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This page contains a series of activities with different themes related to Anne Frank's diary. The work has been planned around specific entries in the diary representing a sele...
Anne Frank and the Holocaust - teaching resources (TKI24094)
Description
This page contains a series of activities with different themes related to Anne Frank's diary. The work has been planned around specific entries in the diary representing a selection of key events in Anne's life and following a chronological order. For most of the activities students need a copy of Anne Frank's diary and other documents such as Samuel Pepys' diary which is available as a downloadable text file.
This portal has a children's dictionary with translations for each word into many languages with a sound file for pronunciation. There is also anagram and crossword help in many...
This portal has a children's dictionary with translations for each word into many languages with a sound file for pronunciation. There is also anagram and crossword help in many languages, a children's library with online books for each language, and other facilities such as translations of sayings in many languages.
The YouthLearn initiative aims to provide resources and services for schools and education providers wishing to create exciting learning environments for students through techno...
The YouthLearn initiative aims to provide resources and services for schools and education providers wishing to create exciting learning environments for students through technology. This site contains teaching material, examples of student work, and technical support material. Youthlearn is an initiative of the Education Development Centre, Inc. an international, non-profit organisation.
This site supports a PBS documentary examining students' learning difficulties, and provides some interactive activities and a video to assist teachers helping students with the...
This site supports a PBS documentary examining students' learning difficulties, and provides some interactive activities and a video to assist teachers helping students with the writing process. It identifies six stages of writing development and a list of those stages and some skills that characterise them. The site also discusses common difficulties and suggests strategies for handling them. Activities require Flash 5 player.
This web page from the Questioning.org website contains kinds of questions and questioning tools for use in the classroom. Questioning skills introduced in early childhood years...
This web page from the Questioning.org website contains kinds of questions and questioning tools for use in the classroom. Questioning skills introduced in early childhood years enable students questioning techniques to develop for later school years. Includes explanation of different types of questions, the use of graphical organisers, and links to related sites.
This page from the PBS website has photos, audio files, and QuickTime VRs, which students can use to develop their own field reports about Antatctica and Shackleton's journey.
Shackelton's Voyage of Endurance: Field Report (TKI22428)
Description
This page from the PBS website has photos, audio files, and QuickTime VRs, which students can use to develop their own field reports about Antatctica and Shackleton's journey.
The New York Times Learning Network is an online news service for primary and secondary students, their teachers and parents. Students can read the day's top stories, take a new...
The New York Times Learning Network is an online news service for primary and secondary students, their teachers and parents. Students can read the day's top stories, take a news quiz, play crossword puzzles, or submit a science question. Teachers can access thematic lesson plan units. Parents can join the online discussion group and use the family movie guide. Links to special news indexes on current and historic events.
An interactive site from the BBC. Provides information about what life was like for children living in the United Kingdom in the Second World War. Includes a virtual tour of a w...
An interactive site from the BBC. Provides information about what life was like for children living in the United Kingdom in the Second World War. Includes a virtual tour of a wartime home, going on a shopping journey to discover how rationing worked and reading correspondence of wartime evacuees. A research room is available with four different types of resources and resources for teachers and parents.
This page from the Insight website Insight contains a report that provides an introduction to social, collaborative tagging practices and sheds lights to commonly heard terms su...
Folksonomies, social bookmarking and tagging: the state-of-the-art (TKI47314)
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This page from the Insight website Insight contains a report that provides an introduction to social, collaborative tagging practices and sheds lights to commonly heard terms such as tags, tag cloud, and folksonomies. The report allows readers into insights on their advantages and disadvantages, and gives examples of some emerging trends in the field. Includes concrete examples on the educational use of social tagging and bookmarking, a reference list for further reading, and a glossary of terms.
The web site of the museum of the house in Amsterdam where Anne Frank hid during World War II. Contains extracts from her diaries with pictures, biographical details, definition...
The web site of the museum of the house in Amsterdam where Anne Frank hid during World War II. Contains extracts from her diaries with pictures, biographical details, definitions and FAQ related to prejudices, discrimination, racism, the persecution of Jews and concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Includes suggestions for incorporating a study of Anne Frank in the classroom and provides links to organisations about Jewish history, victims of National Socialism in Germany and right-wing extreme movements.