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Empire State Information Fluency Continuum
Empire State Information Fluency Continuum
Brochure - Information Fluency Priority Skills - grades PK-12
Graphic Organizers (by grade level) - Useful for planning lessons and units for specific grade levels. For each grade level, you will find a chart of the priority skills and assessments for all four standards and then the coinciding graphic organizers.
Graphic Organizers (by standard) - This links to a repository of all the graphic organizers for information fluency. They are organized by standard so that, if you are teaching a skill during the Investigate phase of inquiry, for example, you will be able to browse through all of the graphic organizers for Investigate and then adopt or adapt any organizer that matches your lesson.
Resources for Lesson Plans
Resources for Lesson Plans
General Resources
General Resources
You can access their various collections (Prints & Photographs, Manuscripts, Newspapers, etc.)
Library of Congress Lesson Plans
Library of Congress- Teacher Portal
Here you will find classroom materials and information on using primary sources in the classroom (including the Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool).
National Archives 100 Milestones in American History
National Archives Digital Vault (for SAT & GRE prep)
This is a fun visual tool that brings together primary sources about a topic. Click search to search for a topic (i.e. Vietnam War).
National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives (Educator Resources) - Teacher Resources and many Primary Sources for classroom use.
National Archives (Presidential Libraries & Museums) - Provides access to archival materials from the last 14 Presidential Libraries & Museums starting with Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama.
Digital Public Library of America
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music, Websites and More.
TeachingBooks.net/Instruct - Use these strategies, tools, and resources to deepen your instruction and connection to books and authors.
New York Resources
New York Resources
Selection of Authentic Texts - Engage NY
Fordham Internet History Sourcebook
New York State Library: Digital Collections
Digitized materials from the collections of the New York State Library. Contains primarily government documents, education laws and policy documents and selected materials from the Library's Manuscripts and Special Collections.
New York State Archives: Digital Collections
Digitized primary sources from the collections of the New York State Archives. Includes resources from the NY State Museum and the NY State Library.
New York Public Library: Digital Collections
Provides access to over 800,000 digitized resources from the Library's collections.
Digitized primary sources from the County's historical collections.
New York State Historical Newspapers
Search and browse historic newspapers contributed by libraries throughout New York State.
Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York
Digitized primary sources from dozens of libraries and museums in New York City.
Digitized primary sources from the County's historical collections.
Digitized primary sources (and online exhibitions) from 60 libraries and museums in the Hudson Valley. Includes a "For Educators" section with links to lesson plans.
One of Fordham University's digital collections. Provides access to digitized resources about the Hudson River.
A site dedicated to exploring America's Dutch Heritage. Includes "Teacher Resources"
Old Fulton New York Post Cards
Millions of digitized newspaper pages.
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) - curriculum focused on analyzing online information
ISTE - Digital Citizenship for educators
DigCit Commit - DigCitCommit is a proactive approach to prepare students to solve problems and become a force for good.
Be Internet Awesome (Interland) - for younger grades but interesting to look at
I Keep Safe - family digicit
Civic Online Reasoning
Civic Online Reasoning
Before sharing, or using information, ask yourself 3 questions.
1) Who's behind the information?
2) What's the evidence?
3) What do other sources say?
Here are some links to online Fact Checker Sites.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
AllSides - We expose people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other. Our balanced news coverage, media bias ratings, civil dialogue opportunities, and technology platform are available for everyone and can be integrated by schools, nonprofits, media companies, and more.
Accuracy in Media - Accuracy in Media is a citizens’ media watchdog whose mission is to promote accuracy, fairness and balance in news reporting. AIM exposes politically motivated media bias; teaches consumers to think critically about their news sources; and holds the mainstream press accountable for its misreporting.
Fact Check - nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
Politifact - nonpartisan fact-checking website to sort out the truth in American politics. PolitiFact was created by the Tampa Bay Times, a Florida newspaper, in 2007. In 2018, PolitiFact was acquired by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists.
News Literacy Project - The Sift (weekly newsletter)
NPR Fact Check - special series of political fact checks
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