Middle School Social Studies

A collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History.

Journey back in time and around the globe! This expanding collection of video segments, activities and lesson plans from public television and its partners brings alive selected topics in U.S. and world history

T he modules cover more than twenty topics that correspond to the major periods in American history and take into consideration the history standards, both required and advanced, to which high school students are held. Each module includes: a succinct historical overview learning tools including lesson plans, quizzes, and activities recommended documents, films, and historic images

The over 120 historical maps in the Google Maps Rumsey Historical Maps site have been selected by David Rumsey from his collection of more than 150,000 historical maps; in addition, there are a few maps from collections with which he collaborates.

Lesson plans based on content area groupings (e.g. language art, math, science, etc.)

The History Lab™ is an online template where teachers can build primary-sourse based lessons and activities for use by their students. Teachers can store their lessons in the History Lab database and retrieve or modify them at any time. The History Lab™ is free for use by all K-12 teachers and university professors who believe in the educational power of primary sources -- the raw materials of history -- and are seeking an effective, pedagogically sound way to incorporate them into their classes.

Historical Image Collection These images are in th public domain, however some restrictions may apply to their use. Please visit www.archives.gov for more information.

a set of interdisciplinary social studies lesson plans that utilize a set of historic photos of American children taken between 1900 and 1920.

This interactive online exhibit is a complement to an exhibit at the National Archives. It allows visitors to explore extraordinary photographs and primary documents from the collections of the National Archives as they learn from firsthand accounts of historical events

HistoryWired offers a virtual tour of a large collection of objects from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

A free online computer game from Cable in the Classroom lets students experience the pressure cooker of a presidential campaign, requiring players to manage campaign money, lobby interest groups, and make gut-wrenching decisions when scandal threatens their bid for the White House. First created during the 2004 campaign season, "eLECTIONS" was refined and reintroduced this year. Players can run for president as a Democrat, Republican, or third-party candidate and can choose their platform issues, ranging from taxes to national defense to education. Each player moves through a game board that includes pitfalls such as small-scale family or campaign scandals. As the 2008 presidential race heats up this summer and fall, the site's creators say eLECTIONS could be a valuable tool to help students understand the events driving the campaign. "eLECTIONS is an excellent resource for teachers and students who are trying to understand the events and decisions that shape voter contests," said Joanne Whe

This page is a podcast directory to some of the best History Podcasts available. The intentions are twofold - first to create an easy database of great history podcasts, in order to provide the best historical podcast directory, and second to create pages where different podcasts on the same topic are gathered together.