From Many Lands: Multicultural Education through Miniatures
The From Many Lands website is a great resource for reading and social studies at the elementary and middle school levels. Easily navigated by young students, the site pulls together engaging stories, interesting photos, and some basic information about each country....
Steamships Then and Now: Using Text Sets in the Social Studies Classroom
Collections of texts tightly focused on a specific topic are known as “text sets.” They may include varied genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and so forth) and media (such as blogs, maps, photographs, art, primary-source documents, and audio...
Hidden Gem: 21,000 Digital Buttons
This month’s “Hidden Gem” collection is from the Presentations ETC website. The Buttons section of this site includes over 21,000 images that can be used across subject areas from kindergarten counting exercises to high school application...
Using ClipArt ETC for Flyers and Newsletters
We all want to reduce paper usage and waste, but there are times when printing is necessary. You may be serving a community that does not have ready access to digital devices. You may be in a situation where posting announcements in public places is the best way to...
In Their Shoes: Identifying with Historic Characters
One of my favorite activities from our Hispanic Heritage iBook series is in the San Marcos iBook (Download). After students have read about the difficult time Florida Governor Don Pable do Hita Salazar had supervising the construction of the Castillo in St. Augustine,...
8 Real World Examples to Help Students Visualize Proportions from FCIT Resources
Understanding how to represent proportions, including fractions and percentages, is an important real-world math skill. FCIT has contemporary and historic photos, clip art, maps, and many other free resources that can provide examples of proportions as well as...
Historic Florida Maps and Google Earth
Old maps and new technology can be an exciting combination in the classroom. You may have noticed that many of the historic Florida maps on FCIT’s Maps ETC website include a link to a “Google Earth” file. If you click the “Google Earth”...
Hidden Gem: Frank Leslie’s Civil War Engravings
Hidden away in ClipArt ETC > American History and Government > 1861-1865 Civil War is the complete set of over 700 Frank Leslie illustrations of the American Civil War along with hundreds of related images from similar sources. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated...
History in 3D: Using Stereoviews as Primary Sources in Your Classroom
A few months ago, I shared a post about Using Primary Sources from FCIT in the classroom. One section was about analyzing photographs and prints. As teachers, we know that it is sometimes (well, often) difficult to get students to look at an old, still photo for more...
All Things Water
All Things Water is a free video series and photo collection about wetlands, watersheds, groundwater, the water cycle, water quality, and alternative water supply. Each video is accompanied by a PDF with coordinating activities for students. The videos and photographs...
Hidden Gem: Varsity Letters
Hidden away in FCIT’s Presentations ETC website is a handy collection of “varsity letters.” These letters are great for newsletter mastheads, headlines, banners, school websites, TV graphics, and more. Each letter and numeral is available in five...
FCIT Photos as Writing Prompts
FCIT hosts over 25,000 photos from various locations and time periods. Many of the images make excellent writing prompts. You’ll find most of our photos either in ClipPix ETC or Exploring Florida. If you happen to have a set of 3D glasses for your class, our...
How To Use Lit2Go Audiobooks in Your Classroom
FCIT’s Lit2Go audiobook website contains an amazing number of books and passages at all reading levels. The variety of recordings and the possibilities for using them can be a bit overwhelming, so we’d like to share some suggestions for finding the appropriate...
Using Primary Sources from FCIT
The FCIT digital collections contain thousands of primary source documents, photos, illustrations, and maps. These “windows into the past” can engage students, help to develop critical thinking skills, and provide opportunities for students to construct...
Hispanic Heritage iBooks
Supplement your current history courses with these free iBooks produced by FCIT for the National Park Service. Use in US History or state history in Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and California. Each volume in this series follows a similar format with introductory...
Colorizing ClipArt: Intro to Blending Modes
The ClipArt ETC website has over 70,000 line art images for teachers and students. There’s a lot of great black-and-white content there, but sometimes we want to add color to an image. In this post, you’ll learn one simple coloring technique that will...
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