Thinkfinity

//Freedom Songs: Students will listen to and discuss their feelings for songs from the Civil Rights Movement. //

//T////he Underground Railroad: Students will take a virtual field trip of the Underground Railroad.// 
 * Description:**

Thinkfinity makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. Thinkfinity also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school programs. All of Thinkfinity's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students. At Thinkfinity, you'll find primary source materials, interactive student resources and grade-specific research lists to help you tailor materials to meet your needs. Start exploring now! Explore the lesson plans on the Web sites that comprise the Thinkfinity Portal at http://www.thinkfinity.org. Find / select two lesson plans that you could use as part of an instructional unit in your class. Remember, the items you will find on the Thinkfinity Web sites, are not necessarily complete units but supplemental resources.

You will complete two forms – one for each Thinkfinity lesson plan. Describe the instructional unit at the top of the form. At the bottom, describe the Thinkfinity lesson and why the lesson would be an integral part of the instructional unit.

It is your choice whether they are both part of the same instructional unit or different units. When completed, submit through the View / Complete Assignment Links.


 * Other Items to Explore in Thinkfinity :**

I would like to continue to use Thinkfinity for all subjects. Some other subjects I will find lessons for in the near future are Science, Reading, Math, and some other lessons for Social Studies. I would like to find science lessons related to Weather, and minute living things. These are both topics that are covered on the State Science Assessment Test. I plan to look for additional Social Studies lessons that focus on Famous American Women, Our Community, and Maps. I would also like to find Math lessons that focus on using math in the real world. 
 * Reflection:**

Wow this is a great website. I wish that I had found it a long time ago. I found it especially helpful when I was looking for activities on Black History Month. Over the past 2 year I have been teaching a lesson on the Underground Railroad by reading books and then having students create a paper quilt, and writing a paragraph to reinforce what they learned about the Underground Railroad. Through this site I found that there is actually a virtual field trip of the Underground Railroad. Being able to use this type of technology with my students will really get them interested and asking questions and really understanding the concept of what the Underground Railroad was all about because they can actually see it not just picture it in their minds. I really like the fact that there are a variety of lesson for each topic. I am sure this will be a site that I visit quite often to come up with new ideas to spark my own creativity.