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Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation..................John F. Kennedy
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Welcome to Home Instruction Schools
| It is my honor to take on the role of Principal of Home Instruction Schools. Having spent 18 years in the Home Instruction Program, I am very proud of the work and service that has been given to the children through the years. Our program is unique and tailored to helping our students continue their education through the difficulty of dealing with illness and disease.
It is my belief that children deserve all the help and encouragement they need in order to prepare them for the future. All of us at Home Instruction look forward to assisting your children while they are with us and giving them a positive educational experience in order to transition them back to school.
Together, we will work hard to afford them every opportunity and resource they need. We are very excited about implementing new ideas and programs that we believe will be beneficial to our students and to you, the parents.
With hard work and dedication, our children can and will succeed in their educational journey. |
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Sincerely,
Ramona Pizarro,
Principal
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Guide to Multimedia Resources
for teachers and parents.
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Multimedia educational material which teachers can utilize to enhance lessons plans. |
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Home Instruction Schools does not endorse any opinions expressed in the videos. They are all listed for informational purposes only. Documentaries
- CosmoLearning
- A huge compilation of educational documentaries from many sources, organized by topic. Something for everyone!
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National Film Board of Canada
- Over 800 documentaries in English on many topics, more are available in French as well.
- Documentary Heaven
- Large collection spanning numerous genres.
- Top Documentary Films
- The content here is created with a passion for documentary films, the site is an open forum and it allows readers to add comments. Large collection spanning numerous genres.
- Free Documentaries Online
- Hundreds of documentaries are available including some not available elsewhere.
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Documentary 24
- Small collection but almost all are educational.
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JohnLocker.com
- This site has documentaries even "John Locke" would have enjoyed.
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Free Documentaries.Org
- Smaller number of documentaries than others but many all are of high quality.
- Documentary Wire
- Many top quality academic videos.
- Snag Films
- Many hundreds of documentaries, well organized
- Best Videos 2010
- From the Washington Post website.
- PBS Frontline Videos
- Best 100 Frontline documentaries since 1983.
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Internet Archive
- With over 240,000 downloadable videos in this collection you may not get to see them all. The range is enormous and the educational applications virtually unlimited. Download videos from this site in advance for optimal instructional use.
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Watch Documentaries Online
- Smaller number of documentaries than others but almost all are of high quality.
- Teaching Topics
- Point of View
- Documentaries with a point of view from PBS
- Teachers Domain
- An extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.
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ThinkPort
- Scores of video clips for several subjects from the Maryland Dept. of Education.
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Learner.org
- Annenberg Media's multimedia resources are primarily for teacher training. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom. Great educational videos for free!
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Academic Earth
- Free online college courses from Harvard, Yale, MIT,Stanford,UCLA and more. Interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures.
- Homework Help
Brain Pop
- This subscription site features hundreds of brief Animated Movies and engaging interactive content for elementary and middle school students.We have provided links to a number of
Free sample science movies. on our site.
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National Geographic Homework Help
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Lots of information including pictures, articles, maps and multimedia presentations on an array of subjects, for grades K-12.
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Discovery Education Videos
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English
Social Studies
Science
Math
Reading
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Raising Readers
- Multimedia resources for k-3 reading.
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StarFall.Com
- Multimedia reading site for k-3 reading offers interactive activities that children enjoy. Best way to learn basic reading and phonics online.
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Tumblebooks from the NYPL
- TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books.
- Flocabulary - Hip-Hop in the Classroom
- Several free sample songs and videos from the Flocabulary publisher.
History
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Wide Angle Window into Global History
- Downloadable Multimedia lessons, film clips are grouped by teaching theme, many include complete lesson plans.
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The Western Tradition
- 52 half hour videos portrays key events that shaped the development of Western history, thought, culture, and tradition. Over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are used to illustrate the lectures.
- Biography.Com
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- Watch great video clips and show highlights.
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American Rhetoric
- A large number of American speeches, debates, interviews, trials, sermons, and movie oratory. Available formats vary.
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Ease History
- Hundreds of videos and photographs enhance teaching American History.
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Edison Video Special Collection
- Two Hundred short videos showing American life from 1894 to 1919.
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American Memory - Library of Congress
- A huge library of free digital resources from the LOC to enhance teaching of history with primary sources.
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Avalon Source Document Project at Yale Law School
- Fabulous collection of source documents, the history of mankind through it's source documents. Must see for all social studies students.
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PowerPoint Palooza
- Several hundred history PowerPoints.
High School Science
- Hippocampus
- HippoCampus provides high quality multimedia content to high school and college students free of charge. Professional quality secondary videos for FREE.
- Planet Earth - Complete BBC series
- With a production budget of $25 million, this epic story of life on Earth may be the best nature series ever made..
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BrightStorm
- Comprehensive collection of secondary math and science videos. These well made free videos are as good as ones you pay for.
Movies
Math in the Movies
- Film clips involving math from major motion pictures, collected by a Harvard professor. Let Clint Eastwood motivate your math lesson, and Donald Duck solve the Geometry problems. Many more are available.
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Free classic movies, videos and TV Shows
- These free movie classics include many titles which are both educational an informative. Some are so old they can serve as source documents, all are P or PG.
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Movies
- Film clips involving math from major motion pictures, collected by a Harvard professor. Let Clint Eastwood motivate your math lesson, and Donald Duck solve the Geometry problems. Many more are available.
- Art
The Web Gallery of Art
- A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting, (1000-1850), currently containing over 23.200 reproductions. Many picture commentaries and artist biographies are available.
- Home Instruction Art Page
- Many great works of art and great museums can be viewed in new and unique ways.
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Smithsonian Archives Image Gallery
- A night at the museum won't be long enough to view this gigantic collection of Smithsonian resources.
- Miscellaneous
Moms Homeroom
- Videos for parents from MSN. Learn ways to teach your child to study smart and stay organized.
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The Happiness Formula
- Scientists say they know how to measure happiness, learn through videos and text what they believe really makes us happy.
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District 75 UniTyV
- Last, but surely not least, we have some terrific locally made videos. Social Studies lessons created by District 75 classes, both educational and entertaining, a must see.
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New York Videos 1891 -1901
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First American Videos ever recorded |
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- Dickson greeting - 1891
- First American video ever made. Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental camera, May 20, 1891.
- Annie Oakley - 1894
- Sharpshooter, star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, first American female superstar.
- Herald Square, NYC - 1896
- Amazingly modern looking scene for the 1800's
- Niagra Falls - 1896
- American Falls, filmed from the New York side.
- Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Brooklyn - June 22, 1897
- The finish and weighing out of a horse race with nine starters.
- Brooklyn Naval Parade
- Returning after the Spanish American War. Schley's flagship, "Brooklyn" at close range, showing shot hole in the middle of funnel, near deck.
- Marine Band of the Brooklyn - 1898
- Filmed October 1, 1898, at Prospect Park Parade Grounds.
- Mounted police charge - Central Park - 1896
- A troop of mounted police, in full dress uniform, are seen approaching the audience at full gallop.
- Statue of Liberty - 1898
- A three-quarter front view of the Statue of Liberty, erected in 1886.
- Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, no. 2 train
- Train ride from Brooklyn to Mahattan via Brooklyn Bridge, 1899.
- 104th St. curve, New York elevated railway - 1899
- Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over the celebrated S curve.
- Opening of the Pan-American Exposition, May 20th, 1901
- Parade of dignitaries from various countries at the opening of the Pan-American Exposition, headed by Vice-President Teddy Roosevelt
- A trip around the Pan-American Exposition
- Photographed from an excursion vessel on the waterways.
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- Crowd Surges after Assasination - 1901
- On September 6th, 1901,the cameras were in position to photograph the President as he left the Temple of Music.
- President McKinley's funeral cortege at Buffalo, N.Y.
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- President McKinley was assasinated at the Pan American Exposition.
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Department of Education Calendar
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2010 - 2011 School Calendar
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2011 - 2012 School Year Calendar
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Brief Calendar 2011 - 2012
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September 5
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Labor Day.
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September 6
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September 7
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staff development
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September 8
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September 29
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October 10
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November 8
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Election Day
Staff only
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November 11
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Veterans Day
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November 24
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Thanksgiving
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November 25
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Thanksgiving
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December 26
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Winter Recess
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Winter Recess
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January 16
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Martin Luther King Day
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Jan. 30
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Fall Term ends-H.S.
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January 31
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February 20
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Memorial Day
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LAST DAY
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Multimedia Math Instruction
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Discovery School Video Lessons
Basic math skills videos.
LinksLearning.org
Narrated & animated math videos and lesson plans for primary and middle school students. Click on illustrated lessons, very well done. Narrated & animated math videos for elementary students.
Multimedia, interactive activities for primary students.
Watch and Learn Math Clips
Gifted Resource students have prepared small video clips about elementary math concepts that will help you through. Perhps hearing another student explain the process will help.
Pre-Algebra Cartoons
Brief animated explanations of basic pre-Algebra Concepts from Brainpop.
Video Math Tutor
Reviews basic math, fractions, factoring, equalities, more. For seventh grade and higher.
Pre- Algebra Video Lessons from Prentice Hall
Narrated tutorials for middle school/beginning H.S. math arranged by topic. Terrific, don't miss it. Pre- Algebra WorkSheets from Prentice Hall
Excellent worksheets can be used with or without corresponding videos.
Secondary School Math Movies
Algebra Cartoons
Algebra Concepts from Brainpop.
OnlineMathLearning.com
Huge number of math videosfrom Pre-k until Calculus.
Integrated Algebra Video Lessons from Prentice Hall
Narrated tutorials arranged by topic. Great resource for learning the new Algebra regents curriculum.
Algebra Video Lessons from Hipocampus
More top quality Algebra tutorials arranged by topic.
Learners TV Algebra Videos
With over 200 videos they cover most algebra topics. The real Real Player required to view videos.
Algebasics.com
Unique approach allows users to actually choose the algebra problems they want explained in the video.
FreeMathHelp.com
More narrated secondary math videos. Similar to above but with a few more advanced topics
FreeMathHelp.com
Narrated Algebra videos. Not as well animated as some others but the verbal explanations are good.
Algebra Videos
Many Algebra videos from 5 minute videos, oddly all are much longer than 5 minutes ..
Algebra Videos
Large assorment of secondary math videos from a Texas Tutor, Algebra through Calculus
Algebra Movies
26 half hour algebra movies, top quality.
Math Expression
Few dozen narrated Algebra and fractions videos.
Hotmath Videos
Subscription site offers seven free sample secondary videos. Countdown Math Movies
Hundreds of brief secondary Math Movies by topic from Chicago.
Calculus Video Lessons from Hipocampus
Excellent Calculus tutorials for those up to that level.
YourOtherTeacher.Com
11 sample video lessons for various grade levels, works well at low bandwidth.
MathTv.com
Huge collection of math videos in English and Spanish for all levels from middle school through calculus.
OnlineMathLearning.com
Even larger collection of math videos in for all levels from elementary school through calculus.
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