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This is an interesting site with resources to help teach Illinois history.

Provides many resources about Jamestown and 17th century America. Great interactive site to use in class with a lecture

Interactive Social Studies resources for High School teachers.

Resources at the Holocaust Museum website. Great for teaching students about WWII and the Holocaust.

CNN's website for teachers and students. Great resource for discussing current events.

This website has resources, ideas for classroom activities, and books that can be implemented into the classroom.

Part 2 of a series of resources on the Harlem Renaissance. A handy timeline of major events.

Part 3 of a series of resources on the Harlem Renaissance. A great interactive map of Harlem in the 1920s. Would be great fun to use on a SmartBoard!

This site is dedicated to providing resources for Social Studies teachers as well as pushing for the advancement of the teaching of history in schools. It provides information on state councils, conferences, and recent news and events in regards to history education

This is one of the most comprehensive search engines and websites in the world on the Vietnam War. It has over 3.2 million pages scanned materials from government and military documents, newspaper articles, photographs, maps, artifacts, sound/audio recordings, etc. Great for finding material, resources, and primary sources.

A resource providing documents in US History from the 1600s to present day. The overwhelming majority of these primary sources are presidential speeches/inaugural adresses and famous supreme court cases.

This is a website that focuses on the history of women from all parts of the world. Has teaching materials with primary sources, lesson plans, document-based questions, and other supporting resources. Ideally for a high school curriculum.

These is a website that provides quality educational resources. This website directs you to primary source documents that can be used for various activities or lessons. You can also buy various materials for teaching which are categorized by subjects.

This blog allows teachers to share resources and tips on new technology and how to use it in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning

Resource for supreme court cases that have 3 different reading levels for the various levels of education. It gives a description of the case and questions to consider after reading and strategies for teaching case studies

This site is great for sharing quick resources that are valuable to teachers interested in teaching history to middle school students.

This site discusses ways to incorporate diversity into your lessons. It focuses on African American history.

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.

Primary docs from the Era of Lincoln and Civil War. Can find docs that can be used in classrooms for middle school and up

This website has great primary resources about Abraham Lincoln and are categorized for different periods in his life.