July 20, 2008
AIT Resources for Teachers & Students
These linked resources are provided to educators utilizing AIT products, for the purpose of increasing their understanding of the product and how it may be implemented in the classroom. In these pages, you will find information on the product itself, descriptions of program modules/segments, and additional program-related resources.
AECT 2003 Power Point Presentation
Letter TV
The official Letter TV Web site offers state-by-state correlation to curriculum standards, a printable teacher guide, sample games for kids, printable coloring pages, scripts, program descriptions, and even a collection of printable character images and props so that teachers can make their own Letter TV felt board set.
Tracks: Impressions of America
Printable worksheets for teachers to use with the Tracks CD-ROM. Links to Web sites that support content found in the series and information about how the information presented in Tracks: Impressions of America stacks up to your state curriculum standards.
The'E' in Me—the Entrepreneur in You
Look here for more information about a multimedia contextual learning program on entrepreneurship from AIT and the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. The 'E' in Me is a resource designed for high school students. The program consists of 3 modules, each containing eight 50-minute lesson plans.
Assignment: The World
With weekly reports on current world and national events, Assignment: The World helps students in grades 5–8 to realize that they are not only members of a classroom unit—they are also citizens of their neighborhoods, their towns, their states, the United States, and the world. These resources help to make this program even more interactive.
Civics at Work
Using video, print, CD-ROM technology, and on-line extended research and exploration resources, Civics at Work demonstrates to high school students how they participate in American democracy.
Economics at Work
Producing, Exchanging, Consuming, Saving, and Investing—without a context, these are just theories and fancy words. Economics at Work is a high school level, multimedia curriculum program, which uses contextual learning to convey these key economic concepts.
Mathematics Is Elementary
Mathematics Is Elementary is an interactive curriculum for children in grades 2–4, which uses actual classrooms and real-life situations to involve students in contextual learning. The lesson plans for this program meet all 13 NCTM standards, and are grouped according to the NAEP strands.