Heather in OK Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 What are some of your favorite online resources? :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 We use Human Odyssey for our spine but we like to use videos from UnitedStreaming and google searchs for the topics we read about. We also find good stuff on Currclick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 The British Library has a wonderful education section with lots of manuscripts and small unit studies incorporating history, literature, and art. http://www.bl.uk The Metropolitan Museum of Art was my major source for images of artifacts from early cultures. http://www.metmuseum.org Edsitement lesson plans have been helpful -- I don't follow them in every detail, but they've been very useful in planning things out. http://edsitement.neh.gov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2teach0307 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I keep buying curriculum and keep just going back to the free lessons on http://www.coreknowledge.org/lesson-plans and http://www.ckcolorado.org/lessons/1stgrade.asp for history and science. The first part is boring teacher stuff like objectives and the like. But the lessons are meant to cover visual, auditory and tactile learners and are filled with hands-on learning. They recommend books, but I've been able to find others at my local library that work just as well. The last part are the worksheets and stuff that I can print off and place in their notebook. They go along with the book series What Your _____ Needs to Know. I don't use the books as much as I did in kindergarten, but it's nice to have as a resource. Right now we are doing an astronomy unit and I'm using their ideas from their 1st and 3rd grade files to put my own unit together in the order I want. Total freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 http://www.abookintime.com Look at the side bar and click on the time period you are interested in, and you'll get a list of books in chronological order with summaries and ages the book is suited for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savmom Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 My 2 favorite sites are: Paula's Archives Guest Hollow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 If you're covering US history I can give you some specific links. But overall no matter the topics it would be google/a search engine. There is so much great material available online. Others have posted some great sites and do use them but realize the very best finds will often be specific to the topic or at least that has been my experience. It does help to find a good book or two on the topic to use as a base and then use the web to find extras, activities, lesson plans, etc. to build your lessons. It also helps to have some sort of outline of what you want to cover--whether you make it yourself, use a book, or use a guide like the Core Knowledge Sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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