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Blogs - Wikis - Docs
A comparison of Blogs - Wikis - Docs
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddnzwcn8_15g3jrbpdf
Archives & Historical Societies
Online Archives of California
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
Civics
Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org/
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
brief explination of the charters
http://jamestowne.org/Jamestowne_Society_Charters.htm
Civic Decision Making -- Peter Pappas
http://www.peterpappas.com/journals/civicdecisions.htm
Civic Terms
http://www.historycentral.com/Civics/index.html
Civics and Economics Enhanced Scope and Sequence
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/EnhancedSandS/histCE.pdf
Civil Disobedience WEBQUEST
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/civildisobedience/
Declaration of Independence -- Audio
http://content.loudlit.org/audio/declaration/pages/01_01_declaration.htm
Declare Yourself
Voting Information
http://www.declareyourself.com/
edHelper.com Constitution Day/Week Items
http://www.edhelper.com/Constitution_Day.htm?gclid=CPmQ6sPnoYgCFQ-ZHgodn2YPWw
Electoral Calculator
http://theelectoralvote.com/
Electoral College -- NARA site
great for teaching the electoral college
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html
Electoral Map -- 270 to Win -- Interactive
http://www.270towin.com/
Equal Protection - Supreme Corut - WEBQUEST
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/supremecourt/
Fireworks -- Declaration of Independence
School House Rock
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=18329939acf1095cdc5a
House of Representatives -- Educational Links
http://www.house.gov/house/Educate.shtml
How one vote makes a difference.
http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/index.html
I'm just a Bill
School House Rock
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=4bd0cf05c37c246f215f
Kid's.gov
http://www.kids.gov/
Kids in the House: the Office of the Clerk
http://clerk.house.gov/
Landmark Cases - Supreme Court Cases
mulitple reading levels
http://www.landmarkcases.org/index.html
LOC - Prints - Elections from 1836
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/picamer/paPrescamp.html
LOC -- Elections The American Way
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/election/home.html
LOC -- In Congress Assembled
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/constitu/conintro.html
Our Courts
COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2008
http://www.ourcourts.org/
primary source documents for the study of United States Civics
http://www.chrysler.org/education/teacher_resources/civics/civics_webquest.asp
The American Dream -- LOC American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/dream/index.html
The Constitution Thinkquest
http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/
The Role of Media in Elections
http://www.frankwbaker.com/mediabackground.htm
US Presidental Elections
http://www.historycentral.com/elections/index.html
Virginia Charter boundries
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/charters.html
Virginia General Assembly
http://legis.state.va.us/
Virginia Government
http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal2/
White House Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Constitution
Constitution Day Lesson Plans
http://www.civiced.org/byrd2006/
Exploring Constitutional Law
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html
Interactive Map of Philadelphia in Late 18th Century
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/map/
PBS 45&49 -- Constitution Challenge Videos
http://www.pbs4549.org/constitution/watch.htm
TAH -- The Constitutional Convention
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/
Economics
Civics and Economics Enhanced Scope and Sequence
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/EnhancedSandS/histCE.pdf
EconEd Link
http://www.econedlink.org/
Econnections
http://www.e-connections.org/
Economic Resources
http://econsources.com/EconSourcesBook.asp?PageID=1
FDIC: Learning Bank
http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/index.html
The Mint
http://www.themint.org/
WeSeed
Free Stock Market Game
http://www.weseed.com
Elections
Electoral Collage
Interactive
http://www.270towin.com/
Living Room Candidate
Campaign Commercials
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/index.php
Museum of Broadcast Communications
http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm
Fact Check
by Annenberg
http://www.factcheck.org/
Voter Turnout
http://elections.gmu.edu/Turnout.html#
General History
America
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
American Rhetoric -- Famous Movie Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/moviespeeches.htm
Ben
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Congress for Kids
http://www.congressforkids.net/
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm
Do History -- How to use what has survived to interpret the past.
http://www.dohistory.org/
EdHelper
http://www.edhelper.com/
History and Government HOTLIST
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/government.html
History Matters Lessons
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Jump Back in Time -- America
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb
Kid Info -- Homework Help
http://www.kidinfo.com/SchoolSubjects.html#AmericanHistory
Lizardpoint US States interactive map quiz
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
LOC American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Montgomery County Schools SS Websites
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/American_bookmarks.html
Music in American History
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
National Council of Social Studies
http://www.ncss.org/
National Register of Historical Places -- National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/
Outline of US History -- US Dept. of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/index.htm
Primary Source Learning
http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/
Probing the Past - Porbate Records 1740 to 1810
http://chnm.gmu.edu/probateinventory/
Save Our History
http://www.saveourhistory.com/pres_org/index.html
Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Social Studies SOL Portaportal EXCELLENT
http://guest.portaportal.com/solss
Teaching with Historical Places -- NPS
http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/index.htm
The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
Time Line of American History
http://www.matrix.msu.edu/~civics/timeline/
US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
US History .org
http://www.ushistory.org/
Thematic Pathfinders
excellent portal
http://42explore.com/
Voice of America
audio stories from American History
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/Topics.cfm?CatRegName=american_history
Roanoke K 12 VA studies site
http://www.roanoke.k12.va.us/departments/technology/lincoln/vs/images.html
FREE -- Free Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/HandSS.cfm
EASE History
excellent
http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html
EMints.org
a Portal to some great sites
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by-title.shtml
Presidents of the US
History Channel -- Interactive
http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=53503
VA Historical Society
Teaching American History
http://www.vahistorical.org/tah/intro.htm
The Best of History Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_GreatDepression.shtml
National Visionary Leadership Project
EXCELLENT - also videos
http://www.visionaryproject.org/index.asp
American Experience - We Shall Remain
PBS series on American Indians
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/
California Gold Rush
National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/goldrush/index.html
Interactive Notebook
Overview of Interactive Notebooks
http://uweb.txstate.edu/teachamhistory/lessons/notebook.pdf
American Past -- use the Units
http://chnm.gmu.edu/7tah/index.html
Educational Excellence
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=9
Fairfax TAH Grant Lessons
http://chnm.gmu.edu/fairfaxtah/lessons.php?browse=level&function=find&level=middle
Miss O'Neil's Civics Class Notes & Worksheets
http://www.powhatan.k12.va.us/teachers/koneil/CivicsNotes.html
Mr. Cassutto's Page
http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/journal/index.html
Mr. Saunder's USI website
http://www.nonags.org/members/dasaunders/
US History Com
http://www.u-s-history.com/
Maps
Maps of USA University of Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states.html
Teacher OZ.com
http://www.teacheroz.com/states.htm
Virginia and US map links -- two Map Games
http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/va_maps.htm
Historical Maps of USA University of Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
Owl & Mouse - Download Free Map Games
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm
Kansas Nebraska Act -- animated map
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/
links to map -- some are just what you are looking for
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_divine_app_6/0,2437,32719-,00.html
Maps and Charts for all MS Social Studies classes
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/SS-units/maps.htm
Basic Maps
Easier -- Broken down by area
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=PuzzleMaps
Sheppard Maps
Interactive maps
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Google map lessons
http://www.gelessons.com/cgi-bin/lessoncatssearch.cgi?ccategory=Social+Studies
Museums
Whitney Museum of Art
http://whitney.org/learning/
Whitney Museum of Art
http://whitney.org/learning/
Seattle Art Museum
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/SAMcollection/code/emuseum.asp
Jacob Lawrence Phillips Collection
Interactive
http://www.phillipscollection.org/lawrence/
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.php
Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/
MUSIC & Sound Effects
American Music Company
http://www.americanmusicco.com/search/
Flash Kit
http://www.flashkit.com/loops/
Our Media
http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center/open
Royalty Free Music
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html
sound effecs
http://findsounds.com/
Sound Effects
http://www.findsounds.com/
Squidoo Free Sounds
http://www.squidoo.com/freesounds
Free Sound FX
http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/sounds/
Other Portals
Health and PE portaportal
http://guest.portaportal.com/misti_wajciechowski
Progressive Era
http://guest.portaportal.com/progressiveera
Cold War for World History 2
http://guest.portaportal.com/coldwar_wh2
United States History Part 1
http://guest.portaportal.com/sol_usi
CCPS New Teacher
http://guest.portaportal.com/ccpsnewteacher
Civics and Economics
http://guest.portaportal.com/sol_civicsecon
Beth Harvy's Portaportal
http://guest.portaportal.com/beth_harvey
Mr. Floyd's USII portal
http://guest.portaportal.com/prov
Other Sites for Help
Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/p_sketchup.html
No Strings Attached
http://etc.usf.edu/plans/default.htm
Graphic Organizers
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html?detoured=1
Photographs
EduPic Graphical Resource
William Vann's Picture site
http://www.edupic.net/
FDR Library - photo series
http://narademo.umiacs.umd.edu/cgi-bin/isadg/viewseries.pl?seriesid=486
FotoSearch
http://www.fotosearch.com/illustration/economics.html
FreeFoto
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Government Photographs
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
MrDonn.org -- free clip art
http://www.mrdonn.org/clipart.html
PD Photo
http://pdphoto.org/
Stock.xching Images
http://www.sxc.hu/category/1095
US Geological Survey
photos going back to Corp of Discovery
http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/index.html
blackline clip art
http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/
Pics4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com
Founding Fathers and Framers of the Constitution and More
pics
http://www.constitution.org/cs_image.htm
School Clip-art
http://www.school-clip-art.com/
Images of American Political History
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
Archive.edu
http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/index.html
Public Domain Images
http://www.pdimages.com/web6.htm
Smithsonian Photographic Services
http://photo2.si.edu/
FreePixels
http://www.freepixels.com/
Open Clip Art
http://www.openclipart.org/
American Image - 20th Century
Photographs of John Collier, Jr.
http://americanimage.unm.edu/
Virtual Civil War
GREAT PICTURES -
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index1024.htm
PodCasting sites
Mr. Langhorst
use search to find your topic - over 2000 entries
http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/
Colonial Williamsburg Podcasting
http://www.history.org/media/podcasts.cfm#indep
Authentic History -- Audio
http://www.authentichistory.com/
Engines of Our Enginuity
audio with text
http://www.uh.edu/engines/engines.htm
Political Cartoons
Cartoons in the Classroom
http://nieonline.com/aaec/cftc.cfm/
Ohio State -- Opper Project
Teaching History with Political Cartoons
http://hti.osu.edu/opper/
Thomas Nast Cartoons
gives interpretations of the cartoons
http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/index.htm
National Archives Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/cartoon.html
Primary Sources
Virginia Memory
http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/
Progressive Era
Photographs by Riis and Hines
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/reform/reform.html
Big Apple History
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/parentsteachers/business_lesson14.html
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events.html
Study Skills
Chaminade Study Skills
MOST EXCELLENT SITE
http://portal.chaminade-stl.com/Default.aspx?tabid=4839
PH School -- reading in the Content area
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/#
How to Study
http://www.how-to-study.com/
VT Study Skills
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html
Education Corner
http://www.educationcorner.com/study-skills.html
Thinkfinity Tools
Flip Book
create a flip book online
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/flipbook/
Letter Generator
assists with writing a letter
http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
Read Write Printing Press
helps generate a brochure
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110
Homer’s Civil War Veteran: Battlefield to Wheat Field
compare primary sources
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=803
Technology
Pearson Training Tutorials online
http://www.mypearsontraining.com/index.asp
Cue prompter
free teleprompter program
http://www.cueprompter.com/
Making Graphs
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Using Technology
ITRT Portaportal
http://guest.portaportal.com/itrtacademy
United States I
Prentice Hall Study Skills
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/#
1492 Exhibit - Library of Congress
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
Am Rev War, Civil War, Reconstrution - Review Quiz
http://www.quia.com/rr/155330.html
American History to 1865
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/american1.html
Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Civil War - Smithsonian
http://civilwar.si.edu/
Civil War and Reconstruction -- Teacher background and Student sites
http://www.mrburnett.net/civilwar.html
Civil War for 5th & 6th Graders by Radford -- EXCELLENT
http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm
Civil War, Two Communities in the --Valley of the Shadow
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Colonies map - Interactive
basic info on founding of all 13 colonies
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/13.swf
Constitution Day/Week Items - edHelper.com
http://www.edhelper.com/Constitution_Day.htm?gclid=CPmQ6sPnoYgCFQ-ZHgodn2YPWw
Crossroads Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/
Declaration of Independence -- Audio
does not list the greviences
http://content.loudlit.org/audio/declaration/pages/01_01_declaration.htm
Exploration - Who Goes There:European
A ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/
Explorers -- Enchanted Leaning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
Explorers Websites on -- EXCELLENT
http://www.cumbavac.org/Explorers.htm
First Americans
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/index.htm
Indians of the New World
http://www.evgschool.org/The%20Indians%20of%20the%20New%20World.htm
Inuits -- student work -- very good -- nice pictures
http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/danielle_longhouse/keepers/titlepage.html
Iroquois Indians -- NYSED
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/constructionone.html
Jamestown - National Geographic
interactive
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone
Jamestown 2007
http://www.jamestown1607.org/storiesnation.asp
Jim Crow, The Rise and Fall of
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events.html
Kid's.gov
http://www.kids.gov/
Lewis & Clark
By Voice of America -- in Special English -- very good for ESL
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-11/2005-11-15-voa2.cfm?CFID=118133343&CFTOKEN=99185684
Lewis & Clark
EXCELLENT - IN DEPTH
http://www.lewis-clark.org/
Lewis and Clark -- interactive trail map -- by PBS
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html
Lewis and Clark -- Into the Unknown -- by PBS
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html
mixed - for USI - Review Quiz
http://www.quia.com/rr/155499.html
Navigational tools
http://ab.mec.edu/jamestown/gljnt.html
Peter Cooper - first steam locomotive in US
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi835.htm
Regions - for USI - Review Quiz
http://www.quia.com/rr/154864.html
Scholastic -- Events of the Revolutionay War
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/americanrevolution.pdf
Shmoop.com History
http://www.shmoop.com/history/study-guides/
Slave Narritives
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html
The Civil War - Cyber Sleuth Kids
EXCELLENT
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Civil_War/index.htm
To Market to Market
colonial economics
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/market_to_market/index.html
US I Enhanced Scope and Sequence
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/index.shtml
VCSSSCE -- great review activities
http://chnm.gmu.edu/vcsssce/camp.html
United States II
Alexander Lebenstein - A Holocaust Survivors Story
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/holocaust.html
American Experience -- 1900
Imperialism vs Anti-imperialism Cartoons
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/filmmore/reference/primary/index.html
An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm
Big Money and Politics
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1491981
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Learning Page by LOC
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/dime/student.html
Caring on the Home Front -- WWII -- British Red Cross
http://www.caringonthehomefront.org.uk/
Cartoons 1940 to 1960
http://www.llgc.org.uk/illingworth/illingworth_s040.htm
Central Pacific Railroad Museum
http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html
Crossroads Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/
Drama of Haymarket
http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/overview/main.htm
Ellis Island - History Channel
http://www.history.com/minisites/ellisisland/
Fireside Chats by FDR
http://www.mhrcc.org/fdr/fdr.html
First World War
http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm
Grapes of Wrath NPR report
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/grapesofwrath/
Great Depression
Think Quest
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/home_page.htm
Harpers Weekly
http://immigrants.harpweek.com/Default.htm
Historical Thinking Matters
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/index.php
Historical Thinking Matters -- well done -- but few topics
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/
Hollywood in the 30's
clips from famous movies
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/FILM/musicalframe.html
Holocaust Silent Witness
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/silentwitness/
Holocaust WEBQUEST
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/holocaust/
Ida Tarbel
By Voice of American -- in Special English -- good for ESL
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2007-02-24-voa1.cfm
Immigration -- interactive lesson
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/immigration/index-flash.html
Immigration -- Regents Review
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/index.htm
Industrialization -- Regents Review
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/economic/index.cfm
Invention Time Line
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/timeline_text.html
Jacob Riis -- interactive lesson
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/parentsteachers/business_lesson14.html
Japanese Internment
http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html
Kid's.gov
http://www.kids.gov/
LOC Selected Photos of Ellis Island and Immigration
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/070_immi.html
National Geographic - Pearl Harbor
INTERACTIVE
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ax/map.html
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
PBS -- Vietnam interactive maps -- must click on link on this page
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/maps/index.html
Photographs from the Great Depression
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/dime/photo.html
Pics for WWII
http://www.privateletters.net/photos.html
Pioneer Camera
Sod houses and more
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/exhibitions/pioneer/camera/exhibit.htm
Potographers of the Depression
interactive
http://chnm.gmu.edu/fsa/
Prentice Hall Study Skills
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/#
Reform Movements -- Regents Review
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/reform/index.htm
Remembering the Depression
short life stories from the Depression
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-53511--,00.html
Scholastic - bombing of Hiroshima
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/hiroshima/index.htm
Scholastic - We witness Pearl Harbor
http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/index.htm
Science and Technology of WWII
Interactive -- lots of fun
http://www.ww2sci-tech.org/exhibit/dark.html
Shmoop.com History
http://www.shmoop.com/history/
Shorpy.Com
100 year old photos
http://www.shorpy.com/
Spanish American War -- PBS
http://www.pbs.org/crucible/
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Foundation
http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp
Studs Terkel's Hard Times
interviews about the Depression
http://www.studsterkel.org/htimes.php
Tenament Living
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/life/topic2.html
The Great Depression
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/business/topic20.html
The Presidential Time Line of the 20th Century
http://presidentialtimeline.org/
The Progressive Movement
http://www.solpass.org/7ss/standards/StudyUSII.3.htm
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events.html
The Statue of Liberty
interactive
http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/teachercorner/page8.html
Think Quest Ellis Island
http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Eihist.html
US Citizenship and Immigration Service
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
US II Enhanced Scope and Sequence
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/index.shtml
VA Historical Society - Civil Rights
http://www.vahistorical.org/civilrights/main.htm
Virginia Schools in the Great Depression
more then just schools
http://www.vaschools.history.vt.edu/education/
Westward Expansion WEBQUEST
http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/westward.html
Code Talkers
National Museum of American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/
Dust Bowl
learn about farming and causes of the dust bowl
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/index.html
Jacob Lawrence - Black Migration
http://www.phillipscollection.org/migration_series/flash/experience.cfm
Harper Audio Radio
Langston Hughes reading his poems.
http://town.hall.org/radio/HarperAudio/
VGLA
Social Studies VGLA worksheets
http://hcpssocialstudies.com/msresources/?p=161
Working
Duke Univ. Special Collection
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/
Media Background by Frank W. Baker
http://www.frankwbaker.com/mediabackground.htm
Political Ads -- Current
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/resourcelinks.aspx
Campaign Comercials -- Past
http://www.easehistory.org/upgrade_flash/upgrade_flash.html
Campaign Finance Simulation
http://www.pbs.org/elections/kids/lessons/lesson_plan4.html
lesson plans civics
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/civics/civicslessons.asp
Assessment
Blogging Rubric
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=df8b89sj_324h7b58tgq
Civics Review
http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/Reviews/Civics/1%20Civics%20Review.htm
Core Questions -- Regents Exam
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/topics.cfm?Course=USHG
History Channel Citizenship Quiz
http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=57117
New York Regents US History & Government
http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/socstre/regentushg.html
Project Based Learning Rubric Creator
4teachers.org
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml
QuizStar
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Tech4Learning
Project Based Learning
http://www.tech4learning.com/staffdev/pl_academies.html
Visual Ranking
http://educate.intel.com/en/thinkingtools/Visualranking/
History Alive Tutorail
Gives a printable score sheet
http://tutorial.teachtci.com/
How to write assessment questions
NECC - Multiple Choice Qestions
http://cit.necc.mass.edu/atlt/TestCritThink.htm
A self-correcting approach to multiple choice questions
an interesting alternative
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1867
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