Comprehensive, current, authoritative, accessible, and aligned, this masterful collection of social studies resources develops students' historical understanding, information literacy, and critical thinking skills.
Sponsor:
Library Media Services Department & Social Studies Department
A subscription-based electronic service that provides access to unique hour-by-hour forecasts, extending 360 hours (15 days) for all international locations.Provided by Gifted and Talented Department as it is now a resource included in the AP Photo Archives package.
A subscription-based electronic library containing the AP's current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library.
Catalist Digital gives you access to your district's digital audiobook library from a computer or mobile device, so you can listen anytime, anywhere. To listen to an audiobook on a mobile device download the Catalist Digital Mobile App by clicking above on "Catalist Digital Audiobooks". The app can be used with the Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPad; or Android phones and tablets. On a computer (PC or Mac) go to https://www.catalistdigital.com/students/ - no app needed. On all devices you must log in with the username and password provided by the library staff.
CultureGrams – Access information on countries and states that go beyond mere facts and figures and deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture.
Discovery Education Streaming is a digital video-on-demand service brought to you by Discovery Education. It is the largest and most current K-12 standards-based digital video/video clip library available today. Please contact your school librarian for the sign-up code to create your own account.
Fiction and nonfiction ebooks are available for student use. Click on the link to search, click on the ebook title in the results list, and then click on the URL to access the book.
Electronically research any topic with magazines, newspapers, reference books, media transcripts and more.
Elementary students, select Kids Search. High school students should click on Student Research Center.
Full text articles can be printed or emailed.
Britannica Online School Edition includes the following: Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Compton's Encyclopedia by Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Britannica includes over 34,000 images; over 3,300 video and media pieces; a dictionary with audio pronunciations; and over 500 student learning materials and teacher resources for all levels.
This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Planeta Saber for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
FolletShelf is a virtual bookshelf that provides 24/7 access to ebooks and audiobooks. Search by author, subject, genre, reading program, interest and reading levels, series name, or language.
Designed for secondary students, the Gale Virtual Reference Library is a multidisciplinary collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other specialized reference sources accessible from school or home.
NBC News offers unique collections of video resources, primary sources, historic footage, images, mini-documentaries and text resources designed for use in the K-12 classroom.
netTrekker enhances teaching and learning by providing fast and easy access to more than 180,000 high quality, pre-screened, and educationally relevant K-12 online resources. These online resources also align with TEKS and can be used in the classroom to stimulate instruction and learning. netTrekker fuses technology, state standards, curriculum, and the Internet into one unique online solution!
Pearson Prentice Hall—along with Pearson Scott Foresman, Pearson AGS Globe, Pearson Learning Group, and Pearson Digital Learning—are now the Curriculum group of Pearson.
A great resource for social studies, Scott Foresman Social Studies provides
access to wonderful activities that include a Social Studies Library, Current
Events, Atlas, This Day in History, Meet the People, and many activities.
A time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. Get search results filled with online teaching / learning resources about an author or specific book.
The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.
Sponsor:
Library Media Services Department
Aldine Independent School District does not discriminate against persons because of race, creed, national origin, age, sex, disabilities, economic status or language disability in employment, promotion or educational programming. Any complaints or grievances which cannot be solved at campus level through the principal may be submitted in writing to Dr. Archie Blanson, Deputy Superintendent, 14910 Aldine Westfield Rd., Houston, TX 77032.
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