VIBE Teacher Edition May/June

Shore Regional High School

May/June 2011

William J. Valenti Educational Media

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FLASHCARD FLASH-A FLASHCARD SEARCH ENGINE http://www.flashcardflash.com Flashcard Flash is a neat little search engine designed with only one purpose in mind– to help you efficiently locate sets of publically shared flashcards. It searches 27 flashcard services to find flashcard sets that matches your

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Art/Music Go On a Virtual Art Scavenger Hunt in the Google Art Project http://www.googleartproject.com/ ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

English Hemingway Animated - The Old Man and the Sea http://widget6.linkwithin.com/redirect?url=http%3A//www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/hemingway‐animated‐ old‐man‐and‐sea.html&vars=%5B%22http%3A//www.freetech4teachers.com/search%3Fupdated‐max%3D2012‐04 ‐12T09%3A14%3A00‐04%3A00%26max‐results%3D5%26start%3D15%26by‐date%3Dfalse%22%2C%20400417% 2C%201%2C%20%22http%3A//www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/old‐man‐river‐project‐web‐series.html%22% 2C%20211271649%2C%201%2C%20209306111%5D&ts=1334669307637 ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner - A New Yale Open Course Open Culture I learned about a new open course from Yale titled Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner.

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner is a 25 lecture course in American Studies. The course can be found on Yale's website, on YouTube, and oniTunes.

Hemingway, Fitzergerald, and Faulkner is one of six new courses recently added to Yale's Open Course catalog.

In all there are now 42 full courses inYale's Open Course catalog. ~From Free Technology for Teachers

12 Animated Plays by William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet and More http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/12_animated_plays_by_william_shakespeare_macbeth_julius_caesar_romeo_juliet_and_ more.html ~From Open Culture

Acclaimed BBC Production ofHamlet, Starring David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Patrick Stewart (Star Trek) http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/acclaimed_bbc_production_of_ihamleti_starring_david_tennant_idoctor_whoi_and_patri

ck_stewart_istar_treki.html ~From Open Culture

Alfred Hitchcock Adapts Joseph Conrad’s Novel of Terrorism inSabotage (1936) http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/alfred_hitchcock_adapts_joseph_conrads_novel_of_terrorism_in_isabotagei_1936. html ~From Open Culture

Resume Generator Grades 9 – 12 | Student Interactive http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/resume-generator-30808.html

This tool guides students through the creation of a resume that can be saved and edited. Written and audio tips provide extra support. ~ From Thinkfinity

The Passion of Punctuation Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/passion-punctuation-30809.html Using published writers’ texts and students’ own writing, this unit explores emotions that are associated with the artful and deliberate use of commas, semicolons, colons, and exclamation points (end-stop marks of punctuation). ~ From Thinkfinity

Many Years Later: Responding to Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” Students analyze the literary features of Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” and then imagine themselves as one of the characters in the poem many years in the future. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/many-years-later-responding-1030.html ~ From Thinkfinity

Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/finding-poetry-prose-reading1034.html After reading several poems that expand the definition of love poetry, students compose found poems based on a personal memoir—either their own or a love story of another writer. ~ From Thinkfinity

Lesson 3: Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Searching for Women & Identity in Chopin's The Awakening http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/kate-chopins-awakening-searching-women-identity-chopins-awakening

9 - 12 | Lesson In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine how gender roles in nineteenthcentury America affect the choices made by the... ~ From Thinkfinity

It’s My Life: Multimodal Autobiography Project http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/life-multimodal-autobiography-project-1051.html

In this unit, students write autobiographies, illustrate them, and set them to music. Music is a powerful tool

to evoke emotion, and students will carefully select songs to accompany the stories from their lives. Students brainstorm lists of important events in their lives, along with images and music that represent those events. They then create storyboards in preparation for the final PowerPoint project. After making revisions, they present their final projects to their peers in class. If PowerPoint is unavailable, students might create posters and play soundtracks using cassette or CD players. ~ From Thinkfinity

Symmetry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/symmetry-sir-gawain-and-green-knight

9 - 12 | Lesson In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students study the medieval epic, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." In addition to exploring the poem's... ~ From Thinkfinity

Decoding the Dystopian Characteristics of Macintosh’s “1984” Commercial http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/decoding-dystopian-characteristics-macintosh-933.html

9 - 12 | Lesson This lesson uses the “1984” Macintosh Commercial to introduce students to dystopian characteristics. Students analyze techniques used in the commercial and... ~From Thinkfinity

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Profiles in Courage http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/harper-lees-kill-mockingbird-profiles-courage

9 - 12 | Lesson In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students read Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" carefully with an eye for all... ~From Thinkfinity

Exploring Arthurian Legend http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/exploring-arthurian-legend

9 - 12 | Lesson In this lesson from EDSITEment, students examine the historical origins of the Arthurian legend. Students gain insight into the use of literature as... ~ From Thinkfinity

Love of War in Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” 9 - 12 | Lesson http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/love-brien-tell-true-1012.html Students explore the theme of love of war through texts on camaraderie among soldiers. They then compose a visual collage depicting their beliefs about the... ~ From Thinkfinity

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: 'You Kiss by the Book' http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet-you-kiss-book

9 - 12 | Lesson This lesson, from EDSITEment, complements study of plot and characterization in "Romeo and Juliet" by focusing on Shakespeare's use of lyric... ~ From Thinkfinity

Nine Shel Silverstein Stories Animated http://www.youtube.com/user/ShelSilversteinBooks

The videos can be found on the Shel Silverstein Books channel on YouTube. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Archive of Hemingway’s Newspaper Reporting Reveals Novelist in the Making http://ehto.thestar.com/

After returning from World War I, Ernest Hemingway moved to Toronto and began writing for the Toronto Star. He worked there from 1920 to 1924 and some 70 of his articles have been archived online in an attractive new website, the Hemingway Papers ~ Open Culture

Road to Grammar - Hundreds of Grammar Practice Quizzes http://www.roadtogrammar.com/

Road to Grammar will find more than 300 grammar quizzes on the site. Each quiz provides instant feedback and notes to explain why an answer is correct or incorrect. Before taking the quizzes visitors can work through a dozen practice activities and five practice games. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Faculty Teaching Mom Twitter http://www.jhische.com/twitter/

Mom, This Is How Twitter Works is an excellent explanation with visuals and text of how Twitter works. The post, written by Jessica Hische, explains everything you need to know about Twitter. Want to know what a reTweet is?

That's covered. Do you want to know which things on your timeline can or can't be seen by others? That's explained. And just how does Twitter compare to Facebook? Jessica has that covered too. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Google Docs for Teachers - A Free eBook

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/google-docs-for-teachers-free-ebook.html ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

3D Toad - 3D 360 Degree Educational Images http://www.3dtoad.com/index.php 3D Toad is a nice site that hosts images that viewers can zoom-in on and rotate 360 degrees. The site is designed to provide educators and students with images that are useful for instruction. In the galleries of images include history, geology, chemistry, skeletons, fossils, and more ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Storyline Online - Actors Reading Stories to Children http://www.storylineonline.net/ Storyline Online is a collection of video recordings of children's stories being read by notable actors and actresses.

Each video has a short introduction by the actor before transitioning to the reading of the story. Students can follow along with the pictures and words of each story. Along with each video you will find a set of online and offline activities to support your use of each story in your classroom. ~From Free Technology for Teachers

2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners http://www.pulitzer.org/node/8501

Includes descriptions of and citations to the work the winners and finalists are being honored for, but no direct links. ~ From Mary Laine

How to Print Posters Using a Standard Printer http://www.blockposters.com/ Block Posters is a web-based tool to which you can upload a high quality graphic then divide it into letter-sized chunks for printing. Print out each section and put them together on a poster board to make your own poster. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

TED on the Radio http://blog.ted.com/2012/04/16/ted-radio-hour-brings-great-ideas-to-npr-stations-premiereapril-27/ This week I learned that TED is coming the radio in the form of the TED Radio Hour on National Public Radio.

The announcement from TED says that the new show will start on April 27, but it did not specify the time. Hopefully, that news will be available soon. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Wappwolf - Drag Files to Dropbox and Automatically Convert Them To Multiple Formats http://wappwolf.com/ Applications for Education For teachers and students who use multiple devices and need to be able to access their files in a variety of formats, Wappwolf could be a fantastic tool to use in conjunction with Dropbox. Have a series of audio recordings from your students that need to be converted for use in multimedia projects? Upload them through Wappwolf and they'll be automatically converted in the file format of your choice. Have a series of documents that you want students to be able to read on their iPads, but don't have them in ePub format? Upload them through Wappwolf and have them all converted for you. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Send to Kindle Now Available for Mac Users http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000719931&tag=gmgamzn-20 Send to Kindle is now available for Mac users too. Send to Kindle allows you to send documents from your computer to your Kindle or another device, such as an iPad, that has a Kindle app installed. With Send to Kindle installed you can drag and drop a document from your Mac to your Kindle and it will transfer wirelessly to your Kindle device. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Holy Fonts, Batman! Google Docs Gets 450+ New Fonts http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/05/april-in-review-new-fonts-galore-and.html According to their latest product blog post Google Docs, which is now a part of Google Drive, now has more than 450 fonts available to all users. To access all of these new fonts select "add fonts" from the bottom of the font selection menu that you've always used. Selecting "add fonts" will open up a new menu in which you can mix and match fonts to your heart's content. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

HGTV - Decorating, Home Improvement, Landscaping Ideas... http://www.hgtv.com/ I've noticed that since the real estate market has gone downhill, a lot of people seem to

have opted for remodeling and updating the homes they already own, so this may be a good time to explore HGTV's wealth of ideas and advice on how to decorate, add decks or patios, do kitchen makeovers, start a gardening project, etc. You can get design ideas from the videos, photos and episodes of HGTV shows, and step-by-step guides on how to carry out your projects. ~ From Mary Laine

Lit2Go’s 200 Free (and Teacher-Friendly) Audio Books: Ready for Downloads http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/lit2gos_200_free_and_teacher-friendly_audio_books_.html

From fairy tales to The Iliad (Web - iTunes), Lit2Go organizes more than 200 titles by author and genre (adventure, gothic, history, science fiction) with clear genre descriptions and plot summaries for young readers.

The look and feel of the site’s beta version is user-friendly and library-like, with typewriter fonts and illustrations making it a pleasure to browse. There are a few small kinks to be worked out however, so teachers interested in downloading supplemental materials should opt for the original site. ~ From Open Culture

Use Map a List for a Classroom Genealogy Project http://mapalist.com/

Map a List which turn Google Spreadsheet information into Google Maps placemarks. The finished product is a Google Map of the information you've selected from your Google Spreadsheets. Applications for Education Map a List could be a neat tool to use for a classroom genealogy project. Create a spreadsheet form into which students enter information about where their ancestors came from. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Icon Bug - Free Icons and Clip Art http://iconbug.com/

Icon Bug is a collection of more than 10,000 icons and pieces of clip art that can be downloaded and re-used for free.

The Icon Bug search engine allows you to search by keyword, browse popular icon categories, and refine searches according to icon size. Registered users can upload their own icons to contribute to the gallery. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Spreaker - Create and Broadcast Live Podcasts http://www.spreaker.com/

Spreaker is a service for creating podcasts and broadcasting them to the world as live or recorded productions. If you want to simultaneously broadcast live and record your podcast for re-release later, you can do that too. The Spreaker virtual mixing board provides tools for mixing in buffer music and editing voices. The video below provides a brief introduction to Spreaker. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

10 Things You Should Do Immediately After Losing Your Wallet - Wise Bread http://www.wisebread.com/10-things-you-should-do-immediately-after-losing-your-wallet One of the few things scarier than realizing your wallet is gone is realizing what its finder might do with it. It helps to have a checklist like this at hand to make sure you don't forget to do something important - and to remind you about what you should do before

that ever happens to you. ~ From Mary Laine Top 10 Highly Desired Skills You Can Teach Yourself - Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5905835/top-10-highly+desired-skills-you-can-teach-yourself Lifehacker has been showing people various skills for a long time, and in this article, refers you to past articles about how to repair just about anything, pick up just about any subject you missed in college, play a new instrument, cook like a pro, become fluent in a new language, and more. ~ From Mary Laine

Easily Create Infographics with Easel.ly http://easel.ly/

Easel.ly is a great tool for creating infographics that I learned about from Larry Ferlazzo. Easel.ly provides a canvas on which you can build your own infographic by dragging and dropping pre-made design elements. You can use a blank canvas or build upon one of Easel.ly's themes. If Easel.ly doesn't have enough pre-made elements for you, you can upload your own graphics to include in your infographic. Your completed infographic can be exported and saved as PNG, JPG, PDG, and SVG files. Watch the video below for an overview of Easel.ly. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

BBQ Recipes - Food Network http://www.foodnetwork.com/grilling-central-barbecue/package/index.html The Food Network provides over 400 BBQ recipes for burgers, hot dogs, chicken, and healthy summer meals, as well as menus, how-to videos, and guides to side dishes, desserts, and ummer parties. ~ From Mary Laine Student Web 2.0 Collaboration Rubric http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/collaboration+rubric.pdf ...Andrew Churches provides us with a rubric to measure the depth and breadth of collaboration and communication by students when they are using a collaborative too ~ From Kathy Schrock

Guidance Paying for College Cost Comparison Worksheet - CFPB http://www.consumerfinance.gov/payingforcollege/costcomparison/ Enter up to three universities you're considering, and it will supply for each the sticker price for first year, average grants and scholarships, total borrowing, estimated debt after school, and comparative debt burden. ~ From Mary Laine

Home Economics 100 Greatest Cooking Tips of All Time - Food Network http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/100-greatest-cooking-tips-of-all-time/index.html When Food Network Magazine asked top chefs across the country for their best advice,

here's what they got. Some are surprising, and some so obvious, like reading the entire recipe before you begin, it's embarrassing how often we forget to do them. ~ From Mary Laine Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - All Videos - PBS http://pbskids.org/rogers/videos/index.html The entire series, much beloved by children, is available here. You can browse the episode guide, or look for the field trips and how people make things episodes. ~ From Mary Laine

Would You Eat That? Learn What Is In Your Food http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/you/the-exhibit/your-appetite/wouldyou-eat-that/ The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago recently released a new game designed to promote awareness of the ingredients in common foods. Would You Eat That? presents a food and a list of ten ingredients that you might not expect to find in that food. To play the game you have to correctly identify which four of those ten ingredients is in your food ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Eat Different Encourages Healthy Habits http://www.eatdifferent.com/welcome Eat Different is a service that aims to help people change their eating habits. The basic premise of the site is to provide a place for users to track their eating habits and receive reminders about their new diet and exercise habits.

There is an optional community aspect to Eat Different that allows you to invite others to encourage you as well has have conversations with people who are also trying to change their habits. Free Android and iPhone apps are available to use to record your daily habits. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Librarianship Pew Internet Libraries http://libraries.pewinternet.org/ The invaluable Pew Research Center plans to publish "a series of reports examining technology adoption and use in libraries, patrons’ expectations, the “library of the future,” and how libraries fit into people’s lives in all sorts of ways." The currently featured report is on the rise of e-reading. ~ From Mary Laine

QR Codes Explained and Ideas for Classroom Use http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/qr‐codes‐explained‐and‐ideas‐for.html ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners http://www.pulitzer.org/node/8501 Includes descriptions of and citations to the work the winners and finalists are being honored for, but no direct links.

~ From Mary Laine

Math

Seven YouTube Channels Not Named Khan Offering Math Lessons WowMath.org is developed by high school mathematics teacher Bradley Robb. His YouTube channel has more than six hundred videos covering topics in Algebra and Calculus. You can access the videos on a mobile version of WowMath too.

Numberphile is a neat YouTube channel about fun number facts. There are currently thirty-three videos in the Numberphile collection. The videos cover things like 998,001 and its Mysterious Recurring Decimals, Pi and Bouncing Balls, and 1 and Prime Numbers. I've embedded Pi and Bouncing Balls below.

Bright Storm is an online tutoring service. On their YouTube channel Bright Storm provides hundreds of videos for Algebra I, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Precalculus, and Calculus. Bright Storm also offers some SAT and ACT prep videos.

Ten Marks is another online tutoring service that offers mathematics tutorial videos on their site as well as on their YouTube channel. Some of the lessons in their playlists include lessons on units of measurement, decimals, fractions, probability, area and perimeter, and factoring.

Math Class With Mr. V features seven playlists made by a mathematics teacher teaching lessons on basic mathematics, geometry, and algebra. In all there are more than 300 video lessons. Like most mathematics tutorials on YouTube, Math Class With Mr. V uses a whiteboard to demonstrate how to solve problems.

The Open University is one of my go-to YouTube channel for all things academic. A quick search on The Open University reveals seven playliststhat include lessons in mathematics. The lessons that you will find in these playlists are more theoretical than they are "how to" lessons.

Yay Math! features an excited teacher teaching mathematics lessons to his students. The videos capture just the teacher and his whiteboard with some feedback from students. The videos cover topics in Algebra and Geometry.

You can check out the Yay Math! companion website to learn more about Robert Ahdoot, the teacher featured in the videos. ~ All of the above resources from Free Technology for Teachers Math in the Media: Television Program Ratings http://www.frankwbaker.com/mathintroduction.htm ...a math unit dealing with the television ratings systems; it includes six activities and links to articles and additional resources about ratings ~ From Kathy Schrock Mobilizing Minds: Teaching Science and Math in the Age of Sputnik http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=535 In this online exhibition, students learn how fear of Soviet domination galvanized reform in science and math education during the 1950's and 60's.

History Explorer | Resource | 9-12

Car Talk Puzzlers as Math Challenges http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/UuiPYbHn2Kw/car-talk-puzzlers-as-math-challenges.html

Car Talk Puzzlers could make great little classroom activities to get students thinking about math and language in a format that is a little different than standard textbook examples. Click here to access sixteen years of Puzzlers and their answers. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

ALGEBRATOR http://www.algebra-help.com/ Algebrator is a wonderful Mac/Win app for solving & teaching algebra problems. This is done w/ a very intuitive and easy to follow user interface. I love the way a user can enter their problem and click the solve step button that visually shows how to solve each portion of the problem.

There are many features of Algebrator to like such as: It solves any problem from your textbook It gives you all the steps, not just the solutions - just like a teacher!

Algebrator is your personal 24/7 math tutor that costs less than one hour of live tutoring When you don't understand a step, it gives you an explanation You get the homework done in minutes, and learn algebra And so much more!!!!

Physical Education Baseball Heroes http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7870/preview/ Identify the nature of heroism from examples of classical and modern heroes and examine the lives of major league baseball players who might be considered heroes. Analyze the heroic qualities of a character from the "Baseball" series.

A Must-See Video for Teen Drivers http://ryd.be/en/index.php

Responsible Young Drivers, a Belgium-based organization, recently released a video that I think all teen drivers should watch. In the video teens are put into cars on test courses and told to text various phrases while navigating the course. None of them can do it. Their reactions are worth noting too. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Science The Physics Classroom http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

The Physics Classroom is a great resource for high school Physics teachers and high school Physics students. The Physics Classroom was developed by Tom Henderson, a high school physics teacher since 1989. The Physics Classroom offers detailed tutorials on thirteen different physics topics including waves, electricity, Newton's laws, and vectors. In addition to the written tutorials, The Physics Classroom also offers more than 50 animationsand 6 videos demonstrating physics concepts. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Ocean Tracks - Track and View Marine Animals in 3D http://www.oceantracks.csiro.au/index.html

Ocean Tracks is an Australian website on which students can view the tracks of marine animals in an online 3D environment. The "tracks" part of Ocean Tracks shows you where in the world tagged animals are swimming or have swum. Ocean Tracks uses the Unity browser plug-in to provide animations of the underwater views of tracked animals. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

How To Read Science News - Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/how-to-read-science-news.html

This, and the linked original article it's reporting on, should be a basic part of your information evaluation toolkit, because much of the science reporting in standard news media is seriously flawed. ~ From Mary Laine MIT & Khan Academy Team Up to Develop Science Videos for Kids. Includes The Physics of Unicycling http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/mit_khan_academy_team_up_to_develop_science_videos_for_kids.html

MIT is teaming up with Khan Academy (whose founder went to MIT and will deliver MIT’s commencement speech this spring), and together they will produce ”short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering” for K12 students. The videos will be produced by MIT’s ever-so-creative students themselves and then be made available through a dedicated MIT website and YouTube channel. ~ From Open Culture

Social Studies Four Short Videos on the Origins of World War I http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/four‐short‐videos‐on‐origins‐of‐world.html ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Humanline - Thousands of Historic Images http://www.humanline.com/

Humanline is a nice resource for locating historic images. Humanline's galleries are arranged according to topic.

You can browse the collections according to topic or search the collections by keyword. The topics are architecture, archeology, history, anthropology, people, lifestyle, religion, and engineering. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Europeana 1914-1918 - Your family history of World War One http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/browse This project has already collected a lot of personal stories and memorabilia about World War I, and invites users to add their own postcards, letters, diaries, and stories to the site. ~ From Mary Laine Five Resources for Learning About North Korea

The Primary Difference Between North Korea and South Korea Life Inside North Korea North Korea v. South Korea Incidence Map North Korea's Military Parade in Slow Motion Music from North Korea and Around the World ~ From Free Technology for Teachers History Engine - Explore Stories of American Life http://historyengine.richmond.edu/pages/home

History Engine is an educational project developed by The University of Richmond for the purpose of giving students a place to explore stories of American life and publish their own stories based upon their research. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

The Greensboro Lunch Counter http://www.objectofhistory.org/objects/intro/lunchcounter/

9 - 12 | Interactive | Activity | Lesson | Primary Source This object-based learning activity revolves around the Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter that was the site of a sit-in strike by four African-American... ~ From Thinkfinity

An Interactive Timeline of Immigration to the U.S http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/index.htm?

Scholastic recently released a fantastic newinteractive timeline of immigration to the United States. The timeline is divided into five eras; A New Land, Expanding America, The American Dream, A Place of Refuge, and Building a Modern America. Within each era there are multiple sub-sections that students can explore. In each sub-section students will find captioned images and videos that explain the significance of each era in immigration ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Film Story - A Directory of Films About Countries and Historic Eras

http://www.filmstory.org/ Film Story is a directory of films that is organized by era and country. You can click on the map to find films about countries. To find films about eras in world history, you can search by era or subject in history. Film Story is just a directory, it does not host the films. You'll have to search the web for copies of the films. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Home For History http://www.gilderlehrman.org The Gilder Lehrman Institute has launched “A Home For History”. It is a comprehensive and interactive des‐ tination for American history online. ~ From NJEA May 2012

The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About U.S. History. http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/06/08/the‐best‐websites‐for‐teaching‐learning‐about‐us‐history/

World Language ItalianPod.com A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Italian on your own terms. http://italianpod.com/ ~ From Open Culture

Play Caesar: Travel Ancient Rome with Stanford’s Interactive Map http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/travel_ancient_rome_with_stanfords_interactive_map_.html

Scholars of ancient history and IT experts at Stanford University have collaborated to create a novel way to study Ancient Rome. ORBIS, a geospatial network model, allows visitors to experience the strategy behind travel in antiquity. (Find a handy tutorial for using the system on the Web and YouTube). The ORBIS map includes about 750 mostly urban settlements of the Roman period. Users of the model can select a point of origin and destination for a

trip and then choose from a number of options to determine either the cheapest, fastest or shortest route. Select river or open sea transport for the cheapest route. Pick road travel by pack animal or wagon for the shortest, but most expensive, trip. In creating ORBIS, historians used ancient maps and records along with modern-day weather information and results from experiments sailing in ancient-style ships to calculate the travel conditions of 2,000 years ago. ~ From Open Culture