The document provides a list of resources for teachers, including curriculum resources and lesson plan databases from universities, as well as websites focused on teaching history and developing students' historical thinking skills. It also includes resources for classroom management, research tools for students, and general teaching tools and sites. The resources cover topics in U.S. and world history and are intended to assist teachers in developing curriculum, lessons, and assessments that engage students in critically examining primary sources and historical narratives.
The document provides a list of resources for teachers, including curriculum resources and lesson plan databases from universities, as well as websites focused on teaching history and developing students' historical thinking skills. It also includes resources for classroom management, research tools for students, and general teaching tools and sites. The resources cover topics in U.S. and world history and are intended to assist teachers in developing curriculum, lessons, and assessments that engage students in critically examining primary sources and historical narratives.
The document provides a list of resources for teachers, including curriculum resources and lesson plan databases from universities, as well as websites focused on teaching history and developing students' historical thinking skills. It also includes resources for classroom management, research tools for students, and general teaching tools and sites. The resources cover topics in U.S. and world history and are intended to assist teachers in developing curriculum, lessons, and assessments that engage students in critically examining primary sources and historical narratives.
The document provides a list of resources for teachers, including curriculum resources and lesson plan databases from universities, as well as websites focused on teaching history and developing students' historical thinking skills. It also includes resources for classroom management, research tools for students, and general teaching tools and sites. The resources cover topics in U.S. and world history and are intended to assist teachers in developing curriculum, lessons, and assessments that engage students in critically examining primary sources and historical narratives.
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Teacher Toolbox
Curriculum Resources & Lesson Plan Databases:
1. The History Project; University of California, Irvine a. The History Project at UCI is a regional branch of the California History and Social Science Project. This website includes curriculum and teaching resources, professional learning opportunities, resources to teach writing, and historian presentations. 2. UC Berkeley History Social Science Project; University of California, Berkeley a. This is a regional branch of the California History and Social Science Project. This website includes curriculum development resource, a lesson plan database, explanations of upcoming programs, planning templates and more. 3. Stanford History Education Group; Stanford University a. The Stanford History Education Group website includes US History and World History lesson plans developed through the Reading Like a Historian program. Also included are links to other innovative educational resources to assist teachers who are creating curriculum and assessments. 4. Historical Thinking Matters a. Historical Thinking Matters is website focused on key topics in U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives. The site includes Four investigations of central topics from post-civil war U.S. history, with activities that foster historical thinking and encourage students to form reasoned conclusions about the past.1 i. Spanish American War ii. Scopes Trial iii. Social Security iv. Rosa Parks 5. Discovery Education a. The Discovery Education site includes comprehensive standards-based content, formative assessments, and more. 6. Center for History and New Media: History Matters a. The Center for History and New Media produces historical works in new media, tests their effectiveness in the classroom, and reflects critically on the success of new media in historical practice. CHNMs resources include a list of best web sites, links to syllabi and lesson plans, essays on history and new media, and more. This link takes you to their excellent History Matters web site for U.S. History. Go to the Digital Blackboard section for lesson ideas that integrate the Internet. Resources are designed to benefit professional historians, high school teachers, and students of history.2 7. Teaching American History a. This is a wonderful collection of thoughtful and thorough lesson plans and other resources on teaching American history. Each project was created by teachers in 1 2
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Virginia at a Center for History and New Media workshop. All projects include a variety of lesson plans and resources, and some even offer instructional videos on source analysis. The lesson plans cover a range of topics in American history and utilize interesting and engaging sources, activities, discussion questions, and assessments. Take your time browsingthere are many to choose from.3 8. The Library of Congress: Teachers a. The new Library of Congress Teachers page provides tools and resources for using Library of Congress primary source documents in the classroom and include excellent lesson plans, document analysis tools, online and offline activities, timelines, presentations and professional development resources. The Library of Congress American Memory in particular is an outstanding resource for American history and general studies. Included are multimedia collections of photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and digitized text. Use the Teachers section to explore primary set collections and themed resources. Teachers can get updates on new tools, professional development opportunities, and Library programs, events and services.4 9. PBS Teacher Source a. PBS is a great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBSs assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement specific individual television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, a glossary, photos, and links to relevant sites. Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities arranged by topic and grade level and sign up for their newsletter. Categories include American History, World History, History on Television, and Biographies. Some lesson plans require viewing PBS video, but many do not.5 Classroom Management Resources: 1. Remind.com a. Helps keep students stay engaged and on track through the communication platform that does not require an exchange of any personal information. Also allows effective collaboration with parents. 2. Relationship Building Through Culturally Responsive Classroom Management, Edutopia, Todd Finley (2014) a. Hone skills like curiosity, listening, cultural sensitivity, and humor to build rapport and provide all students with equitable opportunities for learning.6 3. 20 Tips for Creating a Safe Learning Environment, Edutopia, Rebecca Alber (Updated 2015) a. Alber provides strategies for creating a safe, open, and community-centered classroom environment.7 4. Strategies for Helping Students Motivate Themselves, Edutopia, Larry Ferlazzo (2015) 3
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a. Motivating students is a critical part of establishing classroom routines. Ferlazzo
explains how using autonomy, competence, relatedness, and relevance as practical classroom strategies can help reinforce the intrinsic motivation that students need for making the most of their learning.8 Research Resources: 1. Diigo, Google Chrome Extension a. This extension allows students to save and tag online resources, annotate those resources, organize links and references, and share research. 2. NoodleTools a. Noodle Tools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with online research. Among its free tools are NoodleQuest, designed to develop the optimum Web-based search strategy for your research topic. Fill in the short form and NoodleTools will suggest a research direction. Furthermore, Choose the Best Search provides helpful search strategies based on an analysis of your topic. In table format, it provides concise but detailed information literacy search strategies. Other free tools include NoodleBib Starter, a free and simplified MLA version for students grades 1-5, ESL, and NoodleLinks, a way to browse bibliographies written by researchers around the world on hundreds of topics.9 General Resources: 1. EdTechTeacher, Best of History Sites a. This site is essential a teacher toolbox for history teachers on steroids. This sites has link to lesson plans, curriculum databases, research sites, and many more. 2. Teachinghistory.org, National History Education Clearinghouse a. This site contains resources and materials for history teachers to improve US history education in the classroom.
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