maps --National Mapping Information
- The Smithsonian Homepage
- History/Social Studies Web site for K-12 Teachers
- Native American Web
- EDSITEment -- Links to top History web sites
- Roman Empire for Children
- Email your Governor
- Congressional Email Directory
- Find Out How Your Congressperson Voted
- CIA's Homepage for Kids
- The Whitehouse for Kids
- U.S. Senate
- The FBI Kids' Page
- World Fact Book
Just for Fun
- Garbled Proverbs
- Brendan's Online Anagram Generator
- Phone Anagram Generator
- Riddles
- SuperKids Hangman
- Earth Calendar - Celebrate every day !