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This site gives lesson plans focused around different primary source documents. They can be used to create problem-based lessons. Students can explore the documents to try to answer historical questions rather than simply having the information given to

Harper's Weekly gives Thomas Nast cartoons for a variety of diffent subjects that I teach such as Andrew Johnson's impeachment. Political cartoons are important tools of the media and can be used as a form of propaganda, so they are invaluable to the stu

This site can be used to network with other adult educators. It could be used in my context to have meetings that add the element of virtual reality to experience a bit of life together as we explore issues.

Theses images or primary source document sets can be seen as a form of social media representing the time period that we are studying. Students can interpret them to find a greater understanding of the culture's values and beliefs and how this may have e

This sites slogan is "Poster Yourself." Students can create multimedia "posters" that include pictures, music, video, etc. and share them with their classmates. Students can write comments under each other's posters and can message each other on the sit

Sometimes its just better to hear it "from the horses mouth." This site has a list of some of the most well-known speeches from world leaders in text. Many of the speeches can also be listened to from the site.

This site makes it easy to create wikis and website. The information can be easily shared and many people can have a hand in editing the information. It could be used to share ideas on professional development. For example, teachers could share their m