NCSS History

This list by Larry Ferlazzo highlights accessible sites for English Language Learners.

Awesome visualizations of current events

National Archives Experience! Create a poster or movie using the digital vaults.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.

D.C. Everest Social Studies Department actively promotes reading by teaching content reading strategies, using historical fiction and non-fiction in the classroom, and teaching historical research skills. Included are helpful Social Studies Reading links.

In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.

This is shocking that it's put out by the government, but nonetheless they are incredible resources.

FreePoverty is a geography game that allows participants to contribute in donating water to people all over the world who live in extreme poverty. The game presents a city or landmark, and you have a short amount of time (5 to 10 seconds) to locate it on a map.

New National Archives blog

national archives blog

Globalization101.org is dedicated to providing students with information and interdisciplinary learning opportunities on this complex phenomenon. Our goal is to challenge you to think about many of the controversies surrounding globalization and to promote an understanding of the trade-offs and dilemmas facing policy-makers.

Free Streaming Video Software

Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital resources from public television and other leading media producers, designed for classroom use and professional development.

eachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital resources from public television and other leading media producers, designed for classroom use and professional development.

Great blend of visual and text to teach the "flow" of history.

Will Farren's very interesting project whereby students can lead him to travel to new places and interact with various people.

Create your own biography timeline and map, add your ancestors and view them on a historical map. Interactive Maps, Timelines, Videos, Geocoded Photos, and Museum Artifacts await you on WorldHistory.com

'You can literally get IN [a Google[ map. It's a phenomenal way to explore with your students (or on your own!). Just pick a location you're learning about, scout it out before hand and let loose. Here are a few different approaches you can take. . ."

John Quincy Adams Starts Tweeting … 161 Years After Death