US history curriculum and lesson plans for STanford univ.

questions to ask to help one think like a historian from Stanford Univ.

Very good easy to follow post on how to make your searches less personalized in order to break out of the info bubble!

Everyone needs to be aware of this issue. Using different search engines, databases, etc. also helps. Comparing and sharing sources also helps.

Links to sites that will archive tweets

Ways to curate tweets

many links to information on flipped classrooms from cybraryman

lots of resources on flipped classrooms

list of sites for study of history

C-SPAN Classroom has developed a lesson to help your students research and learn about their members of Congress. Using the accompanying presentation and handouts, students will identify their members of Congress, determine the committees on which they serve and explain their purpose, distinguish who their contributors are, examine their voting records and bills, evaluate the collected data, and explain how they serve their constituents.

Sets of selected primary sources on specific topics, available as easy-to-print PDFs. Also, background material and tools to guide student analysis.

links to a vast number of lessons plans from the LoC. Organized by topic or by era

lots of lesson ideas from the LoC.

"Watch YouTube videos without comments, suggestions, or the 'other' things."

Could be very useful for showing youtube videos in the classroom

Finally got around to sort out a start page - one stop shop for all my important online communities and information http://www.symbaloo.com

this could be very useful for leading students to helpful websites

lesson plans on many different topics and subjects

lots of resources here

using twitter to teach history

Contains the full text of documents on the history of the state of New Jersey. "There are currently close to 300 documents in this searchable collection which includes such works as The Battles in the Jerseys by William Clinton Armstrong and the Report on a Survey of Administration and Expenditures of the State Government of New Jersey, with Recommendations of Economies for the Fiscal Year 1933-34 by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton University). Search results allow a user to go to the page of a document which contains the search term or phrase. This new initiative on the part of Kean University is an effort to meet the scholarly needs of the people of New Jersey and beyond by creating a digital resource that provides access to user-friendly access to the full text of documents on New Jersey history."

Phenomenal resource for studying the history of NJ using primary documents

"promote[s] critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting research on controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format. Our websites are free, unbiased, and updated periodically."

Great site for investigating controversial issues, current events etc.

100 yrs. of photos from the National Archives.

Great site for finding images by time period

Great site to use for comparing websites.

Interesting site which creates a template to use to compare up to 3 websites. Great for information literacy!

"TwHistory is about helping students experience a slice of time through the eyes of another person. The aggregate of these personal experiences can then give a unique perspective of an event in history."

Using twitter to learn about history. Great way to bring primary sources to life!

Great ideas for following continuing news stories

using cell phones to take polls in the classroom

Great way to incorporate cell phones in classroom. Article shared by Chris K.