Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.
With the increasing use of technology in classrooms, it’s no wonder that teachers have a growing interest in using YouTube and other online media sharing sites to bring information into their classrooms. Here are 100 YouTube videos that can provide supplementary information for the class, give inspiration, help you keep control of class and even provide a few laughs here and there.
Welcome! We hope you'll find The Democracy Project site to be a useful, fun addition to your classroom during the election year and beyond. The activities and lesson plans you see on the site have been designed with the following goals in mind:
* introducing the structure and duties of local, state and federal government;
* understanding how government affects our everyday lives, through laws, institutions and services provided in the community;
* identifying the duties of the U.S. president and thinking critically about the skills necessary to be a good president;
* understanding the history of voting rights in America, and articulating how voting and other forms of civic involvement are essential to a healthy democracy.
The online activities are designed for students in grades three to six, with accompanying lesson plans for language arts (LA), social studies (SS), and math (M) teachers. Below you will find more information about the educational goals for each online activity; lesson plans for each activity; curriculum standards related to this content; and the teachers who wrote the lesson plans.
A busy site full of history information...
Statetris is an interesting game mixing aspects of the popular game 'Tetris' and geography. Instead of positioning the typical Tetris blocks, you position states/countries at their proper location. Fun, challenging and educational!
Although History was among the earliest of academic disciplines to develop, and remains a mainstream study today, issues have often arisen regarding aims and objectives, appropriate content, and modes of delivery. Around the world today, leaders are looking to refurbished History teaching programs to enhance both local and global senses of cultural identity, and to nurture an informed critical...
A site with a whole slew of war maps.
Online activity that allows students to select their cabinet members and create a budget based on percentage of spending for: Education, Crime Prevention, Military, Health Care and Environment. Includes a small writing exercise.
We've collected and analyzed data from numerous sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as we could. We have over 30,000 city photos not found anywhere else, hundreds of thousands of maps, satellite photos, stats about residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment...), geographical data, state profiles, crime data, housing, businesses...
Great tool for an economics or social studies teacher. Tons of classes on financial management.
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A busy site full of history information...
Online activity that allows students to select their cabinet members and create a budget based on percentage of spending for: Education, Crime Prevention, Military, Health Care and Environment. Includes a small writing exercise.
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