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Adventure Online - Adventure Online uses exciting real-world adventure as a teaching tool. Adventure Online is a year-round subscription that includes: Access to multiple expeditions; Expedition updates with related background information and online learning activities; Interaction with expedition teams, experts, and other classrooms; Content aligned to and accessible through state learning standards. There is a subscription fee for this service.
All about Time Capsules - a good article on time capsules.
The American Association for State and Local History
American Memory Collections - The American Memory Historical Collections, a major component of the Library's National Digital Library Program, are multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections. There are currently over 60 collections in the American Memory Historical Collections.
Anatomy of a Murder - WELCOME to the web site that puts you right in the middle of the action in a criminal murder trial. YOU will be able to follow the story of a defendant as he faces one of the most serious charges that the legal justice system of the United States of America can levy against an individual. This is more than an exciting fictional story, however.
Ancient Sites - You can visit Rome, Athens, Egypt and more. Ancient Sites is a community patterned after ancient civilizations.
Anti-Imperialism in the United States 1898-1935 - Lots of detailed information for this time period.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government - This page is a wonderful resource. It has links for all grades, parents, and teachers. Benjamin Franklin will guide you through the wonderful world of US government.
Census Statistics and Data - CensusScope: Your Portal to Census 2000 Data CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan. With eye-catching graphics and exportable trend data, CensusScope is designed for generalists and specialists.
A Century of Lawmaking - Beginning with the Continental Congress in 1774, America's national legislative bodies have kept records of their proceedings. The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress comprise a rich documentary history of the construction of the nation, the development of the federal government, and its role in the national life. These documents record American history in the words of those who built our government.
Civil War Photo Collection - The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.
Depression Era - The images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced. Created by a group of U.S. government photographers, the images show Americans in every part of the nation. In the early years, the project emphasized rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression, farm mechanization, and the Dust Bowl. In later years, the photographers turned their attention to the mobilization effort for World War II. The core of the collection consists of about 164,000 black-and-white photographs. This release provides access to over 160,000 of these images; future additions will expand the black-and-white offering. The FSA-OWI photographers also produced about 1600 color photographs during the latter days of the project.
The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC) is an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds. It features its own essays and primary texts. Over time it will include chapter-length histories for each of the eight "cultures" represented: The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe. Chapters on Rome, Greece and Medieval Europe will be appearing soon.
In addition, to its own resources, EAWC also includes a substantial index of internet sites, divided into five sub-indices: a chronology, an essay index, an image index, an internet site index and an electronic text index. Each sub-index is divided into sections, including one for each of the cultures represented. EAWC is an associate site of the Argos Project, an internet search engine that limits the range of its responses to ancient and medieval resources.
Genealogy.com - a great starting point to do genealogy research.
History Lesson Planning Links - GREAT collection of history resources.
History search engines from Internet - a large collection of links to search engines for various history/social studies topics.
Leaning Tower of Pisa - take an online tour of the tower.
Lincoln's Papers - The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 20,000 documents. The collection is organized into three "General Correspondence" series which include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material. Most of the 20,000 items are from the 1850s through Lincoln's presidential years, 1860-65. Treasures include Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, his March 4, 1865, draft of his second Inaugural Address, and his August 23, 1864, memorandum expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming presidential contest. The Lincoln Papers are characterized by a large number of correspondents, including friends and associates from Lincoln's Springfield days, well-known political figures and reformers, and local people and organizations writing to their president. In its online presentation, the Abraham Lincoln Papers comprises approximately 61,000 images and 10,000 transcriptions.
Museum of Hoaxes - Categorizes hoaxes by time.
Museum of Tolerance / Simon Wiesenthal Center - In November 1977, the Simon Wiesenthal Center was founded. Today, together with its world renowned Museum of Tolerance, it is a 400,000 member strong international center for Holocaust remembrance, the defense of human rights and the Jewish people. Visit the virtual museum exhibits or look over the teacher's resources.
Mythos - Zeus Speaks - Welcome to this interactive online study of Greek mythology (grades 4 - 8). This is an interdisciplinary curriculum that encourages history research and reinforcement of concepts through drama and creative writing. It is highly interactive and lots of fun. Part of the Online Class Project Seroes (6-10 week INTERACTIVE learning units in which schools work in collaborative groups.)
PBS Kids Democracy Project - A very good site! PBS invites you to learn how to be a savvy voter. With insightful analysis, extensive databases, and enlightening features, you can discover how much you know and share what you think. The online activities are designed for students in grades three to six, with accompanying lesson plans for language arts (LA), social studies (SS), and math (M) teachers. Below you will find more information about the educational goals for each online activity; lesson plans for each activity; curriculum standards related to this content; and the teachers who wrote the lesson plans. Also check out the general democracy project (in the spotlight features a project designed to let high school students create and run a virtual candidacy).
The Quest for Immortality - Ancient Egypt - From the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., about the Exhibition - From the earliest times, Egyptians denied the physical impermanence of life. They formulated a remarkably complex set of religious beliefs and funneled vast material resources into the quest for immortality. This exhibition focuses on the understanding of the afterlife among Egyptians some 3,000 years ago, in the period of the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC) through the Late Period (664-332 BC). The New Kingdom marked the beginning of an era of great wealth, power, and stability for Egypt, and was accompanied by a burst of cultural activity, much of which was devoted to the quest for eternal life. The exhibition is divided into six sections: Journey to the Afterworld, The New Kingdom, The Royal Tomb, Tombs of Nobles, The Realm of the Gods, and The Tomb of Thutmose III.
Rosa Parks - featuring a chronology of her life and information about the bus boycott she helped launch.
Smithsonian Institution's Education Page - Includes lesson plans, resource guides, links to professional development and how to visit the Smithsonian.
Take a Walk in My Shoes - A Cultural Look at the Conflicts in the Mid-East - Grades 7-9 Social Studies - Author: Christine Archer-Davison, Parker, CO - Invitation: How can we engage students in constructing a historical understanding of conflicts in the Middle East? How can we help students develop an independent and sophisticated understanding of the events in the world today?
Tapped In - TAPPED IN™ is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues. Has a VERY active history/social studies community.
Teaching
History With Technology - Teaching History with Technology is designed
to help middle school and high school history and social studies teachers
better integrate technology into their classrooms. The journal attempts
to fulfill this function by providing teachers with models that document how
others have incorporated technology to enhance their students’ learning experiences.
Time Capsule - tips to crearing a time capsule.
US Senate - use this web page to connect with your senators. Has some great educational information.
Virtual Tours and Field Trips - Take a field trip to many different sites worldwide.
Weird NJ - Never quite sure what will appear on this site (so preview before giving to students) but... For those of you who are wondering just what Weird N.J. is all about, let us try and explain. Weird NJ is a travel guide and magazine to places you won't find on state funded maps or located on any tourist attraction pamphlets.
In Weird N.J. we travel to places that are seen for what they are; weird, odd or unique, all told by New Jerseyans to Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran, publishers of Weird N.J., while traveling the backroads of the Garden State in search of local unwritten history and modern folklore.
| History & Social Studies | Geography (atlases, maps and more) |
Atlapedia Online - Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Color Landform Atlas of the US
Ecomaps - Part of the National Geographic Wild World web site.
GeoExplorer - Get a bird's eye-view of your home or office building, courtesy of GlobXplorer. Just type in your address for an image captured by aircraft or satellite.
Geography Links - a good resource of information.
Greek and Roman World the Barrington Atlas - The Barrington Atlas, created by the Classical Atlas Project, is a reference work of permanent value. It has an exceptionally broad appeal to everyone worldwide with an interest in ancient Greeks and Romans, the lands they penetrated, and the peoples and cultures they encountered in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Scholars and libraries should all find it essential, although it is not just for them. It is also for students, travelers and lovers of fine cartography.
Historical
Atlas of the 20th Century - Historical Atlas of the Twentieth
Century. ... Detailed Table
of Contents. The Basics: How To Use This Atlas: ... Large
collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population,
governments, wars, and other info.
Information Please's Kid's Almanac - Easy to use for finding quick facts and information.
LibrarySpot Almanacs - a nice collection of almanac sites
List of Atlas Sites from About.com -
Lost Worlds This is an interactive map site. It features explanations and expeditions for many parts of the world. Take a tour through a rain forest or examine places in the Fertile Crescent.
MapQuest -
National Atlas.gov - In 1970, The National Atlas of the United States of America® was published. It was a 400-page, oversized, 12-pound collection of maps that portrayed national conditions of the mid-1960's. In 1997, work began on a new and innovative National Atlas. This new edition includes both electronic and paper map products and it exploits information presentation, access,and delivery technologies that didn't exist in 1970. The National Atlas of the United States® is intended to provide a comprehensive, map-like view into the enormous wealth of data collected by the Federal Government.
Wild World - from National Geographic The Wild World maps are designed to help you bring into your classroom the wonders of biodiversity and the urgency of conserving it. The Educator’s Guide that accompanies the maps offers lesson plans and activities on subjects like map fundamentals, biodiversity, and ecoregions.
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