Jun 04 2009
The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July
July 4th is Independence Day in the United States. Most schools aren’t in session during this time, but since I’ll be teaching English Language Learners during summer school, I thought developing a short “The Best…” list would be useful to my students, other teachers, and me.
In addition to the sites on this list, you might also find the Citizenship and Building A New Country sections on my website helpful, as well as The Best Websites For Learning About Civic Participation & Citizenship list.
Here are my choices for The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth of July (and are accessible to English Language Learners). They are not listed in any particular order of preference:
Heads Up English has an accessible description of the holiday and provides audio support for the text.
EL Civics has an ESL Fourth Of July Lesson.
ESL Home has some nice reproducibles for classroom use.
The History Channel has a good Fourth of July site.
Topics Online Magazine (for English Language Learners) shares descriptions about how other countries celebrate their own Independence Days. It would be a great resource for students to write a Compare/Contrast essay using a Venn Diagram.
Glencoe has an online cloze (gap-fill) on Independence Day.
How Stuff Works has two resources that could be modified by teachers to make them accessible to English Language Learners. One is a feature on Independence Day and the other is on How Fireworks Work.
The Wisconsin State Journal lets you create your own July 4th fireworks at Behind The Boom.
The New York Times has a slideshow showing how people celebrate the Fourth Of July. It has another one highlighting July Fourth “cookouts.”
Read about the holiday and then solve a “sentence scramble.”
MSNBC has a short slideshow of fireworks photos.
Fun On The Fourth is a slideshow from The New York Times.
July 4th Celebrations is a slideshow from The Washington Post.
Fireworks Over The Hudson is a panorama by the New York Times.
Here’s a slideshow about a Fourth of July block party by the Sacramento Bee.
Independence Day Fireworks is a series of photos from The Sacramento Bee.
Here’s another slideshow of July 4th celebrations.
7 Spectacular Fireworks Shows on YouTube can be used in schools that have YouTube blocked by tools in The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School list.
I’d certainly be interested in hearing other suggestions, so please feel free to leave them in the comments section.
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