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Best
of History Web Sites
(http://besthistorysites.net)
Best of History Web Sites contains
links to over 900 history-related web sites that
have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and
usefulness. It features categorized and annotated
lists of links to hundreds of K-12 history lesson
plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes,
PowerPoints, textbook companion web sites, and more
throughout its pages.
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Marco
Polo
(http://www.marcopolo-education.org/)
An impressive site that features
reviewed links to top sites, professionally
developed lesson plans, classroom activities,
materials to help with daily classroom planning,
and search engines. Lesson plans are evaluated over
a six month period before before being included in
their collection.
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Lesson
Plans and Resources for Social Studies
(http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/)
Dr. Marty Levine, Professor
Emeritus of Secondary Education, California State
University, Northridge (CSUN),has gathered lesson
plans and resources from the Internet which social
studies teachers should find very useful.
Categories to investigate include Lesson plans and
Teaching Strategies, Online Activities, and
Teaching Current Events. The site is detailed and
well organized, though several links are now
broken.
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Blue
Web’n
(http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/fr_History.html)
Blue Web'n is an online library of
1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format (lessons,
activities, projects, resources, references, &
tools). You can search by grade level (Refined
Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or
specific sub-categories (Subject Area). Each week 5
new sites are added and you can get a list and
description of these additions through their free
bi-weekly updates.
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PBS
Teacher Source
(http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm)
Go to the PBS Teacher Source for
lessons and activities -- arranged by topic and
grade level. PBS lessons and activities are
carefully constructed and integrate their many fine
web sites. Some lesson plans require viewing PBS
video, but many do not.
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Internet
Scout Report
(http://scout.wisc.edu/)
The excellent Scout Report out of
the University of Wisconsin offers bi-weekly e-mail
reports that cover select internet sites in the
social sciences. Highly recommended.
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Schools
of California Online Resources for Educators
(SCORE)
(http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/)
The Schools of California Online
Resources for Educators (SCORE) project is a
terrific resource for teachers and students alike.
You'll find web sites and lesson plans -- all rated
and arranged by grade level and content area.
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Education
World: Newsletter
(http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml#reviews)
You may subscribe to seven mailing
lists at Education World. Consider subscribing to
Education Site Reviews for Top 5 Picks of quality
education sites online and Teacher Lesson Plans for
the latest highlighted lesson plans submitted to
Education World by teachers around the world, and
theme-based, subject-specific, original lesson
plans.
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Center
for History and Media: History Matters
(http://historymatters.gmu.edu/)
CHNM's resources include a list of
"best" web sites, links to syllabi and lesson
plans, essays on history and new media, a link to
their excellent History Matters web site for U.S.
History, and more. Resources are designed to
benefit professional historians, high school
teachers, and students of history. Go to the
Digital Blackboard section for lesson ideas that
integrate the Internet.
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BBC:
History
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/)
BBC's History section offers a
multitude of sites, activities, games and other
resources. Major categories include: Ancient
History, Archaeology, Church and State, Science and
Discovery, Society and Conflict, War and Culture,
and Family History. There are also sections
entitled Multimedia Room, Historic Figures,
Timelines, Programmes, Reading Room, Talk History,
For Kids, and History Trails.
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Library
of Congress: Learning Page
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/)
LOC's Learning Page provides a
“teacher’s eye view” of over 7 million historical
documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio
recordings. Lesson plans can be searched by theme,
topic, discipline, or era. You’ll find activities,
tools, ideas, and features useful in the teaching
of American History.
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History/Social
Studies Web Sites for K-12 Teachers
(http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html)
A retired high school history
teacher has produced a well organized and
super-stocked resource of links to history and
education-related sites. The site underwent a major
overhaul recently; categories are so full of links
it can feel overwhelming at times. Check out
"Research and Critical Thinking" and "K-12
Resources" for teaching ideas.
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The
Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
Seminar Documents Projects
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars1_docs.html
The projects found on this site are
developed by teachers working through the
institute's annual teacher's fellowship seminars,
using the on-line primary source documents of the
Gilder Lehrman Institute.
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Mark
Harden's Artchive
( http://artchive.com/)
Free on-line gallery of thousands
of artworks from the majority of the best known
European and American artists from the Renaissance
up through the late 20th centuries. Excellent
summations of the lives of the artists and of each
of the artworks that are presented.
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