Study+Tools

== =This page is full of resources and links for students to use to help them with the class content!= = = I will continue to add new resources throughout the year as I come across useful ones :) Any questions about these sites post them in the discussion section and we can all help eachother.

I also will spend a day in the first week explaining how to use this wiki and each of these tools. Lets do this together and get the most out of this class.

[|Help for Organizing!] This a really good website to help students keep track of assignments, their schedule, and it even helps with note taking! It is free to register and is a great tool for students to use to help them get organized. Its a good place for students to start to take on a greater role in their school work and become more responsible! It is great not only for this class, but for school in general. I just registered for it to help me in my grad classes and to keep on track with to do lists as I plan for this Social Studies Class :) = = = = [|Social Studies Facts] Explore this link to learn fun social studies facts. Through out the year I will be using this site to help support homework. I will link the exact section of the website in the homework page next to assignments that this website will be most helpful. This site might also be helpful during research projects since it focuses on the United States and the World! It is also a fun site to explore whenever :)

[|Vocabulary and Spelling Help] I added this link, Spelling City, because along with the Social Studies content the students will be receiving vocabulary that goes along with the lessons in order to better understand what we are learning. This site is great to learn and play with these words we wont be having spelling tests on the words, but there are other games that help students understand the meaning of the words. When you go to this site you enter the vocab. words and explore. I suggest using the play a game function and use any of the games that work on the meaning of the word i.e. Sentence Writing Practice, Match It!, Which Word, and Crossword. But feel free to use any of the tools they will benefit you greatly!!

[|Concept Mapping] This links you to Mind Map and can be very helpful when writing papers in this class (or any class for that matter). When you click on the link it explains how to download this free tool. I think it is important before starting a paper you should map it out. This tool will help you organize your thoughts in order to write a more productive paper. I also find that when I mind map before I write a paper I can see all my ideas first and they spark other ideas I would have forgotten or missed when just starting my paper with out any pre-work processes. Not to mention it is easy to see what is the best way to order your ideas to create a paper that flows and makes the best sense for your readers.

[|Timelines] This website we will be using a lot during class and is a great study tool for students. It allows the students to create timelines of events of the subjects we are studying! After the student creates one they can print it out to use to study with and take notes on in class! I will make sure to note in the homework section when it will be a good idea to use with homework or if there is a specific assignment that will utilze this site. I think this tool will be very beneficial and help students to see the connections of events and why one event led to the next.