Randi+Murray+-+Thinkfinity

Thinkfinity is an exciting collection of online educational resources. You can choose any content areay and browse the resources to help students with their homework, provide opportunities for extra practice and skill-building, engage their creativity, find lesson plans, and much more!
 * Thinkfinity **


 * **Soviet Espionage in America**
 * http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=690
 * This lesson requires students to analyze documents surrounding the Red Scare of Communism in the 1950s. Students should follow the guiding question of, “ Why was Soviet espionage such an important issue in the late 1940s and early 1950s?” After completing this lesson, students should be able to, (1) identify the primary subjects of FBI investigation on espionage charges, (2) e xplain the Venona project, including how it worked and what purpose it served and (3) articulate the reasons why the Rosenbergs were convicted of espionage.


 * **Design a Travel Brochure**
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/grades6_8/TravelBrochure/
 * This lesson requires students to create travel brochures and think about details from a place they have visited or place they would like to visit. They must research the places in order to complete this assignment. “In both cases, they will find information, select relevant facts, create an interesting layout, and write for others or themselves to read. Through this activity children and teens will have a chance to learn some skills that are vital to good writing.”

 §  “Learn how a fractional reserve banking system works.  §  Understand the role banks play in the economy. §  Identify ways in which the Federal Reserve System influences interest rates and the supply of money and credit in the economy.”
 * **It's a Not So Wonderful Life**
 * http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM698&page=teacher
 * // In this lesson, students will learn about banks and the banking system. By the end of this lesson, students will: //


 * **How to Win a World War**
 * http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=704
 * This lesson requires students to analyze documents that contain information on how the World War was won. By the end of this lesson, students should be able to
 * “Explain the ways in which the USSR, the United States, and Britain differed on their approach to winning the war
 * Explain why the methods used to obtain the surrender of the French North African government were controversial in Britain and the United States and also disruptive of alliance unity
 * Explain the Anglo-American decision to require "unconditional surrender" from the Axis powers
 * Explain the ways in which the evolving military progress of the war affected diplomatic decision-making”


 * **You Be the Historian**
 * http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=177
 * This lesson requires students to analyze documents from over 200 years ago. The documents are from the Springer family that lived in Delaware during the 20th century. Students must conduct and “investigation” and then answer questions.


 * **Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery**
 * http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=662
 * This lesson requires students to look over the rise of Abraham Lincoln’s political career. Students will read different addresses and speeches made by Lincoln, many of which were on the issue of slavery.