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TimeToast - Teachers and/or students can use the site to create historical timelines of important events. Dipity - Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps. Lesson Plan: Creating and Analyzing Time Lines (ODE)
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National Geographic MapMaker - Customize one-page maps to download, email, print, or share World Mapper - A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest Latitude, Longitude, and Temperature (National Geographic) Students look at lines of latitude and longitude on a world map, predict temperature patterns, and then compare their predictions to actual temperature data on an interactive map. All Over the Map: 10 Ways to Teach About Geography (NY Times) - 10 activities for teaching about geography using NY Times content The World Factbook (CIA) - Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities Social Studies Skills Tutor - Interactive tutorials on geographic literacy, visual literacy, critical thinking, and analyzing information American Indians Complex Societies (C3 Teachers) - This inquiry provides students with an opportunity to evaluate a series of innovations by three complex civilizations— Maya, Aztec, and Inca. Lesson Plan: American Indian Cultural Regions (ODE) - Students will research and compare American Indian cultural regions of North America to investigate how these nations of Indians interacted with their environment in different ways. Introduction to Aztecs (Share My Lesson) - A basic introduction to where the Aztecs were and what sort of things they did. The Incas - Display Posters (Share My Lesson) - Pictures and questions about the Incas Maya, Inca, and Aztec Lesson Plan (Core Knowledge) - An interdisciplinary unit with hands-on students activities MesoAmerican Civilizations (Core Knowledge) - Comprehensive interdisciplinary unit on MesoAmerica Human Geography of the Western Hemisphere Geography of the United States (Core Knowledge) - Thirteen lessons with handouts on the geography of the United States. Location and Place (National Geographic) - Students discuss the meanings of terms location and place and identify whether descriptions are of location or place. Rainforests in the Western Hemisphere (Engage NY) - Common Core-algined unit features a close read of The Most Beautiful Roof in the World (1160L) by Kathryn Lasky Economics Economics Resources for Grades 3-8 Peering into Pie Charts (Scholastic) - In this lesson and activity, students understand how to use and read pie charts. Where Did That Pencil Come From? (EconEdLink) - Students will determine what goods can be produced from physical features such as rivers, lakes, mountains, and plains by looking at maps. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees (EconEdLink) - This lesson introduces students to four ways people get money—they find it, win it, receive it as a gift or earn it. Why Do Nations Trade (CCS) - Students participate in an activity that illustrates how opportunity cost leads to specialization and trade. On the Court...With Michael Jordan (St. Louis Federal Reserve) - In this lesson, students participate in a simulation to learn about choices, alternatives, opportunity cost and human capital. Ten Mile Day (Philadelphia Federal Reserve) - Using the book Ten Mile Day by Mary Ann Fraser, students work in small groups (“work crews”) while participating in a production activity. Students learn about competition, division of labor, and incentives.
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