Thinkfinity.org Offers Teachers, Students and History Buffs Everything They Would Like to Know About Pearl Harbor
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The rich collection of free lesson plans, activities and educational
resources are featured on the home page of Thinkfinity.org, the Verizon
Foundation’s free, comprehensive Web site. It contains more than 55,000
educational resources, including standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson
plans, online educational games, videos and other materials provided in
partnership with many of the nation’s leading educational organizations.
Among the resources available in the Thinkfinity.org
are:
— Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack Map. An interactive educational
resource from National Geographic that includes an hour-by-hour timeline with
audio descriptions of events, such as the sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona. The
resource also includes interviews with survivors. For students in grades 3-12.
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ax/map.html
— The Road to
In this detailed four-unit lesson plan from the National Endowment for the
Humanities’ EdSITEment, students explore the rise of animosity between the
U.S. and
decades. For students in grades 9-12.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=748
— ReadWriteThink.org Pearl Harbor Calendar Entry. This educational
resource from the International Reading Association’s and National Council of
Teachers of English’s ReadWriteThink.org features a
activity, World War II lesson plans and books. There are also links to online
related resources, such as a page from the National Archives including the
typed first-draft of President Roosevelt’s War Address to Congress, and a link
to the Library of Congress showing a copy of the U.S.S. Ranger’s navel
dispatch from the Commander in Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) announcing the Japanese
attack on
http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=363
— Sheet Music: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition. An educational
resource from the Smithsonian’s History Explorer that recounts the story of a
Navy chaplain who was saying a prayer to sailors aboard a U.S. Navy ship as it
was under attack. According to the story, the chaplain said, “Praise the Lord
and pass the ammunition,” a phrase that prompted a song by that name by
composer
Harbor
resource also includes links to other online resources from the museum,
including interactive materials, lesson plans, videos, oral histories,
artifacts and other primary resources.
http://www.historyexplorer.americanhistory.si.edu/artifacts/resource.asp?id=12
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“Through Thinkfinity.org, anyone in reach of the Internet now has quick
access to a wonderful world of educational resources, all in one location, to
bring the lessons of history to life,” said
president.
Since the launch of Verizon’s Thinkfinity.org in
Foundation has committed more than
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Content for Thinkfinity.org is provided through a partnership between the
Verizon Foundation and 11 of the nation’s leading organizations in the fields
of education and literacy: the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, International Reading Association, The John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, National Center for Family Literacy, National Council on
Economic Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Council of
Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National
Geographic Society, ProLiteracy and the Smithsonian National Museum of
American History.
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