"Recognizing that the archaeological record is the legacy of all human beings and dedicated to bringing the benefits of archaeology to a wider constituency, ALI was founded to address a number of critical issues now facing archaeology and its potential beneficiaries:"

"The Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers (NewspaperCat)is a tool that facilitates the discovery of online digitized historical newspaper content from newspapers published in the United States and the Caribbean. NewspaperCat was funded by a grant from the George A. Smathers Libraries. Search by keyword, newspaper title or by city, county or state to locate titles. From your search result, click on the link(s) to connect to the digital newspaper(s). In many cases, this content is keyword searchable, depending on the hosting organization. NewspaperCat currently links to over 1,500 full-text newspaper titles with a goal to include links to as many US and Caribbean newspapers with archival digital content as possible."

ten to twelve minute overviews of major concepts and themes in world history.

Professor Word is a bookmarklet that works in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. When you are on a webpage click on the Professor Word tool and it wll highlight vocabulary words on that page. You can also use it to find definitions for unfamiliar words on a webpage.

This site is incredible! Easy to use and it is free!

"Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos."

Interesting site with lots of primary documents.

Links to many different sources on US history. They can all be searched by decades.

great list of sites that link to places to find documentary videos.

Also includes other links to WWI info and sites

lets you easily record anything that happens on the screen of your iPad which can then be uploaded to YouTube

links to sites for Election 2012

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"one-stop channel for key political moments from now through the upcoming U.S. election day on November 6. You can watch all of the live speeches from the floor of the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions...You'll find live and on-demand reporting and analysis from ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. Each will put their own stamp on the Presidential race-from the conventions to the debates to election night."

From Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana a guide to effective questioning.

an excellent process to help guide students to deeper thinking

Article addresses the idea that while young people may know how to use a piece of technology that doesn't mean that they have a deeper understanding of how the technology works and/or "...could be effectively using technology to better their lives through a job, start something, or undertake further studies."

some very good points. Can't assume that students know all there is to know about technology.

post about teaching students about media literacy.

Some good ideas here.

This is a free online resource from the Museum of the Moving Image, with more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952 It includes lessons for teachers and links to other online resources.

Great site for teaching about the election process but about media and digital literacy as well.

Post about snapguide which "...is a website, but it's also an app, and the app makes it really easy to take pictures or video of steps in a process and integrate them into a guide."

This could be a really useful site to use with classes.

"Like reading, writing, and arithmetic, web literacy is both content and activity. You don't just learn "about" reading: you learn to read. You don't just learn "about" arithmetic: you learn to count and calculate. You don't just learn "about" the web: you learn to make your own website. As with these other three literacies, web literacy begins simply, with basics you can build upon. For some it can lead to a profession (i.e. becoming a computer programmer) while for most it becomes part of the conceptual DNA that helps you to understand and negotiate the world you live in."

Not specific to social studies but an important article about the importance of web and digital literacies.

Some very interesting search engines to try