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Explore HISTORY shows, watch videos and full episodes, play games and access articles on historical topics at History.com. 

 

 

PBS offers programming that expands the minds of children, documentaries that open up new worlds, non-commercialized news programs that keep citizens informed on world events and cultures and programs that expose America to the worlds of music, theater, dance and art. 

 

 

Rather than passively receiving information from a teacher or textbook, students engage in the activities of historians - making sense of the stories, events and ideas of the past through document analysis.

 

 

 

 

Teaching with Primary Sources online activities engage students as they learn about Congress, representative democracy, and citizen participation.

 

 

The King Center Imaging Project brings the works and papers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to a digital generation. 

 

 

This website is a companion to Professor Jack M. Balkin's "What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said" (NYU Press 2001). 

 

 

 

 

ArcGIS Online is a collaborative, cloud-based platform that allows members of an organization to use, create, and share maps, scenes, apps, data, and access authoritative basemaps and ready-to-use apps. 

 

 

StateMaster was developed in order to provide a free educational resource for people looking for updated and essential information about the United States, giving people a greater insight into the study of our country. 

 

 

 

We are a global team of passionate stat geeks, dedicated to the mission of bringing facts to the world of geopolitics, economics, geography, defense and culture. 

 

 

 

 

Tons of resources for history class! 

 

 

ActiveHistory provides entertaining, educational award-winning interactive simulations, decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, high-quality worksheets and detailed lesson plans for teachers and students. 

 

Best of History Web Sites, created by EdTechTeacher Inc, is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.

 

 

 

 

A wealth of historical information. 

 

Discover a new way to create, explore and engage your students. 

 

ProjectExplorer.org's mission is to bring the world into the classroom with free multimedia content and lesson plans that improve students' global awareness and cross cultural understanding. 

 

 

 

The World Digital Library provides free access to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other important cultural documents from all countries and cultures.

 

An interactive globe you can use in class! 

 

Use these games to engage students. 

 

 

 

Create your own geotours with this tool! 

 

 

Play games ICT, math, English, science, social studies, and other topics.  Select games by age. 

 

 

 

Access video, audio, and interactive games that provide an introduction for younger students to people, places, and events in American history. Topic discussions are simple, brief, and illustrated with timelines, photos, maps, drawings, and other items.

 

 

Access a variety of interactive student resources, including informative pages on coins and medals, news, mint history, and other topics, some with interactive activities; a large number of games; and cartoons.

 

Access interactive guides to various aspects of US government. 

 

 

 

Access videos and interactive activities and lessons on a comprehensive list of economic topics.  Each lesson plan has a corresponding student version that may include videos, images, interactive activities, links to related concepts and sites, printable materials, and interactive quizzes and tests. 

 

Access award-winning digital learning games and activities created by eduweb for a list of distinguished clients and searchable by subject and grade. 

 

Explore webcasts in a variety of subject areas.  It also provides access to film, television, and sound materials as well as the Library's YouTube channel, which offers selections of early motion pictures and recordings of events, lectures, and concerts. 

 

 

 

Access all digital collections of the Library of congress, including maps, photos, documents, audio video, newspapers, prints, photographs, and historic web pages. 

 

 

Access a gateway to a treasure trove of multimedia resources for social studies teachers, including teachable videos, interactive timelines, virtual tours, and "Teacher-Friendly C-SPAN Sites" with interactive resources to explore. 

 

A free, interactive movie, that shows and describes the growth of the United States from the original 13 colonies to the 50 states. 

 

 

 

Access a ealth of educational materials on money personal finance, and economic topics of importance to students.  Among the searchable resources on the site are classroom activities, comic books, interactive games, online courses, PDFs, podcasts, videos, websites, and lesson plans. 

 

Learn about Greek mythology at this highly interactive and engaging site.  Explore animated stories; interactive games; crafts to make; a substantial "who's who" of gods, mortals, and monsters; history on topics such as philosophy, the Olympic Games, and Athenian politics and government; and additional resources. 

 

Access news articles for children on a wide range of topics.  Articles are updated daily, simply written, and illustrated with photos, drawings, charts, video, etc. 

 

 

 

This site has a large number of interactive games from other sites in science, computers, math, social studies, reading, language, spelling, art, music, and other subjects. 

 

Access games on civics and law-related topics that may be played at different levels.  Access lesson plans and many other teacher resources. 

 

Access a variety of interactive student resources related to 18th-century Colonial Williamsburg including a map-based tour; information about the lives of colonial Americans such as farm families, apprentices, and slaves; activities; and games. 

 

 

 

Access a variety of interactive student resources related to 18th-centurey Colonial Williamsburg. 

 

Use a carefully researched and masterfully executed activity that would be a fine complement to a classroom unit on Thanksgiving. It encompasses a progression of activities that use photos, video, audio, and interactive questions about the people, place, and events.

 

Edgalaxy is a place with cool stuff for nerdy teachers. 

 

 

 

Explore up-to-date facts about the US states and Washington, DC; access a list of state links; learn a few interesting points; and read brief biographies of famous citizens.

 

Resources for history, people and places, government, and religion.

 

Explore ancient civilizations in the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Ancient Americas illustrated with museum artifacts.  For each civilization, learn about people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing, and archeology. 

 

 

 

 

 

Learn about ancient Egypt in self-paced chapters on Egyptian life, geography, gods, goddesses, mummification, pharaoh, pyramids, temple, time, trades, and writing.

 

Access authoritative, well-organized, and up-to-date resources about countries of the world, including a wealth of demographic and geographical data, papers and projects. 

 

Access factual information and multimedia resources on famous women.  The site includes a timeline, primary source documents, photos, and videos from Encyclopedia Britannica. 

 

 

 

 

Explore the Renaissance through themes using an interactive timeline, a map, or an alphabetical list; choose an innovation and trace its history; commission a work of art; and much more! 

 

 

 

Resources for teaching about the Civil Rights Movement and its impact.

 

Explore a daily newspaper consisting of articles selected by tweens and teens working with professional journalists.   

 

 

 

Access eyewitness accounts in print, audio, and video, of historical events framed in brief historical descriptions, illustrated and often with links explaining terms and events discussed. 

 

Access online activities and a wealth of resources related to the events of the Holocaust.   

 

Explore a rich collection of resources from the Civil War Trust that offer an overview and articles on many topics in the general areas of warfare, logistics, life on the home front, and battle histories.

 

 

 

Explore a collection of authoritative resources that can be used independently of the PBS series, Ken Burns's The Civil War.   

 

Search quickly and easily for information about people, history, events on interactive timelines, and by subject.  The site provides interactive maps for seven periods in world history as well as both World Wars.

 

Access a history of the White House, an interactive tour with videos, a photo gallery of presidents with linked biographies, a list of fun facts, and a photo gallery of Presidential Pets. 

 

 

 

Resources for teaching culture. 

Stream a daily ten-minute news program, access a transcript and PDF maps of places discussed in the program, access daily Media Literacy and Daily Discussion questions, read a daily blog from the program anchor, and access archived shows, videos, transcripts, and other materials. 

 

Assume the role of a real-life person who was a slave. Pass through different situations drawn from true accounts, making choices to find your way to freedom. On the way, students are rated on their ability to keep their health, save family members, and acquire money for the journey and savings.

 

 

 

Access a wealth of interactive resources on American history. Multimedia resources include interactive timelines, Explorations (interactive modules), digital stories on selected topics, e-lectures, film trailers, videos, links to history games on other sites, historical music, an online textbook, and much more.

 

Access art history resources including timelines, each of which includes representative works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection; a chart of time periods; a historical overview; a list of key events; and related content.

 

Learn about achievers in the fields of the arts, business, public service, science and exploration, and sports.  For each person, read a profile and biography, watch a video interview, and browse a photo gallery.

 

 

 

Link to more than 1200 records from the National Archives including artwork and artifacts, audio, documents, maps, posters, photos, and videos. Read details about their selections, and use collection assets to create a poster, a video, or a pathway--a series of clues that show relationships between assets.

 

Engaging web and whiteboard activities across all grade levels and subjects.

 

Access a wealth of interactive resources where students can take a virtual road trip through civil rights history, learn the "Wash Hands" song, practice math and science skills in "The Hobby Shop," write a theater review, take a virtual field trip to a salt marsh, and much more. 

 

 

 

Explore an online library of media resources from NOVA, Frontline, American Experience, and other public broadcasting programs. Resources include videos, audio, interactive games and activities, self-paced lessons, images, documents, lesson plans, and more. 

 

Graphite is a free platform from Common Sense Education that saves you time by making it easy to discover the best apps, games, and websites for your classroom. 

 

Map→Image is a utility to help you create an image from an area on a map built by Stamen Design. 

 

 

 

Zoom In is a free, Web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through "deep dives" into primary and secondary sources.

 

AwesomeStories models research and storytelling and delivers rich authentic primary sources to inform and inspire new stories.  

 

TeachingHistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. 

 

 

 

This fun tool showcases daily historical facts and events. You can also see famous birthdays, world history, music history, and a quote of the day. 

 

History Animated is just like it sounds. It provides detailed animations of key battles of the American Civil War, Revolutionary War, and World War II. 

 

This is an educational literacy and current events site. You can explore it as either a student or a teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This site offers math quizzes that are adjustable by number of questions, difficulty, and feedback.

 

This is a website for online history videos and documentaries. Started in 2010, it’s a free-to-use resource for students, teachers, and lifelong learners. 

 

This is a resource bank for obscure and intriguing historical images. It has millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive from the 1750s to present day. Most of these were never used and are now available for the first time.

 

 

 

Take virtual field trips all over the world from the comfort of your classroom.  Some great ones include: Churchill Downs, the Washington Monument, Alcatraz Island, The White House, the 9/11 Memorial, the American Airlines Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon, Emirates Airbus A380-800, CERN, the Alhambra, the Tsukiji Market, the Blue Mosque, the Royal Opera House, the Palace at Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, The Acropolis Museum, and the Madrid Zoo.

 

At Duckster's our goal is to provide a fun and educational web site with lots of interesting content. We try to write articles that are informative, easy to read, and interesting.  

 

Students of Texas discover that Texas is too vast for any biography or history. 

 

 

 

 

 

TAMI digitizes and provides web access to thousands of moving images that offer insight to Texas’ history and culture.  

 

Social Studies help for American History, Economics and AP Government.

 

The Portal to Texas History is created and maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. The Digital Projects Unit supports the UNT Libraries with guidance and digital services including imaging, archival storage of electronic files, digital preservation, and metadata development. 

 

 

 

MyHistro is the social memory-bank, created on the same foundation of combining maps and timelines as of the one-of-a-kind history site Histrodamus. 

 

The main goal of Histrodamus is to rise people's understanding of the flow and processes of history. 

 

A collection of simulations, interactives, and practice built for individualized learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

by EASY Inc.

 

by Indiana University

 

by WNET

 

 by USAInteractive

 

by Victory Productions

 

by Seungbin Cho

 

by Rolzor

 

 

by Appventions

 

by Google, Inc.

 

by National Archives and Records Administration

 

by ARToolworks

 

by GAMeS Lab at RU

 

 

by Social Studies School Services

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