Here are some low tech and high tech links and examples I've made to make social studies fun in the regular and special education classroom.
Don't lecture the kids to boredom!
Common Craft Videos:
http://www.commoncraft.com/
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/making-videos-in-common-craft-style.html
http://goanimate.com/video-maker-tips/how-to-make-an-explainer-video-using-common-craft-and-goanimate/
Below is an example of student created Common Craft of the Election of 1824.
http://www.commoncraft.com/
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/making-videos-in-common-craft-style.html
http://goanimate.com/video-maker-tips/how-to-make-an-explainer-video-using-common-craft-and-goanimate/
Below is an example of student created Common Craft of the Election of 1824.
Make your images interactive with ThinkLink:
https://www.thinglink.com/
https://www.thinglink.com/
Create cool ideas with images:
http://bighugelabs.com/
Here are some examples I have created for various lessons with the help of Big Huge Labs such as trading cards, id badge, and cube games.
http://bighugelabs.com/
Here are some examples I have created for various lessons with the help of Big Huge Labs such as trading cards, id badge, and cube games.
Primary Sources:
Primary sources are important to use in any and or every social studies lesson because they increase student engagement and higher level thinking.
http://docsteach.org/
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/resources/Primary_Source_Analysis_Tool.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/index.php
Thanks to Mr. Taft for creating the lesson below. We were assigned as either "mommy #1, mommy #2, mommy #3, daddy #1, daddy #2, daddy #3, child #1, child #2, child #3" with a sign around our neck and went to the appropriate tables to examine all the different primary sources like photographs, posters, articles, newspaper print, magazine covers, comics, and much more. On the sheet below, we wrote down what we felt was important. Then we went to meet with our "families" and each talked about the role we had during the war.
Primary sources are important to use in any and or every social studies lesson because they increase student engagement and higher level thinking.
http://docsteach.org/
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/resources/Primary_Source_Analysis_Tool.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/index.php
Thanks to Mr. Taft for creating the lesson below. We were assigned as either "mommy #1, mommy #2, mommy #3, daddy #1, daddy #2, daddy #3, child #1, child #2, child #3" with a sign around our neck and went to the appropriate tables to examine all the different primary sources like photographs, posters, articles, newspaper print, magazine covers, comics, and much more. On the sheet below, we wrote down what we felt was important. Then we went to meet with our "families" and each talked about the role we had during the war.
Create a Google Form:
https://www.google.com/forms/about/
or http://goo.gl/forms/aAGVFePxdP
https://www.google.com/forms/about/
or http://goo.gl/forms/aAGVFePxdP
Super Hero's in the Classroom:
http://www.ucssblog.com/p/ncss-handouts.html
Here is my super hero, Civic Justice, I created as an example. Beside my example are blank super hero templates.
http://www.ucssblog.com/p/ncss-handouts.html
Here is my super hero, Civic Justice, I created as an example. Beside my example are blank super hero templates.
Create your own timeline:
http://timeglider.com/
Here is one I've created for a lesson. It is still in the works but a start.
http://timeglider.com/
Here is one I've created for a lesson. It is still in the works but a start.
Foldables are used as graphic organizers or as assessments (formative or summative):
http://www.csun.edu/~krowlands/Content/Academic_Resources/Foldables/Basic%20Foldables.pdf
https://blogs.edutech.nodak.edu/badlandsreadingcouncil/files/2012/03/reading-and-study-skills-foldables.pdf
http://americanhistoryrules.com/ed315/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/World-history-foldables.pdf
Below (top left, white with green flaps) is a foldable I made for a summative assessment for Pete the Cat and the New Guy
Thanks to Mr. Taft for making this foldable!
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Presentations:
Creating a presentation, like Prezi (www.prezi.com), can increase students engagement. Below is an example of how looks for the Civil Rights Movement:
Or visit: http://prezi.com/h2ylo0meutzh/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
Creating a presentation, like Prezi (www.prezi.com), can increase students engagement. Below is an example of how looks for the Civil Rights Movement:
Or visit: http://prezi.com/h2ylo0meutzh/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
prezi.exe | |
File Size: | 117 kb |
File Type: | exe |
Bulletin Boards:
Lino has a great product that allows all students to post comments about an essential question in real-time or through email.
http://en.linoit.com/
or
https://mural.ly/
Here is a link to a Lino board that I made which asks the students about what they just leaned about Native Americans:
http://linoit.com/users/jjnowak/canvases/Social%20Studies
Check out the introduction video for Lino for more information:
Lino has a great product that allows all students to post comments about an essential question in real-time or through email.
http://en.linoit.com/
or
https://mural.ly/
Here is a link to a Lino board that I made which asks the students about what they just leaned about Native Americans:
http://linoit.com/users/jjnowak/canvases/Social%20Studies
Check out the introduction video for Lino for more information: