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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.

History matters is a database of coursework, guides, and primary-source documetns on topics in American history, History Matters was produced by two academic programs at the City Unviersity of New York and George Mason University. The site is most useful for high school history teachers and studetns, and educators can use it as a professional-development resource. The Digital Blackboard page offersr curriculum guides with links to third-party reference sites. Another page hosts a series of Q & A interviews with history teachers, who reveal the secrets behind teaching a successful history course. The Students as Historians page links to web-based projects created by high school and college students. And don't forget to check out the primary-source search engine, located on the Many Pasts page. The search enging links to more than a thousand images, audio, and text-based documenets from American history sites across the Internet.

"those who forget history are doomed to re-tweet it" Site where they broadcast "live" historical events through a series of tweets so that your students can experience the event as they would if twitter were around at the time.  You can also create your own re-enactments!

History links and lesson plans for grades 4, 5, 6.

Explore our interactive map of over 5,200 U.S. Civil War battlefields and historic sites. Get detailed descriptions of 384 major battlefields, and view the 25 sites most in danger of being lost.