Humanities, Arts, World Languages Specific Resources
Humanities, Arts, World Languages Specific Resources
Jason Reynolds' Grab the Mic Series and Write. Right. Rite. video series
Jason Reynolds (acclaimed and award-winning author and poet) is now entering his third year as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (lucky us)! If you haven't already checked out what he's doing with his ambassadorship, now's the time. His focus has been on helping young people to tell their own stories and find connection and understanding through the sharing of those stories. He's got educator guides and some fun and engaging writing prompts to inspire you and your students.
Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage: Masters of Tradition
This interactive story map allows students to explore the great diversity of cultures, communities, and artistic traditions that enrich the United States. Through abundant photographs, audio, video, short text, and first-person quotes, the story map addresses a variety of key themes, including immigration, migration, identity, heritage, and community. (from ALA best sites)
Incredibly rich and powerful bank of tools and resources for teaching students concepts around information and media literacy. Includes lesson plans, interactive lessons, videos, and more. Free subscription for educators.
From the Council on Foreign Relations: World 101 offers information from independent non-partisan sources about international relations. Explore by region or global era issues - essays, videos, discussion questions, glossaries, and up-to-date reading lists provide comprehensive teaching resources for each module.
The Pulitzer Center offers a wide array of international news stories and reporting - freely accessible on their site. They also provide lesson plans and opportunities for Skype visits and workshops with their reporters.
The New York Times: The Learning Network
The Times has put together a collection of visual thinking strategies exercises, writing prompts, lessons, and more working around articles found in the paper. There's a lot of great stuff to explore here.
Former high school teacher, Betsy Potash offers a wide range of creative ideas for engaging students through literature and art. Check out the curriculum resources on her website, listen to her creative ideas in her podcast, read the blog or connect with other teachers through her Facebook group.
This online tool from the National Archives gives teachers a way to create and build lessons around specific resources in the National Archives.
Sign up for a free educator account and provide your "classroom code" to students. This site provides access to some 40,000 ebooks, audiobooks, and "read-to-me" books. It's a mix of popular titles and "Epic Originals" - even includes about 3,000 books in French, Spanish, and Chinese. Another awesome way to give students options for reading!
This site provides access to book lists, lesson ideas, discussion guides, recordings of author talks and excerpts of audiobooks, videos, book trailers, and much more. Lots of great tools to help you build thoughtful, resource-rich, customized book lists for your classes, and get your students excited about reading.
Students can read simple texts/picture books in English or Spanish or read along in English while listening in a wide range of languages.
A great resource for reading simple e-books (at four different levels of complexity) in a wide range of languages. Filtered search options help you find just what you're looking for.
It isn't the prettiest website, but it offers some fun, simple games and activities to help students practice language and vocabulary in a large number of languages.
Once Upon a Time (https://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/)
Students can read fables, legends, nursery rhymes, and more through this French website.
Databases through the CHS Library:
From Vermont Online Library
Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. (VOL)
Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. (VOL)
Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
From FactCite: The Lincoln Library
These are new to us this fall - see below for information on these four new databases.
Explore countries all over the world with basic statistics and analysis of geography, history, economy, people, flora/fauna, etc.
(FactCite)
DEFINING MOMENTS IN U.S. HISTORY
Articles relating to specific moments and eras in U.S. history - search by era, topic, and more - easily link to additional information/resources.
LibGuides
A host of LibGuides have already been created by the CHS Library staff (past and present), and Ms. Binder's always ready to create some more to support your next unit of study. Just send an email to request this service. You can check out a few examples below, or peruse the entire list of existing LibGuides to see what might be of use to you and your students now.
Students can use their CSD username (firstname.lastname) and password to access tutorials and practices for a range of Humanities skills.