Links


 * LINKS:**

Readworks has lots of great reading passages and questions and its free. https://www.readworks.org

Unit Plans for 6th, 7th and 8th grades from Winston-Forsyth Schools http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=975

For those of you wishing to break through the walls of your class room and connect with classrooms around the world then try, "Skype in the classroom". http://education.skype.com/

This is a link to the **livebinder** for the State of North Carolina and a ton of resource material. []

The Common Core Standards []

This is the NWRESA wikispaces page. http://rt3region7.wikispaces.com/Region+7+Professional+Development+Support+and+Information

State of North Carolina Information and Technology Tool Kit. []

[|www.livebinder.com] This is a great tool for gathering and organizing resources.

Make word Clouds that make you think. [|http://tagul.com]

[|http://www.thinkfinity.org] a nice resource for all subjects.

[|http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#/subscribe] Free resources all you have to do is sign up.

General overviews of History from the Khan Academy. A great resource for someone who is looking for a quick over view or a study guide.

**VIDEO RESOURCES:**

[|www.gofarmersed.com]

[|http://www.khanacademy.org/#history]

This is a link to NC WiseOwl. Its a great resource for teachers and students alike. It has all types of media from text to video and audio. []

[|www.johnlocker.com] This is a link to a ton of free educational videos

Great video project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTPmxMrUcI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

**ARTICLES:**

'What does it mean to be literate in Social Studies"

This is a great posting about teaching history in a NON-LINEAR way. it's any excellent read and does get you thinking about why we do what we do and an alternative. []

This is another link to teaching in a nonlinear fashion. http://www.beginningdesign.org/NCBDS/21/pdf/56_MutantMethodolgy.pdf

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This link is to Understanding by Design. This is a style of planning the begins with the essential questions and assessment. It ends with planning the lessons. Understanding By Design

[] This is a great web site dealing with Conceptual History. It is done for World Civilization, but you can insert what ever subject into it to get the general idea.