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November is National American Indian Heritage Month. The National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution has several exhibits and collections that are currently on display and links to exhibits from the past.
To learn more about the Maya, select Living Maya Time . There are videos and other activities the students/class can watch allowing students to prepare reports on what they learn or as a summarizing activity and/or play the game at the Example Web Site (above). By playing this Lotería, a bingo-like game popular in México, students will become familiar with Maya cultural symbols such as calendar glyphs and other iconography found in the Living Maya Time Web site.
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Use videos to examine the Changing Planet. Videos include Infectious Diseases, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Temperatures, Rising Sea Levels, Survival of Trees, Thawing Permafrost, and more
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Create a "sticky" (like an online Post-it note) on an online class bulletin board answering a question prompt provided by the teacher related to a course, theme/topic, or objective.
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Students can introduce themselves to classmates with an "About Me" slideshow created using Animoto, and they may learn some technology skills in the process. Animoto is usually a paid account but you can get a free account (must be renewed yearly) for yourself and 50 students.
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In this activity, students create a PicLit (a combination of words placed on an image to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture) that identifies one SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) goal for the school year.