History/Social
Studies Links for K-12 Teachers The
major purpose of this home page i s encourage the use of the World Wide Web
as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help for K-12 classroom teachers in locating
and using the resources of the Internet in the
classroom. Multi-Media
sites in Women's History American Women's History provides citations
to print and
Internet reference so urces, as well as to selected
large primary source collections
EdSiteMent,
from the National Endowment for the Humanities Subjec t-based access
to top
humanities sites, EDSITEment lesson plans and at-home
activities, and additional learning activities.
History
Resources: a listing of dozens of outstanding sites
Social
Studies Sources (from the University of Indiana) 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.
Primary
Sources and Activities (from the National Archives) This page contains
reproducible
copies of primary documents from the holdings of
t he National Archives of the United States,
teaching activities correlated to the National History
Standards and National Standards for Civics
and Government, and cross curricular connections.
National
History Day National History Day is an exciting academic
enrichment program that helps
students learn about historical issues,
ideas, people, and events.
Ask
Eric: Lesson Plans for Social Studies Lessons for 12 different
social studies categories
Black
History Links (from Kentucky Educational Television) This is
a listing of history links,
biographies, primary sources, lesson plans, and
video resources, all relating to Black History.
Crossroads:
a K-16 American History Curriculum This site presents American
History curriculum
for elementary, middle, high school, and post secondary
levels. It includes specif ic lesson plans.
Lesson
Plans and Resources for Social Studies (Cal. State at Northbridge)
History
and Social Studies Resources (LA County Office of E d.) This site
contains 14 categories
of social studies topics. Each category contains
several sites for background, lessons, and
multimedia resources.
AskAsia:
a comprehensive site with extensive lesson plans on Asia
Five
College Center for East Asian Studies The center, located
at Smith College, provides
curriculum outlines, lesson plans, and a resource
library on Japan, China, and Korea.
Massachusetts
History and Social Studies Frameworks
MarcoPolo, Educational resources for teach ers
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