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Museum Box
Fantastic opportunity for students to replace old-style reports with CUBES/BOXES where they can import writing (docs), images, video clips to create a display.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on August 24, 2017
270 to Win
Interactive "history" of the electoral college that will engage students in both individual states and national trends right now and in past elections. Statistics and probabilities can be tracked. DYNAMITE site for history, government and math teachers!
Posted by SCummings, last updated on May 17, 2012
Newspaper Global Map
Engage your learners with newspapers from around the world. These can be read in the host country language or translated to English. Compare perspectives on world events.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on September 14, 2012
Mission-USA: Interactive American History Games
Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games. The games are free and are funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on September 3, 2012
Pulitzer Center for Global Journalism
The Pulitzer Center has created a dynamic and constantly updated site with their reporters world-wide covering personal perspectives in world news. They have curriculum units and lesson plans to assist classroom teachers and students.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on November 14, 2012
Letters of Note: Authentic Letters of "NOTE"
A compendium of letters from great thinkers, historical figures, politicians, leaders, writers, artists. Organized by date, subject tag, author's name, and "type". Submitted by Lauren Hall from St. Joseph's Academy in St. Louis.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on November 14, 2012
Storycenter: Worldwide Story Sharing
This site includes a venue for listening to and sharing stories worldwide, including intergenerational ones of civil rights and first-person narratives of struggle, courage, and transformation. Users create and access stories via Storywork, digital storyt
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on August 30, 2018
Smithsonian Seriously Amazing
How do you spur curiosity? Just ask the six quirky characters of Smithsonian\\\'s Seriously Amazing Website.
Posted by RioKatia, last updated on September 22, 2013
Newsela
Daily vetted news articles for students upper elementary through high school with LEXILE levels to match your students reading proficiency. Excellent source for cultivating responses to informational text. Run by educators.
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on November 8, 2013
N-GRAMS by Google: See Stats on \\\"WORDS\\\"
This is a remarkable tool for researching usage of words an phrases in books from one date to another. Just start by putting in the word \\\"digital\\\" and you will see!
Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on March 22, 2014