Franklin in Paris and the End of the War

End of the War –

1. Timeline of the Revolutionary War - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
2. The End of the Revolutionary War - http://blog.oup.com/2013/09/washington-end-revolutionary-war/
3. An Unlikely Victory - http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-77.htm
4. Ending the War - http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/ending-war-1783
5. The End and the Beginning - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/revolutionarywar3.htm
6. 1775-1783 - http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section7.rhtml
7. Surrender at Yorktown - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct19.html

Treaty of Paris –

1. Text - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/a/treaty_of_paris.htm
2. Text - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/paris.asp
3. Our Documents - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=6
4. Franklin - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/franklin/franklin-treaty.html
5. British/American Relations - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-2.html
6. Treaty of Paris Ratified - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan14.html
7. Milestones 1776-1783 - https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/treaty

Map the War

1. ZeeMaps - https://www.zeemaps.com/
2. Google Map Maker - https://support.google.com/mapmaker/?hl=en#topic=3180752
3. Click 2 Map - http://www.click2map.com/free_map_creator
4. Animaps - http://www.animaps.com/#!home
5. Scribble Maps - http://scribblemaps.com/
6. Quick Maps - http://quikmaps.com/
7. Umapper - http://www.umapper.com/
8. Mapfaire - http://www.mapfaire.com/
9. World Map - http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/new
10. GmapGIS - http://www.gmapgis.com/
11. Map Fab - http://www.mapfab.com/editor/new

C'mon Get Mappy!

Hello world here's the song 6th Grade's singing, c'mon get mappy!

The sixth graders are creating maps for visitors to follow.  Here are some sites I suggested they might use.

1.  ZeeMaps - https://www.zeemaps.com/
2.  Google Map Maker - https://support.google.com/mapmaker/?hl=en#topic=3180752 
3.  Click 2 Map - http://www.click2map.com/free_map_creator 
4.  Animaps - http://www.animaps.com/#!home
5. Scribble Maps - http://scribblemaps.com/
6. Quick Maps - http://quikmaps.com/
7. Umapper - http://www.umapper.com/
8. Mapfaire - http://www.mapfaire.com/
9.  World Map - http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/new
10. GmapGIS - http://www.gmapgis.com/
11. Map Fab - http://www.mapfab.com/editor/new

11-22-2011 - Primary and Secondary Sources

Maps, Timelines, Documents, and Movies for students to peruse and use.

a.      Compare Skeletons throughout evolution - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/compare-skeletons.html

b.      David Rumsey Map Collection - http://www.davidrumsey.com/

c.       Life Photo Timelines - http://www.life.com/timeline

d.      http://www.timemaps.com/home/time-map/ - The big picture of world History.

e.      http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/index.html - Timeline - Sources from History

f.        http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/explorerflash/#/object_li6X6vc1SMSJfJ2BhOdB0A - A History of the World Interactive Timeline

g.      The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

h.      The Travel Film Archive - http://www.travelfilmarchive.com/home.php

i.        Digital Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/index.html

j.        Fed Flix: Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix

k.       Teaching Tolerance - http://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/teaching-tolerance

9-28 to 10-5 Latest News, Updates, and Cool Finds

Science and Math Resources:

http://thinkingblocks.com/index.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/section.cfm?id=slideshow
Fact practice – student first names only - https://www.xtramath.org/
http://www.tenmarks.com/tmother/teacher-index - Math practice
http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ - Download Geogebra for use on your whiteboard.
http://www.geogebratube.org/ - videos

Language Arts and Social Studies:

http://www.phatpoetry.com.au/
Political Cartoons - http://cybraryman.com/politicalcartoons.html
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/11/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-worlds-different-cultures/

Amazing Map Sites

http://www.animaps.com/#!home
http://www.weavinghistory.org/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/interactive-map/
http://tripline.net/
http://www.buildamap.com/ - beta
http://scribblemaps.com
http://quikmaps.com/ - doodle on Google
http://www.umapper.com/
http://www.mapfaire.com/
http://www.geotrio.com/ - create tours

Related Arts:

Art and World Language - http://littlebirdtales.com/
http://www.pronunciator.com/ - 60 languages. 3 million lessons. 100% free. The world's largest language-learning service.
Art Images - http://arthist.umn.edu/aict/

Teacher Resources: All areas -

http://www.studyladder.com/teacher/start
http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/copyrightandfairuse.cfm
http://primaryschoolict.com/images.php?ie=UTF-8&filter=1&q=great+white+shark&safe=vss&imgtype=clipart&sa=+Safe+Search

Cool Techie Tools:

Caffein instant video chat room - http://www.caffein.tv/
Magisto – mash video clips - http://www.magisto.com/
PhotoCollect - http://photocollect.net/
Drop Event - http://dropevent.com/
Slide Staxx – limited slide show for pictures, video, and URLs, online content only -

9-21 to 9-28 Latest News, Updates, and Cool Finds

Careers and World Languages

Science and Math Resources

1. Anatomy and Biology videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/bullharrier?feature=mhum

Financial and Career Readiness

1. Lemonade Stand - http://www.omsi.edu/exhibits/moneyville/activities/lemonade/lemonadestand.htm
2. Financial Fitness for Life - http://fffl.ncee.net/activities/6-8/6-8.htm
3. Personal Finances - http://www.omsi.edu/exhibits/moneyville/activities/getreal/getreal.htm
4. Savings Quest - http://www.mysavingsquest.com/
5. Start a comic shop - http://disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb2/
6. What’s Up in Finance - http://www.thirteen.org/finance/
7. Everyday Life Project - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife
8. Kids Work! – Virtual workplaces - http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/index.html
9. Education Wizard - https://www.vawizard.org/vccs/Main.action
10. Salary.com - http://www.salary.com/mysalary.asp
11. Resume builder - http://www.emurse.com/

Language Arts and Social Studies

1. Similar to a Flat Stanley project - http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/09/10/why-and-how-to-participate-in-teddy-bears-around-the-world-project/
2. http://education.usgs.gov/common/lessons/teaching_with_topographic_maps.html Great map resources
3. Find the Lat and Long of anywhere in the world - http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html
4. Go Social Studies Go - http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/
5. Thumbscribes (13) - http://www.thumbscribes.com

Related Arts

1. Early Photographs of Musicians Around the World - http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/02/vintage-music-archival-photographs/
2. Breaking Bread Everywhere - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/breaking-bread-everywhere-plentifully-or-pitifully/?src=daypPictures of what people around the world eat in a day.
3. Other world cultures links from Larry Ferlazzo - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/11/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-worlds-different-cultures/
4. Transmitti – Downloadable translator app - http://www.transmiti.org/en/index.html
5. Karaoke for ELL - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/15/the-best-online-karaoke-sites-for-english-language-learners/

Teacher Resources:

1. http://edudemic.com/
2. Games for every subject area - http://www.mrwylie.com/

Cool Techie Tools

1. AMAZING - http://www.sidevibe.com/ Unfortunately, only allows for 50 student accounts per teacher.
2. http://www.pageflip-flap.com/ - Turn your text files in to page flipping books!
3. http://www.jotform.com/ - Seems like a robust program but haven’t had enough time to play with it to see if it is better than Google forms.
4. http://magazinify.com/ - Convert your Bookmarks and favorite articles into a pdf and mail it to yourself.