American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc.
- http://www.americanheritage.org
- Provides free K-12 curriculum lessons by and for teachers in social studies, U. S. history/government, political science, philosophy, and economics. The curriculum educates students about America's factual, philosophical heritage.
Best History Websites
- http://www.besthistorysites.net/
- A portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Sites are rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help studies or teachers in a wide variety of topics and periods in history.
Digital Classroom
- http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
- To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources.
Digital History
- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
- Enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials.
Global Nomads Group
- http://www.gng.org/
- GNG is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting international dialogue by partnering educators around the world. Includes a teacher survey and project overview.
History Matters
- http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
- Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
Junto Society
- http://www.juntosociety.com
- In-depth information and resources on historical dates and events, American documents, breaking news, political news, and other historical data.
National History Day
- http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/
- Non-profit academic program designed to promote the study of history. Includes information on upcoming contests and participation, past winners, and recommended links to history resources.
Our Documents
- http://www.ourdocuments.gov
- Featuring 100 milestone documents of American history from the National Archives. Includes images of original primary source documents, lesson plans, teacher and student competitions, and educational resources.
Social Studies
- http://www.indiana.edu/~socialst/
- This page is designed for K-12 social studies teachers and students. It also has information and topics that are useful to pre-service social studies instructors and students. The World Wide Web offers almost unlimited opportunities for social studies education and we hope that this page will benefit both the novice and the experienced Web user.
Study Guide for Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project
- http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/cdtm
- This study guide serves as a supplement to the radio series, Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project. This resource for teachers includes lesson plans, background on oral history collection, instructions for video interviews and web page construction, and links to oral history archives.
The Local Historical Archives Project (LHAP)
- http://www.tielab.org/lhap
- LHAP is a searchable database of historical images and documents, one that is largely compiled by students in grades 5-12. It is an educational project by which students create a local history resource available to anyone.