http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/t213 Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/ Statetris is an interesting game mixing aspects of the popular game 'Tetris' and geography. Instead of positioning the typical Tetris blocks, you position states/countries at their proper location. Fun, challenging and educational! aseldow Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:57:19 +0000 social studies t213 history geography resources http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k12519 Website that allows educators to learn ways to apply social psychology to their educational setting. hunter Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:17:21 +0000 social psychology theory applications education teaching t213 t405 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheaper_by_the_Dozen This is not technically fiction, but it’s a classic memoir of a family with 12 children growing up in the early 20th century. The parents are efficiency experts, and the father has developed schemes for making their home run smoothly. The book provides insight into the lifestyles of the era, and it is written in a funny, entertaining style. Certain chapters could stand alone for use in class. jrubinwills Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:45:51 +0000 t213 t213-fiction memoir industrialization family life american history http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/ The Civil War film "Glory" tells the powerful story of the all-black Massachusetts 54th Regiment and their leader, Robert Gould Shaw. The story will appeal to students because of the vivid characterizations and the focus on unsung heroes. It also gives a memorable visual representation of the uniforms, weapons, and battlefield conditions of the Civil War. jrubinwills Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:42:05 +0000 civil war t213-movie t213 african american history http://www.dohistory.org This website is based on the work of Harvard history professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Midwife’s Tale focused on an ordinary midwife, Martha Ballard, who lived in Maine in the late 1700s. Ulrich pieced together a full story of the midwife’s life and her world based on a diary that she left behind. The website emphasizes the techniques that Ulrich used. jrubinwills Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:38:12 +0000 american history primary sources t213 t213-website women's history http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ Harvard’s Open Collections Program brings together thousands of primary sources from the university’s libraries and allows users to search and view them online. This extensive collection of historical material is available to the public free of charge. The site includes manuscripts, books, and images on the subjects of “Women and Work, 1800-1930" and "Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930." jrubinwills Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:37:16 +0000 labor history primary sources social studies t213 t213-website women's history immigration http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/SummerPrograms/ Two different, paid, Constitution and American Government-related summer programs for teachers. A great opportunity to gain some teaching skills in knowledge in a great city while also receiving money for your effort! vago Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:58:07 +0000 history social studies american history constitution inservice training t213 tep harvard hgse social studies resources continuing education http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/10/time.cover.tm/index.html American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Kids spend much of the day as their great-grandparents once did: sitting in rows, listening to teachers lecture, scribbling notes by hand, reading from textbooks that are out of date by the time they are printed. aseldow Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:26:53 +0000 t214 teaching k-12 education students t213 http://www.rrove.com/blog/2006/12/04/9-awesome-community-mapping-websites/ A community mapping website, in our definition, is a service that gets its members to map and define places. Through crowd-sourcing, these sites are building a database/directory of local and nearby locations that their users can discover and visit. t502_TFs Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:42:32 +0000 mapping community map map wayfaring local maps social studies t213 http://www.wetheteachers.com/index.php This looks like a well-constructed site to share resources, use FREE tools, and build teacher community. aseldow Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:34:05 +0000 teaching ed tech education teachers stanford t214 t502 t213 http://rpp.english.ucsb.edu/ This interactive site presents diverse scholarship regarding race and pedagogy. The site is an academic resource intended to provide teachers, students, researchers and the interested public with on-site research summaries and citations as well as bibliographies of research and teaching materials. vago Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:57:31 +0000 t213 history social studies social studies resources hgse harvard tep race racism http://teachershare.org/openig/uploads/community/website_-_econedlink_-_scott_mcwilliam.doc This is an excellent website for teachers with little experience teaching economics. Contains over 500 lesson plans on over 200 topics, and supplemented with current events. scott Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:28:27 +0000 economics social studies t213 website http://www.constitutioncenter.org/index.shtml One of the best history/social studies based museums I've ever seen. Great website with plenty of tools for teaching if you can't make it to Philly to check out the museum itself. vago Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:32:01 +0000 american history constitution constitution history harvard hgse social studies resources t213 tep t213-other http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States and the world. These lesson plans are also included in GEM, which links to over 40,000 online education resources. vago Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:31:40 +0000 harvard hgse lesson plans lessons social studies resources t213 tep t213-website http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=1130040&trkid=189530&strkid=392238945_0_0 A small Amish boy witnesses a murder in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. The ensuing events lead to a great deal of cultural exchange between the Amish community in Lancaster County, PA, and the police detective assigned to investigate the murder. This film provides a great exploration of cultural differences, especially considering recent events in the Pennsylvania Amish community. vago Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:31:16 +0000 amish crime cultural comparison culture harvard hgse social studies social studies resources t213 tep violence t213-movie