A large set of collections of photographs and images from a diverse range of time periods and places. Some of them only have sample images, however quite a few have full access. If only Diigo let us use more than 20 tags!

Goes through some of the basic errors of high school and university students in historical research and writing.

"The Aboriginal language of Sydney is one of many Indigenous languages spoken in Australia. Almost destroyed in the whirlwind of colonisation, it was documented by William Dawes, an officer of the First Fleet of 1787-88"

One of the few early sources we have for pre-contact indigenous history. I find as an Australian history teacher that the indigenous history of Australia is fascinating and useful to study, however the paucity of quality sources (primary and secondary) makes it difficult to teach. Hopefully that will improve with better scholarship on the topic in the future.

Looks like an excellent example of source forgery to demonstrate to students the need for source criticism.

A pretty comprehensive guide for beginners on evaluating sources. Useful for students.

Has some neat tips. Might be useful in helping your students develop their historical thinking skills.

Has primary sources (documents and photos), a timeline and other materials on the topic in English and (I think) Yiddish.

Looks like a useful guide by an experienced history teacher. Might be good for homework or a lesson activity? I'm focussing at the moment on training my students with 'historical thinking.' I find it much more useful a model than the 'critical thinking' models so common these days, and the results are promising. If anyone has any tips I'd be most appreciative...

"Over the past several years, History Matters has organized twenty-five online dialogues with leading historians and teachers about the the teaching of major topics in U.S. history--from early settlement to the Vietnam War. Those discussions are archived here and contain many useful teaching suggestions"

There are a couple of pages on this site which might be useful for history teachers in challenging us to reflect on our practice. I don't know about you, but too often I get so caught up in the bureaucratic paperwork and day-to-day of teaching I forget to reflect on the big picture of what teaching history is all about...

A collection of primary sources on African-American history from the early C19th to the beginning of the C20th.

Another good example of a history class website.

This recently begun project is a storehouse for materials, ideas, resources, etc for the 'higher order thinking' classroom.

Has a useful list of apps and websites for teaching generally and Social Studies/History in particular.

Primary sources on the movements for inclusion by veterans from minority groups in the US.

A class website run by a history class at Hershey High School. Looks like an interesting idea to steal, um, be inspired by...

Collection of documents, video interviews and audio material relating to US veterans.

I don't usually add blogs however this one has so much quality historical material on real life in the USSR that I thought some people might find it useful. Might help to dispel some of the myths about life in the big bad evil Soviet Empire.

Some of the teachers in the group have been tossing around the idea of creating an online place where students from classes around the world can collaborate in relation to their history studies. I've created a Google Doc for people to share ideas on what they would like to include, how it might best suit them, etc so we can make it as effective as possible. The platform we're looking at to create it on at the moment is Ning.
If you would like to contribute to the development stage of this project please go to http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AddMOjM0aY7cZGoybWg0cl8waHNyenFxZzI&hl=en and share your thinking with us. If we do this right it could be a great benefit to all of us (oh, and our students. Of course).
It's been great to see so many people adding those excellent bookmarks to the group. If you could use the group tag dictionary when adding them it will make the resources you add much more findable later.

Thanks for sharing some of your work with us Katherine. I've saved those excellent sites to the History Teachers and educators groups so hopefully other people will benefit from your ideas. Great to see too you've got the Bradshaws there. They're amazing. You're obviously very passionate. It's great to have you along.
That's an excellent idea Daniel about posting topics for discussion every couple of weeks. I hope that teachers engage with their students and other students around the world as well - the possibilities are enormous. Just as digital journalism is overturning many established social and political orders, digital education and online networking (I think) can powerfully re-work how our schools operate and have a multiplier effect for students and teachers alike.
It might be very beneficial for my modern history students to be able to ask your or your students about C20th German history and benefit from your knowledge. And if anyone is ever studying indigenous peoples or the history of imprisonment we've got some knowledge there to share.

They're probably a bit young Ginger to interact with the high school history students on the network. It might be a worry if there were misunderstanding or other problems given the age gap.
Eventually it would be great to get a Middle School version up and running. Until then I'm sorry I can't think of a solution...
Thanks for your enthusiasm though!

An excellent collection of English translations of Greek and Latin texts. You'll also find some great biographical information on the authors that students can use to improve their source evaluations (if you teach in a system which requires that - it's massive here in Queensland).

Maps, newspaper articles, sketches and official documents related to that 'other' first English settlement in the Americas.