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Google Cultural Institute: Eiffel Tower Visit Paris via the internet and view a gallery of photos and videos of the tower. Get a bird’s eye view of Paris from the top of the tower, follow the construction of the tower through photographs and descriptions, and join the Parisians when the tower opened to the public in 1889. (12/28/13 09:57)

 

ChronoZoom is a free, open source timeline tool that allows teachers and students to create powerful interactive timelines. You can zoom from a timeline that covers decades to one that covers billions of years. This is something that a timeline drawn on paper could never do! (12/14/13 11:03)

 

Worldview This tool from NASA's EOSDIS allows you to interactively browse global satellite imagery within hours of it being acquired. Use the many features to find interesting imagery, then save and share what you find. (12/6/13 19:29)

 

Reading Maps What is a map? Cartography, or mapmaking, is the practice of recording spatial information to aid in visualization. Knowing the visual language of maps can make it easier to read and understand them. (12/6/13 19:25)

 

Children & Youth in History is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present. (12/6/13 19:22)

 

If you are between 13 and 15 years old, Alkopedia can help you learn more about the effects of alcohol on you as an individual, on a family, and on the society you are a part of. Alkopedia consists of 9 questions that you answer or have an opinion about. When you have answered each question, you can read information on each issue and there are links if you want to know even more. For some of the questions, you can choose more than one alternative response. (11/16/13 09:53)

 

In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet of five ships set out for what would be a nearly three years’ circumnavigation of the globe. This website relates the perilousness of the voyage and the many hardships encountered, and includes historic maps and drawings of ships of the period. Read about the mutinies, the long journey through the strait that bears Magellan’s name, the death of Magellan in the Philippines, and the eventual return of a single ship on September 6, 1522. (9/21/13 10:23)

 

Topics in Chronicling America - The McKinley Assassination lists important dates relating to the assassination,links to articles from newspapers across the country chronicling McKinley’s shooting, his death, funeral, and the swearing in of Theodore Roosevelt as the new president, as well as rticles relating the arrest, trial, and execution of the assassin. (9/14/13 07:47)

 

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States and other materials for teaching a people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The website offers more than 100 free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. (9/14/13 07:38)

 

Massachusetts Historical Society: Declarations of Independence provides many of the documents that included ideas and themes that were being discussed and considered in the run up to the final writing of the Declaration. See the primary source documents from the Second Continental Congress, the Massachusetts and Virginia legislatures, and the drafts written by Jefferson himself. In addition, there are discussion questions suggested. (8/24/13 10:42)

 

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum-Diamond R Ranch Raisin' up the next generation of cowboys requires courage and grit and a spirit that'll never quit! This children's web site joins Cowboy Jack and Dusty Trails to teach and entertain as little buckaroos enjoy a visual ride through the museum and interact with cowboys from the Diamond R Ranch to learn the code cowboys live by....honesty, integrity and plain hard work. (8/17/13 09:57)

 

Our Story: All Aboard the Train! from the Smithsonian Institution takes a trip back in time by examining the objects in the exhibitions, download Jingle the Brass to learn train lingo, and use the activities to help your students have fun while learning about the importance of rail transportation to the growth of the United States. There are many of pictures of steam engines, train travelers, and words to old railroad songs. (7/27/13 10:29)

 

 Cartoon Prints, American This assemblage of more than 500 prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art. Most of the prints are of individually cataloged political cartoons and caricatures. From the Library of Congress. (7/20/13 10:22)

 

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offers free curricula, games, print and electronic resources to help teach the history of refugees and the work of the UN Refugee Agency, further understanding of issues surrounding refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), human rights and tolerance, and to demonstrate the relationship between the protection of forcibly displaced populations and human rights. (7/20/13 10:12)

 

Teaching the American 20s presents an overview of 1920s America that considers the shifts that took place in US society after World War I, like changing perspectives toward labor, capitalism, women, and immigration, and the development of uniquely American styles of music, literature, art, and photography. (6/29/13 10:12)

 

grainchain.com is a curriculum linked education resource for teachers and parents to inform school-aged children about the story of grain-based food - from the farm to mill to plate. Find tailored teaching materials, worksheets, videos, quizzes, recipes and activities about farming, milling and baking. (6/15/13 09:48)

 

Jamestown Settlement Panoramas View panoramas and photos of Jamestown in the Virginia Colony to learn about the life and struggles of the colonists and Indians who lived there. (6/8/13 10:22)

 

Muck and brass: The industrial town looks at the emergence of new urban centres in the nineteenth century – with particular reference to Manchester. It also outlines some of the crises in public health that arose in these environments as a result and the actions that were taken in attempting to address them. (3/23/13 10:43)

 

SMS Generator lets you create a simulated text chat between two historical or fictional characters. You can save your work for future changes. You can drag-and -drop, edit and delete entries. After saving, you will also be able to get a QR Code or embed the chat into your own blog, website or wiki. (3/23/13 10:40)

 

Which Way Is North? is an activity that allows students to develop skills in understanding location by exploring a variety of unique geological formations using Quicktime Virtual Reality (QTVR) panoramas and topographic maps. Twelve different locations are provided for your exploration. As you examine the topographic maps and QuickTime Virtual Reality movies, pay attention to differences in the topography to determine which way is north. (3/23/13 10:10)

 

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. The principal objectives of the WDL are to: Promote international and intercultural understanding; Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences; and Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries. (3/9/13 10:41)

 

Historical Dictionary is a compendium of facts, figures, mini-biographies, and definitions of historical terms. It covers people, places, key events, and epochs. Each entry is concise and expertly written, and the dictionary is ideal as a study tool or to improve your knowledge of history. (3/8/13 09:31)

 

People, Postage, and the Post from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum is filled with artifacts, maps, and commentary. This online museum is filled with information and pictures of conveyances that have carried the mail through the years, toys based on the post office, and ways the mail has been processed. (2/22/13 09:36)

 

Competition: Pizza! Students will learn about competition in the market place. They will understand that competition takes place when there are many buyers and sellers of similar products. They will discuss how competition among sellers results in lower costs and prices, higher product quality, and better customer service. (1/26/13 10:23)

 

Find 10,000 newspapers with the click of a mouse with Newspaper Map. This resource reveals what kinds of news stories are being covered around the world. Filter for language, search for a specific newspaper, or check the news from a given location. You can find historic newspapers. Using Google Map technology, this site allows you to zoom in and zoom out, and takes you to maps of places where you will find their newspapers. (1/4/13 09:16)

 

The Constitution: Rules for Running a Country Just like there are rules that students must live by in school, the government must live by rules, too. In the United States, the official government rulebook is called the Constitution. (12/21/12 16:58)

 

Meograph helps easily create, watch, and share interactive stories that combine maps, timeline, links, and multimedia to tell stories in context of where and when. (11/30/12 10:29)

 

Digital History uses new technologies to enhance teaching and research. The unique Timeline helps you easily locate teaching materials, textbooks, documents, and media for whatever era interests you with point-and-click ease. (11/16/12 16:33)

 

FullDocumentary Watch free, full length streaming documentaries online. New titles every day. (11/16/12 16:16)

 

Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments that “go beyond the bubble” by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students’ knowledge in action – rather than their recall of discrete facts. (10/13/12 10:09)

 

Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Community is the place for teachers to find free resources, share ideas and experiences with peers, and keep up with all things civics, history and Colonial Williamsburg. Members enjoy free: lesson plans, discussion forums, teacher gazette archives, and teacher news. (8/31/12 18:08)

 

In Colonial House, students will examine the hardships faced by 17th-century New England colonists, focusing particularly on the difficulties presented by the Atlantic crossing. This lesson can be used as a pre- or post-viewing activity for the PBS series COLONIAL HOUSE, or as an independent lesson on early colonization in North America. A basic knowledge of early colonial history and American history is required. (8/31/12 17:58)

 

Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for History and New Media has created Teachinghistory.org with the goal of making history content, teaching strategies, resources, and research accessible. (8/24/12 11:01)

 

FilmStory is a web service that helps you learn about the past through films. This useful site lets you click on a country on the world map; then films made about the significant historical events in that country are displayed. FilmStory gives you a sense of exploration and curiosity as you explore the relationship between history and film. You can mine and interpret layers of historical information for yourself. (8/24/12 10:56)

 

IWitness is an online application that gives educators and students access to search, watch, and learn from more than 1,000 video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. Brought to you by USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. (7/14/12)

 

LawForKids.org is a web site dedicated to teaching children about the law, created by the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education with the specific goal of educating Arizona's youth, their parents, communities, and schools to increase their knowledge about youth laws and to encourage law-abiding behavior. (6/30/12 09:25)

 

News Hour Extra Lesson Plan-Rich vs. Poor: How Wealth is Impacting the 2012 Elections promises to help students in grades 7-12 look at an issue that will be at the heart of the election of 2012. Will income inequality play a significant role in the election? Background, activities, and critical analysis are included, as well as links to additional resources and correlations to the national standards. (6/29/12 10:48)

 

Serving Up Economics Teaching our students economics is a key ingredient of helping them become effective citizens, workers, voters, consumers, investors, and participants in a healthy economy. A restaurant business is perfect for a classroom economics project since restaurants are the largest employers of teens, so the skills learned are extremely useful. Operating a class restaurant is easily modified for all grade levels and teaching time frames. (6/23/12 09:32)

 

Maps, Time and World History What tools do world historians use in the study of history? This unit begins the study of world history by examining its use of geographical and chronological frameworks: how they have shaped the understanding of world history and been used to chart the past. (6/1/12 08:51)

 

Analyzing Artifacts will guide you through the process of analyzing historical artifacts. You can apply the same methods that historians use to evaluate everyday items—from dishes, to clothing, to weapons. This process allows you to examine an artifact, recognize significant information, and consider what that data can tell you about the past. (5/26/12 09:26)

 

The Treasure Trail utilizes skill with directions, distance, contour maps, latitude and longitude. Also supplementing the activity are interactive quizzes on latitude, longitude, and other related topics. This is an exercise for middle school students to manipulate information and truly understand geographic and scientific concepts. (5/26/12 09:15)

 

The Lincoln Archives Digital Project is providing access to the historic but fragile paper records of the administration of President Abraham Lincoln. This is the first digital project to scan the entire contents of a president's administration. Once completed, the approximately 14 million federal records housed within the National Archives, including all documents, maps, and photographs, which encompass the Civil War era 1861-1865, will be available online to the global community. (5/19/12 11:03)

 

Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Original records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. (5/12/12 09:49)

 

Historical Maps and Atlases from Geneology Inc. offers map tools for every US state. Use the tool to watch the progression of European settlement, and the segmentation of each state into county lines, changing place names and boundaries, and more over time. (5/5/12 10:23)

 

The Digital History timeline map is an interactive map of American history. As you slide the timeline control to the right watch as historic events show up on the map, and slowly spread from east to west across the country. (5/5/12 10:10)

 

Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archive presents very personal, historic photos that depict famous events and eras throughout history. The photos will show you candid and sometimes extremely emotional images that you just don’t find in history books. (5/5/12 10:07)

 

The Geffrye Museum is one of London's best-loved museums. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Experience the atmosphere and charm of the Geffrye Museum's period rooms and gardens with their Virtual Tours. Go interactive with the Flash Tour or browse the museum with the HTML version. (3/24/12 09:47)

 

OldMapsOnline is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by date. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the website of the host institution. (3/10/12 13:22)

 

You Be the Historian can be a starting point for class discussion about primary and secondary sources and the historical process. Part of the activity encourages students to think about the study of history at a personal level, "What evidence are you leaving behind?" The activity can also be used as an introduction (or supplemental material) to life in the late 1700s. (2/25/12 08:24)

 

WebRangers provides a safe environment for students to learn about United States history, the environment and stewardship, geography, our social history, various cultures, language arts, and real life applications in mathematics, while also gaining essential computer skills. (2/18/12 09:42)

 

Ancient Observatories can be a basis for exploring ancient astronomy. The site includes classroom activities and supplemental material about the sun, seasons, ancient cultures, and the ways in which these cultures' relationship to the sun were expressed. Each module includes National Science Education Standards, downloadable versions of each activity, links to background material, media to use in your classroom, and more. (2/18/12 09:25)

 

Nat Geo Education Find multimedia activities aligned with national standards, educational projects, and more.This is an early preview of our new website. You are seeing only some of the planned features and content. New things will continue to roll out. (1/28/12 09:16)

 

Social Studies for Kids is a resource for students, teachers, and anyone else who wants to learn about Social Studies. This site covers history, geography, economics, cultures, current events, holidays, religions, languages, archaeology, and more.(1/14/12 10:23)

 

Fake Tweet Builder Use this tool to create simulated Twitter conversations with the look of actual Twitter feeds. (1/14/12 09:46)

 

Go Social Studies Go brings to you the most complete social studies teacher resources in cyber space. All for free. (9/17/11 09:37)

 

Serious Games from Mike Farley. A variety of online simulations that Mike has used with his classes. These simulations are also known as "serious games" or "games for change", because they explore some of the most pressing social and environmental issues we are currently facing. (9/3/11 10:12)

 

Imaging Everest  provides an online version of the Imaging Everest exhibition (a collection of approximately 20,000 photographs taken on the nine Mount Everest Expeditions between 1921 and 1953) and enables people all over the world to share this remarkable collection. (7/22/11 1:13 PM)

 

With a diverse palette of resources - free lesson plans, profiles of inspiring teachers, discussion of relevant economic topics, and more - Practical Money Skills for Life hopes to empower educators, enable student learning, and ultimately support the financial literacy necessary for success today. (7/16/11)

 

PA Civil War 150  is a comprehensive website containing an interactive timeline, a statewide events calendar and many in-depth stories recounting the experiences of real Pennsylvanians during the Civil War. PA Civil War 150 welcomes collaboration with organizations and individuals online who share a common interest in the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. (7/14/11)

 

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION provides an accessible and lively introduction to the French Revolution as well as an extraordinary archive of some of the most important documentary evidence from the Revolution, including 338 texts, 245 images, and a number of maps and songs. (7/14/11)

 

The CIA Museum A virtual museum of the history and technologies used by the Central Intelligence Agency in its efforts to protect the United States from foreign enemies. (requires Flash) (7/14/11)

 

Jamestown Panoramas Jamestown in the Virginia Colony on Chesapeake Bay was settled in 1607. The reconstructed James Fort and neighboring Powhatan Indian Village exhibit the complexities of life for both colonists and Indians. As you view the panoramas, you can use the linked quotations and additional photographs to characterize the challenges and problems facing settlers and Indians as both groups struggled to control the land and resources of the region. (6/11/11)

 

In the Newspaper Map you can find newspapers from all over the world, most of them possible to translate to and from many languages with one click. In many cases you will also find links to the newspapers sites on social media like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. We collect, expand and update these links regularly. (6/11/11)

 

Using Image Detective students will do what expert historians do when they work with documents. There are no simple "right answers" when interpreting historical evidence.Use this exercise to build your students' skills in analyzing historical documents as they investigate important topics related to modern America.. (6/4/11)

 

The Space Race Beginning in the late 1950s, space would become another arena for Cold War competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower, and–by extension–its political-economic system. From the History Channel (4/22/11)

 

SHOWWorld Choose a topic from the categories People, Planet, Business, Politics, and Living and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject - both its share of the total and absolute value. (4/22/11)

 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is the story of one of the most remarkable and multi-talented human beings the world has ever known. An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, this three-part PBS series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom. (4/16/11)

 

HistoryBuff.com is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing FREE primary source material for students, teachers, and history buffs. This site focuses primarily on HOW news of major, and not so major, events in American history were reported in newspapers of the time. (4/8/11)

 

TimeMaps aims to provide a visual guide to each civilization and nation in history, be an authoritive resource for historical enquiry work and also provide an accessible way of looking at the 'bigger picture' of the worlds development. (4/8/11)

 

The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are. If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person? IfItWereMyHome.com is your gateway to understanding life outside your home. Use the country comparison tool to compare living conditions in your own country to those of another. (3/19/11)

 

 EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. (2/27/11)

 

Library of Congress: Immigration looks at the immigration experiences of Americans from many backgrounds and countries. Includes lesson suggestions and resources, online immigration vocabulary games (including one on the origin of English words), interviews, and a collection of recipes. (2/19/11)

 

Monticello Explorer provides unique opportunities to explore Thomas Jefferson's world. Connect objects, images and ideas in the expansive collection database with specific locations in the plantation and the house. (1/15/11)

 

DocsTeach Find and create interactive learning activities with primary source documents that promote historical thinking skills. From the National Archives. (10/31/10)

 

Death in Rome Be a Roman sleuth - use your detective skills to unravel the events behind a mysterious death. You have until dawn to investigate the crime scene, and crack the case. Piece together the puzzle using evidence, eye-witness testimonies, and perhaps a little detective's intuition. (10/31/10)

 

Expedition Titanic: Return to the Deep is devoted to the Titanic of today, developed by the RMS Titanic organization with the intent to create a historic archaeological site at great depths. Included are videos of the Titanic's current 'resting place,' click-on maps to various parts of the ship, and details of the debris fields in the Atlantic. (10/6/10)

 

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century  website created for the airing of the eight-part series on PBS features a map and battle section, dramatized audio recordings of letters and poems written by combatants and non-combatants in the war, as well as streaming video of archival footage taken during World War I. (9/10/10)

 

Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Ready-to-use materials that bring the Library’s primary sources into the classroom. (8/22/10)

 

My Wonderful World is a National Geographic-led campaign to expand geographic learning in school, at home, and in communities. We want to give kids the power of global knowledge. (8/1/10)

 

Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century. (6/10/10)

 

TimesMachine can take you back to any issue from Volume 1, Number 1 of The New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851, through The New York Times of December 30, 1922. Choose a date in history and flip electronically through the pages, displayed with their original look and feel. (5/7/10)

 

Finishing the Dream  is a new, free online video series for teachers, students, and parents which brings the civil rights movement to life through the images and voices of the people who participated in the movement. (5/5/10)

 

Death of the Dream This PBS site explores the storied history of rural life in the Midwest. You can tour a virtual farmhouse, read poetry of the time, and see examples of prairie architecture. (5/4/10)

 

Migration Information Resources As the main arbiters of where, when, and how people may cross borders, individual countries still hold many of the keys to the immigration and integration trajectories of increasingly diverse flows of migrants. This growing list of country resource pages catalogs and contextualizes the migration experiences of many countries around the world. (3/31/10)

 

The Avalon Project offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Value is added to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text. From the Yale Law School (3/21/10)

 

Our Courts is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. Current resources on the site include: quality online lesson plans and links to teaching resources and each branch of government in your state. These resources, written and compiled by classroom teachers, are practical solutions to classroom needs. (3/21/10)

 

Kids in the House is a public service provided by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to provide educational and entertaining information about the legislative branch of the United States government to students of all age levels. Topics covered include the role of the U.S. House of Representatives, the legislative process, and House history. (3/16/10)

 

  ReadingQuest challenges you to think about what students should know or be able to do and, perhaps more importantly, what it looks like when they are engaging the content towards the purpose of that lesson. While designed with social studies in mind, teachers of any content area can find the strategies and the process useful and helpful. (3/9/10)

 

  State Facts for Students  Easy access to numerous facts about each of the state in the US from the U.S. Census Bureau and designed especially for kids. Teachers can download the Picture Your State lesson plan in PDF. (3/8/10)

 

Zunal Web Quests for social studies. A collection of ready-made web quests for grades 9-12. (3/3/10)

 

Zoom Into Maps Reading, analyzing, and creating maps are important concepts in many education standards. Using historic maps with subjects such as migration and settlement, travel and transportation, military and pictorial maps, students learn basic map reading skills. (2/27/10)

 

Maps of War was created to help people understand current events, as seen on TV and in our newspaper headlines, as being one small chapter in the much bigger and longer story of human history. (2/9/10)

 

What Are Primary Sources? This lesson introduces students to primary sources -- what they are, their great variety, and how they can be analyzed. The lesson begins with an activity that helps students understand the historical record. Students then learn techniques for analyzing primary sources. Finally, students apply these techniques to analyze documents about slavery in the United States. (1/26/10)

 

The Underground Railroad: Escape From Slavery Students will travel back to the year 1860 and follow a young slave as he flees a Kentucky plantation for Canada along the Underground Railroad. Along the way, they can read or listen to the runaway slave describe his terrifying journey from slavery to freedom. They'll discover what life was like as a slave, encounter the dangers of the Underground Railroad, meet brave abolitionists who took great risks to help runaways, and compare life in the North and South. (1/25/10)

 

Today's Front Pages from 68 countries. Mouse-over a location on this interactive map from Newseum and a thumbnail of the front page from that city's daily newspaper appears. Click the location to see a larger version of the page in a new tab. The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Viewer discretion is advised. (1/16/10)

 

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