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Best History Websites
A portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Sites are rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help studies or teachers in a wide variety of topics and periods in history.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
Digital Classroom
To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources.
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
Our Documents
Featuring 100 milestone documents of American history from the National Archives. Includes images of original primary source documents, lesson plans, teacher and student competitions, and educational resources.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov
Teaching History with Technology
A not-for-profit journal designed to help middle school and high school history and social studies teachers better integrate technology into their classrooms.
http://www.caryacademy.org/historytech/
HISTORY RESOURCES
Extensive directory of history resources. Categories include world history, American history, key documents, and study guide links.
http://www.globalthinker.com/history.html
The Local Historical Archives Project (LHAP)
LHAP is a searchable database of historical images and documents, one that is largely compiled by students in grades 5-12. It is an educational project by which students create a local history resource available to anyone.
http://www.tielab.org/lhap
American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc.
Provides free K-12 curriculum lessons by and for teachers in social studies, U. S. history/government, political science, philosophy, and economics. The curriculum educates students about America's factual, philosophical heritage.
http://www.americanheritage.org
Junto Society
In-depth information and resources on historical dates and events, American documents, breaking news, political news, and other historical data.
http://www.juntosociety.com
MSG's American History
Created by three students for the study of their American History class, its a great resource for all students.
http://free.hostdepartment.com/m/martinchh
civilisations
Civilisations is an entirely new way to explore human history - a multi-dimensional picture of the world, where you're in charge of the timeline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/interactive/civilisations/
Crossroads - A K-16 American History Curriculum
Recommended American history curriculum for kindergarten through college.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/crossroads.html
Y-Vote Mock Elections UK 2004 - London, Local and European Elections
Y-Vote Mock Elections provide a chance for the younger generation to have their say in politics for the UK and Europe.
http://www.mockelections.co.uk
Twentieth Century in America
A group of internet activities covering the major events of the 1900s in America.
http://library.thinkquest.org/50062/
Social Studies
This page is designed for K-12 social studies teachers and students. It also has information and topics that are useful to pre-service social studies instructors and students. The World Wide Web offers almost unlimited opportunities for social studies education and we hope that this page will benefit both the novice and the experienced Web user.
http://www.indiana.edu/~socialst/
Online Classroom
Social studies lessons and links.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Campus/1580/
Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 4000 web-sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
TimeLab 2000
Presented by the History Channel, this is the official site for the TimeLab 2000 segues with the write-ups available publicly for most.
http://www.smash.com/timelab/Scripts.html
National Center for History in the Schools US History Standards
The standards are both online and in print form.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards/
Colonial America - For Freedom and Profit
United States History project designed for grades 6-12. It is an interactive, internet-based, cooperative group activity in which students build a colony from the ground up.
http://members.tripod.com/~Sunclaw/index.html
Dwayne Voegeli's Social Studies Teacher's Page
A collection of resources geared toward 9-12 grade educators.
http://jarviscomputer.com/voegeli/
Adventure Learning Foundation
Creates curricula which follow online adventure learning expeditions as they travel around the world. Includes resources for use in the K-12 classroom.
http://www.questconnect.org/
Histor eSearch.com
Directory of online history research resources for students and educators.
http://www.historesearch.com/
History and Social Studies
Small directory of educational sites for the student, genealogist and family historian.
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/history.htm
WebbieWorld: History Education
Small annotated directory of websites of interest to students and educators.
http://webbieworld.com/ww/category.asp?category=Education&subcategory=History
Abby's Resource Page for Social Studies Teachers
Hundreds of links to history, social studies, and education sites on the Web. Links are indexed for easy searching. Also home of the History Teachers' Education Ring.
http://www.alltel.net/~abbysresources
A Wanderer in a Sea of Clouds
World history notes by Robert Shannon Sumner of the State University of West Georgia.
http://www.ssumner.homestead.com/
National History Day
Non-profit academic program designed to promote the study of history. Includes information on upcoming contests and participation, past winners, and recommended links to history resources.
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/
AP History Online
Provides Information of AP European and United States History, and Preparation for the AP Test. Done by a Student who got a "5" on the AP Test.
http://ap_history_online.tripod.com/
Social Studies Education: National Council for the Social Studies
An information resource for social studies teachers.
http://www.socialstudies.org/
The Vietnam War: Past and Present
Resource site for high school teachers provides historical background and curriculum ideas.
http://www.tappedin.org/info/teachers/vietnam1.htm
BC Social Studies Teachers' Association Top Links
Offers links to valuable lesson plans, research links and professional information to teachers interested in socials, history, geography, and comparative civilizations.
http://www.bctf.bc.ca/psas/BCSSTA/
Cultural / Educational Artefacts
Created by teachers for teachers. Give students the opportunity to learn about history by feeling and touching actual parts of history.
http://www.artefacts.demon.co.uk/
Study Guide for Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project
This study guide serves as a supplement to the radio series, Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project. This resource for teachers includes lesson plans, background on oral history collection, instructions for video interviews and web page construction, and links to oral history archives.
http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/cdtm
Big Sky Social Studies Lesson Plans
Gopher site offers dozens of lesson plans for all grade levels.
gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/Educational_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/social_studies
History Matters
Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
HistoryRoom
Offers history information for high school students.
http://www.historyroom.com/
General History Sources/Sites
Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/hist-gen.html
Schools History
History of Britain and Europe 1066-2000; features activities, homework help, and background on major events.
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/
Global Nomads Group
GNG is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting international dialogue by partnering educators around the world. Includes a teacher survey and project overview.
http://www.gng.org/
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