Critical+Thinking+&+Problem+Solving

=Critical Thinking & Systems Thinking Problem Solving=

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 * **Critical Thinking and Problem Solving** ||

National Archives analysis worksheets **
 * 1. Brainstorming Activity- with primary documents and gallery walk

http://www.archives.gov/nae/education/lesson-plans.html
 * 1) Written Documents Worksheet [|Written Document]
 * 2) Artifact Worksheet [|Artifact]
 * 3) Cartoon Worksheet [|Cartoon]
 * 4) Map Worksheet [|Map]
 * 5) Motion Picture Worksheet [|Motion Picture]
 * 6) Photograph Worksheet [|Photograph>]
 * 7) Photograph Worksheet [|Poster]
 * 8) Sound Recording Worksheet [|Sound Recording]

Archive of all Worksheets

2. [] 3. Explore http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/handouts/ and [|Thinkfinitity] 4. [|NROC]-- Interactive Examples:
 * US History I - Unit 1 - Chapter 3 - [|Lesson 7 - Colonial Life >]
 * American Government - Unit 4 - Chapter 11 - [|Lesson 40 - Post WWII Civil Rights Legislation]
 * AP US History I - Unit 3 - Chapter 9 - [|Lesson 29 - Indian Remova][|l]
 * AP US History II - Unit 10 - Chapter 25 - [|Lesson 29 - Material Culture]

**Exploration time** > topics. Teachers can created quizzes, assignments, etc. All free!
 * http://www.hippocampus.org/
 * http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/
 * **Recommended by our U-Stream Audience:** [] **Description Provided:** video clips from NBC on classroom focused SS
 * **British Museum:** [](similar to our Smithsonian--the British Version)
 * **NROC Content at ESU#3** (content that you find in Hippocampus that is **housed at ESU#3 for quick loading**): []


 * Digital Museums, Libraries, and Media Archives on the Web.**

**Online Primary Source resources. Our Documents -  ** =**100 Milestone Documents**= http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone

[|http://geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/popn.html http://www.peopleandplanet.net] Womens History Month - Library of Congress http://womenshistorymonth.gov/ The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/photo/ Harry Truman Presidential Library and Museum http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.htm California Digital Library http://www.californiadigitallibrary.org/ The New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/digital/ Digital Library for Earth System Education http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp American Memory (Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ The Thomas Jefferson Papers http://www.thomasjeffersonpapers.org/ Digital South Asia Library http://dsal.uchicago.edu/ International Journal of Early Journals http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/ The Library of Virginia http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/ Cornell Digital Library http://www.library.cornell.edu/about/digital_collections.html Making of America http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ Columbia University’s Digital Library http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/projects/digital/ Boston College Art Collection http://www.bc.edu/libraries/centers/bapst/resources/s-images/ Denver Public Library – Photos of the West http://photoswest.org/ Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/ National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/ Presidential Libraries Online http://www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/addresses/addresses.html Library of Congress [|http://www.loc.gov] British Library http://www.bl.uk/ Archive.org [|http://www.archive.org] Picts 4 learning http://www.pics4learning.com/ Omaha Public library http://www.omahapubliclibrary.net/ Durham Western heritage Museum http://www.durhammuseum.org Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistory.org/ California Online Digital Archive http://content.cdlib.org/search?style=oac-img&facet-type-tab-join=or&facet-type-tab=image+cartographic+mixed&fieldList=text+keywords+title+description&keyword=calheritage

=Sources of Copyright-Friendly Media = These are greate places to look for images, music and sounds for your WebQuests, Powerpoint presentations and video productions. Most require only that attribution be given to the originator. Check each site for conditions of use.

PHOTOS

 * [|Flickr Creative Commons]
 * [|Simple Flickr Search]
 * [|Multicolr Search] (find CC pictures with particular colors!)
 * [|Pics4Learning]
 * [|Photo Laboratory]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons]
 * [|MorgueFile]
 * [|American Memory]
 * [|Free Photos Bank]
 * [|Digital Saskatchewan] (and it goes well beyond SK)
 * [|Free Foto]
 * [|Stock Vault]
 * [|Flickr Stock Repository]
 * [|ArtServe] (art and architecture from the Mediterrean and Japan)
 * [|PBase World Gallery] (amateur photos organized by country)
 * [|GeekPhilosopher]
 * [|NASA Images] [|**NEW**]
 * [|Public Domain Images] [|**NEW**]

CLIP ART

 * [|Absolutely All Free Clip Art]
 * [|Discovery School's Free Clip Art]
 * [|Kaboose]
 * [|CoolArchives]
 * [|Awesome Clip Art for Educators]
 * [|GoGraph]
 * [|Open Clip Art] **NEW**
 * [|School Clip Art] **NEW**

BACKGROUND TEXTURES

 * [|Squidfingers Background Patterns]
 * [|Absolute Background Textures Archive]
 * [|CG Textures]
 * [|Texture Warehouse]

MUSIC

 * [|FreePlayMusic]
 * [|Magnatune]
 * [|Internet Archive: Live Music Archive]
 * [|Open Source Audio]
 * [|Podsafe Audio]
 * [|Cinema Volta: Daily Ambience]
 * [|PDX Bands]
 * [|Ruccas.org]
 * [|Incompetech] and [|FreePD]- Music by Kevin MacLeod **NEW**
 * [|Moby Gratis]- Film music by Moby **NEW**

SOUND EFFECTS

 * [|Sound Effects: The Freesound Project]
 * [|Absolute Sound Effects Archive] **NEW**
 * [|Soungle] **NEW**

Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons Search http://search.creativecommons.org/ Yahoo Creative Commons Search http://search.yahoo.com/cc Critical thinking activity/lesson. [|Thinkfinity]or Illuminations examples--show the searchability for critical thinking areas.
 * Other Sites of Note:**

**Desktop Applications for Geography**
[|Google Earth] [|Google Earth Support] __Google Earth Geography Lessons__
 * **Google Earth Lessons:** []
 * **Juicy Geography Lessons Using Google Earth**: []
 * **More ideas for Using Google Earth in Geography**: []
 * **More Google Earth Lessons:** []

**The Flat Classroom Project**
 * Follows Thomas Freidman's book The World is Flat on Globalization and Collaboration
 * http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/
 * http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

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