Here is the website for the American Institute for History Education. It has many helpful and interesting things for History educators such as workshops, technology resources and much more! You can even sign up for a news Gazette.
This website is linked with the Smithsonian Institute, and it is a good search engine for teachers looking to build lessons around artifacts found in the Smithsonian as well as other parts of American history.
This is a useful bog made up of various museums and culutral groups around the Chicago area. It promotes learning and understanding of culutral diversity by connecting these culutral centers to other institutions, mainly education. Would be a great resource for those who want to teach in Chicago
This website, linked to the Smithsonian Institute, offers lesson plans and other useful information across a wide variety of subjects, including history and english.