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Unit Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Adventure on the High Seas

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students learn how to create animated waves in an ocean setting and then compose a high seas story.
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Article
Tech4Learning

Tech4 Learning: Digital Storytelling in the Primary Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article presents lots of excellent ideas for having students create digital texts, both fiction and nonfiction. Examples of student work, narrated by the students, are provided.
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Unit Plan
Other

Kid Citizen: Snap a Photo: Agent of Change

For Students 3rd - 5th
How did photographers help convince Congress to pass child labor laws? This module explores some of Lewis Hine's photographs that exposed children's working conditions and advocated for child labor laws to protect them. In this tutorial,...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Wisconsin Education: Into the Map

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this learning module, students will explore the world of geography by creating and analyzing maps.
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Lesson Plan
New York Times

New York Times: Lesson of the Day: 'The Lost Diaries of War'

For Students 9th - 10th
Volunteers have begun an effort to transcribe the pages of more than 2,000 diaries written by ordinary people during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate...
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Interactive
ABCya

Abc Ya: Story Maker

For Students K - 1st Standards
Create your own story using the tools on this site. You can add a title page, type your story, and illustrate it using the paint tools. The story can then be saved and printed.
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Article
Other

The Digital Scoop: Drawing and Writing Fun With Abc Ya Story Maker

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article describes how to use the Story Maker app on the ABCYa website. A sample of student writing about making a snowman is provided.