PBS Documentaries:  http://video.pbs.org/

http://americanhistory.si.edu/lincoln/introduction

Scholastic's Best Classroom Book List

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/01/best-classroom-book-list-ever?eml=Teachers/e/201301022/facebook///SMO/teachers/topteaching/Meghan/

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http://view.email.nea.org/?j=febf1c757366007a&m=fe9015707263027b71&ls=fe281079746d047f711373&l=ff021574776105&s=fe5c167975630d787416&jb=ff9b1573&ju=fe5715727363017c7c1d&r=0

MY CLASSROOM

What's your dream?Do you have an idea for teaching your students or an amazing professional development opportunity, and the only thing holding you back is funding? The NEA Foundation now has two levels of grants, $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for group projects, and they've made the application process easy. The next deadline is Feb. 1, but don't worry: there are three application deadlines each year.

• Example of a funded project that uses music to improve the communications skills and confidence of special needs students: www.neafoundation.org/pages/grant-resources-featured-grantees.
• Details and application: www.neafoundation.org/blog/grant-deadline-2013

MY RESOURCES

Library of Congress tweetsSign up for tweets from the largest library in the world with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.  https://twitter.com/librarycongress  

I'm just a billFor a timely explanation of how a bill becomes a law in Texas, point students towardhttp://www.house.state.tx.us/about-us/bill. (Or, for Schoolhouse Rock's musical explanation of a bill's journey in Congress, try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0.)

Create electronic flashcardsFlashcard Exchange takes flashcards to the next level, using web and mobile applications. It can hide cards you already know; create a memorization game; and make your flashcards into a multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, or matching test. http://flashcardexchange.com

Awesome storiesAwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Since 1999, it has helped educators find original sources located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies, and government-created websites that may not be searchable by popular search engines. Individual memberships are free. http://awesomestories.com

technology rocks. seriously.: School Signs

technology rocks. seriously.: School Signs: Just click on the printable to go to the downloadable PDF version.  You can also right click and save each image as a JPG.  If you hav...