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Emalee Edenfield
Professor Widincamp
MGED 3300
13 November 2014
Works Cited
Chow, Stefen, and Lin Hui-yi. "The Poverty Line." The Poverty Line. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov.
2014. <http://www.thepovertyline.net/>.

This website serves to inform others about the poverty line. This project attempts
to show and explain what being poor really means through photos of daily
amounts of food you can buy if your income lies at the poverty line.

This would be a great resource when talking about different countries and their
economy for the six and seventh grade curriculum. The impact of seeing, versus
hearing, how much food an individual can receive if they are at the poverty line
can truly be eye opening for students. This is a great resource for students to gain
information about the economy and culture of other countries.

The only potential downside is that some of the food pictured may be unfamiliar
to students, thus the value of the products and/or impact may decrease.

CATEGORY: Inquiry Based/Controversial Issues.

"The Google Art Project." Google Art Project. N.p., 1 Feb. 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
<https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fculturalinstitute%2Fproject%2Fartproject>.

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The Google Art Project is an online resource for the public that allows people
with internet access to see high-resolution images of artworks housed in 151
museums from 40 countries. The project has accumulated over 32,000 artworks
and is still in the process of partnering with other museums. Google Art Project
allows uses to virtually tour the museums' galleries, receive physical and
contextual information about individual artworks, and "walk -through" the
museum using Google's street view technology.

Going to a museum is a great enrichment for students, but it also requires money.
If youre not near a museum, you simply dont have access to their resources.
Because they have so many museum partnering with them, Social Studies
teachers can easily find museums to incorporate into their lessons. This resource
would be great for grades 6-8 and it acts as primary sources for students.

The downside? It can be hard to navigate. Students and teachers might get
frustrated. However, the project is still in its beginning stages and will most likely
work out those kinks.

CATEGORY: Primary Document and Technology

"Killing Lincoln | National Geographic Channel." Killing Lincoln | National Geographic

Channel. National Geographic Channel, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
<http://killinglincolnconspiracy.com/>.

This website is an incredible resource if you are spending time teaching about
President Lincoln. killinglincolnconspiracy.com acts as a visual platform to
understanding exactly how the assassination of the President came about, as well

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as the aftermath of the tragedy. Students have the options of clicking on icons and
learning more about particular events and individuals.

This resource is engaging and interactive and would be a great addition to a

lesson, especially in eighth grade Georgia History. You can have students look at
the site by themselves, or you can go through it together as a class. This resource
can be used to gain information for the students.

Downside: There is A LOT going on, so students could become easily distracted.
It may help to go through the site as a class to ensure none of the information is
missed. As well, it can get tricky to understand what icon to go to next some
guidance is necessary.

CATEGORY: Technology

"Newsela | Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events." Newsela. N.p., 2014. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
<https://newsela.com/>.

Newsela enhances reading comprehension through daily news articles. Each

article is available at 5 different levels. The content is all the same, but the level is
suitable for each student's individual needs. As well, each article has a designated
quiz that is aligned with the Common Core. It requires students to do a close
reading and develop critical thinking skills. The articles that newsela chooses are
not dry; they try to have articles that are of high interest for students. And the
articles are just about political news, but news that covers all content and subjects
at a school. As well, when you assign an article for a student to read, you can
track who has read the story, taken the quiz, and see which students even took

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notes. Students also have the option to examine the content even deeper though
annotations and editable written-response questions.

A Social Studies teacher could use this resource as a daily warm up. As much as
Social Studies is about the history of our world, its also the platform for which
students learn about relevant and new information about our society.

(CATEGORY: Differentiation)

"TV NEWS : Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV Archive : Internet Archive." TV NEWS :
Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV Archive : Internet Archive. N.p., 2012.
Web. 11 Nov. 2014. <https://archive.org/details/tv>.

The T.V. News section of archive.org is a research library service that enhances
the capabilities of students and engaged citizens. At no charge, the public can use
the index by simply searching for short streamed clips to see "TV news, important
resources, understand context, evaluate assertions of fact, engage with others and
share insights." The research library is much like a traditional library, but rather
than collecting books, they collect TV news. The library contains over 640,000
news programs over the past 4+ years and is updated with new broadcasts 24
hours after being aired. As well, older broadcasts are being added.

For example, a teacher could type in inauguration speech and you will then
have access to all the T.V. broadcasts about the inauguration speech. It is a great
resource of primary documents and technology based learning.

Downside: There is a chance that certain broadcasts will not be available.

(CATEGORY: Primary Document)

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"What Is FOIA?" FOIA.gov. United States Department of Justice, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.foia.gov/index.html>.

On July 4th, 1996, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted. This
allowed any person the right to have access to federal agency records, minus a
few exemptions.

So what does this mean for a social studies teacher? This means that you and your
class have the right to request and access information from the federal
government! It would be fun for your students to act on their right as a citizen to
request information from their government. You can find documents for the
Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of
Justice, United States Department of Health and Human Services, etc.

Downside: Some requests can be denied.

CATEGORY: Primary Document