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Connecting Music & Sports

July 16th, 2022

It’s Saturday, July 16, 2022, and time for Music at ClickSchooling!

ArtsEdge: Touchdown Songs

(www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/music-and-football/)

Grades 7-12, with parental supervision

This lesson plan from The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge archive examines the connection between music and football.

Audio presentations narrated by composer Tom Hedden thoroughly explain how music and sports are intertwined. Listen online or download as MP3s to listen at your leisure on your computer or portable MP3 listening device.

These 12-15 minute presentations are broken into three parts:

  • Fight Songs – Where did they start and what makes a great song?
  • Half-time Sounds – How has halftime become an American institution and brought us marching band music uniquely American?
  • NFL Film Music – What does it take to write music that makes you think “football”?

Under the videos, there are Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Reflection areas. Don’t miss the “For Educators” tab near the top.

You don’t have to be a football fan to appreciate this engaging mini-study.

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Comprehensive World History & Geography Resource

July 14th, 2022

It’s Thursday, July 14, 2022, and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!

Student’s Friend: A Guide to Teaching World History & Geography

(www.studentsfriend.com/)

Grades 6 and up, with parental supervision

This website was developed by a history teacher named Mike Maxwell whose mission is to make history and geography more meaningful to students by identifying important developments in world history and tying them to geography in a way that is memorable.

It offers a free, downloadable, comprehensive guide called the Student’s Friend that may be used in place of a history textbook, along with lesson plans, study guides, and other resources to enhance learning. The site has been recognized as one of the top ten history sites for teachers by the Stanford University School of Education.

When you get to the site you’ll see a menu that includes:

  • Purpose – Learn more about the author and educational philosophy.
  • Teaching and Learning – Get the fundamentals of teaching and learning world history and geography.
  • Teacher Tools – Get free lessons plans and activities. Students can explore important themes and issues and enjoy in-depth learning activities such as projects, investigations and simulations. While designed for high school classroom use, the materials have been used by middle school teachers, college professors, and homeschool teachers worldwide.
  • Student’s Friend – A Concise World History – Access a free, concise narrative of world history and geography to use in place of a textbook. The Student’s Friend can be used online or download it for use offline. It’s divided into two parts:

Part I – Prehistory through 1500 including:

  • Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
  • Ancient India and China
  • Ancient Greece and Rome
  • The Early Middle Ages, 500 to 1000 AD
  • The Late Middle Ages, 1000 to 1500

Part II – 1500 to the Present including:

  • 1500s and 1600s, Early Modern World
  • 1700s, Enlightenment & Revolution
  • 1800s, Industrial Revolution & Imperialism
  • 1900 to 1950, World at War
  • 1950 to the Present, Cold War & Space Age
  • Current Issues, A Changing World Order

This is a remarkable resource, so bookmark the site to return again.

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Favorite Language Arts Lesson Plans!

July 13th, 2022

It’s Wednesday, July 13, 2022, and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

National Council for Open Education: EduRef – Language Arts

(www.eduref.org/lessons/language-arts)

(Grades PreK-12, with parental supervision

This website consists of contributions from teachers sharing their favorite language arts lesson plans.

When you get to the site, you can get right to any lesson plan listed. Or you can choose a category from the right sidebar including:

  • Alphabet
  • Grammar
  • Literature
  • Phonics
  • Reading
  • Speech
  • Spelling
  • Story Telling
  • Vocabulary
  • and more

Each lesson plan has an age range followed by the lesson plan. You can even print them out to refer to as needed.

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Discover the Burgess Shale in Canada

July 8th, 2022

It’s Friday, July 8, 2022, and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Royal Ontario Museum: The Burgess Shale – Virtual Sea Odyssey

(burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/introduction/)

All grades; children with parental supervision

Climb into a “virtual submarine” and dive into the depths of the past to see virtual recreations of creatures that once lived in the area now known as the Burgess Shale. Located in Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada, the Burgess Shale is “one of Earth’s most important fossil deposits.”

With this website from the Royal Ontario Museum, view animations and photos of:

  • Descent – Dive below the sea surface to the seafloor.
  • Swimmers
  • Predators
  • Grazers
  • Filterers
  • Scavengers
  • Burial – what it may have looked like when the Burgess Shale community was covered by a rapid mudflow event

Underneath the animation tours, click on the various species images to learn more and to find more animations and images.

After you have finished your “virtual sea odyssey”, use the upper menu to learn more about the Burgess Shale and its discoveries. Select from:

  • Introduction – Learn about the Burgess Shale through text and images.
  • Fossil Gallery – Examine images of the fossils found and see 3D animations and model of the creatures.
  • Science – Discover the science behind the Burgess Shale.
  • History – Explore the history of the research and discovery involved.
  • Parks Canada – Get more information about Yoho National Park and the Burgess Shale.
  • Resources – Find topical reading suggestions, other related museums and webpages, and lesson plan links.

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Science Unit Studies & Activities!

July 5th, 2022

It’s Tuesday, July 5, 2022, and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Funtastic Unit Studies

(funtasticunitstudies.com/lessons-and-activities/)

Grades PreK-8, with parental supervision). This commercial website is provided by Susan Kilbride, a homeschool mom with a degree in biology, who has written some unit studies (available as e-books) on science and history. Designed with homeschoolers in mind, the unit studies are available for purchase on the site, but Susan also offers some free science lessons and activities (taken from the pages of her e-books)!

When you get to the site, scroll down the page under “Lessons and Activities” to access:

  • Atoms and Molecules for ages 8-13 – Learn the definition of atom and molecule, print out a Periodic Table of Elements, do activities to enhance learning, and take a quiz to test what you’ve learned.
  • Plants for ages 4-8 – Learn the parts of a plant including seeds, roots, stem, and leaves. Enjoy activities to boost learning, and answer review questions.

Click on either link to open a pdf that contains the lesson (within the framework of the actual e-book). You’ll have to scroll about 1/3 down the page, past the “Table of Contents” to get to the lesson.

Once you’ve explored the Science freebies, check out some of the author’s free American History Activities that correspond to her books:

  • The Pilgrim Adventure
  • The King Philip’s War Adventure
  • The Salem Adventure
  • The Civil War Adventure
  • and more.

Again, these free lessons and activities are excerpts from Susan Kilbride’s e-books that you can purchase via the website.

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Stossel in the Classroom Resource

July 2nd, 2022

It’s Saturday, July 2, 2022, and time for Other Electives at ClickSchooling!

Free DVDs – Stossel in the Classroom

(stosselintheclassroom.org/shop/)

Grades 6 & up (middle school – college level), with parental supervision

A big THANK YOU to ClickScholar Nancy Hogan for recommending this website “Stossel in the classroom.” Sponsored by the Center for Independent Thought (a non-profit educational foundation) it has produced a free DVD each school year that is a compilation of John Stossel’s television programs and specials, along with a teacher guide with lesson plans and ideas for complementary activities. Though they have discontinued their DVDs to focus on streaming videos and other online content, you can still order some of their past editions, and they’re still 100% free, shipping included.

When you get to the site you’ll learn how to register (free) to get past edition DVDs, as well as an accompanying downloadable “Teacher’s Guide” containing lesson plans, activity suggestions, handouts, and vocabulary.

In addition to getting the free DVD and resources, you can use the menu at the top of the home page to watch streaming videos from Stossel on thought-provoking topics in the “Video Library”. These videos cover a variety of categories including business, college, consumer issues, healthcare, law, privacy, and more. You can also search the videos by subject including:

  • Business
  • Government
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Economics
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Personal Finance
  • History
  • and much more!

Again, all of this is provided for FREE – they simply request that you send them your feedback on the website and products to share with fellow teachers/educators.

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