Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook - 0 views
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Vanessa Mathews on 16 Nov 10Like many of you, I have a Facebook and this site helps you use it as a teacher, not as a friend, family member, etc..
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prezi-cooler than powerpoint - 3 views
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My super cool cousin uses this program in his classroom. Its much more engaging than power point and it is easy to use, you don't need the advanced version so the free version is definitely useful in a classroom setting.
Blog 4 History - 0 views
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This blog's editor is a current AP U.S. history teacher and posts topics on both history and teaching. There is also a link to his other website that is about soldier's stories in the Civil War. The blog provides useful information that can be used as references to lesson plan as well as help critically analyze the world around us.
US History Blog - 0 views
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Some good information on US History Topics
History Sites To Use With Students - 0 views
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There are lots of good links on this website to pages that you can use ith your students as a teacher.
Primary Source Documents in US History - 1 views
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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.
How One Teacher Uses Twitter in the Classroom - 0 views
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This is a great article and video about how a history teacher uses Twitter in the classroom.
Youtube cartoon clips for teaching reading and US history at the same time - 1 views
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This website has a few fun videos that teach brief lessons about different topics in history including the XYZ Affair, the Greeks, and the Grimke sisters.
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War - 1 views
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This is a Smithsonian website that uses video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. This is a great tool to use when examining any war the U.S. has been involved in. This site also provides many activities.
Movies in the Classroom - 0 views
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This is a resource for various things. It has examples of movies to use in the classroom as well as lesson plans
Bringing Great Historical Literature into the Classroom - 1 views
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This is an article that gives an immense amount of ideas for literature to use in a history classroom. I feel that literature is an effective and interesting tool to teach history.
The Lesson Plans Page - Social Studies Lesson Plans, Social Studies Ideas, & Social Stu... - 0 views
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This is a website with a plethora of lesson plans for all subjects and any grade level. I find it useful to get ideas.
The National Security Archive: George Washington University - 0 views
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An amazing source for declassified United States' documents that could easily be used for primary sources in a modern U.S. or world history classes. These could be used for a in-class debate as the National Security Archive houses many documents on very controversial issues in history. I would also highly recommend looking through them to provide yourself with different prospectives as a future teacher.
Using Instructional Technology in teaching social studies - 0 views
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Very detailed but provides some good information on using technology for teaching. Has many very practical aspects
US Government Teachers Blog - 0 views
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Has a lot of good online and techonological resources related to US government education.
WWI Propaganda Posters & WWII Propaganda Posters - 0 views
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Welcome to the tour of World War I and World War II Propaganda posters. The posters displayed here were commissioned during World War II by branches of the U.S. Government such as the armed forces, recruiting bureaus, the Office of War Information, and the United States Treasury, to name a few.
Drop Me Off in Harlem - 0 views
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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!
Free Online Map Quizzes and Games - 0 views
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This is a great interactive website that students can use to study and quiz themselves on world geography.
History Channel Videos - 1 views
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This site has hundreds of videos that are very useful to show to supplement a lesson in social studies.
U.S. Department of Education - 0 views
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This is a great site for recent information on the state of Education on the national level. It shows policies, recent activity, and a massive amount of information on all topics in education.