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This site is a reference for teachers, parents, and students in Illinois on the educational policies, goals, and structure of the educational system in the state. It also contains many references on numerous educational topics.

This site is a reference for teachers and parents on schools and colleges, as well as discussion on how to help children succeed in school and a Q and A section.

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.

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 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.

A good starting point for any type of history blog imaginable.

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

The Library of Congress provides a search engine that makes it possible to track every proposed piece of federal legislation.  This is a valuable teaching tool because it allows students to take a specific bill and see exactly what committees, sponsors, votes, and other information pertains to it. 

This site gives example lessons and great references of propaganda used during WWII, Women's Suffrage, etc.

Tons of information on topics for middle and high school level, documents, and images.

A online model curriculum in World History for middle school and high schools. It is an continuing project consisting of material and resources from K-12 teachers, collegiate instructors, and educational technology specialists. Has teaching units, lesson plans, and other resources.

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.

This article and image support the idea that this is a giving world. That is the way I interpret the link.

History Matters is a wonderful online resource for history teachers and students. Among the many digital resources are lesson plans, syllabi, links, and exhibits.

The site gives alot of useful information for teachers and students, having many primary sources, examples of syllabi, and teaching strategies for U.S. history.

This resource is pretty self explanatory. It contains so much information as well as resources for the classroom

This website contains a lot of good information regarding many topics in American history.

This website hosts thousands of videos by guest speakers. They reference education, the humanities, education, motivation, etc. My favorite is by Sir Ken Robinson. He has spoken twice and suggests some new ideas about where our education system should go in the future. here is the link to his videos http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

This website has drawings, pictures, and accounts about the Great Chicago Fire.

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