History and
Politics Out Loud
http://www.hpol.org/
Geography
Lessons and Activities, K-12
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/
education/ideas.html
Lesson Plans
and Resources for Social Studies Teachers, K-12
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/
Includes several hundred social studies lesson plans, online
activities, teaching suggestions for current events lessons, and
additional resource materials.
Louisiana
History 101, 5-12
http://www.louisiana101.com/
Various Louisiana lesson plans and activities
Using Primary
Sources in the Classroom
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html
This
site helps teachers enhance their social studies curriculum by
providing suggestions for using authentic artifacts, documents,
photographs, and manuscripts from the Library of Congress and
additional sources.
AFRO-American
Almanac
http://toptags.com/aama/
The AFRO-American Almanac
�
is an on-line presentation of the African in
America.
A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its
cultural evolution. From the beginning of the slave trade
through the Civil Rights movement, to the present. Information
that will give you a better understanding of the problems we
face today as a nation.
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
American West
http://americanwest.com/
Americas
Story
http://americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Presented by the Library of Congress
Amistad
Case
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/
amistad_case/amistad_case.html
Presented by the National Archives & Records Administration
Ancient Egypt
Discovery Case, 1-12
http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/case/
This
site provides teachers and students with tools to explore the
world of the pyramids.
Anthropology
on the Internet
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Anthropology%2DK12/
A
product of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, this site is
an annotated listing of hot links to selected sites with
information about the field of anthropology for teachers and
young people.
Archiving
Early America, 1-8
http://earlyamerica.com/
This
site focuses on the late 18th to early 19th
centuries in the
United States.
Guide to U.S.
Government for Kids, K-12
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
This
site explores the branches of government, U.S. Constitution, how
laws are made, and citizenship.
Biographical
Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
This
dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who
have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
Black History
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
This
site provides a wide variety of Internet-based resources that
individual students or whole classes can use.
Congressional
E-Mail Directory
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
Email addresses of
U.S.
Senators and Representatives
CongressLink
http://congresslink.org/
Donnor
Online
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/index.html
The plight of the Donner Party
remains one of the most poignant episodes in the history of
westward expansion during the 19th Century. "Donner
Online" is a type of Web-based activity in which you learn about
a topic by collecting information, images, and insights from the
Internet, and then you "paste" them into a multimedia Scrapbook
(a HyperStudio stack or a Web page)
to share your learning with others.
Egyptian
Hieroglyphs
http://greatscott.com/hiero/
This
site explains the Egyptian phonograms closest to the English
alphabet, and helps students translate between Hieroglyphs and
English.
Ellis Island�s
Wall of Honor
http://ellisisland.org/
Students can search to see if their family name is inscribed on
the American Immigrant Wall of Honor.
Exploring
China: A Multimedia Scrapbook Activity, 6-12
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/scrapbook.html
This
site allows students to view links for pictures, text, maps,
facts, quotes, or controversies that capture their exploration
of
China.
Eyewitness:
History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Your ringside
seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present -
history through the eyes of those who lived it.
Famous American Trials, 9-12
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
Firstgov
for Kids
http://kids.gov/
This site provides elementary and secondary teachers with links
to Federal kids�
sites along with kids�
sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
Flight to Freedom, 9-12
http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:9780/projects/flighttofreedom/
intro.shtml
This
site allows
�players�
to experience slavery through the eyes of those who lived it.
Go West
Across
America with Lewis and Clark, 6-12
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
This site allows students to join the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
Greatest Places Online
http://www.greatestplaces.org/
This
site takes students on an interactive educational journey to
seven of the most geographically dynamic location on Earth:
Amazon, Greenland,
Iguazu,
Madagascar, Namib,
Okavango, and
Tibet.
Historical Treasure Chests, 6-12
http://k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/
Primary
sources such as letters, diaries, photographs, maps and
artifacts provide students with authentic materials from the
past. By looking closely for details, students can draw
conclusions about the items and formulate their own hypotheses
about the time period(s) during which they were created.
History and
Politics Out Loud, 6-12
http://hpol.org/
Middle and High School students can hear some of the voices of
American History
History
Channel.com
http://historychannel.com
Offers
classroom resources and activities which supplement the History
Channel productions.
Holocaust
Survivors, 9-12
http://holocaustsurvivors.org/
This
site allows students to read the stores of holocaust survivors,
hear them speak, look at their family photographs, consult the
site�s
encyclopedia, and much more.
Maps.com
Online World Atlas, 6-12
http://www.maps.com/
This
site covers seven continents, 12 regions, 190 countries, and 50
U.S.
states, including maps, flags, and statistics.
Middle Ages:
What Was It Really Like to Live in the Middle Ages?, 6-12
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
Students can find information about religion, homes, clothing,
health, arts and entertainment, town life, and related
resources.
United States
House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
United States
Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
Vietnam:
Yesterday and Today
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/
This
site provides a chronology of the war and materials for study
and teaching.
Women in World
History Curriculum
http://womeninworldhistory.com/
This
unique site is full of information and resources to help you
learn about women�s
history in a global, non-
U.S.,
context. Here teachers, students, parents, history buffs, and
the interested public can find information on the following
topics.
World Almanac
for Kids Online, 1-6
http://worldalmanacforkids.com/
This
is a companion site for the print version of
The World Almanac for Kids.
World War I:
Trenches on the Web
http://worldwar1.com/
This
site features information on people, places, and events that led
to WWI.
World War II
Commemoration
http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/
This site features the story of WWII, biographies and articles,
air combat films, photographs, a WWII history test, and WWII
links.
Colonial
Williamsburg, 5-12
http://history.org/history/teaching/index.cfm
This site features the life and times of colonial
America.
George
Washington�s
Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
http://www.mountvernon.org/
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History, 4-12
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
United States
Holocaust
Memorial
Museum,
9-12
http://www.ushmm.org/
The White
House
http://www.whitehouse.gov
http://whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html
