MGI

Websites to explore more:

Susan's suggestions: Scope.it Dragon (Video splicing website) Speak Pipe Cinch

Birds of a Feather:

Social Studies:

Civic engagement KIVA students sponsor loans Peace Corps has a program in which students can interact Gapminder.org Options for comparing populations, history of the world in 4 minutes. Dynamic Speaker

Interactive museum Boston Museum British Museum Excavate on-line

History Alive: Publications and Internet Mr. Donn United Streaming Interact Simulations on-line Tom Snyder: Interact type things Turning Points in American History (get on their mailing list as they send links etc bi-monthly Higgins Museum in Worcester Mass Flow of History Website in the Connecticut River Valley (teacher created materials) includes a historical narrative in VT VT humanities council focuses on the Civil War (many free copies of texts)

Titles: Hear the Wind Blow great book for struggling reader

Unit: Tricking the Tallyman: Story about the people of Tunbridge avoiding the census maker. Everybody is dodging the census guy to avoid government being in their lives yet later they see the value and then they try to get counted more than once. How does this sport affect this country?

Handouts: Public Service Announcement about the 1940 Census Getting the Civil War Right: Teaching Tolerance resource materials Common Core Literacy in History/Social Studies

Conversation Groups: 5 minutes 2 minutes clarifying questions 5 minutes?

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