National+Archives-Digital+Vaults


 * Summary: ** The National Archives has created an outstanding educational website called __Digital Vaults__ . This website highlights over 1,200 selected resources. Students can keep a running list of items they have seen, curate their own online collection, take a Pathway Challenge, search the collection, and create their own movies and posters.

** Alignment to CCSS: ** College and Career Readiness RLA Anchor Standards: R3, R7, R9, SL2, SL5

REACH Alignment: Domains 1 and 3

** Supports for a Personalized Library: ** Personalized libraries support a wide range of learning options to meet various student interests and skills. The Digital Vaults website supports this vision by fostering highly individualized learning experiences. Students can build their own collections and resource lists, create a Pathway Challenge game, and make digital movies and posters to share their learning with other. This website supports learning at a wide range of skills levels, especially in the middle elementary grades through high school, to challenge advanced students while providing learning opportunities for lower and on-level students, as well.** Screencast: ** Click __here__ to watch the training video.

** Support PDF: ** Click ____ if you would like to learn these skills from a handout instead.

Instruction on how to use Digital Vaults

Instructions on how to create a upload a poster created by Digital Vaults

Create the Poster

Take a screen Shot of the poster ( How to take a screen shot) or Use Shortcut Keys

Insert to PowerPoint

Crop the part you don't want

Save as JPEG file, save on the desktop

Put the cursor to where you want to have the pic, then click on the **Insert Image Button** (blue/green square)

Click on the file after it is uploaded


 * Congratulations!!**