Embedded Files
MCA Links
History Resource Websites
National Archives
Great online INTERACTIVE opportunities for teachers to design their own lessons or borrow from others.
National Archives- Teacher Resources
Featured Activities, Professional Development, Featured Resource, Lesson Plans
Library of Congress
* these are great places to go inside this HUGE library of information
LOC-Digital Collections
Primary Sources Organized by topics
lead you to sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States History
Presentations & Activities- For Teachers
Presentations look across the American Memory collections to investigate curricular themes.
They include historical background, helping to tell the story behind the theme.
Search your states standards to see what lessons & materials are ready to be used
Teaching Primary Sources- Ways to get more training to use the LOC website
My friend from Katie from Kentucky worked in collaboration with College of William & Mary School of Education, the University of Kentucky College of Education,and the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program to help create these great organized lessons.
Other Great History Links
Great links to learn about how to integrate current event stories into our history topics. Great Cartoon Editorial section!
Use clips to talk about topics in class- GREAT for 5th & 6th Graders! Computer reinactments & footage of some great American History Topics
NEW by MNHS. Collection of historical pictures & explains what they are. Pretty cool!
Great Website that goes with the current exhibit. It has a great timeline.
MNHS has created important events in MN History. What is unique is that it is broken down in what has happened in years ago rather than by particular date. The timeline is chronological dating back 500 years!
Webquests for free via Verizon Foundation
These interactive movies & activities enhance any lesson. *Need subscription for some of them.
Discovery Education(United Streaming)
Great clips of educational movies. Watch the whole movie or just a snippet. I love to integrate them into my textbook as we read about topics. *Need a subscription.
Many different activities, lesson plans, & worksheets that help improve all curriculum areas. I especially love the Geography A-Z, Everyday Edits, Internet Scavenger Hunts, & Reader's Theater.
This classroom website helps guide kids & gives help to teachers who are interested in using this program in their classroom.
YouTube Fun Videos
Youtube Videos that are parodies of more popular songs that focus on historical topics
These aired on ABC during cartoons back a number of years ago. They are a funny clips that focus on a number of classroom happenings and topics.
iPad/ iPod Apps
LOTS of great ideas of how to use iPads & iPods
Over 1300 apps for educators
Great tutorials and help of how to use them in the classroom
Hawley-Wood Productions
This is our archives of iMovies from the past. We are looking at adding a few more!
Projects Done By Mrs. Tjaden
Used as a classroom project (curriculum) & also as after school enrichment program.
Applications: Google Docs, Websites, Weebly, iMovie, The Print Shop
American Crossroads Teaching American History Grant- Soldier's Heart Lesson Plan
This has less technology, but uses primary sources & integrates social studies and language arts.
Civil War: Reporting from Beyond the Frontline
This two day lesson was created for the Ford's Theater Civil War Teacher's Fellow. It focuses on the emotions of our nation after Lee surrenders and and then again after Lincoln is shot. Students use interactive notebooks to record their observations & feelings of the time as reporters. A Pinterest Board was created to show all sources used.
Webquest by Jen Tjaden
We researched, wrote scripts, filmed, then edited our own documentaries.
Link to examples- old website!
Applications: iMovie, Flip Camera, Internet
Minnesota Commercials- Webquest
Students mailed letters, emailed, researched, & collected information on cities around the state of Minnesota. Then they wrote the script & used still photos in iMovie trying to persuade people to visit their town. We worked in groups of 2 - 3.
(When we transitioned websites to a unified district one it was not kept online... if you are interested in more details email me!)
Applications: iMovie, PowerPoint, Internet
Students wrote their own "how to" writings in class. This was done without technology. Then they planned pictures and illustrated each step using Kid Pix. Then we converted pictures into JPGS and added them to iMovie. Students recorded their voice and added garage band.
Students used their voice expression & reader's theater voices to record these podcasts. We worked as larger groups and I had another helper take groups out to record in our "studio".
Link to Picasa!
Students make boards, working on skills of presentation, font color, size, etc. Work on incorporating all literary needs to meet standards. Great evaluation as well as sharing books that they love!
Google Presentations- Roman Gods & Famous World Locations- Roman Colloseum
Students researched and worked on the presentation that is very much like Powerpoint. Accessible anywhere! Students working in groups were able to contribute as well...no flash drives to take home!
Also as a way to present information....can work on anywhere!
Art Projects- The Scream
Recently we talked about the artist Edvard Munch. I created a Docs presentation, we took pictures of the kids as "the scream" and created their background with the medium of chalk. Then later students used "Doozla" in their tech class to recreate their art. Free Mac Download!
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