COERLL has partnered with Rose Potter and Betsy Arnold to publish Recorridos-Don Quijote, a pair of openly-licensed books for the study of Cervantes’ Don Quijote in upper level Spanish courses, including AP. The student workbook, accessible online for free, deepens students’ understanding of the text through reading, pre-reading, and post-reading activities and glosses. The companion teacher support facilitates the teaching of Don Quijote through student-centered strategies and activities, historical and cultural information, quizzes, exams and more.

This National Park Service website offers links to a variety of articles about the history and politics of Alaska. Users can download PDF articles about World War II in Alaska, the Alaska Goldrush, and national historic places. The site also features links to educational resources such as teachers' guides to teaching about historic places and culture.

Pieces together the story of the James Robinson family from artifacts found in archaeological excavations around the house where they lived for nearly a century. An African American born free in 1799, Robinson worked in a Virginia tavern earning nearly $500 to purchase 170 acres of land near Bull Run. There he built a log cabin, and his family turned the land into a prosperous farm, making him one of the wealthiest African Americans in the Manassas area in the mid-19th century.

Explore objects from Ancient Rome and discover how Romans portrayed themselves and wished to be remembered. This student-facing resource includes text, images, maps, as well as interactive exercises that call invite students to closely examine authentic objects from Ancient Rome.

The first three activities provide close-up views with guiding questions and background information. What will you learn about the connections between power, status, citizenship, and images in ancient Rome? How do these objects relate to identity and how people are portrayed or remembered? Who is represented and who is not?

The next three investigations offer pop-up hot spots on selected objects to reveal intriguing information about Roman culture, gods, goddesses, and mythology.

How do these objects relate to what the Romans thought was important?

Students will be introduced to computer science words in conjunction with similar standards already taught in English SOLs.  They will see how actions in a plot are similar to events in a code and how cause and effect is similar to events that trigger actions.  Prewriting will take place as they create a plan and codes for an Ozobot maze.

You can save resources to folders you create in your space on #GoOpenVA, similarly to bookmarking resources using a browser.  You can create the folders first, or create them on the fly, as you find resources you want to refer to again later.  You can save folders to your private "My Items" space or to any Groups to which you belong.

This shift in terminology is intentional and important as it denotes an evolution in the profession. With the rise in mental health and behavioral challenges facing Virginia students, the work school counselors do is more critical than ever. As mental health professionals, school counselors work alongside school staff, families, and community partners to create a school climate that leads to healthy learning, living, and growth.

explores the city's history and shows how it continues to shape the city's life today. It uses residential, commercial, industrial, and religious locations to create a tour of 37 properties that documents how past and present come together.

The RISE UnConference was held on 2/25/2021, and was a sharing session between North Carolina and Virginia educators.  We considered the past year and shared what we found useful in a time of crisis.  We also reflected on what would help us rise above that crisis to make education better as we move to a new reality.

From the main web page, find links to information for students, staff, parents, and community about reopening Fall 2020.

This short article, produced by historian Dr. David Toye for the Saylor Foundation, describes the employment of indentured servants and slaves in the different regions of the American colonies.
title"Slavery and Indentured Servitude in the American Colonies" 2018 by userSaylor Academy
under license"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0"

5th grade students that are learning about the phases of matter in science will read a Science A-Z book and complete an activity to show their understanding of the different phases.

Theme: Las identidades públicas y privadas / Community: Chile / These Modules are products of a collaboration dedicated to combining resources to create Modules for Spanish AP for face-to-face and online instruction that can be used easily by any teacher, regardless of experience.The modules are designed for consistency and contain four main proficiency-based tasks along with a vocab-builder task, using the tabs across the top. All other items link to tasks that can be used as needed. There are 12 assignments/resources in each Module to choose from.The tasks focus on skills that are needed for the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, such as making a cultural comparison, citing sources, and replying to an email. There are multiple ideas for discussion to practice conversation and interpersonal communication.

Theme: Los desafíos mundiales / Community: Chile / These Modules are products of a collaboration dedicated to combining resources to create Modules for Spanish AP for face-to-face and online instruction that can be used easily by any teacher, regardless of experience.The modules are designed for consistency and contain four main proficiency-based tasks along with a vocab-builder task, using the tabs across the top. All other items link to tasks that can be used as needed. There are 12 assignments/resources in each Module to choose from.The tasks focus on skills that are needed for the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, such as making a cultural comparison, citing sources, and replying to an email. There are multiple ideas for discussion to practice conversation and interpersonal communication.

Theme: Las ciencias y la tecnología / Community: Puerto RIco / These Modules are products of a collaboration dedicated to combining resources to create Modules for Spanish AP for face-to-face and online instruction that can be used easily by any teacher, regardless of experience.The modules are designed for consistency and contain four main proficiency-based tasks along with a vocab-builder task, using the tabs across the top. All other items link to tasks that can be used as needed. There are 12 assignments/resources in each Module to choose from.The tasks focus on skills that are needed for the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, such as making a cultural comparison, citing sources, and replying to an email. There are multiple ideas for discussion to practice conversation and interpersonal communication.

Theme: Los desafíos mundiales / Community: Venezuela / These Modules are products of a collaboration dedicated to combining resources to create Modules for Spanish AP for face-to-face and online instruction that can be used easily by any teacher, regardless of experience.The modules are designed for consistency and contain four main proficiency-based tasks along with a vocab-builder task, using the tabs across the top. All other items link to tasks that can be used as needed. There are 12 assignments/resources in each Module to choose from.The tasks focus on skills that are needed for the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, such as making a cultural comparison, citing sources, and replying to an email. There are multiple ideas for discussion to practice conversation and interpersonal communication.

The Big Idea: Students will learn about and discuss the importance of private versus public information in Spanish.Concept: Students will address ideas of personal cybersecurity online.Summary: Students will learn cybersecurity vocabulary, discuss the importance of cybersecurity in Spanish using the present subjunctive and commands, and create a cybersecurity dos and don'ts poster in Spanish.

This 1:30 minute video provides a short overview of the built-in #GoOpenVA Star Rating system that any registered user can use to provide feedback and guidance to other educators about how helpful any particular resource is.  #GoOpenVA encourages you to share your opinion!!!