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Hybrid Cyber Escape Room Experience
Hybrid Cyber Escape Room Experience
Hybrid Cyber Escape Room Experience

Engage students in a fun a creative Cyber Escape room experience where they are able to incorporate critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving, and communication skills as they work through a cybersecurity learning experience. As part of the Inland Empire Cyber-Security Initiative (IECI) led by Cal State San Bernardino (CSUSB), San Bernardino County - Alliance for Education was funded to promote cyber-related skills and cyber career awareness for upper elementary & middle school students over 2 years. The idea of the Cyber Escape Room facilitated this objective in a fun, and age-appropriate manner. In collaboration with SBCSS Digital Learning Services, the Cyber Escape Room came to fruition.
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How to Use EdTech to Develop an Equitable Instructional Strategy
How to Use EdTech to Develop an Equitable Instructional Strategy
How to Use EdTech to Develop an Equitable Instructional Strategy

This Instructure blog post reviews three tips for using technology to supercharge instructional strategy to provide equitable access to quality teaching and learning.
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Nearpod
Nearpod
Nearpod

Nearpod is a platform where slides can come to life! Teachers can upload slides or build right in Nearpod to create interactive lessons. Students can respond to different activities directly on their own devices. Nearpod activities can be used live (with a group/class) or individually (self-paced).
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Adobe Express
Adobe Express
Adobe Express

Adobe Express is a creation platform that is free for all teachers. Teachers and students can create and build within the Adobe Express platform.
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California's State Seal of Biliteracy
California's State Seal of Biliteracy
California's State Seal of Biliteracy

The California State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) program recognizes high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing one or more languages in addition to English.
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Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions
Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions
Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions

Recognitions provided to students on the Path to Biliteracy or Multiliteracy.
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Booklists for Kids and Young Adults
Booklists for Kids and Young Adults
Booklists for Kids and Young Adults

These booklists celebrate a wide range of cultures, languages, and experiences. They are organized by topic/theme, and many of the books are available in bilingual editions or in multiple languages. In addition, you can watch video interviews with a number of the authors and illustrators.
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History Curriculum
History Curriculum
History Curriculum

History Guides accompany each curriculum module and are structured as follows: The Thought: An expression of an overarching idea, the thought challenges.
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People's History
People's History
People's History

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level.
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Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
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Native American History
Native American History
Native American History

1 2 3 4 5 Are you interested in learning about Native American histories? Are you someone with questions or information to share? Are you a teacher looking for curriculum ideas or other resources? Welcome! We believe that teaching Native American histories in a positive way requires both specific, local knowledge and a broad understanding of how colonization manifests across time and space in the Americas and around the world
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Financial Literacy Presentation
Financial Literacy Presentation
Financial Literacy Presentation

Financial Literacy powerpoint for 9th-12th graders.
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Student Checklist for Home Space Organization
Student Checklist for Home Space Organization
Student Checklist for Home Space Organization

A checklist to help students and their families set-up organized home space work areas.
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iCivics - Civic Learning
iCivics - Civic Learning
iCivics - Civic Learning

iCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship. iCivics seek to inspire life-long civic engagement by providing high quality and engaging civics resources to teachers and students across our nation.
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World History
World History
World History

We are a non-profit organization publishing the world's most read history encyclopedia. Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide.
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History Detectives
History Detectives
History Detectives

In each hour-long episode of History Detectives Special Investigations, Kaiama, Tukufu and Wes ask probing questions behind a single iconic mystery from America's past.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) is a public institution open to all that promotes and highlight the contributions of African Americans.
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Interactive Writing & Grammar
Interactive Writing & Grammar
Interactive Writing & Grammar

Free tools to make your students better writers. Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for elementary, middle, and high school students.
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Smithsonian Learning Lab
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Smithsonian Learning Lab

Resources, training, and support to assist caregivers, teachers, and students as they face new learning challenges.
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Parent Strategies to help your child become a better reader
Parent Strategies to help your child become a better reader
Parent Strategies to help your child become a better reader

Parent strategies for improving your child's reading & writing.
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Read current events
Read current events
Read current events

The Learning Network is a news site that offers a daily resource to process current events driven. Get your finger on the pulse of the world, this free resource can be a reliable source of activities and ideas for current event discussions.
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Interactive E-Books for Middle & High School Students
Interactive E-Books for Middle & High School Students
Interactive E-Books for Middle & High School Students

A Common Sense Selection: Interactive ebooks and web content make reading a social experience. Build collective reading experiences to make challenging texts more approachable and get kids excited about books.
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NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program

NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (YWP) is an adaptation of the National Novel Writing Month program for kid and teen writers in classrooms (or even at home). The YWP focuses on developing students’ creative voices, writing fluency, resilience, and self-efficacy which empowers K-12 students to write a novel in 30 days.
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CommonLit
CommonLit
CommonLit

Free online reading passages.