"This table provides a list of historical U.S. newspapers that are available online at no cost." From the U of Penn.

Excellent article on using cell phones in class. Links to research, templates for lessons, letter etc. This is a much read!

Not directed specifically towards social studies but there is so much useful information in this article wanted to share.

This is the Government search component of Google. This is a GREAT way to find a lot of details and information for debate and diplomacy.

"The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian and printed volumes are available from the Government Printing Office."

When looking for primary sources relating to the US's foreign policy this might be a good place to start.

Pin your history to the world. Find pictures from around the world from 1840 on.

this site is an amazing resource for original photos. What an incredible way to see what was going on at a particular time and place through the photos of people who were there.

This is an amazing tool which helps you find information on dewey subject areas.

Check this site out. Great way to find sources for information.

"A collection of primary resources-historical documents, literary texts, and works of art-thematically organized with notes and discussion questions."

Lots of discussion guides with excellent questions

Lots of discussion guides with excellent questions

"One thing kids (and adults) often have trouble with is the concept of scale. Understanding how big or small something is can be difficult if there is no familiar reference point of which to compare. Here are 3 sites that help students gain an understanding of size and how certain occurrences that happen on our planet compare to places that they are familiar with."

For World History for country analyis

Some great ideas for using wordle in the class.

Ideas for using wordle in the classroom. Some good ideas for use in soc. studies classroom.

Long list of sites related to the study of American History. The selected websites have been recommended and vetted by TAH Teacher-Historians.

"Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Our mission is to organize the web's content by date and time. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps."

Collaborative way to create a digital timeline

Interactive site explores slavery and particulary the underground railroad

Wonderful interactive site that explores slavery and underground railroad. Links to many other resources.

Great site for evaluating websites.

This site is really helpful! This is a winner!

Links to many different history websites from presidential libraries to games to social studies blogs and so much more!

"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. Its goal is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula. The empowering potential of studying U.S. history is often lost in a textbook-driven trivial pursuit of names and dates. Zinn's A People's History of the United States emphasizes the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history. Students learn that history is made not by a few heroic individuals, but instead by people's choices and actions, thereby also learning that their own choices and actions matter."

There is so much here on explorers from the Vikings to Columbus to Lewis and Clark and more!

This site really has lots to explore and discover (no puns intended!)

"If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. After reading book after book about the Pacific War and finding only complicated maps with dotted lines and dashed lines crisscrossing the pages, we decided to depict the key naval and land battles using animation technology."

Cite discusses ways to incorporate tech into lessons on Civil War.

"US History Tours powered by Google Earth. This new format traces historical developments across time, touching down on locations vital to our nation's heritage and development. Points of interest in each tour launch primary and multimedia sources"