In this lesson you will work on the following questions; This lesson plan is from the New York Times. In this lesson, students will learn about the environmental work led by Domingo Morales. 379 more words
Lesson plan; What is one environmental action you can take in your home or school community? — The digital classroom, transforming the way we learn
DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives, is full of primary sources and tools for teaching about civil rights. For instance, you could do the following photograph analysis challenge with your students: This photo is cropped to reveal only this young girl’s face. Look for context clues and try to…
Teaching Civil Rights with DocsTeach — Education Updates
These are eight great project-based learning strategies for engaging lessons: https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/8-project-based-learning-strategies
Facing History and Ourselves is an excellent resource that integrates history and current events. Check out these resources for race in US History and other topics: https://www.facinghistory.org/topics/race-us-history
Our popular teaching website, DocsTeach.org, has a new look and updated features!
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With all the information available on the internet, how can the user discern the difference between a credible website and a hoax?
Fortunately there are website evaluation checklists and forms that ask specific questions about the website. In addition, there are lesson plans available to teach students how to evaluate websites.
Website Evaluation forms:
Kathy Shrock: http://www.schrockguide.net/critical-evaluation.html
http://library.acphs.edu/PDFs/Website%20Evaluation%20Checklist.pdf
Lesson Plans:
ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/inquiry-internet-evaluating-pages-328.html
Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Education Services (Poughkeepsie, NY) Duchess BOCES
http://www.dcboces.org/saltpointcenter/library/classprojects/websiteevaluation
Pensacola Catholic High School: http://www.pensacolachs.org/webpages/capplications/index.cfm?subpage=417792
Listed below are a few electronic sources on Thanksgiving:
Sweetsearch Webguides: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Entertainment/Holidays/Thanksgiving.html
Thanksgiving History: Plimouth Plantation: http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/read/thanksgiving-history
History of Thanksgiving from History.com: http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving
First Thanksgiving from National Geographic: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/explore/history/first-thanksgiving/
Primary Source Sets from Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/thanksgiving/
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