This site offers an incredible selection of just about any visual or musical a teacher could hope for in developing a motivational lesson. To access many of the basic features, registration is required. Once registered, start roaming through the site and be prepared to be amazed.
The music section allows a subscriber to listen to popular tunes grouped by decade. If teaching a history class, this would tap student interest as they listen to what was considered popular in the period being studied. Now, add the visual with photos of big events of the time as well as the everyday ones. It is much easier to interact with written material on a given period when background information is provided.
Last, but not least, is the video feature. The clips are very short for the free version, but none-the-less, that should be sufficient to perk interest.
WELCOME TO GETTY IMAGES Describes the features of the site through a "walk through" approach. It is well worth the effort to visit this site first before entering the site to look for items.
GETTY IMAGES
Denise
ELL TEACHER PROS
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Take Your Students on Virtual Trips to the SMITHSONIAN to EXPLORE HISTORY!
With Common Core Standards coming in social studies (along with math, science, and ELA), students need to learn not only what primary sources are (see BLOG post Thursday, May 17th), but how to find them. Here guidance is needed so time spent on the internet is not wasted time. Creating your own GOOGLE search engine for them is the ideal (I will address this over the summer both in this blog at at my website ELL TEACHER PROS in the AUGUST BACK TO SCHOOL newsletter), but if time is limited, having a collection of pre-approved sites by you is a must.
To illustrate how an example of how this site could become a class resource in a World War II lesson, look at the following link to the plight of Japanese Americans and the discrimination they faced in the US at that time. A MORE PERFECT UNION: JAPANESE AMERICANS AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION Students will see several forms of primary sources including testimonies of survivors, photographs of the camps and their internees, clips from news articles of the time, historical video, etc.). So when students must write an opinion paper on the prejudice of the time (Japanese Americans were sent to camps, but Italian and German Americans never suffered such humiliation), they can study sites such as this one (and others) to provide concrete evidence to support their thesis statements.
AMERICAN STORIES
This section offers a look at America's past through cultural artifacts familiar to many. Look at those ruby red slippers! There is probably no item more famous world wide than Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of OZ! It is available in over 100 languages and still viewed regularly all over the globe. This is a look at the culture of Hollywood and its lasting imprint on the American soul. Then there is that lovable Kermit the Frog. Every child on the planet knows those muppets (from both the TV series and of late the movies). Then there is a rock from Plymouth. Many Americans have an emotional connection to that since it is "romantically tied" to the Thanksgiving myth, but actually, Jamestown, Virginia was there first. In fact, the first African slaves were brought there.
SMITHSONIAN ONLINE EXHIBITIONS offers many more sites of interest to students pursuing primary source supports for their social studies classes. In fact, material found here could supplement any subject area class and therefore make adhering to the new common core standards easy for both teacher and students alike:)
Denise
ELL TEACHER PROS
To illustrate how an example of how this site could become a class resource in a World War II lesson, look at the following link to the plight of Japanese Americans and the discrimination they faced in the US at that time. A MORE PERFECT UNION: JAPANESE AMERICANS AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION Students will see several forms of primary sources including testimonies of survivors, photographs of the camps and their internees, clips from news articles of the time, historical video, etc.). So when students must write an opinion paper on the prejudice of the time (Japanese Americans were sent to camps, but Italian and German Americans never suffered such humiliation), they can study sites such as this one (and others) to provide concrete evidence to support their thesis statements.
AMERICAN STORIES
This section offers a look at America's past through cultural artifacts familiar to many. Look at those ruby red slippers! There is probably no item more famous world wide than Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of OZ! It is available in over 100 languages and still viewed regularly all over the globe. This is a look at the culture of Hollywood and its lasting imprint on the American soul. Then there is that lovable Kermit the Frog. Every child on the planet knows those muppets (from both the TV series and of late the movies). Then there is a rock from Plymouth. Many Americans have an emotional connection to that since it is "romantically tied" to the Thanksgiving myth, but actually, Jamestown, Virginia was there first. In fact, the first African slaves were brought there.
SMITHSONIAN ONLINE EXHIBITIONS offers many more sites of interest to students pursuing primary source supports for their social studies classes. In fact, material found here could supplement any subject area class and therefore make adhering to the new common core standards easy for both teacher and students alike:)
Denise
ELL TEACHER PROS
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Explore the Arts Through the Kennedy Center for FREE!
Dance, media arts, music, literary arts, and theater are all covered here as vehicles through which to teach all subject areas and all grade levels. Outstanding arts-based lesson plans and projects for classrooms and after school programs are available whether or not teachers register. Why register? With registration, you can create folders in which you can store your favorite lessons. This way you will have everything at your fingertips. KENNEDY CENTER
Here is one lesson aimed at high school students. It deals with analyzing political cartoons so the subject areas covered are social studies and visual arts. In studying the political cartoon, students are also using critical thinking (the WHY behind the cartoon) and problem solving (HOW was the issue solved/addressed that the cartoon depicted). Upon completion of the lesson, students would select a political issue of the day, take an opinion, and then create their own political cartoon. If a visual arts teacher could team up with the social studies teacher, it would be an even more exciting project for all:)
LESSON ON POLITICAL CARTOONS GRADES 9-12
Remember that you can find lessons for ALL GRADES. I only chose high school since that is the level that I am most familiar with:)
Denise
ELL TEACHER PROS
Here is one lesson aimed at high school students. It deals with analyzing political cartoons so the subject areas covered are social studies and visual arts. In studying the political cartoon, students are also using critical thinking (the WHY behind the cartoon) and problem solving (HOW was the issue solved/addressed that the cartoon depicted). Upon completion of the lesson, students would select a political issue of the day, take an opinion, and then create their own political cartoon. If a visual arts teacher could team up with the social studies teacher, it would be an even more exciting project for all:)
LESSON ON POLITICAL CARTOONS GRADES 9-12
Remember that you can find lessons for ALL GRADES. I only chose high school since that is the level that I am most familiar with:)
Denise
ELL TEACHER PROS
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