TOP 10 MUST-KEEP DOWNLOADS OF EDU-460

1. www.teachinghistory.org This is designed to help k-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. 2. www.rubistar.4teachers.org This website is perfect for creating your own rubrics, or you can use a provided template for one. 3. www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers A website to make your own classroom website. 4. Primary Source Documents a. National Archives i. www.archives.gov b. The Avalon Project i. www.avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp c. Gilder Lehrman i. www.gilderlehrman.org/collections d. History Animated i. www.historyanimated.com 5. www.xtimeline.com/index.aspx A useful site that helps you make collaborative timelines. 6. www.cnn.com/studentnews CNN Student News is a ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program designed for middle and high school classes. It is produced by the journalists and educators at CNN. This award-winning show and its companion website are available free of charge throughout the school year. 7. http://fluency21.com/blog/ ; http://www.techlearning.com/multi-section/bestpractices/2 Keep up with the ever-changing technology in your classroom. 8. http://www.inanimatealice.com/index.html This website helps to integrate literature into social studies. 9. http://socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction.com/ This website gives help to differentiate social studies instruction. 10. http://www.littlepassports.com This is the most adorable unit that covers tons of standards and integrates just about every subject. Even if I never use this, its worth keeping to remember how special teaching is.