Useful Websites with Activities and Lesson Plans:
Document Based Questions:
http://www.dbqproject.com– Here you will find information on document based questions, examples, how to write a DBQ and a network to meet and help other teachers.
Geography:
www.kidsgeo.com— Fun interactive geography games and activities to play at school or home
Printable Maps: www.nationalatlas.gov; www.printablemaps.net
National Geographic:
Education@NationalGeographic – Online expeditions, lesson plans, free printable maps, and, of course, National Geographic products for sale.
Xpeditions – National Geographic site with virtual field trips, lesson plans, and maps.
National Geographic News – Current news of geography and science
My Wonderful World – National Geographic campaign to improve student knowledge of geography. There are resources here for students, teachers, and parents.
Google Earth Lessons – Google Earth in the classroom.
American History:
Videos: America the Story of Us: clips can be found on www.youtube.com or purchase through the History Channel
History Channel: www.historychannel.com
U.S. History Lesson Plans – From Discovery Education.
Social Studies Lesson Plans – Search for lessons by topic and grade level. From EdSitement.
History Lesson Plans – From Education World.
National History Education Clearinghouse – Lesson plans and other helps with history instruction.
Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans from the Federal Government – This site has links to many websites useful for teaching US history.
Smithsonian’s History Explorer – Lesson plans, worksheets and web sites for all grades.
Smithsonian Source – Smithsonian resources for teaching American history with primary resources.
LOC for Teachers – This site is for teachers and provides lesson plans for resources and digital collections from the Library of Congress.
American Heritage – Lesson plans for all grade levels. Note that there are some lesson plans in Spanish.
Teaching With Documents – US history lesson plans from the National Archives.
Government:
U.S. Government and Civic Lesson Plans – From Mr. Donn’s Free Lesson Plans.
Government Lesson Plans – From Teachnology.
Elections and Voting Lesson Plans – From Teachology.
Congress Link – This site has lesson plans for the study of the US Congress. There also links to other lesson plan sites and to web quests. By the Dirkson Congressional Center.
USA.gov – The US government’s information portal.
Government Agency Kids Pages – There are sites for kids (and some for teachers)from many US government departments and agencies.
iCivics – A web site for middle school students and their teachers by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. There are lesson plans dealing with current judicial issues.
Reading and other Lesson Plan Websites:
www.theteacherscorner.net. Here you will find worksheets, lesson plans
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/– Here you will find analyzing political cartoons to using primary sources
A Book in Time – This site has fiction reading lists for both United States and world history. There are also craft activities, maps, and resources for creating timelines.
Eyewitness to History – Quotes from people who witnessed historical events. These are from all time periods and countries.
Timelines: A Timeless Teaching Tools – Lesson plans for student creation of timelines. This is from Education World.
Timelines – This is a great site for locating timelines of historical events and information about these events.
History Fair Information and Helpful Links:
National History Day (NHD) is a nonprofit education program that improves the teaching and learning of history in elementary and secondary schools.
Florida History Fair website: www.floridahistoryfair.com This is where you will find the yearly theme; contest information, tips for success and county information.
National History Fair: www.nationalhistoryday.org This is where you will find program information, contest information, helpful links and supplies for your project.
**Please visit Mrs. Brocksmith’s website: http://www.br0cksm1thc.wordpress.com/ for History Fair packet***
Current Events:
CNN Students News – Resources for both students and teachers.
New York Times Learning Network – A news quiz and lesson plans.
PBS News Hour – News for students and lesson plans for teachers.
Time for Kids – Teacher’s page. By Time magazine.
C-Span – Topics for the discussion of current events in the classroom.
The Cyber School Bus – United Nations education portal with information and activities for both current events and geography.
Current Events! – Lesson plans from Education World.
Electing a President: Lesson Plans on Presidential Primaries – Lesson plans from Education World.
Teachable Moment – Activities and resources for the study of current events.
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