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Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryed
ucation.com//search/pa
ge/k-5/socialstudies/-/-/index.cfm?
campaign=flyout_teach
ers_k5_ss
findingDulcinea
http://www.findingdulc
inea.com/guides/Educat
ion/Elementary-SchoolSocial-Studies.html
This site can help set a foundation for lesson plans, especially those
focusing on history, geography or economics. This source also has
additional resources that can be integrated to enhance those lessons. I
would teach some of these lesson plans in my classroom. In addition I
could use portions of them and incorporate them into my practices.
Share My Lesson
http://www.sharemyles
son.com/earlyelementary-socialstudies-teachingresources/
Resources including
worksheets and games
across a variety of Social
Studies content including
current events, economics,
government, geography,
history and archaeology.
Resources including
activities, worksheets,
games, lesson plans,
flashcards, puzzles, posters,
assessments and other ideas
for students grades K-2.
The Cornerstone
http://thecornerstonefor
teachers.com/freeresources/contentareas/social-studies
This site can help set a foundation for lesson plans, especially those
focusing on civics, economics, geography or history. This source also
has additional resources that can be integrated to enhance those
lessons. I would navigate through the highly rated resources and most
recently added resources to bring them into my teaching. There are
also several interactives and presentations that would add onto my
current practices.
This resource offers a variety of free resources including books,
videos, printable, podcasts and blogs with ways to bring fun into your
Social Studies content block. This site has readily accessible
techniques for the classroom such as what would you do activities,
word wall ideas, visual discovery lessons, art projects and experiential
exercises.
iCivics
https://www.icivics.org
This resource has free printand-go lesson plans, awardwinning games, and digital
interactives to help students
learn civics. iCivics
curriculum is grouped into
topical units that align to
state and Common Core
standards.
iCivics games place students in different civic roles and give them
agency to address real-world problems and issues. They are rooted in
clear learning objectives and integrated with lesson plans and support
materials. The tools offered are aimed to help achieve to expand
students learning experience through interactive educational games.
Games offered include Crisis of a Nation, Do I have a Right, Bill of
Rights Edition, Branches of Power, Cast Your Vote and County Quest.
This site can help set a foundation for lesson plans, especially those
focusing on ancient history, word history and American history. This
source also has additional resources that can be integrated to enhance
those lessons. I would teach some of these lesson plans in my
classroom. In addition, I could use portions of them and incorporate
them into my practices.
Teaching Resources
http://www.lauracandle
r.com/filecabinet/social
studies.php
A collection of printables,
games, and activities for
upper elementary school
students grades 3-6.
This site is rich with ideas that can help add on to your lessons with
direct links to access the materials needed. There are several blank
printables, project suggestions, books to preview, maps, timeline
activities and geography resources. I personally am interested to
explore the constitution day section and play the stock market game;
both with addition resources to provide extension. Another benefit of
this source is its connection to literacy. For each activity, there are
suggestions of books to support what is being taught.
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Technology
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Purely Paperless
http://www.purelypaper
less.com
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Teach Thought
http://www.teachthoug
ht.com/category/techno
logy/
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alternatives to YouTube,
creating blogs and websites
and video creation lessons.
A source for regular updates
on the latest educational
technology news & reviews.
Also has a growing library
of lesson plans and
resources to help classroom
teachers integrate
technology across the
curriculum.
A blog with tech tools for
the classroom. This site
explores frequently used
technology tools in schools
and breaks them down for
users.
Purely Paperless posts include links to apps that you can bring into the
classroom. Some fun features are the tech Tuesday posts and things
you may also like section that connects various tools. Each blog
contains pictures and videos for easy understanding. There are also
links to trainings for blogging in the classroom, digital assessment
tools, and incorporating technology in informational writing. And a
large portion of the blog is dedicated to learning and exploring
Evernote.
iLearn Technology
http://ilearntechnology.
com
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Teachers as Technology
Trailblazers
http://www.kristenswan
son.org
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This award-winning
resource blog is put out by a
group of technology
teachers who provide free
materials, advice, lesson
plans, pedagogical
conversation and website
reviews to others.
Social Studies/Technology
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Classroom Aid
http://classroomaid.com/educationalresources/social-study/
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History Tech
https://historytech.word
press.com
Art
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Teacher Tap
http://eduscapes.com/ta
p/tapart.html
This blog provides teachers with stepby-step guidance in how to instruct and
develop, without overwhelming or
dampening, the artist inside every child.
It is very easy to follow the lesson and
can be organized by age group or
materials needed for the art project. Each
blog also has pictures of students work
to see the desired creation, and gives you
an idea of how long it would take to
complete.
It has several sites that are organized for
educators and students in a way that is
easy to operate. It also offers additional
resources covering a wide-range of
specified fine arts topics.
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A special collection of
This site provides direct access to internet sources for fine arts that can
be integrated to enhance content lessons. There are links to
professional organizations, standards and materials, starting points, as
well as resources for teachers, young adults, and children. I would
further explore the links offered including the patterns starting point
and KinderArt, which has lots of art activities and lessons for kids.
A wide array of web-based resources for K-12 teachers. These include
Association
http://www.arteducator
s.org/learning/lessonplanning
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Teacher Vision
https://www.teachervisi
on.com/art/teacherresources/6681.html
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Annenberg Learner
http://www.learner.org/
resources/series165.ht
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Music
The programs in this video library show classroom teachers and arts
specialists using the arts in a variety of successful ways. The 14 video
programs filmed in elementary schools around the country along
with a print guide and companion website, serve as a professional
development resource for K-5 teachers seeking new ideas for
integrating the arts into the classroom. In addition to the video series
tabs, there are also lesson plans and interactives to explore.
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Mrs. Miracles
Musicroom
http://www.mrsmiracle
smusicroom.com
There are a lot of great ideas put out on this blog including a lot of fun
and interactive activities and games. Mrs. Miracle also shares blogs she
loves as well as a link to her teachers pay teachers account for physical
resources. With every post there are new ideas shes tried in her
classroom with her successes and difficulties along with links to help.
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Elementary Music
Resources
http://elementarymusicr
esources.blogspot.ca
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Melody Soup
http://melodysoup.blog
spot.com
Something unique about Music with Mrs. Dennis is that she includes
dance and movement into her music lessons along with visual arts.
Doing this would help teachers delve deeper into their musical art
lessons. Within this blog are a lot of great Pinterest boards, which I
have found to be a great teacher tool. Posts I found interesting were the
different rhythmic games, online technologies integrating music, and a
visual aids lesson with photographs and videos. These lessons involve
all types of learners, and are especially mindful of ESOL students.
Another fun game Id try is Guess Who with musical instruments and
the Frozen musical snowman activity. These would be great for student
engagement and to motivate your learners in a new way.
Elementary Music Resources has readily available and easy to prepare
music activities. There are links to SMARTboard files, music
worksheets, music games online, favorite finds and music centers. At
the top there is also a button to a Teachers Pay Teachers site. Special to
this blog are the World Music lessons where student explore music
around the world, which brings in great multi-cultural perspectives.
There are also a variety of holiday lessons that are both traditional and
non-traditional. A game I found that could easily be integrated is the
Rhythm Tic-Tac-Toe played with Legos.
There are several book lists for music teachers along with posts called
the music teachers bookshelf. With interactive read alouds being such
an important element in our practices, this is an easy way to integrate
music into the general education classroom. There are also videos with
useful demonstrations such as Education Through Music. Another
portion of the blog I found help was the classroom organization posts
containing techniques for management tools, roadmaps, checklists,
lesson plans and calendars.