4th Grade

TEKS & Handbook Alignment – 4^th Grade Texas History

From TSHA Online: A Digital Gateway to Texas History and Resources 4 Educators

From Law-Related Education (Lessons for every grade level)

From NASA for Educators K-4

More Files from the Law-Related Education

TeachingTexas.org provides teachers with easy access to all types of material useful in the teaching of Texas studies. Resources include primary and secondary sources, lesson plans, staff development, apps and interactive websites, museum exhibits and programs, books, and events. The resources found there include TSHA resources as well as many other institutions.

Texas Insights, TSHA's e-newsletter specifically for 4th and 7th grade teachers, pairs with www.TeachingTexas.org and is designed to share opportunities for Texas teachers and students while promoting effective instructional practices. The newsletter is distributed via email in August, October, December, March, and May. To receive this valuable resource or view past issues, simply SUBSCRIBE.

Texas Talks, TSHA webinars from preeminent Texas history scholars and experts that stream live on a bimonthly basis are great resources for teachers for various Texas history topics and content. Click here to view and join the live, interactive webinars.

Teach Using the Handbook of Texas Online

Texas Day by Day - A fun and different way to look at history. Daily "features" drawn from the Handbook of Texas Online highlight important, interesting, or unusual events in Texas history.

Texas History Links - A collection of links to Web sites dealing with Texas history, geography, and culture organized by Dr. Roger Griffin. These links are well-organized and helpful in finding a variety of primary source material.

The Portal to Texas History – This site includes the Texas Digital Newspaper Program.

Texas Almanac – All things Texan.

Newsela - is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject. This site has news articles for grades 2-12 and each article has the ability for teachers to change the reading levels. This site also has quizzes, annotations, and writing prompts. There is also a feature to teach vocabulary in context.

360 Cities - Find high resolution 360° panoramic images and videos.

AirPano is a project created by a team of Russian photographers focused on taking high-resolution aerial 360° photographs and 360° video. Today AirPano is the largest resource in the world -- by geographical coverage, number of aerial photographs, and artistic and technical quality of the images — featuring 360° panoramas and 360° videos of the highest quality shot from a bird's eye view.

BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids

Connect 2 Texas: Video Conferencing from Texas Museums (Some are free and some have fees)

Connect2Texas is a network of Texas-based educational content providers including museums, authors, and cultural, historical and scientific organizations.

These providers utilize interactive videoconferencing to deliver live educational programs and professional development to school children and educators across the country. Bring the scientists, experts, and authors directly to your students without leaving the classroom!

Scholastic Magazine Subscription: Many teachers in our district are having the parents pay for their students subscription of the grade appropriate Scholastic Magazine. Each student gets their own copy and the teacher gets the supplemental materials that go along with the magazine that arrives.

Flocabulary - is a learning program for all grades that uses educational hip-hop music to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum. Teachers at 20,000 schools use Flocabulary’s standards-based videos, instructional activities and student creativity tools to supplement instruction and develop core literacy skills. 2 week free trial