Resources You'll Use All Year Long on Knowitall.org!

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Resources You'll Use All Year Long on Knowitall.org!

Knowitall has numerous Series and Collections that can be used throughout the school year! We hope this post will help you to keep these media assets in mind, as you’re looking for resources to support your lesson plans throughout the year.

Below we will list a number of these resources—both Series and Collections—that we hope you’ll come back to again and again throughout the year!

Collections

All through the year, you‘ll find collections that will provide content appropriate for your annual observances, such as Constitution Day, Native American Heritage, African American History, Women’s History and more. Our Collections make it easy to find exactly the content you need!

Our Knowitall Collections currently include:

We’ll highlight just a few of our Collections below:

Early Learning

An exciting collection of Early Learning resources in a number of subject areas for PreK through Grade 3 students! Take a look! Please scroll down to Topics for our Coloring Pages!

ETV StreamlineSC

The entire ETV StreamlineSC Collection is available on Knowitall.org—and there’s a wealth of content there. Please be sure to take a look!

***South Carolina teachers, please note that in order to access all of the content on ETV StreamlineSC, you will need to create an account on LearningWhy first, and then log in to ETV StreamlineSC on Knowitall.org using the same log-in.***

Libraries, Literature & Learning Collection

Our Libraries, Literature & Learning Collection makes it easy to locate English Language Arts resources that you’ll find useful all through the year! Take a look now!

Series include:

Topics include:

Visit our Collections to discover more!

And Now, to Some of Our Series You’ll Want to Return to Time and Time Again!

Carolina Stories

South Carolina Hall of Fame

A veritable “Who’s Who” from our South Carolina History! The S.C. Hall of Fame was founded in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1973 to recognize and honor contemporary and past citizens who have made outstanding contributions to South Carolina's heritage, history and progress.

Topics include:

A. Settlement

B. American Revolution

C. New Nation

D. Civil War

E. Reconstruction

F. Early 20^th Century

G. Late 20^th & Early 21^st Centuries

Topics

Civil Rights Movement

Cold War

Science & Space Exploration

Sports

Economic Landscape

Political Landscape

Visual & Performing Arts

Writers

Let’s Go! VRs

We hope that throughout this school year, you’ll be able to fully utilize the VRs made available on Let’s Go! The instructions are provided below and are also available on the website.

To View VRs on the Matterport App:

The 3D experiences were shot with a Matterport Pro 3D Camera. Experience the VRs using the Matterport phone apps with either a Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR.

Download the iOS or Android app to your phone
Use your phone's browser to go to the VR link at Historic Brattonsville Homestead House
When you click on a link, the Matterport App will open on your phone.
The VRs will need to download to the app prior to viewing.
Look for the visual queues (circles) to navigate through the VR experience.

Let’s Go! Locations include:

Dates for Your Calendar

Aug. 12 - International Youth Day

International Youth Day seeks to raise awareness to the cultural and legal issues faced by youth throughout the world. The United Nations defines youth as people between the ages of 15 and 24 years. In 1995, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth, focusing on 15 priority areas including education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment and drug abuse. Since its inception on August 12, 2000, International Youth Day has served to increase the quality and quantity of opportunities available to the youth.

Aug. 19 - National Aviation Day

National Aviation Day commemorates the development of aviation all while seeking to promote and support the industry. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed that National Aviation Day would be observed annually on August 19, the birthday of Orville Wright.

Aug. 19 - World Humanitarian Day

World Humanitarian Day seeks to recognize the compassion and bravery of humanitarian workers. Designated by the United Nations in December of 2008 to honor the sacrifices of humanitarian workers, it is celebrated annually on August 19, a day that commemorates the 2003 bombing of the UN Headquarters in Iraq.

Caring People & Professions include:

Health Care

Other Caring Professions

Character Minutes

One-minute clips focus on positive character traits—a fine way to build up-and-coming humanitarians!

Also, see our Environmental Awareness Collection to find ways to show that you care about the Earth and its inhabitants! And while we’re on this topic, don’t miss our Animal Lovers Collection!

Environmental Awareness Collection

Series include:

Animal Lovers Collection

Series include:

New Content

Content recently added to Knowitall.org includes:

Expeditions Shorts with Patrick McMillan

Naturalist, author, educator and Emmy-winning host Dr. Patrick McMillan embarks on fascinating adventures throughout North and South America.

27:Fifty

A series presented by South Carolina ETV featuring stories produced by PBS affiliates.

Locations include:

Knowitall Blog

Please check the Knowitall Blog prior to the 1^st of each month—for the main blog focusing on the month ahead—and remember to come back to the Blog frequently throughout the month to stay updated!

Knowitall Factoids by Month

Be sure to use our Knowitall Factoids by Month throughout the year. The August Factoids are here. Encourage your students to visit and learn something new every day!

What’s New on Knowitall?

Check here frequently to stay up on all the new content recently added to Knowitall.org!

Contact Us

As always, we are eager to hear from you! Please contact us with your questions and comments here!