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Instructional Resources

Curriculum Websites

Inquiry Ready Modules: https://otis.coe.uky.edu/DDL/launch.php

C3 Teachers: 
http://www.c3teachers.org/
  • Inquiry-based learning resources.
  • Check out the Kentucky Hub! 

What is a Vote Worth?  ​http://whatisavoteworth.org/
  • Inquiry resources on the Suffrage Movement and other questions of democratic processes
  • Kentucky made!

Big History: https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive

Zoom-In: http://zoomin.edc.org

Teaching Tolerance Perspectives for Teaching a Diverse America: http://perspectives.tolerance.org

Beyond the Bubble: https://beyondthebubble.stanford.edu

Literacy Design Models: https://ldc.org/sample-curricula

National History Day: http://nhd.org

DBQ Project: http://www.dbqproject.com/dbq-project-library.php

Inquiry Design Model: http://www.c3teachers.org/inquiry-design-model/

Right Question Institute: http://rightquestion.org/

World History for US All: http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu

Digital Public Library of America: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets

Deliberating in a Democracy: http://www.deliberating.org

iCivics: https://www.icivics.org

​Stanford History Education Project: Reading Like a Historian: http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh
 

Instructional Tools

Bubbl Graphic Organizer: https://bubbl.us/
  • Create graphic organizers

Edmodo: https://www.edmodo.com/
  • Class learning management system

Fakebook: http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page
  • Create a fake Facebook profile for historical figures

Glogster: http://www.glogster.com/
  • Create online posters

Graphic Organizers for every organizational task
  • Kentucky made!

Plickers: https://www.plickers.com/
  • Collect real-time formative data with your phone

Poll Everywhere: https://www.polleverywhere.com/#

Remind:
 https://www.remind.com/
  • Send group messages to students/parents

Schoology: https://www.schoology.com/

Socrative: https://www.socrative.com/
  • Take polls and quizzes using cell phones

TimeToast: 
http://www.timetoast.com/
  • Create online, interactive timelines

TubeChop: http://www.tubechop.com/
  • Edit YouTube videos

Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/
  • Create word clouds

Zipgrade: https://www.zipgrade.com/
  • Scantron grading system




 

Open Source Software

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
  • Free sound editor
Blender 3D Sculpting Tool: http://www.blender.org/
  • A free, virtual 3D sculpting tool
Canva: canva.com
  • ​Graphic design website
Gimp Image Editor: http://www.gimp.org/
  • A free image editor
LibreOffice: http://www.libreoffice.org/
  • Word processing system
Paint (dot) net: http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
  • A free image creator/editor
Unity Video Game Editor: http://unity3d.com/
  • A free software that allows users to program their own video games

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  • Membership
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    • Social Studies Teaching and Learning
    • SSTL Submissions
  • Advocate
    • KCEC
    • KCEC Resource Page
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