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Mapping HistoryThe Mapping History Project has been designed to provide interactive and animated representations of fundamental historical problems and/or illustrations of historical events, developments, and dynamics. | Multimedia | |
History of the English LanguageThe BBC and British Library both have interactive timelines describing the development of the English language. The BBC site is suitable for grades 6-8 and the British Library site for grades 9-12. | Multimedia | |
Computer History MuseumThe Computer History Museum maintains twelve online exhibits on a variety of topics related to the history of computing. | Background Reading | |
HippoCampusFree multimedia resources for middle school, high school, and college students on subjects like algebra, chemistry, history and government. Many of these resources would work well on an interactive whiteboard. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
The Learning NetworkThe Learning Network publishes a new lesson plan every weekday during the school year. Two recent lesson plans investigate back-to-school shopping and the 2012 election campaign. | Lesson Plan | |
Bulletin Board IdeasWe recommend four Web sites where you can find bulletin board ideas and themes, cutouts, templates, activity ideas, and more. Plus, find out what kind of supplies you’ll need and how to acquire them. | Printable; Tool | |
Newseum: Decision 2012Decision 2012 is a new a new online learning module for the 2012 presidential election cycle from Newseum.org’s Digital Classroom. The standards-based module features lesson plans and interactives. Registration is required but free. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
EconEdLink & Living Wage CalculatorTwo websites offer 750+ lesson plans and resources to help K-12 students learn about economics, personal finance. A related tool, a living wage calculator, supplements these resources. | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Mapping Our WorldMapping our World is a teaching tool for grades 3-8 that explores the relationship between maps and globes, and offers a 3-lesson curriculum. It challenges the idea that there is one “correct” version of the world map. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Teachers’ Resources from National ArchivesTeachers’ Resources is an element of the National Archives. Teachers will find lesson plans and other materials to engage students in doing history with primary sources. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Architect Studio 3DStudents in grades 5-8 design houses and share them with others. They explore architecture and learn about Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work while gaining practice in subject skills. | Learning Game; Multimedia | |
10 Inauguration Day ResourcesStudents in all grade levels learn about the Presidential Inauguration and how it has changed over time with our recommended activities, background resources, primary source documents, videos, printables, and more. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; Quiz | |
Food FaceFood Face lets students create portraits in the style of 16th-century artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The application supplies a library of frames, backgrounds, and stamps of fruits and vegetables. | Background Reading; Learning Game; Multimedia | |
iCivicsStudents learn about the Constitution and Bill of Rights, budgeting, foreign policy and national defense, separation of powers, and branches of government in 16 games with this website created by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. | Learning Game; Multimedia | |
Perry-Castañeda Library Map CollectionMore than 46,000 map images are available from a collection of 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world, including historical maps and thematic maps that show climate, energy, ethnography and religion, industry and economy, and more. | Printable | |
Women Artists, Composers & PoetsThree websites highlight the contributions of women to the fine arts, musical composition, and poetry and make excellent resources for teaching Women’s History Month. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
Cooper-Hewitt Educator ResourcesThe National Design Museum offers 420+ free lesson plans. Design a new playground or t-shirt. Practice map-making and vocabulary skills to design a treasure map. Use geometry to create a new font. Plus much more. (YouTube videos included). | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
WebExhibitsWebExhibits is an interactive and cross-curricular museum of science, humanities, and culture for K-12 and higher. Exhibits explore color, color vision, pigment, calendars, daylight savings time, poetry, Van Gogh’s letters, Bellini, and butter. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
RACE - Are We So Different?Using this website, students in middle school and high school can examine concepts of race from perspectives of history, human variation, and personal experience. | Background Reading; Multimedia; Quiz | |
The Crogan AdventuresChris Schweizer’s blog for his series of historical graphic novels The Crogan Adventures includes a teaching guide, audio and video interviews with the author, and more. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
The Story of StuffFind short online movies and other resources that explore key features of our relationship with stuff. Resources examine sustainability, national debt, corporate power and democracy, electronics, cosmetics, bottled water, and cap and trade. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
BizKidsThis companion website to the television program of the same name offers resources for teaching business and money skills, including lesson plans, four online games, calculators, budgets, business plans, and more. | Background Reading; Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
American Indian Heritage ResourcesFrom museums to multimedia, this is a prolific set of resources offering free educational tools for teaching about American Indian culture, history and heritage. | Multimedia; Themed Package | |
America the Greatest.orgThis web site has downloadable posters with biographical information about Great Americans. | Printable | |
Anatomy of an Introductory Language LessonWorld language teacher Chris Livaccari presents a short introductory language lesson, with related materials on teaching languages. From the Asia Society. | Multimedia |
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