Thinkfinity-Social+Studies

Time: 10:30 - 11:15 Room: Auditorium Contact: david_solon** **//at// iu13.org**
 * Presenter: Dave Solon

**__Description of Presentation__**
[|Thinkfinity] is an online web portal (sponsored by Verizon) that is a one-stop shop for K - 12 educators, students, and parents looking for educational resources. It is FREE, easy to use, has no login or password, and offers over 55,000 resources including lesson plans, maps, worksheets, interactive games, calendars, video clips, audio clips and many others. Thinkfinity is partnered with nine of the most prestigious educational associations in the nation and all materials submitted for acceptance in Thinkfinity must first be reviewed and approved by a panel of educational experts.


 * Featured Partner:** [|Smithsonian's History Explorer]

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 * Examples of Resources:**
 * //Lesson:// [|The Monroe Doctrine: Early American Foreign Policy]
 * //Interactive:// [|WWII Northern Europe Interactive Map]
 * //Media://  [|The Post 9/11 Landscape]
 * //Reference Materials:// [|The Price of Freedom: Americans at War]

**Your Task for this Session:**
====Think about a subject or concept that you'll be covering in the next few weeks. Your task is to find a lesson, interactive, or media resource to help increase student engagement while covering this upcoming content. Please share great resource links with your fellow teachers below:====

1. add something here 2. and here 3. and even here! (add more as needed!)
 * Teacher-found Great Resources:**


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