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TimeRime is a web application, which allows people to view, create, share and compare interactive timelines. In its first year TimeRime has become a popular website for schools and students. Students make timelines of subjects from class, or of their own research. They can do this individually or in groups. TimeRime introduces the education account for schools, universities and other organizations that have the need for an advertisement free, closed online environment to make, view and grade timelines.

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of Howard Zinn's best-selling book A People's History of the United States and other materials for teaching a people's history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The Zinn Education Project is coordinated by two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.

Guide and resources to civics education on the Web.

Rag Linen aims to be the premier online resource for information about historic newspapers. As such, we're frequently updating our education pages and resources section, which contains links to important videos, blogs, books, websites and more. We hope Rag Linen increases your interest and passion for historic newspapers.

Social Studies is made up of a combination of many different subject areas, including US History and World Cultures. In order to have a thorough understanding of each topic, students should look for information from a variety of educational resources or an answering service, cross-checking and double checking information to ensure that everything is cohesive. In fact, both teachers and students can benefit from a wide selection of informative resources. Whether a person is a longtime student of Social Studies, or just beginning to look at the subject, there is always something more to be learned.

Travel back in time and around the world with The Travel Film Archive. The Travel Film Archive is a collection of travelogues and educational and industrial films that show the world the way it was between 1900 and 1970. Among our holdings are archives of the renowned travel filmmakers Burton Holmes, Andre de la Varre, and James A. FitzPatrick, as well as footage shot by many other intinerant cameramen. Footage from The Travel Film Archive is available for licensing from Getty Images and the TFA Network of agents, either directly or through this site. At this time we do not provide footage for personal use.

CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images.

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, Tools, links, for History Teachers.

Upload video and create note guide to go along with the the video.

Great free games and projects.

Fun with vocabulary. 

A long time ago, before death by PowerPoint.

History in the News

JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique.

Resources for Native American Heritage Month