Zoom In! is a new(er) free site that provides some very good U.S. History lessons that use historical documents and are standards-based. Along with in-class instruction, students use the online resources to do close-reading and scaffolded written responses.
Teachers create online virtual classrooms where they can monitor student progress.
Two of their features standout to me:
First, they clearly have been very intentional about choosing primary source documents that are likely to be more accessible to students and then have made them even more accessible with their lay-out and easy ability to look-up word definitions. I haven’t really seen any other site that has been able to do this anywhere near as well as Zoom In!
Secondly, I really like the way they scaffold the writing of written responses/essays. Again, more sites could learn from them.
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Here’s their promotional video:
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