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History
Months
February is Black History Month
March is Women's History Month
State History
State Government Sites
State Travel Sites
American Local History Network
The American History and
Genealogy Project (AHGP)
Independence Hall
Association
Independent Pathways In
History
National
History Day
Netstate-
Has all the State Symbols
History
Channel Classroom-Find interesting projects for
history classes for all grades.
The Age of Imperialism- lesson plan
in US history.
Analysis of Jim Crow Laws and their
Effects on Race Relations - first grade curriculum
from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Civil
Rights Demonstration Lesson Plan - for grades 7
through 12. Features background on such topics as Brown
vs. Board of Education, the desegregation of Little Rock,
and the Freedom Bus Rides.
The Civil War- lesson plan for
discussing the US Civil War using historical fiction.
Curriculum of Labor History for Teachers
of US History - a resource of documents and lessons
for use by high school US history teachers. This is put
together by a group of Chicago educators.
Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations -
information about the daily lives of people in ancient
Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, and more. Includes
links to lesson plans for teachers.
First Lady of the World: Eleanor
Roosevelt at Val-Kill - lesson plan on Eleanor
Roosevelt's contributions as a humanitarian. Includes
maps, readings, and images.
From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - lesson
plan retrospective of the African-American experience
from 1897 to 1953.
Golden Legacy Curriculum: Bound Feet
- lesson plan with history, vocabulary, and bibliography.
Learning Page: Lessons - offers a
variety of American history lessons using materials from
the American Memory collection at the Library of
Congress.
Letters Trom The Holocaust: Deportation
- interactive lesson that asks students to research web
sites and write from the point of view of a teenager
living during WW II.
The
Port Chicago Disaster - explores the story of the
mutiny, court martial, and pardon. Also features lesson
plans for teachers.
Virtual Maritime Academy - features
interdisciplinary activities incorporating maritime
history, science, and more.
The World
of Early America-Explore The
Amazing World of Early America. Through the Media of the
Day
The ThinkQuest
Library of Entries is the collection of educational
web sites designed by participants in the ThinkQuest
Contests.

Academy Curricular Exchange: Social
Studies - Elementary - lessons for grades k-5.
Academy Curricular Exchange: Social
Studies - High School - lessons for grades 9-12.
Academy Curricular Exchange: Social
Studies - Intermediate - lessons for grades 6-8.
AskERIC Lesson Plans: Social Studies
Decisions, Decisions: Death Penalty -
teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of
4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of
view on the issue. Students print out advisor memos and
vote in an online web poll.
Decisions, Decisions: Free Trade -
teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of
4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of
view on the issue. Students print out advisor memos and
vote in an online web poll.
Decisions, Decisions: Gun Control -
teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of
4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of
view on the issue. Students print out advisor memos and
vote in an online web poll.
Dia
de los Muertos [nau.edu] - cultural lesson plans for
elementary aged students learning Spanish provided by the
Foreign Languages Initiatives program at Northern Arizona
University.
Ethics
in Education - promotes a free exchange of ideas
among secondary school teachers on embedding ethics into
a typical world history program.
I Want My NTV - No Television
Violence. Attempting to teach viewers about the history
of violence on television, the effects of television
violence on kids, the violence chip and the controversy
it has created as well as the television rating system.
Lesson Plan on Myths, Folktales, and
Legends
RespecTeen
- citizenship curriculum for students to learn about, and
participate in, the United States political process.
Scholatic.com: Iditarod - offers a
variety of race information, as well as lesson plans and
study guides for teachers and students.
TASSI: Children's Day-lesson plan for
teachers to celebrate this holiday in their classrooms.
Totem Poles of the North American
Northwest Coast Indians - teaching curriculum and
bibliography by Maryanne Kathleen Basti.
Money from American
History-Money hasn't always looked like it does
today. Explore the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco's American Currency Exhibit online and watch
history come alive as you step back in time to our
nation's beginning.
The
Federal Reserve System(S.F. Calif)-Educational
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