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Amber Blair

NebraskaStudies.Org - 0 views

www.nebraskastudies.org

nebraska socialstudies interactive history archives american history reference

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  • Susan Findlay on 02 Oct 11
     
    A great resource on Nebraska history from pre-1500 to present day for teachers and students. Lesson plans are geared toward 4th grade. Site includes archival photos, letters, video segments and maps.
  • Amber Blair on 08 Oct 11
     
    Teachers and students are able to find and learn about Nebraska from this website. The time line makes it easy to find information in a chronological order. Photos, letters, video, maps and other formats of information is available. Fourth graders focus on Nebraska History in Social Studies, and this website offers relevant information that they can use outside of their textbooks.
Cynthia Stogdill

Online Resources - Topic Index - 0 views

cehs.unl.edu/...index.html

history online resources resources techintegration

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  • Cynthia Stogdill on 09 Oct 11
     
    This resource provides information and primary information on early Nebraska history as well as information on other American history subject areas.  It offers a portal, visual resources and lesson plans compiled on various subject areas. 
Lacey Matthews

Smithsonian - 2 views

www.si.edu/Collections

History archives

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    The Smithsonian Collections has a vast collection of objects, documents, photos, etc. ranging from ancient civilizations to current historical events. According to the Smithsonian website there are "7.4 million digital records available online through the Collections Search Center." This site would be a great resource for students when searching for primary documents. 
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  • Leah Dicke on 05 Oct 11
     
    One of the world's greatest museums, the Smithsonian has digitized some of its collection by sharing pictures and information about its many artifacts and items. Great for 5-12, students can use this information to explore many different scientific and historical fields through its libraries and archives. Teacher Guides and classroom resources are provided.
  • jayme prisbell on 08 Oct 11
     
    The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex that provides materials for educators, students, and researchers and allows the user to make connections while providing a multitude of activities and instruction to learn from. This site allows its users to access a plethora of information from different tabs and links allowing its users to explore research centers, exhibitions, events, cultural programs, collections, museums and zoos through interactive tools, links, videos and websites. Smithsonian also provides a newsroom that feeds updates and information about the Smithsonian.
  • Lacey Matthews on 08 Oct 11
     
    One of the greatest museums in the entire world. The website is great for middle school-high schools. It brings history to each and every person who accesses it. No longer do you have to travel so far to learn so much. It would be a great use to students looking for primary resouces.
Deb Kendall

Our Government | The White House - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/our-government

Government education legislature White-House-Images

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  • Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
     
    This official White House site is geared for secondary and older. The students can learn about the branches of government both Federal and State governments. They can find contacts for the representatives in both Houses as well as the Cabinet. Blogs and podcasts of the Presidential addresses are posted here as well as current information about bills being debated. There is also historical information about the White House, Presidents, and First Ladies. 
Willa Grange

Library of Congress Home - 1 views

www.loc.gov/index.html

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  • Anne Hubbell on 04 Oct 11
     
    This site provides primary sources with lots of topics for research. Students can browse through historic newspapers, old photographs, film, sound recordings, and more. Some of the topics include American history, maps and geography, religion and philosophy, and sports and leisure. There are even short webcasts that are very informative.
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  • Willa Grange on 05 Oct 11
     
    The Library of Congress is our nation's premier library. It contains primary sources from our collective history in the form of documents, photos, audios, film, maps, letters, and more. This site can be used with grades 1-12.
  • McKenzie White on 08 Oct 11
     
    The Library of Congress features collections such as: American Memory, prints & photos, historic newspapers, performing arts, veteran's history, sound recordings, film, maps, manuscripts. Resources can be accessed by topic and audience as well. Users of this site include: kids, librarians, and teachers. It would be a great primary resource site for lessons and research.
  • Amber Blair on 08 Oct 11
     
    There are several features that make this primary source one of my favorites.The Library of Congress offers a wide variety of American history primary sources. This website is designed for teachers, librarians, students, and parents. The available information is in a variety of multimedia formats.
  • Teresa Bell on 08 Oct 11
     
    "The Library's mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity forthe benefit of the American people." http://www.loc.gov/index.html
  • jayme prisbell on 08 Oct 11
     
    Library of Congress site was designed to support Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people. This site allows its users to search collections that include: American memories, print and photography, historic newspapers, preforming arts, veteran's history, sound recordings, film, maps, and manuscripts. Users can access and research this information via digital collections (i.e.) podcast, websites, iTunes or they can search the library catalogs that will prompt them to do a basic search or guided search to ensure they are locating the correct information
Rachel Gordon

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum- Online Exhibitions - 1 views

www.ushmm.org/...online

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  • Rachel Gordon on 04 Oct 11
     
    I thought this was a good resources for documents dealing with the Holocaust. The online exhibitions are on many different topics and cover a lot of information. They include photographs, video, audio, maps, and transcripts of interviews. Each subject topic also has listing of related publications and websites for each subject. There is also a Holocaust Encyclopedia and a learning site for students specifically where you can browse different subject areas or by document type. One that I found interesting was browsing by ID cards where you can look at different individuals and it would give their photo and story and background information.
Kristina Peters

Meet Amazing Americans - 1 views

www.americaslibrary.gov/...index.php

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  • Kristina Peters on 08 Oct 11
     
    This section of America's Story focuses on the Amazing Americans who have helped shape American History.  The people are categorized by their profession or what made them famous.  The biographical information for each person provides an great summary of why they were important, links to more stories, photos, and even a timeline of their life in relation to what was happening in America.  Students begin to learn about specific people in our nation's history in 3rd and 4th grade.  This site would lend itself to exploring more information about these people from the trusted source of the Library of Congress.
Amber Blair

Home of History Education: National History Day - 0 views

www.nhd.org

History Day SocialStudies NHD World History archives American History

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  • Amber Blair on 08 Oct 11
     
    National History Day offers primary sources for world history. Students and educators from 5-12 grade can use this site to find information on many regions around the world. Teachers can use the Classroom Connection section to find information that fits into their standards, a repository can be used to find primary resources for specific regions and time periods.
Cynthia Stogdill

ANPA Homepage - 0 views

www.anpa.ualr.edu

history techintegration resources primary

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  • Cynthia Stogdill on 09 Oct 11
     
    This site provides documents on American Indian life.  There is biographical information, index resources, and other information. The most valuable part of the website is the archive of manuscripts and written resources by influential individuals. 
Lorie Adams

Environmental Protection Agency - 2 views

www.epa.gov

EPA science environment high school

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  • Isela Padilla on 04 Oct 11
     
    This is a good site for those seniors whose Senior Project topic is on environmental issues. It is a springboard for choosing a specific focal point. It would also be good for the students to use for choosing an action plan for their project. Site is also a great science site for younger kids if you choose to look at only the bullet facts provided.
  • Anne Hubbell on 04 Oct 11
     
    This EPA site gives the reader lots of options. One can learn about information where you live, popular topics, and current environmental news. I typed my zip code and found out the air quality, water and land information, the health risks, and energy produced in my area. I also explored some of the topics such as health and safety issues. Students could use this site to approach project-based learning and inquiry projects.
  • Lorie Adams on 08 Oct 11
     
    High school. Topic of studies range from acid rain, air pollution, land fills, and more. Easy to navigate. Student can find and comprehend information with easy to create reports on environmental issues, causes, and solutions
Kim Blankley

America's Story from America's Library - 1 views

www.americaslibrary.gov/index.html

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  • Rachel Gordon on 04 Oct 11
     
    This would be a great site for more elementary aged students, there's a lot of good information but not enough to overwhelm younger kids. You can look at profiles of different famous people, get information on the states, look at different time periods and also look at games, hobbies and music, which would probably appeal to kids. One feature I thought was unique was where you could enter your birthday and it would bring up information for that date.
  • Kim Blankley on 11 Oct 11
     
    A great website to introduce young students to the world of non-fiction and primary source material. The website is colorful and easy to navigate. Students can learn about a variety of people, places and events in American history.
jayme prisbell

ipl2: Information You Can Trust - 1 views

www.ipl.org

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  • jayme prisbell on 08 Oct 11
     
    The ipl2 website not only allows its users to access both national and international newspapers and magazines online, but it also provides its users quick and simple ways to search for materials with the click of a mouse (i.e.) for kids or teens, resources by subject, or special collections created by ipl2. The site permits researchers to search specific categories such as: art and humanities, education, law, government and political science, as well special collections for presidents and literary criticisms. The site offers a unique 24 hour a day help desk, where students and volunteer library and information science professionals provide answers to your questions via email.
Teresa Bell

The Labyrinth - 0 views

labyrinth.georgetown.edu

history medieval reference research literature Resources culture Education

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  • Teresa Bell on 08 Oct 11
     
    "The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web. This project not only provides an organizational structure for electronic resources in medieval studies, but also serves as a model for similar, collaborative projects in other fields of study. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies." http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
emilysarah03

Historic American Newspapers - 1 views

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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  • emilysarah03 on 27 Sep 11
     
    This is from the Library of Congress's main page. It is a collection of historical newspapers from 1836-1922. It would be a great source of information on what else was going on during main events, such as the civil war. It would also be a great way to show people reacted to events during that time period.
Kim Blankley

Calisphere - A World of Digital Resources - 2 views

www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    This website's main focus is centered on the history and culture of California and the role it played in national and world history. Calisphere includes photographs, diaries, recorded oral history, cultural artifacts, documents, etc. I feel this is a great resource, even for teachers not living in California, because of the variety of information presented and the prevalence of primary and secondary sources of our nation's history. 
  • Sandra Fey on 09 Oct 11
     
    This website has many different topics.  I like that they include topics like assembly lines and other important pieces of history that are not always featured on other sites.  Most topics that I look at included many images which students will love.
  • Kim Blankley on 11 Oct 11
     
    This website allows students to search images and information related to a theme, such as the Civil Rights Movement, or of a specific subject, such as Rosa Parks.
Amanda Zieg

Internet History Sourcebooks - 0 views

www.fordham.edu/...asbook.asp

history primary archives resources

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    The Internet History Sourcebook is a collection of historical, modern, medieval documents, maps, primary and secondary sources, literature resources, and bibliographies. This is a great resource that covers a very large span of history and information. The only downside to this site is that it has very few images.  
Amanda Zieg

The Colonial Williamsburg: Life in the 18th Century - 0 views

www.history.org/index.cfm

history williamsburg colonial archives primary american history

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    Colonial Williamsburg online is a great resource for information on life in the 18th century, ranging from people, place, trades, etc. They have a feature where you can tour the town of Colonial Williamsburg in 3D and experience audio, video, photography, and other features of the town. The Colonial Williamsburg site also has biographies, essays, articles, and other primary resources from Americans on their day-to-day living in the 18th century.
Amanda Zieg

Web-Accessible Collections at Harvard University - 0 views

digitalcollections.harvard.edu/related_resources.html

primary resources archives sources reference history american history

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    Harvard provides web-accessible collections consisting of journals, manuscripts, government documents, microform, music scores, and recordings. There is a great deal of information through the Harvard Libraries both online and in person. 
Deb Kendall

History in the Raw - 0 views

www.archives.gov/...history-in-the-raw.html

Primary Source history

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      Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
       
      Justification for using primary source documents with students. It can be used with historical fiction as well as general research in other subjects.
  • Primary sources fascinate students because they are real and they are personal; history is humanized through them. Using original sources, students touch the lives of the people about whom history is written. They participate in human emotions and in the values and attitudes of the past. By reading a series of public opinion surveys from World War II, for example, students confront the language of the person interviewed and his or her fears about shortages, as well as the interviewer's reactions recorded after the interview. These human expressions provide history with color and excitement and link students directly to its cast of characters. Interpreting historical sources helps students to analyze and evaluate contemporary sources--newspaper reports, television and radio programs, and advertising. By using primary sources, students learn to recognize how a point of view and a bias affect evidence, what contradictions and other limitations exist within a given source, and to what extent sources are reliable. Essential among these skills is the ability to understand and make appropriate use of many sources of information. Development of these skills is important not only to historical research but also to a citizenship where people are able to evaluate the information needed to maintain a free society.
  • Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
     
    Many times primary source documents are overlooked as a tool for students to connect to history. Our textbooks rarely go in depth on any topic thereby leaving out the sense of humanity. Primary sources motivate students to engage in historical inquiry as they analyze and evaluate contemporary sources. I would like to see more primary source documents used in literacy classes to support historical fiction.
Cynthia Stogdill

Exploring Earth Visualizations - 0 views

www.classzone.com/...visualization.cfm

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  • Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
     
    This is a God-send for science and social studies classes. The visualizations and animations are very clear and easily navigable for both students and teachers. This movement supports comprehension of complex topics. Among other things, they illustrate Earth's movement from space, multiple representatives of a single place and models of molecules. 
  • Cynthia Stogdill on 09 Oct 11
     
    This source provides documents and data on geography, astronomy, and science related subjects. It has a wide range of written and visual information for students. A great resource for 8th grade earth science.
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