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A great online text resource written by renowned historians. A great supplement to a traditional U.S. History textbook. Includes important documents as well.

My Favorite image is a site with lessons and commentary by professionals on particular images used in classes

My Favorite image is a site with lessons and commentary by professionals on particular images used in classes

History isn't what happened, but a story of what happened. And there are always different versions, different stories, about the same events. One version might revolve mainly around a specific set of facts while another version might minimize them or not include them at all.

Full on line text of the book

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading.

Excellent site thatis a section of social history project web site.

selecting topics from student interest -- from present to past.

Use with US History

Organized into units by theme with links to information about authors and their times as well as seminal titles. Good for student projects

Scholars on Line from the Choices Program-- Slavery from the colonial New England point of view

Assignment on American attitudes towards slavery via scholars on line- Quaker, RI, Revolution times, abolitionists Am col society., Focus on New England

EASE History is a rich online environment that supports the learning and teaching of US History. Hundreds of historical videos and photographs are currently available in EASE History.