WBAIS-US History

good images, songs and lyrics to use as classroom starters.

Video Viewing Guides: Flexible, ready-to-teach lesson plans and handouts Video introductions Essential questions Background information, including key people, events and vocabulary Warm-up discussion questions Key concepts and quotations Comprehension and critical-thinking questions for assessment Class discussion and short essay questions Extension activity ideas Teacher key Standards-linked content

Although most Americans were shocked by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the outbreak of war between the two countries came as no surprise to most observers of international affairs. Indeed, the war could be seen as the culmination of tensions between the two countries that can be traced back to 1915, when Japan issued its so-called "Twenty-One Demands" on China.

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.

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.

American Social History Project | Center for Media and Learning - The American Social History Project | Center for Media and Learning is dedicated to renewing interest in history by challenging traditional ways that people learn about the past.

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.

Video on creativity-- good for prep for term paper, senior projects etc.

From CK-12, U.S. History Sourcebook - Advanced covers U.S. history from Colonial America through World War I.

short video clips by experts on westward expansion- focuses on Native American perspectives