The Smithsonian History Explorer (http://historyexplorer.americanhistory.si.edu/) is a wonderful tool for teachers. They provide online tours of historical events. This is a perfect activity for when the teacher is out. The substitute or students can easily get it started, and it’s online so there is no worries about dealing with television sets, DVD, or video cassette players.
One of tours I found was on the Brown vs. Board. It included a twenty minute instructional portion and a 30 minute question portion. This is wonderful for teachers because they do not have to worry about writing up questions to make sure the students are paying attention and retaining the information.
The Smithsonian History Explorer also links teachers to other websites with historical information on any topic. For a history class researching the White House, the Smithsonian History Explorer links you to a single website with pages and pages of information including history, art work, and the pets who’ve stayed in the white house.
This website is wonderful for teachers and students. Teachers have access to historical tools to use in the classroom, and students have a go-to resource for all things history. Because this website is funded and provided by the Smithsonian, we can assume it to be scholarly so our students will be learning accurate historical information.
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I really enjoyed the website that you provided this week. I never really understood history as a student in school, and I wish I would've had the opportunity to explore all of the tools provided online- especially a website like this! I enjoy how it is for both students and teachers to keep everyone connected. I also like the lessons and activities tab where they break the lessons down by grade. Overall- great website!
ReplyDeleteThis website is a perfect activity for a day when there is a substitute teacher. I loved how it has information available for different grades and the activities. I think it could make history more interactive for students and less boring of they have to get involved.
ReplyDeleteThat's very cool! I did not know you could just go to the Smithsonian site and use their resources. I assumed that it would be more difficult because it's such a prestigious museum. That's so wonderful that they made history interactive for students. Also, that's a great point. This website could be used when a substitute is teaching the class.
ReplyDeleteThis website is such a great tool! I completely agree about the substitute idea and I'm so glad you brought it up because it is so important to be so on top of those kinds of situations.
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