- Teaching With Historic Places
Features classroom-ready lesson plans using historic sites nationwide to explore American history.
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
- Elections...The American Way
Considers candidates, voters, the party system, the election process, and issues.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/election/home.html
- Africans in America
Companion site to the PBS series which examines the economic and intellectual foundations of racial slavery in America and the global economy that prospered from it. Includes a teacher's guide.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia
- University of California, Davis - Area 3 History and Cultures Project
Offers continuing education programs at the UC Davis campus and networking opportunities for teachers of grades K-12. Site also offers teaching resources.
historyproject.ucdavis.edu
- Smithonian Source - Resources for Teaching American History
Find teacher-selected resources that allow you to peer over the historian's shoulder and share the excitement of discovery.
www.smithsoniansource.org
- U.S. History
Includes tests, links, maps, projects, student work, analysis and course outlines for researching the United States with 8th graders.
www.americanhistory.nu
- American Centuries... View From New England
Presents artifacts and documents from the collections of Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, MA. Also includes curricula and activities that tell the history of the region.
memorialhall.mass.edu
- Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee
Resource guide for teachers, grades 7-12.
www.holocaust-trc.org/fry.htm
- First Americans for Grade Schoolers
A place for children to learn about the history, geography, and culture of the Muscogee (Creeks) and other tribes.
www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School
- The Port Chicago Disaster
Explores the story of the mutiny, court martial, and pardon. Also features lesson plans for teachers.
www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc
- Blank American Flag
Printable version of the U.S. flag for classroom use.
www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-5925.html
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