General Resources

http://www.vivisimo.nl/ (Clustering Vivisimo – search topics with results in files)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/ This website was created to support the series of PBS shows on Africa. There is something for all levels of students. For younger children, go to Africa for Kids. Learn about the daily life of students in four African nations, play a virtual thumb piano, or figure outEhow the hero of a Swahili folktale can accomplish his mission. Teacher tools has four wonderful units on Africa. Photography teachers can use the Photoscope area to get students talking about the impact of photographs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ (British Broadcasting)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/multimedia_zone/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ (religion and ethics page)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/ (cool little psychology tests)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/interactives/intelligenceandmemory/memorytest/ (psychology and memory test)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoriclife/ (Prehistoric)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/cavemen/ (cavemen)

http://www.musarium.com (flash photo stories on selected topics – secondary)

Cultures and Peoples and Geography

http://nationalgeographic.com/education/ (national geographic stuff)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Mode=d&SubMode= (cool blank outlines)

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ (maps and geo facts on countries)

http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/3PLUSU/ (Cool site for economics or peoples and cultures -- games, activities and tutorials. Sponsored through the UN-- a product of the International Labour Organization.. You need FLASH)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ CIA - The World Factbook

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/ (Teaching Tolerance by the Southern Poverty Law Center)

http://www.censusscope.org/

CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends. Students can use it to better understand graphs and the power of explaining complex data in a graphic form. Maps are used to demonstrate demographics on a county-by-county level.

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?sst%20census (on-line census stuff)

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html (United Nations teacher resources)

Government

http://www.kids.gov/ (good gov’t links)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
Ben's Guide provides information and interactive activities specifically tailored for educators, parents, and K-12 students. These resources can help teach about our government and how it works. They can also teach about the primary source materials on GPO Access (the Government Printing Offices free online service of official Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government), and how citizens can use GPO Access in carrying out their civic responsibilities. And, just as GPO Access provides locator services to U.S. Government sites, Ben's Guide provides a similar service to U.S. Government Web sites developed for kids. The site index provides, in one convenient place, a link to all the pages of Ben's Guide. From the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ (cool quizzes, games, virtual tours, good for all ages, teacher lesson plans)

http://hoover.archives.gov/ (Don’t forget that most Presidents have their own libraries and museums on-line)

http://www.congresslink.org/ (Dirksen Center teaching stuff on Congress)

http://www.senate.gov/

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Senate_Quiz.htm (fun for scavenger hunt activity)

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/b_three_sections_with_teasers/isittrue.htm (trivia stuff)

http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml

http://clerkkids.house.gov/ (House Kids’ Site, games, activities, puzzles, cool stuff!)

http://clerkkids.house.gov/laws/index.html

http://clerkkids.house.gov/parent_teach/lesson/bill_law.html (Lesson plan for ‘How a Bill Becomes a Law’)

http://www.exploredc.org/index.php Produced by WETA, the Public Broadcasting station in Washington, this website gathers information about local history, Federal City, the Presidents, and the importance of the African American community in the US Capital. Lesson plans were created to support each section, with many ideas for class activities. A timeline and a list of audio files complete the site.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

http://www.ohiokids.org/ (Ohio sites for kids)

http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio Historical Society)

http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/ (Ohio Hist. Teacher resources)

http://www.ci.portsmouth.oh.us/index.html (local gov’t)

http://www.c-span.org/

http://www.c-span.org/classroom/index.asp?code=Classroom (CNN for Teachers)

http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/3branches.asp (Three Branches stuff)

http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm (Presidential debates)

http://www.nps.gov/learn/home.html (National Parks Service)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/ (teachers lesson plans site)

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm (US Mint)

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?fileContents=teachers/lessons.cfm

http://website.education.wisc.edu/rla/ADSITE/index.htm

High school students take on the roles of scientist and media consultant to learn about advertising and how a print ad can affect and persuade readers. Students then apply their knowledge to design an ad to help consumers (and their classmates) recognize manipulation.

http://www.adbusters.org/home/ Adbusters is a group of very talented media professionals who want us to challenge what we see and subsequently think. Exploring this website is a good introduction to what makes the web valuable: users can look beyond mass media's filters. Explore Uncommercials and Articles that take sharp aim at such media preoccupations as automobiles, glamour, and productivity. The lesson behind this website is a good one for all web users: question what's presented. Irreverent with occasional cursing (no more than you hear on Prime Time TV).

History

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/index.html America's Story from "America's Library" wants you to have fun with history while learning. Using a story-like format, you will be taken back in time and shown things you never heard or saw before. Consisting mostly of primary source materials; there are letters, diaries, records, tapes, films, sheet music, maps, prints, photographs and digital materials. Many of these materials are found only in the collections of the Library of Congress. Examples of content include: what Abraham Lincoln had in his pockets on the night he was assassinated; stories about Buffalo Bill Cody and his "Wild West" show; the heroism of Harriet Tubman; the music of jazz great Duke Ellington; inventions of Thomas Edison; film of an early break-dancer from 1898; and more. This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

http://www.loc.gov/ (http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/homefront/index.html ‘Ideas for teaching WWII on the domestic front through primary sources)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/index.html (American Dream Through the Decades)

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/puzzle/puzintro.html (fun puzzle games with historical pictures)

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/dime/teacher.html (New Deal/Brother Can you Spare a Dime?)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/collections:@field(FLD003+@band(origf+Motion+Picture)):heading=Original+Format%3a+Motion+Pictures (motion pictures)

http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm (New Deal Site Middle and High School, but could be adapted)

http://newdeal.feri.org/classrm/index.htm (lesson plans)

http://www.historychannel.com/

http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html

http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/

http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm (ancient cultures)

http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php (Archealogical modules on Jamestowne)

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html (American Centuries…View from New England)

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/pRedirect?project=hrwonline&siteId=353&pageId=2264 (the Cold War)

http://www.anb.org/login.html?url=%2Farticles%2Findex.pl&ip=66.144.44.21&nocookie=0 (Dead Americans)

Current Events

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/history/ (PBS Newshour)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/scotus_powers.pdf

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/scotus_nominations.html

http://www.npr.org/ (National Public Radio – streaming stories on a huge variety of current events and achieved ones)

http://www.npr.org/transcripts/seriesedit.html#us (series specials from NPR)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1853532

http://www.1stheadlines.com/ (Global Current Events)

http://www.classzone.com/currentevents/ (Houghton Mifflin site includes weekly quiz)

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/ A major purpose of this Web site is to provide current news stories to students with reading levels that are not high enough to read and understand standard newspaper articles. A variety of interactive learning activities help reinforce and provide greater understanding of what is presented on the screen. Teachers can use the lessons for group activities and students can work at their own pace for individualized learning.

http://www.newseum.org/ (Newseum - The Interactive Museum of News)

http://www.newseum.org/educationcenter/teachingtools/index.htm (lesson plans)

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ (New York Times lessons grades 3-12)

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/ (CNN Special Reports)

http://www.cnn.com/fyi/index.html (Student news)

Don’t forget that your textbook likely has a site, too.

http://www.hrw.com/social/index.htm (Holt social studies)

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?sr9%20teaching%20materials%20toc (Holt free on-line materials)

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/index.html (Glencoe social studies page)

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/partners/ (Glencoe partner sites)

http://college.hmco.com/flash.html (AP, College level)

http://www.classzone.com/disc_socialstudies.cfm

http://www.prayingeachday.org/11subeducationsites.html