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Women, Power and Politics
Welcome to Women’s History Month! Welcome to a world where women rule!
Use powerful advanced searching techniques to search for resources within a topic like “Women.” Try “women” as your keyword, then use the Subject Refinement Menu to narrow the resources in the area of Social Studies and Politics. OR, check out the Search in Context feature! Use the drill-down approach to get to the Politics area under Social Studies, then use “women” as your keyword and select the Search in Context box. This will keep your search results focused on great resources such as today’s Site of the Day!
The International Museum of Women (a museum dedicated to women) offers an online museum exhibition organized around nine themes related to women, power and politics. Learn how women around the world continue to claim a place at the political table, what forces have tried to keep them away, and where they are claiming victories. Themes include Power, Environment, Voting, Appearance and Religion, among others.
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PBS Parents: Matisse Cut-Outs
So, studying Henri Matisse in Art History isn’t engaging your students? Try using netTrekker’s refinement menu for Interactive Media. netTrekker can help you find sites that get your students actively involved in learning and creating their own “Matisse like” work. For example, today’s Site of the Day features a simple, fun game for young learners that allows them to create a design inspired by the work of artist Henri Matisse. Students get to learn about layering, manipulating shapes and other elements of art and design.
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Genie in a Bottle Unleashed
Today’s Site of the Day gives a great example of students showing what they can do with technology! Two 13 year-old students created an award winning film on the Manhattan Project and the decision to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. In this film they are able to interview Nobel Prize winners, the mayor of Hiroshima, and other important people. The video gives students a good understanding of this difficult topic, and shows them how a simple summer film project can turn into much more! When presented at the UN, the film got a standing ovation and an encore showing.
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: John Constable: Malvern Hall
Today’s Site of the Day features video commentary on a characteristic Constable landscape, with insightful remarks about how the painting is lit. This is one of sixteen video commentaries on primarily 19th century paintings, all of which are available from a link on this page.
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Oral History on India’s Independence Movement
Discover the power of primary sources with the Oral History of India’s Independence Movement – today’s Site of the Day!
Republic Day in India, celebrating the day in 1950 on which the Constitution of India went into effect, completed the separation of India from Great Britain’s control. Today’s celebration can be augmented by hearing first-hand accounts of the journey toward independent statehood in this collection of video interviews with veteran Indian independence soldiers. Reminisce with these hero’s about the independence movement under Mahatma Gandhi and the nature of non-violent opposition.
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Make-a-Flake, Make-a-Snowman & Looking into Holidays Past
Happy Holidays from netTrekker! In honor of the holiday season, we will be featuring several Sites of the Day.
Elementary users can explore two virtual worlds called Make-a-Flake and Make-a-Snowman. Make-a-Flake teaches real-world scissoring skills by letting players create snowflakes from folded sheets of paper. Those who don’t feel like virtual snipping can print out a fabulous flake from a gallery of countless designs and start making snowflakes in real life! Make-a-Snowman allows users to build a snowman and read an animated story about ten little snowmen. Other links in this site provide emergent reading skills.
Middle and High users are welcome to explore Holidays Past by The Library of Congress. This site allows users to investigate a virtual house for each season and features holidays to celebrate during that season. Click on a window to learn about the past through primary sources such as documents, audio clips, movies and images. This is a very cool way to look at how our holidays have been celebrated throughout history and a reminder of the power of using primary source materials in the classroom!
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National Park Service: Two American Entrepreneurs: Madam CJ Walker & JC Penny
Today’s Site of the Day gives two powerful examples of what the American dream really means – working hard to get ahead.
Students are able to use excellent primary reading sources, lesson plan ideas, pictures, and critical thinking questions to complete an investigation into the struggles faced by business entrepreneurs. By focusing on an African American female entrepreneur and a European American male entrepreneur, this lesson sets up a valuable contrast regarding how gender and race affected peoples’ possibilities to succeed.
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Scientific American Frontiers: Flying Firsts
What came first, the first manned moon landing or the first human-powered flight?
Today’s Site of the Day provides an interactive timeline of flying firsts, beginning with the hot air balloon (1783) and continuing through to the first completed international space station (2006).
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Dress Canada’s History!
This entertaining Site of the Day first invites the student to choose an era between 1000 and 1900. A character is presented that must be dressed in the appropriate clothing – it is fun to mix and match the clothing and come up with some very funny combinations!
When the correct clothing has been chosen, historical information is given about Canada during that period. The animation and victory sound you get when you choose the correct outfit is especially enjoyable. Be sure to check out the Inuit and Caribou – (why is the Caribou smiling?)
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The History Teacher: A Lasting Impressionism
Hooray for History!
Check out this National History Day Competition Winner from a Christian School in Ada, Michigan about the history of Impressionism–today’s netTrekker Site of the Day.
Inspiring illustrations include a series from Monet of Haystacks in different seasons. The author also nicely points out some of the nuances and aesthetics specific to the Impressionist era in contract to other art traditions.
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