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Political Cartoon KWL Activate Activity
I created a Numbers doc for students to break down objects and symbolism in a political cartoon. The K and W section can be done as an activate activity before a lesson. After the lesson, students ca…
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Native American Indian Heritage Month STEM Challenge
This resource utilizes the Numbers App to guide students through the design thinking process as they work collaboratively to design a colonial-era northeastern Native American shelter using natural r…
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If I Were President...
Why are kids’ silhouettes so cute? This adorable Keynote activity combines the cute silhouette with adorable words from our students. It’s a perfect Presidents' Day project! When our second graders c…
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U.S. Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023 - CBL & Apple Maps.
This year Monday, October 9, marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the United States. I don’t like to let commemoration, recognition or celebration holidays pass without thinking about how to make these …
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Tourism Text Art
I use this activity with my Geography classes — ranging from ages 12-16 years old. Tourism is a central theme to Geography, and a great example of economic and social interaction with our natural lan…
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Wall of Fame or Wall of Shame Persuasive Project (Early European Explorers)
Students should research the history and events involving early European exploration of the New World. Once the research or teaching unit is complete, the students can choose one of the explorers the…
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Elevate Learning with an Interactive Workbook on Animals in War and "Heroes"
Hello fellow teachers! :) I'm excited to share a powerful teaching resource that's been one of my favorite recent projects! I believe it could bring a fresh spark to your teaching approach too. It'…
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Backpacking Through Europe Activity
As a culminating activity for our unit on the continent of Europe, middle school social studies students completed a project where they virtually backpacked through Europe. They created a digital pas…
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Visual Literacy - Looking Closer with Clips
One technique history learners use when analyzing primary sources is to reveal sections of an image before viewing the whole.Clips can augment that technique by focusing the learner on specifics in a…
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Civic Literacy and Video Creation!
For a wonderful integration of student created video and government or civics class content consider the annual C-SPAN StudentCam documentary contest “C-SPAN's annual national video documentary compe…
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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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Enhancing learning using Clips!
I use to think adding tech to a lesson had to be a long process, but now I think and know that I can take a small moment in my lesson and enhance it using tech for my students. My 3rd-grade students …
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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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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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Pages Book to Keynote Animation - Women’s History Month
Previously… I created a sampler postcard book for Women’s History Month.The purpose of the book was to give educators a guide as they created lessons centered around women’s history using Library of …
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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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Geography in the News
Geography is all around us — in both our physical and human worlds. As part of the Irish Secondary School Geography curriculum, students have to engage in two classroom-based assessments (CBAs). The …
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Let's Explore Some Different Cultures
Students will explore different cultures and examples of what makes up a culture. Using the Keynote Template, they will give background information to the country they are researching and then differ…
