@ Greenfield High School: Teachers

Sora eBook & eAudiobook Platform/App - choice or assigned reading

• Tutorial - how to log in and find ebooks & eaudiobooks
• Use GPS Google login to access
• Download the Sora App on phone or tablet, or use website version on computers
• Includes Always Available titles so there’s always something to borrow
• Some books are available in foreign languages
• Digital Class Sets – I can submit a requisition for you if you want to assign students in a class a particular book

Databases on the Library Website - most automatically log in, but I can provide usernames and passwords when needed

• Includes reference book articles, newspapers (including Recorder, NYT, Republican, Boston Globe), magazines, audio, maps, images, primary sources, video, and more
• Content for all subjects
• New databases - Career Transitions, ProQuest Science, Heritage Quest, and the return of Opposing Viewpoints
• Could be used for research and as a source for quality nonfiction reading material

Salem Press Database – ebook version of reference book sets.

No password required!

Includes:

• Salem Health - Addictions, Substances & Alcoholism
• Defining Documents in American History - The Cold War, Dissent & Protest, Immigration & Immigrant Communities, Exploration & Colonial America, World War II
• Defining Documents in World History - Women’s Rights, Renaissance & Early Modern Era
• Milestone Documents - African American History, American History, World History
• Countries & Cultures
• Great Events from History - 21st Century
• Civil Disobedience, Social Justice, Nationalism & Populism, Violent Demonstrations and Race Relations
• Critical Surveys of Graphic Novels - Manga

NewsELA - nonfiction reading content, for many subjects

• Can be adapted for different reading levels to differentiate and meet IEP/EL requirements
• Login - use your school Google login

Commonlit.org - web resource with articles, short stories, and poems at a variety of levels

• Differentiation options
• Login to use their assessments and track student progress.
• No login required to download materials for use.
• Accessibility features include language translation, read aloud (English only), and the ability to change font size.
• Signed in students can highlight and make annotations directly in the page.
• Mini Units
• Guide to Accessibility

Teaching Books - a resource aggregator pulling lessons, videos, activities, interviews, entire book read alouds, and more all into the same place. There is an educator login, and a student site you can link to.

Teen Ink - a site where you can have students submit articles, poetry, photography, art, books, novels, videos

Webcomics (List of Recommendations from School Library Journal) - scroll down for YA

New York Times Daily Writing Prompts

Academy of American Poets

Swank K-12 Streaming - GHS subscription to streaming feature length films & documentaries

• See librarian for login information
• If you want to show a film beyond the 200 included in our subscription, please let me know as we can access an additional 15 of our choice for free
• Films may be watched in class or assigned to student to watch from home

PBS Learning Media

Crash Course

Khan Academy

Discovery Education Field Trips

No permission slips required. These virtual events let educators take students to amazing places and give them remarkable experiences, without ever leaving the classroom (or home). There are field trips for many different subject areas.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Offers virtual tours of their current, past, and permanent exhibits.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

In addition to many live camera feeds of jellyfish, coral reef, kelp forest, and more, they offer narrated feedings of the sea otters and open sea daily.

National Gallery of Art

Has two easy to use and informational online exhibits on “Fashioning a Nation” and “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting.”

British Museum

An interactive timeline provides a guided exploration of history.

The Getty Museum

The collection includes European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European, Asian, and American photographs.

Skype in the Classroom