Digital Tools for VE Teachers
This is a place for teachers to discover a variety of digital tools that can be used with and for students.
New resources are added frequently, so check back often. Please understand that this is in now way meant to be an exhaustive list of resources.
Kialo Edu - The tool to teach critical thinking and rational debate
Kialo is a free tool used by educators world-wide to teach critical thinking, facilitate rational classroom debate and explain controversial issues.
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THE REAL TIME CURRICULUM PROJECT
The Real Time Curriculum Project is a project to easily bring current event resources to the classroom.
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Award-winning free resources for K-12 and college classrooms | Econ Lowdown
Econ Lowdown is a FREE platform with award-winning economics and personal finance resources for K-12 and college classrooms.
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Facing History and Ourselves
Empowering teachers & students to think critically about history & to understand the impact of their choices.
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iCivics
Free Lesson Plans and Games for Learning Civics
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Big History Project
Harness the curiosity and creativity of your middle and high school students with a supercharged social studies curriculum that gets beyond facts. Big History Project is a free, online social studies course that emphasizes skill development as students draw mind-blowing connections between past, present and future. What can you expect to see? Amazing gains in student writing and critical thinking.
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American Panorama
American Panorama is an historical atlas of the United States for the twenty-first century. It combines cutting-edge research with innovative interactive mapping techniques, designed to appeal to anyone with an interest in American history or a love of maps.
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