Social Studies

The Theban Mapping Project

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7-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:48 share

How It Works

Learn about the discovery and mapping of Egyptian tombs in and around Thebes. Site includes pictures, maps, and historical context.

In the Classroom

Use this site as a resource for students working on research projects or papers. Make sure to save it as a favorite on your class web page to allow for students to access it both in and out of the classroom.

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Tag(s): pyramids, egypt,

Historic American Maps

— Library of Congress

3-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

The Library of Congress has produced this collection of historic maps in half a dozen categories ranging from convervation to cities to military campaigns. Users can view maps online or download them for inclass use.

In the Classroom

Teachers will probably want to suggest which maps are most useful.

Technology Heads-up!
  • Find interactive ABC's, colors, etc.
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Tag(s): maps, explorers,

Video: Saving Money in Plain English

— Common Craft

3-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://www.commoncraft.com/video/saving-money-compound-interest Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This site offers a short introductory video about savings. Learn the basics of savings, compound interest, and how money continues to grow over time. Despite a paid membership model, Common Craft still offers this video for free, but it does have a watermark saying, "For evaluation only." If you wish to share this with a group, they will need to view it on individual/partner computers (or iOS devices) or on a projector that has a zoom function to enlarge a selected area of the screen.

In the Classroom

Share this video with your students on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have cooperative learning groups research other aspects of economics and create their own videos. Include this video as you teach about interest in math class, then have students create a video advertisement for a savings program. Transform technology use by using (click on the tool name to access the review): Animatron, Renderforest, Powtoon, or Vizia. Share the videos on Teachertube, explained here.

Technology Heads-up!
  • Find interactive ABC's, colors, etc.
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Tag(s): money, financial literacy,

Video: Social Media

— Common Craft

-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-media Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

What is social media? This video takes you on a journey to "Scoopville," a fictitious town used to demonstrate the many "flavors" of social media. The video is short (3:25-minutes) and very easy to follow. Highlighted are blogs, podcasts, and videos. This site requires you to be a paying member to embed or download the video. However, you can still see the transcript for the video. Despite a paid membership model, Common Craft still offers this video for free, but it does have a watermark saying, "For evaluation only." If you wish to share this with a group, they will need to view it on individual/partner computers (or IOS devices) or on a projector that has a zoom function to enlarge a selected area of the screen.

In the Classroom

If you are looking to learn more about various social media, check out this short video. Learn more about the "flavors" you could use in your own classroom. For research projects have students create a blog, wiki, or even a podcast and compare the pros/cons of each regarding communication and safety. Create podcasts using a tool such as podOmatic, explained here. To put the video on a "center" computer, do a "right click" on the video, select "save as" and save to the "center" computer.

Technology Heads-up!
  • Find interactive ABC's, colors, etc.
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Tag(s): social media, video, blogs, podcasts,
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