Free Educational Videos and Movies
Movies are a great resource that enable students to understand concepts without barriers that may hinder learning. Just like books, movies allow students insight into the lives of...
World Poetry Day
A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999. One of the main objectives...
Try Using @Thinglink
ThingLink is a product identification tool that makes it easy to add clickable tags to any image on the web and share the tagged images on social networks. ThingLink is...
Reading Like a Historian
The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with...
Google Meet: Databases and Resources
Google Meet is a video conferencing app. You can watch the video below to learn more about how to use Google meet with your classes. If you are here...
Dewey Decimal System Day
The Dewey Decimal System Day is observed every year on December 10th in honor of Melvil Dewey. December 10, 1851, is the birthday of Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) inventor of...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee #DisruptText
Task: Is the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, an accurate representation of the south in the 1930s? Choose one of the following topics as the...
Throw Back to Then
Realtor, John Patrick Schutz writes “Harvesting of ice for storage purposes and meal enhancement at restaurants began commercially in the USA in 1805 and demand skyrocketed as modern convenience...
Media Bias Chart
Ad Fontes Media mission is to make news consumers smarter and news media better. This is a tall order, because there is a big problem in our news media...
Examining Primary Sources
Day One: Examining primary sources gives one a powerful sense of history and the complexity of the past. Analyzing primary sources can also help to guide you toward higher-order...