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10 Great Search Engines for History Teachers
Picturing America - project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. Downloadable Educators Resource page and resource book. Books for English and Spanish teachers, too.
~Free Technology for Teachers "Teaching American History Through Art"
Seven Good Teaching Resources from the Library of Congress and the National Archives
Teaching History is an excellent resource for history teachers. It provides them with a wide variety of materials and resources to improve history education in the classroom. Teaching History, which is funded by the American Department of Education, is designed specifically for k-12 history teachers to help them access teaching materials such as lesson plan reviews, videos, and teaching guides.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/09/here-is-good-teaching-resource-for.html
5 Must Have Resources for History Teachers
6 Powerful Interactive History Sites
101 Great Sites for Social Studies Classes
Best of History Websites - 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 lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
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Great Tools and Resources
Historical Dictionary - hundreds of terms, explanations of events, mini biographies
History Cops - Lego
How to Use YouTube in Your History Class
Interactive Constitution
Interactive Map of Westward Expansion
Newseum - lesson modules on 1st Amendment, Civil Rights, Women's Suffrage
Pinterested in History - 14 Pinboards You Should Know About
Teach UNICEF - global issues with connections to social studies. Filter the results by topic and grade level.
US Military History Animated
Visually Explore Current Events 100 Images at a Time
Wall of Films! Over 500 Social Change Documentaries on One Page
When Time Stood Still - Hiroshima
Social Studies LiveBinder
Colin Woodward's map of the 11 Nations
"Author and journalist Woodward has studied American voting patterns, demographics and public opinion polls going back to the days of the first settlers, and says that his research shows America is really made up of 11 different nations."
Asheboro High School Media Center
Email: cshinn@asheboro.k12.nc.us
Website: http://asheboroahs.ss3.sharpschool.com/
Location: 1221 S Park St, Asheboro, NC, United States
Phone: 336-625-6185
Twitter: @cshinn4