May 4, 2004
Websites to Share
2. www.acinet.org/acinet/videos_by_cluster.asp - Videos and other tools for career search, from Linda Boice, Elk Grove
3. www.nicenet.org - Create a class website with a discussion board, shared by Marian Thacher, OTAN
4. www.ballard-tighe.com/ � Interactive games for students. Click on Students, then the globe, then Explore America Interactive Games. From Nancy Bernahl, Monterey
5. teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org - graphic organizers, from Donna Price-Machado, San Diego
6. http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo - bingo card maker, from Donna Price-Machado, San Diego
www.whitehouse.gov
Make sure they don�t type .com
�and here is where you can tour the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/
I love the kids� section!
Handout: Whitehouse Handout
www.craigslist.org
This is an online version of the classified ads. You can find just about anything including community events and discussions (message boards) where you can post questions on different topics. Handou: Place to Rent
www.geocities.com/pccprep/qz.htm
Good vocabulary exercises
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
Interactive geography test on the 50 states
http://www.factmonster.com/?link=tmplnav
This is for kids, but my students like it.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
This is a CIA site. Our students use it to do research on their countries and do oral presentations.
Handout: GUIDELINE FOR ORAL REPORT ON YOUR COUNTRY
http://www.geocities.com/thusyclept/comboframe.htm
Magnetic word board � allows you to create new words. You can have students use it to complete sentences you give them or create their own.
http://www.geocities.com/ccsnstudents/vocab1.html
This is all vocabulary.
www.50states.com Has links for the fifty states showing current information; good for the California project or short research projects on the fifty states.
www.bankofamerica.com Use the links for credit card information with the Economic and Banking unit for obtaining information on How to Get a Credit Card. Also good on this topic is the www.chasemanhattan.com, Credit card link.
www.eslgold.com General information for ESL students.