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I find the history channel website to be very useful for history teachers. It has videos on most historical events, games for students to play that are relevant to subjects in history and social studies. It could also be used as good source for students when doing research projects and paper. A great icebreaker for teachers to use is "This Day in History."

A good example of a primary sources site for American History classes

This site has links specific to teaching history, social studies, geography. It has links to lesson plans, current news portals, research content, interactive time lines and most anything to do with teaching history. Endless resources for teachers and students alike. There is also a link available to send suggestions and was featured by the New York Times.

This website has a multitude of different pages which encompasses nearly every subject a History Teacher will ever teach.

ABC ya! is a great website to incorporate technology in your classroom. This website includes fun games and enrichment activities for Elementary schools Kindergarten through fifth grade. After a student has completed their assignment, they can log on to this site and do grade based activities that are fun and educational. All of these games are free to play.

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

ABCYa.com is an interactive children's website, loaded with fun games and activities to help children learn and practice reading, math, grammar, spelling, history, geography and more. This site is free and there are tons of games to choose from, and you choose the grade level to play them at. At the end of each game the easy to read results give you a clear understanding of how you did in the game and where you need more practice at. I will be introducing this site to my own children, and will incorporate it into my classroom for my students as well. I highly recommend this site.

This electronic source for American literature, funded by the Library of Congress, allows students to explore multiple facets of American literature. One link leads to an exploration of Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore, while another looks to examine how the history of Salem influenced Nathaniel Hawthorne's writings. By presenting students with this tool, they will be better equipped to understand the writers' backgrounds and read deeper into their works.

This Youtube channel mixes modern songs and historical events, making tricky subjects, such as the French Revolution, into a catchy, memorable study tool. Teachers can meet standard 6.1 by incorporating these songs as a type of instructional technology to help facilitate learning in the classroom.

Ways to make learning about History fun to students!

Explore, Discover, Learn: Art and culture, history and travel, science and nature. Explore all the Smithsonian has to offer at Smithsonian Students . From interactive Idealabs to homework help to strange but true facts, you'll find it here!

This website includes a timeline of major American wars throughout history. It also provides the option to watch documentary-type videos of each particular conflict. It is a good source for instructors to use to freshen up particular aspects and details of each war, and even to show to their students!

FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages. (math, grammar, science, spelling, history). There are many different games to choose from for children in any grade level.

This website is primarily based with interactive activities for high school students. It has a lot of information and interactive ways in which the students can view it. It is a Historical based website that would be very useful for high school history teachers. This will facilitate the use of Standard 6.1 because it allows teachers to facilitate learning in their classrooms and to enhance hands-on-experiences and problem solving.

Thought I'd share an RSS feed from one of my favorites, NPR. This series reminds us why we WANT to be teachers. Here's NPR's blurb: You may have already heard of StoryCorps, the American oral history project on NPR. Two people sit down in a studio and talk, telling stories about their lives, and the people at StoryCorps record and archive the conversation. StoryCorps is honing in on lessons about learning with a new project for the academic year, called the National Teachers Initiative.

This is a fun website teachers can use to help their kids learn through song. There are so many wonderful songs ranging in grade level and subject. I think it is a great tool because many students can learn and remember lessons easier when there is a catchy song to go along with it. I remember learning the Presidents through a song (which is also on this website) and it has helped me so much in history classes. There is also a really cute song called P-P-P-Punctuate.

The newer rap song to memorize the presidents is really catchy! Hopefully that one will keep adding stanzas as more presidents come into office!

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