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PG 3 The Britannica Vision
History and mission of Britannica

PG 4 Britannica School Home Page

Features of the Britannica School home page

PG 5 Elementary Level
Resources for Elementary Level learners

PG 6 Middle Level
Resources for Middle Level learners

PG 7 High Level
Resources for High Level learners

PG 8 Search Results
Access to millions of articles and multimedia content

PG 9 Content Page Tools

Features and tools within Britannica content

PG 10 My Britannica
Organize and favorite your Britannica content

PG 11 Curriculum Support
Align your resources to curriculum standards and lexile measures

PG 12 Britannica School Insights

Add the Chrome Extension to your Google Chrome Search Engine

PG 13 Contact Us
Contact information

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The Britannica Vision

For over 250 years, Britannica has collaborated with experts, scholars, educators, designers
and specialists as well as our global team of editors to provide safe, reliable, and relevant
information. We work diligently to review all content and produce digital learning products
that are critical to providing a useful and enjoyable learning experience.

Britannica Education resources are designed in collaboration with parents, educators, and
content experts for the modern-day classroom and home learning environments.

We are passionate about igniting curiosity and spreading the joy of discovery to learners by
bringing high-quality, reliable, and accessible learning resources to people all over the world.

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Britannica School

Britannica School is the go-to site for learning about any subject, for all ages and
learning abilities!

Our highly reputable editorial team expertly creates content at three levels to
support students at every stage of their education.

Choose a level to begin exploring the wide array of Britannica content.

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Elementary Level
Designed with younger learners in mind, the Elementary home page offers
exciting topics and eye-catching visuals to help keep students engaged. Regularly
updated content makes the home page the perfect place to find unique lesson
hooks and discussion points, and to ignite student curiosity!

Explore Tools News and Important Events

Empower students to independently explore the The "In the News" section provides students the
many resources within Britannica! Use the opportunity to explore an interesting and
World Atlas to go on a vitrual tour around the thought-provoking topic. Students can also
world, explore the Animal Kingdom, or engage follow links to related articles and media to help
your Pre-K through second-grade learners with them continue their research.
Britannica Fundamentals.

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Middle Level
The Middle Level home page caters to middle level learners. Resources can be
used to inspire curiosity, engage in discussion, or encourage independent
learning. Additional features on the Middle Level home page include the Video of
the Week, At-A-Glance articles, and much more!

Compare Countries At-A-Glance Articles

The Compare Countries feature is a great tool The Collections feature highlights the at-a-
to develop global awareness and to support glance articles, which allow users to dive into
students' understanding of countries around the broader themes and concepts in one place.
world using unbiased, factual information. This Explore Presidents of the United States at a
tool is introduced with a question to encourage Glance, African American History at a Glance,
students to investigate further. Solar System at a Glance, and more to find links
to articles, media, and other content to help
make connections within these important topics.
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High Level
Content at the High level is designed to be of relevance to students in High School.
The home page allows students to engage with features such as Flash Facts and
On This Day. Students can conduct research and develop critical thinking skills
that will prepare them for college and a career.

Biographies New Ways to Explore Content

Students can search for biographies of people Explore a wide range of high-quality multimedia
from all walks of life. They can search by era or resources to support research and develop
by occupation. This feature allows students to understanding of a topic. The On This Day
dive deep into the lives of some of the world's section highlights an important event in order to
most inspiring people, from the influential to the explore history. The Flash Facts section
infamous. provides links to interesting articles to spark
curiosity!
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Search Results
Differentiation
Support or challenge students by
selecting the appropriate
academic level. This is a simple
way to include differentiation
within the classroom.

Journals
Across all three of the reading
levels, students have access to a
wide range of educational
journals provided by EBSCO.
This advanced form of
researching allows students to
prepare for college and careers.

Multimedia
Students have access to a large
number of high-quality videos and
images to enhance media literacy
skills. These can be used as
lesson hooks or discussion points
to engage your learners through
the use of multimedia.

Web's Best Sites

Web's Best Sites allows students
to broaden their research to
resources outside of Britannica
School. Each site is reviewed by
the Britannica Editorial Team to
ensure that they are relevant and
appropriate for the learning of
students at each level.
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Content Page Tools

Favorite Cite Translate
Click on the star icon to add an Teach students about the Select the globe icon to support
article to your Favorites or a importance of citation from a your English Language Learners
specific Resource Pack that young age. Britannica keeps this by translating content into more
you've created. This is a great process as simple as possible for than 80 languages. Students can
way of planning for a unit of work all levels and abilities. develop English skills by hovering
and gathering content together in over the translation to view the
advance. original text.

Literacy Support
There are many ways to support
developing readers and to
encourage independent learning.
Use the Read Aloud tool to hear
the text read aloud while following
along with the highlighted text.
Support vocabulary acquisition by Challenge
using the quick-click dictionary! Challenge your advanced learners by suggesting that they
Double click on a word for the engage with content at a higher reading level. Additionally,
Merriam Webster definition and encourage them to click the Related tab when viewing content
pronunciation. in order to expand their research and make meaningful
connections between content.
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My Britannica
Set yourself up with a personal My Britannica account. Here, both educators and
students are able to view their favorited content and organize it into Resource
Packs. The notes section allows for simple communication between educators
and students, making Resource Packs a great tool for digital homework!

How should teachers use Resource Packs? How should students use Resource Packs?
Resource Packs provide the perfect area for Students can keep track of the content they
teachers to collect and organize all relevant have found as they research by organizing it into
resources for a specific unit of work. Use the a Resource Pack. They can use the notes
notes section for forward planning. Don't forget section to write summaries of key points and
that you can upload your own documents into a other notes they collect as they research.
Resource Pack! Students can email the pack with teachers and
peers to share their progress.
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Curriculum Support
Save yourself time scrolling through endless curriculum documents. Gain further
support with lesson planning by accessing our curriculum mapping tool.
Accessible through the Educator tab, the curriculum mapping tool clearly
highlights each strand within the curriculum that the Britannica content targets.

Searching for your curriculum Cross-Curriculum Planning

content
Select your standard, subject, and grade level to Easily identify opportunities for cross-curriculum
view all the relevant Britannica content that learning and collaboration!
maps directly to those strands. This will ensure
that your resources align with all necessary
curriculum targets.

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Britannica School Insights

Support literacy skill development and ensure your students can bring a trusted
research companion along with them on their Web searches with the new, FREE
Chrome extension for Britannica School users.

Add Britannica School Insights as a Google Chrome Extension by navigating to

britannicaeducation.com/product/britannica-school-insights/

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