British Accents and Dialects (Sound recordings)

British Accents and Dialects celebrates and explores regional and social variation and aspects of continuity and change in the varieties of English spoken in the UK. 

You can listen to to 77 sound recordings of speakers from across the United Kingdom, chosen to represent different accents and dialects in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

In case you want to show different varieties of the English language, this resource can be very useful.

Find it on:

https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-dialects/collection-items

Smithsonian Open Access

Founded in 1846 with funds from James Smithson, the Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex.

On the Smithsonian Open Access website you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images. 

A very useful educational resource for your projects.

https://www.si.edu/openaccess 

Punctuation Marks

Punctuation is the use of spacing, conventional signs (called punctuation marks), and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of written text. 

This short video reviews the names of the main punctuation marks.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

World Children's Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare. 

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children’s rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of governments. All the rights are connected, they are all equally important and they cannot be taken away from children. 

Download a friendly version of the Convention on:

https://www.unicef.org/media/60981/file/convention-rights-child-text-child-friendly-version.pdf 

COVID Communication Kit

This kit contains ready-made media that is designed to give communicators a head start in explaining new policies and procedures. It can be used to create effective videos, presentations, documents, and more.

The kit includes:

• Over 130 COVID-related images (hi-res PNG) for documents, presentations, and videos
• Ready-made videos that succinctly explain masks, contact tracing, and social distancing
• PowerPoint presentations that provide a starting point for your message
• Templates and workbooks for clear communication of policies

These resources are shared with a Creative Commons license call Attribution Non-Commercial

https://www.commoncraft.com/covid

How did trains standardize time in the United States?

Standard time is the synchronization of clocks within a geographical area or region to a single time standard 

During the 19th century, scheduled trains required time standardization in the industrialized world. 

Standard time was not enacted into US law until the 1918 Standard Time Act established standard time in time zones; the law also instituted daylight saving time (DST). 

This lesson explains some details of the history of time standardization in the United States.

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-trains-standardize-time-in-the-united-states-william-heuisler 

On YouTube:

Windrush Stories #Migration and #Culture

In June 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex carrying hundreds of people from the Caribbean. 70 years on, Windrush Stories invites us to consider a longer, more complicated and ongoing relationship between Britain and the Caribbean. 

Interesting educational material to address the issue of migration and culture in the English class. A multimedia resource from the British Library.

You can find it on this website:

https://www.bl.uk/windrush

HHMI BioInteractive @BIOINTERACTIVE

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an independent science philanthropy that invests in biomedical scientists and science educators to advance both human health and our fundamental understanding of biology. 

Developed for high school and undergraduate students, BioInteractive resources primarily focus on core concepts and processes in biology. They also provide interdisciplinary resources with connections to biology in earth and environmental science, chemistry, and math and statistics. 

All their activities are provided as PDFs, which are not directly editable 

Many BioInteractive resources are also available in Spanish 

All BioInteractive resources are provided free of charge through their website 

https://www.biointeractive.org/