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One of the most popular uses for Google Forms is creating online assessments for students. It is a quick, easy, and powerful way to create auto-grading quizzes. As with all Google tools, new features are continually being added, making Forms even more versatile for assessment.

Recently I came across an update for Forms (at least it was new to me) that allows teachers to create "Short Answer" questions which can support more than one correct answer. In the past you needed to use an additional tool, such as the Flubaroo add-on for Sheets, to be able to accept more than one right answer, but now you can do that with Google Form's built-in quiz feature.

See below for directions on how this works, and how you may want to take advantage of this neat option.

Use Cases for Multiple Correct Answers

In the past when you used the "Short Answer" question type in Google Forms, the student's answer had to match your answer exactly for them to get it correct. This included using the exact case, no extra words, no different punctuation, no common variations for abbreviations, and such.

Use Case #1

One use for this new option would be to allow for variations on the correct answer. For example, if you were to ask "What is the tallest mountain in the world?" wouldn't it be nice to be able to accept "Mount Everest" or "Mt. Everest" or "mount everest" or just "Everest"?

Use Case #2

Another scenario where this new feature could be helpful would be for more open-ended questions. For example, a question such as "Name a president from Ohio" would need to allow for seven different possible last names. (How many can you name?)

Thankfully, with Google Form, we are now able to accept multiple correct answers for "Short Answer" questions.

Here's how this works:

Begin by creating a "Short Answer" question as normal.

Type in your question.

Choose "Short answer" for the question type.

Click "Answer Key".

Set the point value for the question.

Now type in the first correct answer.

Below that, continue to type in other correct answers in the "Add a correct answer" spot.

If you check the box labeled " Mark all other answers incorrect" then if a student types in anything that is not on your list, the question will be marked wrong and they will be given zero points.

If you do not check the box labeled " Mark all other answers incorrect" then if the student types in something that is not on your list, the question will still be marked as incorrect, but no score will be given. The score for that question will remain blank until you add a score on the " Results" tab.

When done, click "Edit Question" to exit the "Answer Key" mode.

When back in edit mode, you will see all of the acceptable answers listed below the question.

Conclusion

This feature for Google Forms can make online assessments much more flexible. For example you can ask more sophisticated questions that have more than one correct answer. You can also account for variations in the correct answer, so that students are not marked wrong for a slight, but acceptable, difference in how they type their answer.

To see this feature in action, and to learn many more tips and tricks, be sure to check out my upcoming webinar (live or recorded):

Google Forms for Online Assessments
October 4, 2017 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Webinar link - http://ti.apps.sparcc.org/videopd/20171004-forms-quizzes
Description: With Google Forms built-in quiz feature you can easily create online assessments. The quizzes can be graded automatically, giving you and your students detailed results right away. This is a great tool to help prepare students for online standardized tests, deliver common assessments, and add more formative assessments to your class. Learn how to create quizzes with Forms, include a variety of question types, add images and videos, administer and grade the quiz, and more.

(By the way, the possible last names for presidents from Ohio are Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft, and Harding. Go Ohio!)

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Although there is no replacement for getting your hands dirty with finger paints, technology can offer many ways for students to be creative when making art. In addition to creativity, technology can also allow students to explore and learn about art in new and engaging ways.

There are so many awesome technology tools for art, including desktop programs, mobile apps, and interactive websites. Along with all of those, there are many tools from Google that can help with teaching, learning, exploring, and creating art.

In this blog post we will look at a wide range of Googley tools and activities for art. Many of these have shown up in one form or other on my blog in the past, but I thought it would be helpful to pull them all together in one place. As I come across more resources in the future, I will be sure to add them to this growing list.

See below for the activities, and as always, feel free to use and share however you like!

#1 - Pixel Art with Google Sheets
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/02/sheets-pixelart.html

" Pixel Art" is a style of drawing where you make images out of a small grid with limited number of colors (sort of like the old video game graphics from when I was a kid). This can be a neat art activity for students as is forces them to be creative within the limitations of a small area and color palette, and consider what is really essential to illustrate an item or idea.

One way to create pixel art is by coloring in the cells on a spreadsheet. This can be done with the "paint can" button in Google Sheets, but to make the process quicker and easier, I created a spreadsheet template that uses conditional formatting. All you have to do is type letters into the cells and corresponding colors will be filled in.

For full details and directions on how to use the template, see my earlier post " Pixel Art Activities for any Subject with Google Sheets".

You can get the template there or make a copy of it with the link below.

#2 - Mondrian Art with Google Sheets
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/10/mondrian-sheets.html

Mondrian Art is an abstract form of art that uses a creative layout of squares and rectangles, often filled in with primary colors. Because Mondrian Art is composed of lots of different sized rectangles and squares, it is the perfect style to be created with digital tools... specifically with Google Sheets!

With Google Sheets you can merge cells together to make rectangles of various sizes, and then use the "paint can" button to fill them in with colors. To make this even easier, I have created a template that sets up the Sheet so that the cells are all nice squares.

You can get all of the detailed directions on how to make Mondrian Art in my earlier blog post " Make Mondrian Art with Google Sheets".

The template can be found in the blog post, as well as through the link below:

#3 - Self-Portraits with Google Drawings
http://www.julielyle.com/2018/12/digital-art-and-google-drawings.html
(credit to Julie Lyle)

Anyone who reads my blog knows how much I love Google Drawings ( see my Drawings resources here). Recently I came across an awesome activity from Julie Lyle on using Drawings to create self-portraits.

In short the idea goes like this:

Create a Google Drawing and insert a photo of yourself.

Next use the "Polyline" tool and the "Curve" tool to make colored shapes for all of the different portions of your picture.

When done, you can then delete your original underlying photo and you will be left with a digital "clipart-style" image of yourself.

You can get all of the details in the resources below:

Bonus note: Although you can use any colors you want, if you prefer to try to match the original colors in your photo you can use a color picker extension for Chrome such as ColorZilla or Eye Dropper.

#4 - Mosaics with Google Drawings
http://www.julielyle.com/2018/12/digital-art-and-google-drawings-mosaic.html
(credit to Julie Lyle)

Similar to the self-portrait activity above, another creative way to make art with Google Drawings is this mosaic project. Rather than trying to make a "realistic" version of yourself, in this activity you transform a source image with colored shapes like mosaic tiles or stained glass. Here's the basic steps:

Create a Google Drawing and set the background to black.

Then insert the photo you want to transform.

Next use any of the "Shape" tools or the "Polyline" tool to cover the image with quadrilaterals, triangles, or other shapes that fit your desired style.

Leave some room between the shapes so the background can show through later.

Color in the shapes to match the portion of the image they are covering (again you can go with the default colors provided in Drawings, or you can use a color picker extension such as ColorZilla or Eye Dropper and then set a custom fill color).

When done, delete the original image so that you just have your colors tiles on the black background for you completed mosaic art.

You can get all of the details in the resources below:

#5 - Google's Arts and Culture
Website - https://artsandculture.google.com/
Android mobile app
iOS mobile app

Google Arts & Culture is a website from the Google Cultural Institute dedicated to collecting and sharing art, photographs, and primary source documents from all over the world and throughout history. Items are organized by themes, artists, mediums, movements, historical events, historical people, places around the world, stories of the day, and more.

With Google Arts & Culture ( https://artsandculture.google.com) students can get closer to works of art and historical artifacts than they ever could in a museum. The digital items were scanned or photographed by Google using an ultra-high resolution camera so you can see every brush stroke, letter, or detail. Some of the collections even feature 360-degree videos and photos to immerse you in the experience.

In addition to the amazing website, there is also a mobile app version of Google Arts and Culture ( Android or iOS) that adds another fun tool. The mobile version includes the "Selfie" option that lets you take a picture of your face, and then it searches thousands of artworks to see if any look like you.

#6 - Curator Table
Overview - https://experiments.withgoogle.com/curator-table
Launch Tool - https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/curatortable/

Curator Table is one of Google's "experiments" which creates a massive virtual 3D gallery of artwork you can explore. You can use your mouse to simply browse, or you can use the search feature to pull out art for a specific artist, styles, or object. When you find the art you want, clicking on it will open a page with more details on that work.

#7 - Art Palette
Overview - https://experiments.withgoogle.com/art-palette
Launch Tool - https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/artpalette/

Color is one of the fundamental aspects of art, used to communicate mood, style, and ideas. So Google decided to create a search engine based on color! Art Palette allows you to search through thousands of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more, based on colors you choose. Students can then use the results to explore similarities and connections between the color-matching art. Here's how it works:

Go to the Art Palette site at: https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/artpalette/

Use the color bar at the top to select the colors you want to include in your palette.

Google will now display a grid of artwork that use the colors you have chosen.

Alternately you can click the "From an image" button to upload a picture or use your webcam to take a picture for the site to match against.

To learn more about Art Palette see the video below from Google:

#8 - AutoDraw
Blog Post - https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/04/google-autodraw.html
Overview - https://experiments.withgoogle.com/autodraw
Launch Tool - https://www.autodraw.com/

AutoDraw is a very simple and easy to use drawing tool, with most of the normal features such as drawing, filling colors, resizing, adding text, and more. However, there is one big twist. AutoDraw includes Google's artificial intelligence to help you draw by taking your squiggles and doodles, and offering to replace them with pre-made clipart-style images.

Some possible uses might include:

Sketch notes

Infographics

Illustrating a story

Creating a scene

Desktop publishing (flyer, poster)

Creative drawing

For detailed directions on how to use this tool, see my earlier post here: " Using Google AutoDraw for Sketchnotes, Infographics, Drawings, and More"
To learn more about AutoDraw see the video below from Google:

#9 - Just a Line
Website - https://experiments.withgoogle.com/justaline
Android mobile app
iOS mobile app

Although 3D art has always existed through sculpture and modeling, when we think of drawing, we normally think of 2D. Well what if we could draw in 3D? That's why Google created the "J ust a Line" mobile app. This augmented reality app allows you to move around and draw in your physical environment. Here's how it works:

Install the app: Android or iOS

Launch the app and point your camera at your surroundings.

Use your finger to draw in the air a few feet in front of you.

Walk around to draw in different locations.

As you move around you can see your 3D drawing superimposed in your physical space.

You can click the "Draw with a partner" button to let someone join you to draw together in the same space.

You can click the "Record" button to make a video of your 3D art to share with others.

#10 - Doodle for Google
https://doodle4google.com

All the way back in 1998, Google launched their first " Google Doodle". The company founders were going to spend a week at the Burning Man Festival and wanted to let people know they would be out of the office. So they changed the normal Google logo on the site to one that included the Burning Man logo for the second "O". Since then it has been a staple of the website to show creative versions of the Google logo to celebrate events, people, and ideas.

Building on this, starting in 2008 Google has hosted an annual "Doodle for Google" contest. K-12 students can create and submit their own artwork for the Google logo for a chance to have it displayed on Google's site and win some great scholarships and tech packages for their schools.

This is an awesome project for students to take part in each year, where they can combine any style of art with things they are passionate about. You can find out all the details about the competition, past winners, resources, and more at: https://doodle4google.com

Art is a powerful tool for student learning and expression. Technology can provide many ways to enrich and extend this experience. If you have other technology resources that are helpful in teaching, learning, and creating with art, please consider sharing them in the comments below.

Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1

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A common question I receive from folks is how can younger students use Google tools? I am always happy to email them my collection of resources, but figured it might be easier if I pulled everything together in a single blog post.

Over the years I have come across and/or created a wide range of fun and creative ways to use Google tools with primary aged students, typically considered to be pre-K through grade 2 or so. In this blog post I will share descriptions of and links to these activities. As I make new ones over time, I will try to come back and add them to this post so this stays up to date with all my resources.

In addition to the things I have created, I would certainly encourage you to also take advantage of some other fantastic educators who focus on the primary grades:

See below for the resources and have fun learning!

#1 - Build a Snowman with Google Slides
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/12/build-snowman.html

This is a fun activity where students make a snowman using pieces and parts provided, and then write a story about them. This is a great way to develop tech skills such as copy and paste, drag and drop, and basic of Google Slides. It also encourages creativity and writing skills.

#2 - Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/09/build-jackolantern.html

Very similar to the snowman activity, this one has students making a jack-o-lantern and writing about it. In addition to all of the skills addressed with the snowman activity, this one also encourages use of the shapes and polyline tools in Google Slides.

#3 - Turkey Templates for Thanksgiving Creativity and Writing
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/11/turkey-templates.html

I did not create these specific activities, but they were inspired by my snowman and jack-o-lantern templates. Beth Kingsley and Kelley Costa made these and were kind enough to share them. Similar to my templates, students use these to make a turkey in Google slides and then write about it.

#4 - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Sorting
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/02/one-fish-two-fish-sort.html

This activity is a great tie-in for "Read Across America" (and the birthday of Dr. Seuss) but can really be used anytime. It helps teach students about sorting items into categories, but also reinforces tech skills such as drag and drop.

#5 - Creating Storybooks with Google Slides
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/03/google-slides-storybooks.html

Another non-traditional use for Google Slides is creating eBooks. Students can do this from scratch or with the simple templates provided in this post. When done, the storybooks can be printed out, turned into PDFs, or simply shared online.

#6 - Pixel Art Activities for any Subject with Google Sheets
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/02/sheets-pixelart.html

Google Sheets is not just for crunching numbers! It can also be used for creating pixel art images. This template makes it easy for little ones to make pixel art just by typing in letters and having the colors automatically fill in. This is great for creativity, keyboarding, and improving letter recognition.

#7 - Emoji Learning Activities with Google Docs
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/01/docs-emoji-activities.html

When we think of Google Docs, we usually think of text, but it also supports the use of emojis. In this blog post we look at several ways that emojis can be used with students including pictographs, stories, and more.

#8 - Google Docs "Wintertime Rebus Story" template
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/12/winter-activities.html

A specific example of using emojis in Docs is using them to create rebus stories. This can help students write stories even if they do not know how to spell all the words they wish to use. This post provides a winter-themed template to get them started.

#9 - Google Docs "Valentine Rebus Story" template
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/02/valentine-activities.html

Just like the winter-themed template, this post has a Valentine-themed template to use for writing a rebus story in Docs.

#10 - Google Docs "Halloween Rebus Story" template
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/10/halloween-rebus.html

And to round out the rebus writing, this post has a template for a Halloween story with emojis.

#11 - 11 Ways to Teach Math with Google Drawings
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/06/math-google-drawings.html

Google Drawings lends itself to many math topics with the ability to make and manipulate shapes. In this post we cover several ways you can teach math with Drawings. Although some of the examples would be for older students, there are still many that apply to primary students including partitioning shapes, identifying different shapes, sorting objects be different attributes, and more.

#12 - Pattern Block Templates and Activities
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/04/pattern-blocks.html

Another good math application for Google Drawing is virtual pattern blocks. Students can use these digital manipulatives to learn about shapes, patterns, symmetry, and be creative in general.

#13 - Wintertime Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/12/wintertime-magnetic-poetry.html

Google Drawings also works well for drag and drop activities like "Magnetic Poetry". With this template students are provided with 100 common words from the Dolch list, as well as many winter-themed words. They can them drag and drop these words onto the canvas to write a poem, sentence, or story.

#14 - Valentine's Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/01/valentine-magnetic-poetry.html

Just like the winter option, this Google Drawing template lets students create a Valentine-themed poem from draggable words.

#15 - Springtime Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/04/spring-poetry.html

For one more "Magnetic Poetry" example, this template is spring-themed.

#16 - Learning with Chrome Music Lab
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/12/chrome-music-lab.html

Music is a wonderful way for students to be creative, express themselves, and even learn about connected topics such as math. With Chrome Music Lab students get 13 interactive music tools to play with to make music, explore rhythms, and more.

#17 - Chrome Extensions for Struggling Students
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/10/special-needs-extensions.html

Although this post was originally developed to showcase assistive technology and accomodation tools, many of these resources can be helpful for young learners. The extensions covered in this post include text-to-speech tools to read content aloud to students, tools to clean up webpages to make them less distracting and and more easy to read, and much more.

#18 - Play "Mystery Animal" with Google
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/11/mystery-animal.html

Mystery Animal is an interactive game from Google that lets students play "20 Questions" to try to guess an animal. This can be a great way for students to develop good questions, work as a team, and learn about animals in the process.

#19 - YouTube "Read Aloud" Book Videos for Kids
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/12/youtube-read-aloud.html

Once you get past the cat videos, YouTube has so much wonderful educational content for students (although the cats are cool too). One useful resource on YouTube are videos of story books being read aloud. In this post I have pull together a list of many channels that feature read aloud book videos.

Conclusion

Technology is a powerful tool for teaching and learning regardless of age. There are many ways that primary students can create, collaborate, explore, and learn with Google tools. Over time as I add new posts to the blog that are applicable to younger students, I will update this post as well to include them here. If you have resources and activities for primary students please feel free to share them in the comments below!

Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1

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Time Capsule introduces Civil War-era issues with consequences for some of the most pressing debates of today-such as women's roles in wartime, government surveillance, and the meaning of the Confederate flag. Combining these videos with clips from Mercy Street , as well as discussion questions, activity suggestions, and primary source materials, provides an opportunity for a more comprehensive understanding of some of the most important themes in 19th-century history.

Visualizing WWII (All grades)

The themes and concepts represented within this collection include battles and soldiers, technology and weapons, women's changing roles, historic places and people, life and culture back at home, Japanese internment camps, the Holocaust, Jewish ghettos and uprisings, the aftermath and damage, and memorials and remembrance.

World War II Stories (5-12)

Iowa Public Television's production of Iowa's World War II Stories preserves some of the memories of those who put their lives on hold in the fight against the Axis powers.

Enjoy this collection of resources surrounding Ken Burns' 2016 documentary Jackie Robinson. Featuring clips from the documentary and a selection of lesson plans, students can engage with the life story of Jackie Robinson and the broader Civil Rights movement.

Africa's Great Civilizations (6-9)

This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africs shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Use these resources to engage students with different ways of exploring key historical events and personal stories. These resources highlight important themes, such as capitalism, civil rights, immigration, war, and international relations. Students can investigate and analyze questions of justice, the ingenuity of the U.S., and civic responsibility, and connect history to current events.

A Roman's Eye View (9-12)

This set of video resources provides a virtual tour of historical and geographic features of the 1st-century Roman Empire.

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

The landmark four-part series The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow explores segregation from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement.

George Washington and the American Revolution (6-12)

Dive into media-rich resources from George Washington's Mount Vernon that highlights his role as a leader during the American Revolution. See the progress of the war through the actions and decisions of General George Washington, such as direct confrontation, military strategy, disease prevention, and spy techniques.

Each of The Southern Campaign eight modules include a short video episode, photos, maps and online curriculum for South Carolina teachers. Below find a quick index to the modules and direct links to the video episodes.
PBS World Explorers (4-8)
Some sailed across the Atlantic, others rocketed to the moon. Learn more about the lives and journeys of some of history's greatest explorers with our PBS World Explorers collection.

Hamilton's America (4-12)

"Hamilton's America" blends history, footage of Miranda's writing process, and scenes from the musical itself to create a vibrant and engaging film about the making of the musical and the preservation of Alexander Hamilton's legacy. This collection includes clips, classroom activities, discussion questions, handouts, and teaching tips connected to the film.

April 2014 marked the 150th anniversary of General William T. Sherman's first foray into Georgia. He and his army stayed for 37 weeks. Georgia Public Broadcasting, in partnership with the Atlanta History Center, will observe that significant date by premiering the first of a 37 part series that will bring to life Sherman's devastating journey through Georgia. Each of the ninety-second segments will bring to life what was happening that same week 150 years ago.

Ken Burns's documentary "The Address" follows the students of the Greenwood School as they uncover the meaning behind President Lincoln's words at Gettysburg. Explore the history of the Civil War and the significance of the famous speech in the collection below, featuring an overview of the war, videos of celebrity recitations, and a lesson plan to encourage student involvement.

When students are learning about world cultures and global issues, infuse some engaging art content into your lessons with this collection of videos that focus on folk music and dance from around the globe that either maintains a tradition or adapts customary traditions with contemporary styling.

Discover the different roles that First Ladies have played throughout history as policy advocates, diplomats, and public figures. Get to know First Ladies throughout the history of the United States including the work of First Lady Michelle Obama and her initiatives through featured images, background essays, videos, and lesson plans.

Take a fascinating look at Native American art, history, and culture as told through the historians, artists, students, and scientists in this featured resource collection.

What are the stories of U.S. Latinos and how do they inform the broader American narrative? From southern Florida to the San Juan Islands of Washington state, from the pre-history of the nation through today's most contentious issues, Latino experiences illuminate our country's history and its struggle to liveup to its ideals.

Quest for the Lost Maya

National Geographic's Quest for the Lost Maya follows a team of archaeologists as they uncover evidence of a forgotten Mayan society in the Yucatán. Buried beneath an ancient pyramid deep in the Yucatán jungle, the team discovers an even more ancient royal palace complex.

The history of African Americans in Georgia dates back to the earliest days of slavery in the colony. From the Antebellum era to the end of the Civil War slaves toiled on farms and plantations across Georgia. After freedom from slavery, African Americans waited nearly one hundred years for the promises of the 14th and 15th amendments to be kept. Along their journey, their cultural and economic successes and challenges became a part of their history.

Learn about global events and history of the Middle East and Liberia through these resources from Global Connections.

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT

Explore the rich history and the institution of the U.S. Presidency-from George Washington to Barack Obama. Understand the duties and powers of the President of the United States and the First Lady, gather important background information with our Presidential biographies and engage with videos and primary sources that place you back in time at some of the most pivotal turning points in American history.

This collection of videos, documents, and primary sources lends context to the events and leaders that defined the Civil Rights movement's first three decades (1954-1985). These resources also capture the issues and activists involved in the struggle today-those making headlines, stirring debate, and trending on social media.

These lessons, film modules, and activities also provide a context for understanding and further investigating the changing nature of democracy around the world.

The Supreme Court (K-12)
The Supreme Court charts the Court's unique evolution through archival footage, graphic techniques and interviews with legal historians and experts. Explore the personalities and beliefs of individual Supreme Court justices as well as the dynamic social and political forces that have and continue to shape legal precedent in the United States.

Founding Principles: American Governance in Action is an online series that provides an introductory overview of American government and politics. Each resource includes a breakdown of enduring understandings, an overview of content, a list of covered foundational documents and Supreme Court cases, ideas for extending learning, suggested classroom activities, related vocabulary words, and student viewing guides with comprehension and critical thinking questions.

Voting and elections are an essential part of democracy. Keep up with election news, study the history and process of presidential elections, explore voting rights, and engage in classroom debates with these videos, activities, and lesson plans. Use our interactive Electoral Decoder to explore electoral college results from previous elections, and predict the outcome of the upcoming election. We will continue to add resources to this collection through the 2020 presidential election.

Commanding Heights
Learn about the economic history of countries across the globe, and the influence of globalization with these resources from Commanding Heights.

Market to Market (8-12)

Market to Market Classroom connects your curriculum with stories about the science, technology, culture, and business of agriculture from the nation's longest-running agribusiness television program.

Making Cents

With this video series, teach teens and pre-teens how to manage their money and foster an entrepreneurial spirit. Visit KSPS Education for more additional learning resources.

Arts and Social Studies
Studies in the visual art provide an opportunity for students to learn about world history, cultures, and geography while engaging creativity. Use this video collection to give students a sense of the role art has played in Chinese, African, Mexican, Iranian and Native American cultures, and how contemporary artists interpret such global art traditions.

American Icons (3-7)

These lesson plans encourage students to explore the contributions to society made by prominent Americans from all walks of life. Each lesson plan includes a short video, as well as a written primary sources activity, a visual primary source activity, and a culminating activity.

Social Studies through the Documentary Lens (6+ )
Whether engaging students in group research activities or helping them explore complex questions around media literacy through collaborative conversations, POV's lesson plans offer rigorous entry-points to the study of critical social issues and put a personal face on social, historical, political and cultural topics.

Religions of the World (6-12)
The Religions of the World Photo Collection contains striking photographs individually selected from the Getty Images for use by PBSLearningMedia's Teachers and Students. It includes lesson guides that may be used by educators to supplement coverage of world religions for grades 6-8 and grades 9-12.

News and Media Literacy (6-12)

This collection, which includes videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families, helps students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources. Media literacy is an essential skill for all students across a range of subjects, from Science to Social Studies to English Language Arts.

The Global Oneness Project collection features films, photo essays, and accompanying lesson plans which explore cultural, social, and environmental issues with a humanistic lens. These multimedia stories explore the world through real-life experiences and provide students with an authentic approach to global learning.

Ken Burns and his collaborators have been creating historical documentary films for more than forty years. Known for a signature style that brings primary source documents, images, and archival video footage to life on screen, these films present the opportunity to pose thought-provoking questions for students, and introduce new ideas, perspectives, and primary sources.

Soldiers, Veterans, and War in American Life
These videos, images, and media-rich lesson plans allow you to bring stories from the battlefront into American history, world history, and health classrooms.

The Greeks (6-12)

This three part mini-series created with National Geographic explains how Greece became the center of Western civilization and presents theories as to why this ancient culture receded in power even as other empires continued to emulate their ways.

Teaching the Civil War (6-12)

This collection brings together a diverse set of resources to consider the causes, context, and course of the Civil War.

Alan Lomax Collection
Born in 1915, Alan Lomax was a folklorist who recorded the songs and stories of folk groups across the rural United States, the Caribbean, the British Isles, Europe, and Morocco. Between 1933 and 1942 Lomax traveled throughout rural Kentucky to record songs for the Archive of American Folk Songs at the Library of Congress

Teachers may utilize these lesson plans drawn from the series to explore the ways that the Reconstruction shaped our country, the South and African Americans.

Writing in US History (9-12)

The Calderwood Writing Course: U.S History includes six interactive, self-paced lessons for high school students. Each lesson provides an immersive look at a key topic in U.S. history integrated with tools to develop writing skills. Lively illustrated lectures by historian Ben Weber are supplemented by a range of primary source materials, including historical documents, photographs, cartoons, and artifacts

The Great War
The Great War: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Collection covers key topics in the timeline of World War I-from the factors that turned U.S. neutrality into engagement to the challenges of making a just and lasting peace. Classroom support materials offer ways to engage with questions raised during the war that persist today, including ones related to balancing civil liberties with national security, the role of women in politics, the loyalty of immigrants, and racism.

All about the Holidays (K-6)

Have you ever stopped to wonder why we wear Halloween costumes, celebrate Thanksgiving in November, or choose valentines in February? These familiar traditions have fascinating and sometimes surprising origins. Get to know the history and significance behind these U.S. holidays (and more!) with this new collection of resources.

Freedom Riders: American Experience
Learn about the Freedom Riders, a courageous band of African American and white civil rights activists who in 1961 rode together on buses throughout the American South to challenge segregation. These video segments document the events and accomplishments of the Freedom Rides, and introduce you to the real human stories of those who helped change our history.

Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln explores the life and legacy of the man widely considered one of our best and most enigmatic presidents. The PBS series, presented and written by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (African American Lives, Oprah's Roots), addresses many of the controversies surrounding Lincoln - race, equality, religion, politics, and depression - by carefully interpreting evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today.

American Experience: The Pilgrims
The media resources in this collection feature historical reenactments and expert interviews that tell the Pilgrims' story from both European and Native perspective

The War of 1812
These lessons are designed to enhance the educational value of the PBS program The War of 1812 for students in elementary, middle and high school. The lessons typically use program segments and broad thematic strands. They integrate and honor the contributions of all groups involved in the War.

Black America Since MLK
Embark with professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Travel from the victories of the Civil Rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America-and our nation as a whole.

March on Washington
Help your students appreciate the significance of this event - and its role in the larger Civil Rights Movement using this collection of digital content from PBS LearningMedia.

Sacred Journeys (8-12)
The resources align with national standards and invite students to compare and contrast the core beliefs and practices of a variety of world religions. Discover how these religions influence social structures, and learn about multiple cultures against the framework of comparative religion.

Rise of Industrial America (6-12)

The photographs selected for the Rise of the Industrial America collection may be used by educators and students to illustrate American life and technological advancements between approximately 1876 and 1917, after the Reconstruction and before World War I. A teacher's guide is included.

Faces of America
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The lesson plans and media resources based on the series address a wide range of topics including historic waves of immigration, anti-immigrant sentiment, family genealogy, and state-of-the-art genetic research.

Women's History Month
This collection celebrates Women's History Month by focusing on women and girls around the world. The films tell powerful, personal stories; and the activities encourage students to learn and understand international struggles and take an active role in addressing local concerns.

American Experience American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America's past and present. Discover this country's rich history in this collection of resources from American Experience.

Indian Pride, the 13-part cultural magazine, showcases the unique lifestyles of North American's 562 Indian nations. While honoring the historical past, Indian Pride created a national forum for tribal members to speak to a national audience.

T he Ways is a series of language and culture stories from Native communities around the central Great Lakes that explores connections between traditional ways and those of today. This online educational resource expands and challenges current understanding of Native identity and communities.

Around the Globe Take a trip Around the Globe with PBS LearningMedia! Explore fact-sheets, videos, blogs, and news stories coming from all over the world - dive deeper into each collection to find even more resources help bring world culture to life in your classroom.

We the Voters

Before the 2016 Election, PBS Education partnered with We The Voters, a nonpartisan digital project featuring short films to activate voters across the country. The films and accompanying lesson plans, now edited to be useful for any election season, provide a fresh, engaging perspective on democracy, elections, governance, and debating.

Follow along on the path to the presidency with these primary source images of United States presidential elections from 1992 to 2012. Learn about the front lines of the campaign trail as each image gives valuable insight into the elections and candidates. As you look at these images, think about the political environments and history of the time.

This collection includes resources that support teaching the fundamentals of the U.S. Constitution. Students will understand the issues involved in the creation and ratification of the United States Constitution, the new government it established, and its continuing significance.

History of the Iowa Caucus (6-12)

The Journey to the Presidency documentary explores how Iowa became the political epicenter and first major electoral event for the United States presidential nomination process. The collection includes recent interviews with political leaders, campaign staff and journalists from across the country on their memories of caucus campaigns in Iowa.

Educators can use America From Scratch (and its discussion guides) to engage the most important issues of the day and to encourage critical thinking and promote civic engagement with their students.

PBS NewsHour Extra helps teachers and students identify the who, what, when, where, and why-it-matters of major national and international news stories. In partnership with PBS LearningMedia, we are proud to bring you the Daily News Story which takes the best of the PBS NewsHour news program and pairs it with discussion questions, lesson plans, and stories developed specifically for students.

Citi Collection for Financial Capability
The 25 resources that comprise the collection conceptually illustrate and practically apply lessons regarding savings, investment, creditworthiness, entrepreneurship, and commerce.

Use this collection of lessons, video clips, and images to explore America's creative spirit seen through the language and tradition of the handmade. Students will learn about the artists, origins, and techniques of the American craft.

Two Cents (9-12)

PBS Digital Studios and the producers of It's Okay to Be Smart bring you TWO CENTS, a new weekly series about personal finance for millennials and Gen Z.

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GENERAL SOCIAL STUDIES The African-Americans (6-12) Using video clips from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross , this collection of lesson plans addresses a wide range of themes of the African-American experience from 1500 to the present. PBS Digital Studios: Politics, Civics, and History (6-12) Explore top selections from the PBS Digital Studios library.

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