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Educators, we have a story to tell…one for the “history books”
The Library of Congress American Folk Life Centerand StoryCorpshave a call out to participate inthe Covid 19 American History project.One aspect of that project encourages the public (13 yrs +) to sh…
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Lasting Learning with Research & Apple Tools - Bringing Stories into the Light
I found Jew Yeung’sstory the summer I was researching at the National Archives in Washington D.C. with an Apple Distinguished Educator colleague, Mia Morrison. We had the opportunity to be involved i…
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Earth Day Reflections with a History Twist
Schools held some wonderful Earth Day (week and month) activities throughout April. And there are some super Earth Day posts with activities in our Community as well: Early Learners Celebrate Earth…
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Susquenita's Book of Presidents
Susquenita's Book of Presidents was an excellent project that promoted a deep understanding of the executive branch among high school students. This project required 11th graders to research the earl…
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What's Worth Fighting For? A Short Clips Inquiry Provocation
In Term 2 I will be supporting my year 4-5 ESOL ākonga with their Inquiry and Literacy Learning. I decided to use an over arching big question: 'What's Worth Fighting For?' Often our children can no…
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Then And Now - A Photo Research Journey with Apple Maps
I spend a lot of time at the Library of Congress (digitally) as a history educator and as a Mentor in the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Network. It is often a fun explore for learners to resear…
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Design and History - Making a Coffee Table Book
April’s spring break always signals that the end of the school year will arrive quickly and that it is a good time for those end of year reflection activities. History teachers and students who have…
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Dreamtime StoryTelling - Light Box Sand Art with Keynote & Clips
Bring the magic of Keynote animation and Clips filters together to create your very own Light Box Sand Art Story. Here I tell part of the Dreamtime Story ~ Tiddalick the Frog. Imagine the possibili…
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Green Screen Tour Company
This is a fun project that I do frequently, it is fun and easy. The only thing that you will need is a green/blue screen. Just about any bright green will work. I have a green fabric that I bought…
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Art, Analysis & Animation - International Woman’s Day
I love to spark learning lessons with Keynote animations. Example - Animating a poster from the Library of Congress Next, challenge students to create their own art on iPad around this topic (or ot…
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Maps Eyeball Bender
In this I adapted some ideas from the “Everyone Can Create Drawing and Photo” books. I merged some ideas with something I learned in a class I took when earning my Masters. Students demonstrated the…
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Interactive Maps
This is a fun project that I have been doing with my students using Apple Maps and Keynote. It is a great project to get students thinking about geography. This is a project that can be used in Histo…
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Presidential Pages Project
Looking for a cool way to have students be content creators? Take a look at this Book of Presidents my 11th-grade Civics class created. We used pages and wrote about our presidents. Students added au…
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Ordered Card Sort with Keynote
One simple way to use Keynote in your classroom is by creating an ordered card sort for your students to complete! Using Keynote’s light table view, students can easily hold and drag the slides in th…
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Modern Marvels of the 1920's Magazine Cover
I used this in my 10th grade US History Class. I had the following learning objectives Identify inventions of the 1920s, Correctly use advertisements like those of the 1920s, and show impact of the …
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Historical Storysphere
I created this project for my PA History Class but it could be used in many ways!! I would love to hear some of your ideas!! Students demonstrated learning by identifying historical landmarks within …
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Historical Process Organizer
Hey All, Here's a simple Pages template to allow students to think abstractly about the cause and effects of historical events. I've included a sample of how I filled this out with students when stu…
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Bill To Law Process (Adventures of Bill Boy)
Students in Civics recently had to showcase their understanding of how a bill becomes a law. A few of my students came up with the idea to create a comic. They used Sketches Schools, and Pages to cre…
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3D COIN DESIGN CHALLENGE
In PA history we learned about the state quarters program. Students researched the culture of PA and then redesigned what they would have put on our state quarter. Students used Pages to design their…
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Fireworks! - Keynote Builds For a New Year’s Start
Our students finish up first semester exams this week before heading off for a winter break.As we head back to school right after the New Year it might be time to set off some fireworks. If you tea…
