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Creating Visual Materials
Timelines/Chronology
After students have read and researched the life of their historical figure, have students create a dual timeline depicting the events of the figure’s life and more global events occurring at the same time - showing where the two overlap.
Timeline Tools
- Hstry: https://www.hstry.co/ (Paul Revere's Ride)
- TimeToast: http://www.timetoast.com/ (Abraham Lincoln)
- Tiki-Toki: http://www.tiki-toki.com/
- ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
Non-Traditional
- Prezi: http://prezi.com (5th Grade Ben Franklin) (Forrest Gump Historical Events) (Dual Timeline Example)
- Popplet: http://popplet.com/
- Snapguide: https://snapguide.com (Amelia Earhart, Lewis and Clark)
- Blendspace:https://www.blendspace.com (Amelia Earhart)
- Google Maps: Amelia Earhart, Lewis and Clark
Making Connections
- Popplet: http://popplet.com/ (example: Citizenship)
- Padlet: http://padlet.com/
More info and hexagon template
Infographics
- Easel.ly: http://www.easel.ly/
- Piktochart: http://piktochart.com/
- Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Creative Routines (Ben Franklin): http://www.infowetrust.com/creative-routines/
Albert Einstein: http://www.easel.ly/viewEasel/2035763
Sample Infographics for Kids: http://www.kidsdiscover.com/infographics/
Abraham Lincoln: http://visual.ly/abraham-lincoln-life-legend
Leaders from Humble Beginnings: Benjamin Franklin, Rosa Parks
Henry Ford: https://workflow.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/henryford.png
Maps
- Create your own Google Map: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/ (Midnight Ride, Regions of Texas)
- Create a tour in Google Earth: https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/
- Scribble Maps: http://www.scribblemaps.com/
- Tripline: http://tripline.net/
- Historical Maps: http://www.davidrumsey.com/
- History Pin: https://www.historypin.org
- PostCards: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photocard-by-bill-atkinson/id333208430?mt=8
- GeoGuessr: https://geoguessr.com/
Create a custom map...
- National Geographic Education Map Maker Tool: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/?map=The_World&ar_a=1
Use it as the background in one of the following apps:
eBooks
- Patriotic Symbols - K-2
- A Great Adventure: The Age of Exploration - 8th Grade
- Global iBook - created by students around the world
Flip Snack - Web Tool - combine and publish PDFs into an ebook.
- Landforms
- European Countries
- Biography - 3rd Grade
iBooks Author - Mac OS - easy to use - publish as iBook
- Russian Revolution Comic Book - secondary
- Government - Grades 5-12
- Abraham Lincoln - Made for 2nd Grade Students
Foldables
Individuals and Communities
Biography
- Breaking News: http://www.classtools.net/breakingnews/#
- ThingLink: https://www.thinglink.com/ (5th Grade Example, Abraham Lincoln)
- Blend Space: https://www.blendspace.com Amelia Earhart
- Bio-Cube: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bio_cube/
- Google Docs Story: http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/
- Tombstone: http://www.jjchandler.com/tombstone/
- Wordle.net: http://www.wordle.net
- Trading Cards: http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php
- Online Journal: https://ohlife.com, http://penzu.com/
- Newspaper Generator: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
- Magazine Cover: http://bighugelabs.com/magazine.php
- Museum Box: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php
Living Museum
Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/
iPads
Chatterpix (iOS app)
Tellagami (iOS app)
Pair with:
Aurasma (iOS app)
Social Media
- FakeBook: http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
- Historical Tweets: http://historicaltweets.com/
- Today's Meet: http://todaysmeet.com/
- Edmodo: https://www.edmodo.com/
Context
Newspaper Map: http://newspapermap.com/
Newseum: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
National Archives: http://www.digitalvaults.org/#/create/
360 Explore: http://www.360cities.net/map#lat=45&lng=19&zoom=2
Arounder: http://www.arounder.com/
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