The World Wide Web is full of wonderful and useful educational materials. This workshop will take you on a tour of some specific sites within the web. We will preview media sponsored sites, examine what they can offer teachers and how the site and provided materials can be used in the classroom. This class will focus on web sites useful to History/Social Studies teachers K - 12.

1. http://learning.turner.com - Turner Learning Network Main Page
2. http://learning.turner.com/newsroom/index.html - CNN Newsroom
3. http://turnerlearning.com/courses - graduate course
4. http://learning.turner.com/sb/index.html - CNN Student Bureau - great for cross-curricular activities between history, journalism and English.
5. http://turnerlearning.com/tntlearning - TNT station - Click on the guide archives for great materials. We will look at the example program - "Cold War"
6. http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com - main page
7. http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/by_the_book - By The Book - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Turner Learning, Inc., the education division of Turner Broadcasting, are proud to introduce a new teaching tool for the classroom entitled TCM By The Book, an annual film and curriculum series targeting students in middle and high schools. The first installment of this commercial-free, cost-free, multimedia program is called Novel To Film.
8. http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/by_the_book/guide.htm - guide to By the Book books
9. http://www.cnn.com/fyi/teachers/index.html - CNNfyi.com will provide educators with instructional resources, links, collaboration tools and professional development opportunities. Check out the Timelines and lesson plan archives!!!!

1. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource - Main page
2. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/siteguide/siteguide.shtm - site guide - good place to start
3. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm - AWESOME - search the lesson plan site, get a detailed lesson with resources AND - have the site list the NJ standards the lesson fulfills!!!!!
4. http://pbsvideodb.pbs.org/main.asp?browser_detect=ns - a subscription service that puts thousands of great programs within reach
5. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm - Social Studies main page
6. http://www.njn.net/learn/index.html - local NJ PBS station web site - check out the Ready to learn Series, the K-12 link and more
7. http://www.njn.net/learn/edresman00-01.pdf - an educational resource guide for NJN resources.
8. http://www.njn.net/trips - a listing of electronic field trip opportunities

1. http://www.thehistorychannel.com - try out the speeches link. You will find the complete audio of many famous speeches. The Exhibits link will to an area with in depth information for various subjects. Join a discussion and debate many important historical topics.
2. http://www.thehistorychannel.com/classroom/index.html - The History Channel Classroom. Click on the link to receive free classroom materials.
3. Click the Study Guides link in the Classroom area to find a wonderful resource for History Channel programs. Many of the programs are available on video even if your cable provider does not carry the History Channel.
4. Click the Calendar link to see a timetable of programming event. While at the Calendar, click on the Program Descriptions or Classroom Material (same as Study Guide link from above) links for more information.
5. Find the Save Our History Link and follow it for free classroom materials!
6. http://network.historychannel.com - check out some of the sites associated with the History Channel.

1. http://www.aande.com/ - main page
2. http://www.aande.com/class - the main education page
3. http://www.aande.com/class/teach/aeclassroomform.html - send for the great classroom ideas guide
4. http://www.aande.com/class/whm_sguides.html - study guides for A and E Women History’s Month programs
5. http://www.aande.com/class/teach/index.html - classroom materials
6. http://www.aande.com/class/bioexper.html - Biography: Experience It! is an educational outreach project that links your school with your mayor's office through a multifaceted program of educational enrichment and academic improvement.

1. www.nbc.com
2. http://www.nbci.com/main/channel/0,2,-ed,00.html - the education channel through NBC
3. http://www.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/ - this site features news for kids
4. http://www.msnbc.com/news/178904.asp - a nice guide to educational web resources

1. http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-TEENNEWSWEEK_Front.asp - Teen Newsweek
2. http://school.newsweek.com/ - Newsweek Education page check the site index for fast results http://school.newsweek.com/pages/siteindx.htm
3. http://school.newsweek.com/pages/extra.htm - extras - Extras! present timely, spontaneous responses to what's going on around us in the education and news world. In two to three pages, they highlight various student projects.
4. http://school.newsweek.com/pages/services.htm - services provided by the Newsweek site
5. http://school.newsweek.com/pages/smstr.htm - social studies program materials

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk - main page
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/home - main education page
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history - the history page
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/factsheets - factsheets with more information on different programs (try this site for an alphabetical listing http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/a_z.shtml )
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/hob/faq.shtml - example of a factsheet for the series "A History of Britain"

1. http://disney.go.com/educational/classroom.html - education main page - check out the social Study Links
2. http://disney.go.com/educational/cyberlesson.html - check out the neat lesson plans.
3. http://disney.go.com/disneylearning/index.html - Disney Learning Partnership is a philanthropic initiative designed to draw on the resources of The Walt Disney Company to foster creative, innovative teaching strategies and practices. Sign up for the Teacher Center to find lesson plans, free materials and more.

1. http://www.accessmagazine.com/homepage/homepage.jsp?Cookied=1 - ACCESS Internet Magazine. Come in the Atlantic City Press - lots of great articles and links
2. http://school.discovery.com - Discovery Channel Main page
3. http://school.discovery.com/ontv - Discovery TV
4. http://tlc.discovery.com - The Learning Channel main Page
5. http://www.outdoorphotography.org/resources/channels.html - a listing of TV channels useful for outdoor, photography and nature topics

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