Website: Google News- Super Sweet!
Rating by Jules~ 5 Star
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Device: Across Platform
Rated: Everyone
Oh my goodness! This site is so cool! First, I visited thinking I would only see big time newspapers (NY Times, etc) but I was pleasantly surprised when I did a search with my maiden name. I grew up in a small town in northern Michigan and participated in many sporting events that were often in the small hometown newspaper. To my surprise, most of the articles are all now digitally saved. They came up and it was so much fun to re-read my successes from high school. I scanned more of the papers on the page and found some of the papers are even digitally saved from the 1800's. This is such a neat resource and can be used in so many ways~I just had to share!
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Cost: Free
Rating by Jules~ 4 Stars
This was rated a 4/5 because it has some access for iPads- not all history links are usable by the iPads. If you are using iPads for your classes, precheck on website on the iPad to confirm it works (runs mainly on Java).
Difficulty Level: BeginnerThere is only sound for the background (music or action sounds from wars). Students read the top or bottom of the screen.
Grade: 6-12
This is a very cool interactive History website that brings the battles of Civil War, Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII to life. Students can click through at their own pace to see the movement on the Maps for where the battles took place. There are cool sound effects in the background (marching and war sounds) and students read about the Wars at the top of the page. This website also gives book recommendations to students for reports or further learning. Very Neat!
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Website: iCivics http://www.icivics.org/
Cost: FREE Rating by Jules~ 4 Star
Difficulty Level: Rated for 7th-12th Grade
Device: PC
I learned about this site from a 9th Grade High School Social Studies teacher. He said the kids absolutely love playing the games on the site. Kids can openly (without having to login) play fun games that involve Civics. The site offers 19+ games that are easy to follow, fun and interactive. I looked into the site further and signed up as a teacher. I tried to download some resources but was unsuccessful. At this point, I believe this is a great site for supplemental integration of ideas that you might be covering in class. I don't see that the teacher side is fully accessible and easy to use.
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