GiftedSources.com provides consistently updated links to websites selected by educators, based on interactivity, content, and appropriateness for K - 12 students. Subject include arts and humanities, language arts, mathematics, practical living, science, social studies, vocational studies, research, and news and publications.
EconSources - a great aid to students conducting economic research - links to documents in statistics, international organizations, economic education, government publications, global data and resources, federal agencies, and country profiles
Multi-cultural WebQuests:
Flight to Freedom (Underground Railroad)
Aren't I an American?(Japanese
Internment Camps)
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Purposeful, well-written educator resources and lesson plans are available.
Google Presidential Libraries
Google free + educational resources
Google open courseware
A Different Place offers teachers and students a place on the web to find differentiated activities in all content areas. A good place to start might be http://www.adifferentplace.org/giftedwebquest.htm, a webquest that allows gifted students to learn more about themselves and their giftedness.
Facing History and Ourselves - for high school and some middle school use
American Rhetoric - more than 5000 full text, audio, and video sources of speeches, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events, the top 100 American speeches of all time, movie speeches, figures in sounds, and a speech bank
Iowa Learning Online - high school & college distance courses available from Iowa school districts & Iowa colleges and universities - some for a fee, some at no cost
Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy - a grant-supported initiative to offer AP online and AP ICN classes throughout Iowa. Grant $$ is available to pay for online courses, AP exams, ICN courses, mentors for students, teacher training in AP classes (no Masters degree required), and more. A school simply registers to be eligible for the services.
Podcast Resources:
Colonial
Williamsburg
National
Geographic Podcasts
Smithsonian
Museums
White House
History and Politics Out Loud
- features a searchable multimedia database - audio & text related to
important political
and historical events
AEA 13 Professional Library Gifted Education Resources Available for Check-Out
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