Balloons & Airships

Balloons & Airships

The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age

Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company

Videos

Ask an Expert -- Night at the Museum 2 the Real Stuff: The Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer

Disneyland Opening 1955

1955 Disneyland Opening Day

Disneyland | wikipedia

Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863. It took place in around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
 
Battle of Gettysburg Facts & Summary | American Battlefield Trust

Battle of Gettysburg | NPS.gov

Gettysburg Heritage Museum

Gettysburg Welcome Center

Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across

Lesson Plan Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across

Historic Artists' Homes & Studios

"The Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program (HAHS) is a coalition of 44 museums that were the homes and working studios of American artists."

HAHS (The Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios)

Native Americans

History Detectives: Navajo Rug | PBS.org

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Museum - There are educational resources located on this site.

‘Native American Woven Arts’ Explores Methods, Meaning - This is about the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Museum located in Illinois. In this video clip, it talks about the "weaving function and design at a local museum dedicated to Native American art and culture."

New Mexico History Museum | Interactives - Interactives, Online Exhibits, Podcasts

Interactives in All Subjects

Pratt's Educational Resources
Grammar Interactives

United States Capitols

United States Virtual Tours

World Virtual Tours

All Subjects
K-12 Student Interactives | Utah Education Network - Including Homework Help

metkids: Metropolitan Museum of Art Explore the Map, Hop in the Time Machine, and Watch Videos

Free Online History Textbooks

Find high school courses for students, teachers, home-schoolers, and history lovers at UShistory.org. It includes US History, American Government, and Ancient Civilizations.

USHistory.org

US History.org

Monticello

Monticello.org  - Learn about Thomas Jefferson and much more.

Learning at Home - It also includes an ice cram recipe and muffin recipe.

Monticello for Educators

Monticello Virtual Tours

A Virtual Tour of Thomas Jefferson Monticello | Google Arts & Culture

Music: Yo-Yo Ma Visits - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

In this episode Mister Rogers talks about different string instruments (the bass violin, cello, viola, and violin), they visit a factory that makes bass violins, and visits a famous cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. Mister Rogers and Yo-Yo Ma talk about the different moods you can play on musical instruments. Yo-Yo Ma talks about how he started to play the cello. In this video he says his cello was made in Italy in 1712 in a village called Cremona by a man named Stradivarius.

You can watch the full episode (or choose parts of it if you like) at: Mister Rogers Talks About MUSIC: 1547.

Mount St. Helens Eruption on May 18, 1980

Mount St. Helens in an active volcano found in the state of Washington in the United States. It is a stratovolcano (or also known as a composite volcano). This landform is a cone-shaped volcano which erupted forty years ago on May 18, 1980. It was the largest and most destructive volcanic eruption in United States history.

Facts
Mount St. Helens, Washington USA:

Videos
Footage of the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption - Smithsonian Magazine

Mt. St. Helens Eruption May 18, 1980

Read more about this eruption at 1980 Cataclysmic Eruption.

Have some fun with volcanoes by creating your own baking soda and vinegar miniature volcano. I have some links on this page.

World Heritage List: UNESCO

Are you studying a particular country? Do you want to learn more about this country? You can go to the below link to find out more.
World Heritage List: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

On This Day: April 18

Here are some events that took place on April 18th.

1923
The Yankee Stadium officially opened on Wednesday, April 18, 1923. It was the Yankees' first home game, against the Boston Red Sox.

Links
Yankee Stadium (1923)

1955
Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. He was a German-American physicist that was born on March 14, 1879.

Links
Albert Einstein

1977
Alex Haley was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on April 18, 1977. He is the author of "Roots". My father had a genealogy conference and our family meet him.

Links
Alex Haley: The 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Special Awards and Citations

Mr. Nussbaum

https://mrnussbaum.com

World Virtual Tours

Here is a list of virtual tours located throughout the world. This post will be updated as I locate more sites. Enjoy!

The World
Sites in 3D - Find various countries on this site.
World Heritage List: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Africa
African Safari: Virtual Field Trips
Safari at Home: AsiliaAfrica.com
Virtual Field Trip Video: Africa | Nature Works Everywhere

Sudan
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe: UNESCO
Miniature Pyramids of Sudan
Sudan - Meroë pyramids - YouTube
Pyramids of Meroe

Egypt
Pharaoh Ramesses VI
The Pyramids

France
Paris 360˚
Virtourist.com
Lascaux Cave
Louvre Online Tours

Eiffel Tower
The OFFICIAL Eiffel Tower website
Eiffel Tower - 3D Virtual Tour

Italy
ItalyGuides.it
Musei Vaticani

Pompeii
ItalyGuides.it: Pompeii

Un esclusivo tour virtuale nei nuovi scavi di Pompei con Massimo Osanna
The above video is in Italian. If you don't speak Italian, you can view the images in the video.

United Kingdom (UK)
Buckingham Palace Virtual Tours
Windsor Castle Virtual Tours

United States
On this blog.

February: How Many Words Can You Make?

I remember when I was in the sixth grade were we had a class activity thinking of words from a particular word the teacher told us that day. We had a certain amount of time to do it in but I can't remember how long the teacher gave us. It was always fun to do this in class. This is an excellent activity to make class time fun and not boring. Of course, the students (or your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.) are learning indirectly and using their brain to find words.

Here are some ideas you can use for word game activities for the month of January and February. Some of the words can be used in other months of the year.

If you get stuck, you can check yourself at this website.
https://wordmaker.info/

JANUARY OR FEBRUARY WORDS
This can be used in either January or February.
(It depends on which month Chinese New Year's fall on that year.)

How many words can you write using the word “China”?
CHINA

How many words can you write using the word “Chinese”?
CHINESE

FEBRUARY WORDS
How many words can you write using the word “February”?
FEBRUARY

How many words can you write using the word “heart”?
HEART

How many words can you write using the word “statehood”?
STATEHOOD

How many words can you write using the words "black history"?
BLACK HISTORY

2 - Groundhog Day
How many words can you write using the word “shadow”?
SHADOW

How many words can you write using the word “groundhog”?
GROUNDHOG

6 - Massachusetts Admission to the Union
How many words can you write using the word “Massachusetts”?
MASSACHUSETTS

12  - President of the United States Birthday: Abraham Lincoln (1809)
How many words can you write using the word “Lincoln”?
LINCOLN

How many words can you write using the words “Abraham Lincoln”?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

14 - Valentine's Day
How many words can you write using the word “Valentine's”?
VALENTINE'S

How many words can you write using the words “Valentine's Day”?
VALENTINE'S DAY

14 - Arizona Admission to the Union
How many words can you write using the word “Arizona”?
ARIZONA

Use this on the day it is celebrated in February.

How many words can you write using the word “president”?
PRESIDENT

How many words can you write using the words “Presidents Day”?
PRESIDENT'S DAY

22 - President of the United States Birthday: George Washington's Birthday (1732)

How many words can you write using the word “Washington”?
WASHINGTON

How many words can you write using the words “George Washington”?
GEORGE WASHINGTON