C3 Framework Dimensions

Dimension 1: Developing questions and planning inquiries

• Galileo Info Network - Canadian site with inquiry learning examples and good explanations

• Teach Learn Wonder Do: Thinking Historically

• Questioning.org Module Maker - online lessons and examples of effective questions by Jamie McKenzie

• Thesis Builder - fill in the the form to make a thesis by Tom March

• History Labs - Developing overarching questions

• Visual Thesaurus- only the first few are free (but inexpensive tool for web access or on cd)

• VisuWords- Interactive visual thesaurus + concept map

• Concepts and Themes for Social Studies

• Washington State History Lab -Lessons

See Humanities for more on reading and writing.

• Lexiles: http://www.lexile.com: Create a free account to use the free lexile analyzer tool.

• US Primary Source Documents (Lexile leveled)

• Microsoft Office Readability Test

Dimension 2: Applying Disciplinary tools and concepts

Civics: Model United Nations in Japan (Registration opens May 1, 2016)

• Civic and political institutions

• Participation and deliberation: Applying civic virtues and democratic principles

• Processes, rules, and laws

• For additional resources go to our Civics page.

The Council for Economic Education Budget Simulation

• Economic decision making

• Exchange and markets

• The national economy

• The global economy

• For additional resources go to our Economics page.

270 to Win Interactive Electoral Maps

• Geographic representations: Spatial views of the world

• Human-environment interaction: Place, regions, and culture

• Human population: Spatial patterns and movements

• Global interconnections: Changing spatial patterns

• For additional resources go to our Geography page.

Beyond the Bubble

• Change, continuity, and context

• Perspectives

• Historical sources and evidence

• Causation and argumentation

• For additional resources go to our History page.

Dimension Three: Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence

• Evaluation Wizard

• Kathy Schrock's Guide to Critical Evaluation

• SPAT: Site, Publisher, Audience, Timeliness

• Detailed web evaluation questions from Berkeley Library

• Evernote- Create free account and access your notes anywhere

• Google Drive- Create and store Google Docs to access anywhere

• Mindomo.com- free online organizer

• Pew Research Center - Data for many topics

Dimension Four: Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action

Powerpoint, Keynote, Google Presentations, and Prezi have become standard presentation programs. Try the following for something new.

• Animoto: This amazingly easy to use program creates professional looking videos quickly. Teachers can get up to 50 student accounts for free. Another good option is Jux.

• Voki: Consider using avatars to read learning targets, spelling words and more. Students can use them for a fun way to give a short report or read a poem.

• Glogster: Create interactive posters. You can even imbed video in them.

• Jing: Create "how-to" videos quickly and easily or make your own annotated screenshots.

• Nearpod: Perfect for the blended classroom or teachers who teach online. Create interactive multimedia online presentations which can be viewed from handheld devices while responses are monitored by the teacher.

• Storybird: Create meaningful visual stories and reports using a storybook format. Images are provided by professional artists. Teachers monitor student work.

• Poster: Pages, Publisher, Web page poster or Glogster

• Timelines: Timetoast, TimeGlider, Gapminder, Preceden, Teach-nology, ReadWriteThink

• Infographics: Venngage, Pictochart, Slide Carnival (Google Slides)