History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online 54 Teaching and Lesson Plan Ideas for History Teachers #sschat Since I've recently given a set of my curated plans for math teachers, English teachers and general common core standards (see end of this post), I thought I'd share some lessons for history teachers. If you're a history teacher and not following #sschat on Twitter, you should. This is a set of 12 lessons about what it was like for children to live in the second world war. September 11 is coming up. The first handout on this page is a good overview of the timeline of 9/11. June 28 is the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1. The woodmen of the world had a "if I were president" competition sometime back, but I think since this is an election year, it is time to bring back some sort of competition like this to our students. If you want to teach about the Olympics, the TES forum out of the UK is where the great content is being uploaded daily. Topical studies are great. I have to bookmark this site just for me. A website that lets you find and create timelines. Dr.
Did you know U.S. History: Free streaming history videos and activities Badass of the Week Innovative Projects & Lessons These technology integration projects and activities engender student creativity & empowerment. For more examples, visit our partner sites: Best of History Web Sites , The Center for Teaching History with Technology , and Teaching English with Technology . ETT Indicates a project from the EdTechTeacher Team. Books for Babies Creator: Suzy Brooks ( @simplysuzy ) Suggested Grade Level: Elementary Subject Area: English/Language Arts & Service Learning Project Description Students research and reflect on early literacy environments including their affect on children and their reading ability. Students reflect on their research, as well as their experience, and write a persuasive letter to new parents that might convince them to read to their babies. >>>Find out more about this Books for Babies project on Suzy's blog. Extending the Project Students could leverage mobile technology to provide audio recordings of books to younger students in the school or after school programs. Living Wax Museum
Share your treasures with the rest of the world! - Your Treasures, State Library of Victoria Do you have a treasure you'd like to tell everyone about? It might be something you've found, a gift or family memento. It could be part of a big collection or just a single item. You don't have to be an expert, a professional writer or photographer to contribute. Featured contribution Very few Photos exist sadly of this great Champion in action. Contributed by: Danny, Ringwood. Most viewed contribution Viewed 36284 times Amongst my collection of Victorian photographs, I've a very rare item. Contributed by: Frederick, Mt Waverley Eucalypts 21.5 by 38.0 cm Water Colour by H C Simpson Lincoln Ellsworth & Herbert Hollick-Kenyon - A water painting of Lincoln Ellsworth's "Polar Star" by S A Bainbridge 1935 - a... Kirra Rocks, Gold Coast - 1942 Water colour by artist H C Simpson
Technology and Education | Box of Tricks | Technology and Education National Library of Australia | Australian history: selected websites These are selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field. They provide a diverse range of information on Australian history resources as well as providing links to other useful sites. General Historical texts online Australian literary and historical texts - part of the SETIS project (Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service at the University of Sydney Library), this collection comprises editions of hundreds of Australian literary and historical texts.Australian history (Project Gutenberg of Australia) - lots of information about the history and exploration of Australia together with a number of freely available ebooks about Australia or written by Australians.South seas - concentrates on the history of European voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific between 1760 and 1800. Manuscripts, archives and registers Museums Libraries Associations Overseas sources of Australian historical documents
101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class 1.) The Library of Congress is a great source to find historical documents, photos, art, maps, audio and video, artifacts and other items. The American Memory section organizes items based on topics, time periods and places of American history. The World Digital Library, a cooperative project with UNESCO, includes rare documents from around the world. 2.) 3.) 3.1) 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."
Welcome to Shunya 21 Top Websites for Social Studies Teachers Every day on our Facebook page, teachers post "Helpline" questions and receive resource recommendations, lesson and classroom management ideas, career advice, and so much more. Recently, a high school teacher asked readers to suggest their favorite sites for teaching social studies. The list was so awesome, we just had to share it! 1. iCivics icivics.org 2. Teaching + Learning Sea of Liberty Providing interactive tools for teaching, exploring, and sharing the power of Jefferson’s ideas across cultures and borders. Learn More | Visit the Site 100 Leaders Encouraging exploration of leadership and legacy in world history through voting, classroom activities, and teaching resources. Learn More | Visit the Site Teachinghistory.org Sharing quality content, tools, and strategies to improve teaching and learning American history. Learn More | Visit the Site Ford’s Theatre Videos Bringing to light the value of quality professional development for teachers through video. Learn More | Visit the Site Popular Romance Project Rethinking the concepts of love and romance through study of popular fiction and popular culture. Learn More | Visit the Site Hidden in Plain Sight Nurturing historical thinking and investigation skills via an asynchronous online course focusing on objects. Learn More | Visit the Site
Lesson Plans Tip: Press ctrl and F (or Command and F on a Mac) to perform a keyword search of this page. To keyword search all Best of History Web Sites pages use the search engine located on each page. Note: Best of History Web Sites features categorized and annotated lists of links to hundreds of K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more throughout its pages. Featured Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources Center for History and New Media: History Matters The Center for History and New Media produces historical works in new media, tests their effectiveness in the classroom, and reflects critically on the success of new media in historical practice. Teaching American History This is a wonderful collection of thoughtful and thorough lesson plans and other resources on teaching American history. PBS Teacher SourcePBS is a great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. EdTechTeacher Introduction to Guided Inquiry Activities Mr.