Social Studies Resources
https://www.time4learning.com/homeschool/curriculum/high_school_social_studies.html
News Literacy Project - Examines social media’s role in spreading fake news.
Includes memes, quizzes, articles that can be used in support of lessons.
Quizzes: News Literacy?, Is it Legit?
- https://newslit.org/get-smart/news-lit-quiz-3/ lighter quiz about how we misremember info and perpetuate misinformation
- https://newslit.org/get-smart/which-is-legit/ detecting fake news sites by url and logo
- https://newslit.org/get-smart/news-lit-quiz/ takes more time, gets more in-depth about news
https://newseumed.org/ Media Literacy/First Amendment
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Podcasts on history topics https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/peoples-history-podcasts
Teaching about the coronavirus (this has a lot of science links but might interest history folks too)
- This article has some suggestions and links, including to a Nat Geo article about what the coronavirus does to the body and maps to track the disease
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-03-09-what-science-classes-are-teaching-students-about-coronavirus - Gale Global Issues in Context database has a section on Pandemic Preparedness that includes Coronavirus and kind of the big picture about pandemics
https://link.gale.com/apps/portal/PDSCWK697646580/GIC?u=mlin_s_hanover&sid=GIC&xid=79148e33 - Learning resources from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/learning/coronavirus-resources-teaching-learning-and-thinking-critically.html
- From Scholastic https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/coronavirus.html#grades612
- From PBS Learning Media
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=coronavirus - Scientific American’s coverage https://www.scientificamerican.com/tag/The+Coronavirus+Outbreak/