Historiana.eu @Historiana_EU

Historiana is an on-line educational multimedia tool that offers students multi-perspective, cross-border and comparative historical sources to supplement their national history textbooks.

The development of Historiana is coordinated by EUROCLIO, European Association of History Educators.

Historiana offers free historical content, ready to use learning activities, and innovative digital tools made by and for history educators across Europe.

(Source: Historiana)

Visit:

https://historiana.eu/#/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Historiana_EU/

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/historiana/

SongsAndWords

Canciones de todos los géneros musicales en inglés con sus letras. Pueden buscarse a través de estilo, artista, etc. e incluso añadirse nuevas canciones al listado. 

Esta página incluye numerosos ejercicios de diversos tipos para mejorar el conocimiento de la gramática y el vocabulario en inglés. 

También se permite añadir nuevas palabras a un diccionario de creación personal.

Podéis visitar este recurso en:

http://www.songsandwords.com/

Premier Skills

Premier Skills is the British Council's international partnership with the Premier League operating in 19 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Sice it began in 2007, Premier Skills English helps teachers and learners of English with free, compelling learning materials, drawing on football-based content from the most exciting football league in the world.

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/

Video:

https://www.viddler.com/embed/4cfdeb41#embedId=undefined

1,000 Free Audio Books

On this webpage you can download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer for free.

A very interesting resource to develop listening skills.

Visit:

http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

When Elements Were Discovered and Who Discovered Them

The United Nations General Assembly during its 74th Plenary Meeting proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019) on 20 December 2017.

On this webpage you will find an amazing timeline which maps the history of humanity’s incredible discoveries of the stuff that makes up stuff.

Visit:

https://www.alansfactoryoutlet.com/a-timeline-of-when-elements-were-discovered-and-who-discovered-them

Our Planet Educator Guides

The world’s leading conservation organization WWF offers these guides to help shape supplementary discussions and activities within your 5th-12th grade learning environment.

You can sign up to receive the toolkit and updates about WWF’s Wild Classroom resources.

Visit:

https://www.worldwildlife.org/teaching-resources/toolkits/our-planet-educator-guides

Reviving the Statistical Atlas of the United States with New Data

Nathan Yau, a PhD in statistics from UCLA, has recreated the original Statistical Atlas of the United States with current data.

Visit this amazing work that makes interesting data about USA available and visual:

https://flowingdata.com/2015/06/16/reviving-the-statistical-atlas-of-the-united-states-with-new-data/

Nathan Yau on Twitter:

@flowingdata

The National Film Board of Canada @thenfb

The National Film Board of Canada’s online Screening Room features over 3,000 productions. The films on this website can be streamed free of charge, or downloaded for a small fee. It also offers educational works on a subscription basis to schools and institutions.

Its collection includes documentaries, animations , experimental films…

Visit:

https://www.nfb.ca/

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/nfb.ca

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/thenfb/

On Vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/thenfb

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/nfb

NFB Education

https://www.nfb.ca/education/

Multimedia-English @MultimEnglish

Website that offers video pages for all levels, including a section for kids and for absolute beginners. Videos are filtered by different categories (difficulty, script type, accent, time, and explanations offered).

Designed by Ángel Castaño, teacher of English, to help ESL students learn this language, it includes also many resources for teachers (grammar, vocabulary, lessons, interactive activities, music...).

Visit:

https://multimedia-english.com/videos/section/official-1

Blog:

https://multimedia-english.com/blog

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MultimEnglish

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/multimedia.english

Boclips for teachers (@Boclips)

Boclips for Teachers is a video platform that offers an extensive library of safe and engaging content for students.

It features educational videos from more than 120 educational producers. Its collections are curated by real teachers.

https://www.boclips.com/teachers

On Twitter

https://twitter.com/boclips

On Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/boclips/

On YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5p7AkfQTHin1ygyTeHTthg

On Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/boclipsedu/

How to use Boclips for Teachers.

StoryWeaver

StoryWeaver from Pratham Books is a digital gateway to thousands of open-licensed children’s stories. It is also a platform that provides easy-to-use tools to create, adapt, translate, and save new stories for children.

An amazing resource for children, parents and educators.

Browse StoryWeaver on:

https://storyweaver.org.in/stories?language=English&query=&sort=Relevance

(Stories in English language)

Walt Whitman Bicentennial

Five educational resources on Walt Whitman in the bicentennial of his birth:

The Walt Whitman Archive

https://whitmanarchive.org/

Library of Congress. Research Guides

https://guides.loc.gov/walt-whitman

Poets.org

https://poets.org/collection/lesson-plans-about-walt-whitman

Study.com

https://study.com/academy/topic/walt-whitman-poetry-lesson-plans.html

The Walt Whitman House

https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/whitman/teaching.htm

Callixtus (Medieval music)

If you are interested in medieval music, this YouTube channel is dedicated to the chanting tradition of Western and Eastern Christendom: Gregorian Chant, Byzantine Chant & more. 

Visit:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Callixtinus/featured

Anglo-Link (YouTube Channel)

In 2011 Anglo-Link started its own YouTube Channel. This channel provides lessons that focus on topics related to grammar and vocabulary, or skills such as listening or speaking.

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/AngloLink

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AngloLink/

Visit:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MinooAngloLink/videos

Englishpage.com

Free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources (vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, games, phrasal verb dictionary, verb + preposition dictionary…).

This website offers a range of activities in both grammar and vocabulary.

Visit:

https://www.englishpage.com/

Foodskey. The Science of Food

Foodskey is a series of short videos about the science of food by video journalist Ben Haran for the University of Nottingham. The films cover topics like nutrition, food security, and crop technology.

Visit Foodskey on:

http://www.foodskey.net/index.html

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/foodskey/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Foodskey

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/foodskey

After Maria/ Después de María

On 20 September 2017 the Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. For one year, Dr Gemma Sou and Dr Felix Aponte-Gonzalez conducted ethnographic research on 16 low-income Puerto Rican families and on how they recovered from Maria. This research was turned into a 20-page graphic novella, free to download in English and in Spanish.

English

http://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/hcri/after-maria/after-maria-eng-web.pdf

Spanish

http://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/hcri/after-maria/after-maria-esp-web.pdf

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. This organization has released several copyright licenses that allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive.

Search for free content in the public domain and under Creative Commons Licenses:

https://search.creativecommons.org/

Blog:

https://creativecommons.org/blog/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/creativecommons

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/creativecommons

Webpage:

https://creativecommons.org/

All freedoms start with press freedom #WorldPressFreedomDay

#breakfreefromplastic

#breakfreefromplastic is a global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution.

Since its launch in September 2016, nearly 1,500 organizations from across the world have joined the movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

It offers many resources focused on solutions to plastic pollution: news, podcast, reports…

Find it on:

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/

On Twitter

https://twitter.com/brkfreeplastic

On Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/breakfreefromplastic/