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  1. 1 Language Arts
    1. 1.1 Race In Me
    2. 1.2 A Good Read
    3. 1.3 Google Lit Trips
  2. 2 Social Science
    1. 2.1 Issues of Our Times
    2. 2.2 Scandals, Wrongdoings, Intrigue & Outrageous Behavior in History
    3. 2.3 Election Central
    4. 2.4 Candidate Watch
    5. 2.5 A Place in Time
    6. 2.6 Road Trip
    7. 2.7 Postcards from the Past
    8. 2.8 The Statistical World
    9. 2.9 Brush with History
  3. 3 Science
    1. 3.1 From There to Here
    2. 3.2 Earthquake!

Language Arts

What does race mean to you?
 Google Notebook, Blogger, Docs, Picasa, Earth, Podcast, Poetry and a Wiki
The "heritage project" takes on a rich new meaning when students work together to build a deeper understanding of themselves in relation to global views of race, heritage, and family.

A Good Read

Creating class reading lists with Google Reader
Make your class reading lists dynamic and collaborative! Set up a class or content area RSS feed via Google Reader.


Google Lit Trips

A Different Way to Read Great Literature!

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!


Social Science


Issues of Our Times

Using Blogger to follow and analyze contemporary issues.
Students use Blogger to share a little piece of themselves while they make the world a better a place.



Scandals, Wrongdoings, Intrigue & Outrageous Behavior in History

Using Google Notebook on the trail of a story
Send students on the trail of a scandal with electronic notebook in hand.




Election Central

Civic and media literacy merge via iGoogle
By dedicating an iGoogle tab to a local or national election, students can add gadgets that bring in election information from news and video  that will serve as a basis for class discussion of media coverage on election issues.

Candidate Watch

Geography, Politics and Civic Literacy on Earth
From presidential elections to state and local contests, use collaborative interactive tools to engage your students in the election story.


A Place in Time

History, Geography and the Impact of Photography with Google Tools
Explore with your students the power of images and their impact on history as they research, select and evaluate photographs in an interactive and collaborative lesson.



Road Trip

Exploring History and Geography via Google Maps
Keep your students engaged and on the road to learning by sending them on a Google Maps Road Trip!


Postcards from the Past

Add geographic perspective and visual literacy to history lessons
By combining, comparing and contrasting primary source images with their own photography, students contribute to the historical record and understand the impact of change over time.


The Statistical World

Using statistics, lookup, search, charts & gadgets in Google Spreadsheets to analyze data
Incorporate the interactivity of Google Spreadsheets into your classroom adding data analysis and multi-discipline lessons to your curriculum.


Brush with History

Collecting Primary Source Oral History with Google Groups & Search
More than a collaborative discussion board, Google Groups, provides students with a location to post collected data, create webpages and contribute to conversations.

Science


From There to Here

Collaborative Science Field Studies using Google Earth & Sites
Share your extended field trips or outdoor education science trips with all students, staff and parents at your school.


Earthquake!

A Multimedia Introduction to Plate Tectonics & Earth Movement
Introduce students to plate tectonics with the multimedia elements in the Google Earth tours created by the United States Geological Survey.