Websites+and+Resources

**Diversity/Multicultural**
Hero in the Hallway - YouTube Anti bullying ad from Canada - YouTube Say Something Extension Activities - ADL One Person, Many Roles

Being an Ally Handout - from "Let's Get Real" curriculum portion of GroundSpark

Pyramid of Alliance

Understanding Cultural Identity

**Mathematics**
[|Mathematics in Movies] [|Biographies of Women Mathematicians]


 * From PBS**

Offline Activity Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 Look closely to understand the world of nanotechnology by investigating the macro, micro, nano, and atomic scales. http://www.pbs.org/parents/dragonflytv/nano.html Lesson Plan Grade Range: 9-12 Use matrices and technology to solve equations that determine what the best use of land is for a city. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/4405/preview/
 * DragonflyTV: What’s Nano?**
 * Mathline: Meadows or Malls?**

Lesson Plan Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 Enjoy listening to jazz classics while collecting data about beats to learn about ratios, proportions, graphing, and reporting. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/3512/preview/
 * Jazz: Jazz and Math: The Beat Goes On**

**Humanities**
Museum Box

**Language Arts**
[|Merriam Webster's Word Central] [|WordSift - Visualize Text] [|Book Report Alternatives - A Character's Letter to the Editor] (M) - ReadWriteThink [|So What Do You Think? Writing a Review] (S-C) - ReadWriteThink Scholastic - Write a Book Review

> **AdLit.org: Free Writing with Sensory Stimuli** > Video > Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 Observe how sounds, visual cues, and tactile sensations affect students’ writing about a related topic. > http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/5805/preview/**How Art Made the World: Show and Tell** > Lesson Plan > Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Make your own hero or villain using collage while learning how storytelling influences our culture. > http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/3424/preview/

**Social Studies**
[|Primary Sources from Pam Berger] [|World Digital Library] [|Library of Congress Flickr Pilot] [|Meet Me at the Corner Virtual Field Trips for Kids] [|Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive] - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum [|Geography] - sporcle.com [|Manzanar National Historic Site] Nazi Invasion of Poland in 1939 Altapedia Online Civil Rights Movement Ellis Island - Passenger search plus History Today Children of Jihad Understanding Cultural Identity

On-Air | Wednesday, August 25, 10pm Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Hear from six survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about the successes and setbacks they’ve experienced since the devastation of their communities, narrated by New Orleans native Patricia Clarkson.
 * From PBS**
 * Washing Away: After the Storms**


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**Science**
[|We Choose the Moon] - 40th anniversary Apollo 11 Lunar landing, 2009 [|Lunar and Planetary Institute's MyMoon Site] OLogy Science - American Museum of Natural History Journey North A Global Study of Wildlife Migration Spring 2010 e.g., Monarch Butterflies, Whooping Cranes, American Robin, Hummingbird, Gray Whale The National Science Digital Library


 * From PBS**

On-Air | Sunday, September 12, 8pm Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Discover how dogs have changed human society and how we have dramatically effected this descendent of the wolf. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/dogs-that-changed-the-world/introduction/1273/ On-Air | Tuesday, September 14, 8pm Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Explore what enabled modern humans to adapt and survive when other hominids did not. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human-part-3.html
 * Nature: Dogs that Changed the World--Rise of the Dog (Part 1)**
 * NOVA: Becoming Human: Last Human Standing**

Interactive Grade Range: K-2, 3-5 Learn what can be recycled and what can’t and how to be smart with trash. http://wfsu.org/wcww/
 * We Can Waste Wise: Recycling Game**

**Arts**
Graphic Novels & Novelists: [|Andy Runton] - Owly series - [|first animated short of Owly] [|Jeff Smith] - Bone series [|Comics Timeline] Artopia


 * From PBS**

> **LATIN MUSIC USA** > On-Air | Wednesday, September 8, 9pm > Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month to the beat of Latin music, from Salsa to Latin Jazz to Reggaetón. > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/**ART BEAT AT SCHOOL: FAMILY HISTORY THROUGH ART** > Lesson Plan > Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 Learn how to tell the stories of your family through photographs instead of words. > http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/4881/preview/ > **Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio** > On-Air | Monday, August 23, 10pm > Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Architect Samuel Mockbee created a radical approach to involving the community in architecture with his Rural Studio in one of the poorest parts of Alabama. > http://video.pbs.org/program/1548466406/


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**Library**
[|NoteStar and Research Skills] [|Web 2.0 Hotlist for the Classroom] ATN Reading Lists by Nancy Keane [|Web Evaluation by Pam Berger] [|SOS for Information Literacy] [|Outline Maps] [|The Best Online Research Apps] [|World Digital Library] [|Library of Congress Flickr Pilot] [|NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies] [|Destiny Quest Catalog 2.0 example] - from The Unquiet Librarian Website Evaluation Webquest Curriki PortaPortal Xmarks bookmark sync and search Web 2.0 Cool Tools for Schools wiki Wallwisher

Technology
[|LearniT-TeachiT] eduTecher