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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.

resources to teach about the bill of rights

WEIMAR AND NAZI GERMANY Teaching Resources, ideas and links relating to a study of Weimar and Nazi Germany

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.

An excellent site for primary sources on United States history. Run by those lovely people at the US National Archives.

Recordings from the 2010 Global Education Conference. 

I wonder what everyone else thinks of this type of criticism of education today. Are we watering-down the curriculum due to ideological pre-occupations?

I am just starting a blog as part of a reflective practice. I also want to use it to connect with people who are interested in education and interested in smart inclusion of technology into the classroom. It's brand new, but I have a post on there with examples of what we're doing at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ.

This is a blog by Keith Dennison, a history teacher in New Jersey. Might be useful for teaching ideas or collaboration.

Not directly related to history education but a good example of why we need to teach kids to think critically on their own.

"The Oxford Text Archive develops, collects, catalogues and preserves electronic literary and linguistic resources for use in Higher Education, in research, teaching and learning. We also give advice on the creation and use of these resources, and are involved in the development of standards and infrastructure for electronic language resources. "

I just didn't get that explanation. I read it three times and still didn't get it. It's from Oxford though so should be good.

The tech specialist for my high school runs an award-winning website with references for using technology in teaching.

"This teaching resource includes digitized selections from the Cameron Family Papers extracted from the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. The resource is designed for non-commercial use by educators and students interested in themes associated with antebellum plantation life. The original Cameron Family Papers (1757-1978) include some 35,000 undigitized items available for public perusal in the university's Wilson Library. This web resource presents only a small fraction of the total available documents, as identified and digitized by the site designers to best represent themes associated with traditionally underrepresented persons on antebellum plantations, namely slaves, women, and children. The Camerons regularly communicated by post with their family, friends, and business associates (overseers, tradespersons, and merchants). The level of detail provided in their personal communication provides a rich context for the study of antebellum plantation life in the southern United States. Site users may either search for letters related to a particular theme, or browse available letters using the index of letters page. All letters have been tagged by subject/theme. Letters are available in Macromedia Flashpaper format (.swf). Users may choose to view the original source letter, a typed transcription of the original text (easier to read), or both. The transcription is recommended to teachers and students with limited time, given the difficulty in deciphering original text. "

I hadn't realised how much full text stuff is available from ERIC otherwise I would have added it sooner. Just do a full-text advanced search for 'history' and Bob's your uncle. It's always good to know what the smart people are saying we should be doing. I don't know about you though, but sometimes those smart people strike me as a little stupid...

Useful Links, Resources, and Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers Lesson Plans and Powerpoints from the MEC Navigating a Crisis Workshop April 2010: Powerpoint on Teaching the Iraq War through film -- click here to download Powerpoint on Teaching Iran -- click here to download The Middle East and the Islamic World The American Forum for Global Education "Issues of Muslim Identity"A high school curriculum including student readings, teacher guides, and maps.

Technology a key tool in writing instruction

Many different types of resources for history teaching.