"This feature is our annotated guide to the most useful websites for teaching U.S. history and social studies. We have carefully selected and screened each website for quality and provide a paragraph annotation that summarizes the site's content, notes its strengths and weaknesses, and emphasizes its utility for teachers. Information is provided on the type of website (Archive, Electronic Essay, Gateway, Journal, Organization, Syllabi/Assignments) and the type of resource (text, images, audio, and video). Browse sites by topic and time period or look through a list of some of our favorite sites on this page. The full search feature allows you to quickly locate WWW.History resources by topic, time period, keyword, or type."
If you aren't familiar with the institute, they have loads of free resources for US History teachers at all levels - including primary sources, images, and lesson plans. You can also apply, for free, to be an associated institution which will give you access to even more material!
Teaching history by using historic places from all 50 states of the United States. Search through lesson plans by state, location, time period and several other pre-created lesson plans.
In 1800, everyday life had changed little since the year
1000. Yet, by 1900 the Industrial Revolution had transformed the world's
economy. The United States was still new and making its way to becoming
a world power. Watch it happen as you browse your way through each decade.
The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the
decades
of the twentieth century. The pages are being prepared by the
Reference
Librarians.
This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.