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The Truman Library has some neat resources including lesson plans and other teacher-friendly stuff. Also has some PowerPoints on different topics and some primary sources.

Follow Andrew Carroll on Twitter at http://twitter.com/hereiswhere

This is a 5 minute video video introduction to the "Here is Where" Project. "President Harry Truman once said that "the only thing new in this world is the history you don't know." Andrew Carroll is determined that many more Americans will know about their country's past, and particularly about quirky, previously obscure events and locations.He calls his project "Here is Where..." and he is traveling through all 50 states photographing and writing about long-forgotten people and places.\n\nIn this First Person account, Andrew provides examples of the historical 'nuggets' he's unearthing."