Search results matching tags 'social studies' and 'videos'

MLK Resources

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:20:00 GMT

I've begun the study of Martin Luther King's life and accomplishments.

Each year, I look for new resources to tap into and here they are:

MLK Timeline with famous quotes

Catchy MLK Rap

CBS Interactive Links

On another note, if you've not yet check out All Things Upper Elementary go scoot on over now.

Each day one of the collaborative authors is introduced.

Documentary Dish

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:26:00 GMT

Documentary Dish:

Awesome collection of videos!

#elemchat #spedchat #scichat #sschat #edtech

mrsd5107:

Online videos categorized and linked! Serving brain food for your mind!

Life Is produced by the makers of BBC Earth. It features a new...

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:15:20 GMT

Life Is produced by the makers of BBC Earth. It features a new theme each month. There are breathtaking videos, slide shows and more to go along with it. This month the theme is human.

Awesome photography as well as engaging content.

Via K. Tenkely from her article “28 Tech Tools to Bring...

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:25:34 GMT

Via K. Tenkely from her article “28 Tech Tools to Bring Out the Story in History”

”Awesome Stories is a collection of primary source materials separated by category. Primary sources include images, videos, narration, slideshows, artifacts, manuscripts, and documents. Awesome Stories is essentially an interactive textbook. With the interactive textbook model, students are able to delve deeper into topics that interest them.”

I thought this was a really good site that offers so much in an easy to navigate format. It truly is as Kelly writes…and interactive textbook.

From the site: “AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites.”

I encourage you to sign up and create an account (it’s free) because of all the extras that come along with it

Below is a screen shot to give you an idea of what you can find on Awesome Stories.

neoK12 offers videos, lessons, interactive diagrams, games,...

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:38:06 GMT

neoK12 offers videos, lessons, interactive diagrams, games, puzzles and quizzes for grades K-12. They feature an extensive science (videos, interactives, games,quizzes etc.) collection where I believe it would be hard not to find something for your next science lesson. Below is a screenshot of the categories and subcategories in which you can look through.

Did you notice that they also have Science projects and experiments. Although their videos appear to come through Youtube (which is blocked at my school) we can view them easily. Puzzling? Super nice quality videos here.

Other video topics include: Social Studies, Math, English, History and fun videos.

The games are another highlight of neoK12. They have a wide assortment of games and other interactives. Screenshot below. I can’t believe I have never seen this resource before.

Screenshot of Brain Games and Puzzles below.

Ok…there is still more. They even have a tool that allows students to create their own presentation using Flickr photos. This is quite cool.

This site will be added to my “Science” LiveBinder

CriticalPast has the cool videos

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:42:30 GMT

Yeah . . . you might able to track them down and, yeah, you might even be able to view and download them for classroom use. But it’s unlikely that you will be able to find an easier way to browse, view and download U.S. government public domain videos than you can at CriticalPast.

CriticalPast is

one of the largest privately held online archival footage sources in the world. The collection spans thousands of hours of video, millions of still photos, and continues to grow. It is easily searched by professionals and non-professionals alike, and placing an order for footage or photos is simple and straight-forward.

The interface is pretty simple – you can browse for video clips via a timeline or search by keywords. It’s also easy to refine your search results by date, place, color v. black/white and sound. CriticalPast’s goal is pretty simple. Have users pay for the video download, usually around $3-4. But it is possible to watch the video clips without purchasing.

And I’ve just started playing with the site but it seems like you can view entire video clips. The downside is that you can’t watch full screen. You should be able to make the smaller screen work for you if there’s a clip that’s aligned to your content. There’s almost 575,000 video clips going back to the 1890s so you should be able find something you can use.

And if you really like the clip, I’m pretty sure CriticalPast would take your money!

Filed under: 21st century skills, history, images, intellectual property, photos, primary sources, social studies, video games

Transitional Books: The Best of Both Worlds

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:40:00 GMT

It's not a bad place to be: stuck between the vast and varied worlds of the picture books and the worlds of the novel. That's where many children find themselves at age eight (give or take), when they're trying to make the independent reading leap from picture books to more difficult chapter books. Is the language in chapter books that much more complex? Not necessarily. But gone are the beautiful contextual clues provided by picture books' illustrations. Fortunately for these readers, we have what can be called transitional books.

Transitional books may, in fact, be chapter books, but chapter books which are liberally illustrated. One of the finest examples I've seen in recent days is Rosemary Wells' Lincoln and His Boys. Historically factual yet unswervingly human, the short and easy to follow chapters are punctuated by detailed full-color paintings (by P.J. Lynch, the talented artist behind The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey). The life of Lincoln and the terrible costs of the Civil War are skillfully interwoven as the years of Lincoln's election and presidency are viewed through the eyes of his sons (read an excerpt here). This is a apt choice for any classroom study of our 16th president, the Civil War, or the universal theme of perspectives (see a recent post on universal themes at my How to Teach a Novel blog).

Be sure to visit Candlewick for additional print and video resources and activities on some of your students' favorite books. My favorite: popular authors such as Kate DiCamillo discussing and reading from their upcoming books.

Okay Gals, Play Ball!

Anonymous — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:06:00 GMT

I received a couple enthusiastic emails about my Women in Baseball post, so when I ran across this newsreel footage of the Racine Belles, thought I'd drop it in hear for my readers to get a good laugh. Not at the women, of course, but at the sexism of the era.

Can't we get through a 90 second newsreel without showing some leg? And I love the announcer's comment: "Better a bruise than long pants, eh gals?" Trust me, they weren't too excited about playing in those skirts!

Check out more great archival clips by clicking on the original video at Google video. You'll find dozens of additional videos (Arrival of the Beatles, Atomic Bomb, How to Be Popular) by clicking on More From User in the upper right corner of the window.

Black History Timeline and Famous People

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:51:56 GMT

February is Black History Month, so my 10-year-old son is going to make an African-American book. Below are the people we are going to study: Sarah Boone (inventor of the ironing board; received a patent in 1892) - About.com: Sarah Boone George Washington Carver (plant scientist who made great contributions to the field of agriculture chemistry) - Wikipedia: George [...] Related posts:

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