Moving Beyond the SS Textbook
Website
Ideas for Instruction
National Council for the Social Studies
www.socialstudies.org/resources
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
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Fordham University
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/research/
DocsTeach
http://docsteach.org/
NC Civic Education Consortium
http://humanities.unc.edu/civics/
Project Based Learning
http://learning-thru-pbl.wikispaces.com/
Digital Public Library
http://dp.la/
History Teachers Wiki
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/
SS Interactive Sites
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/socialstudies.html
iCivics
http://www.icivics.org/
Museum Box
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
Animated Atlas
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
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Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
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Ref Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
Time Capsule
http://dmarie.com/timecap/
Sheppard Software
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experim
ent_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
History Mystery
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp
Bayeux Tapestry
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxActiviti
es.htm
Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/series.html
Fact Finder
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/i
ndex.xhtml
National Geographic
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/educatio
n/xpedition-hall/?ar_a=1
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
JC Schools
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html
http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-socst.html
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/SSunits/index.html
American Memory Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/S?ammem/collections:@field(FLD003+
@band(origf+Motion+Picture)):h
The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
Odyssey Online
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/
Eyewitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
50 States
http://www.50states.com/
Kids USA
http://kids.usa.gov/social-studies/
Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/websites
Raglinen
http://raglinen.com/collections/
Chronicling America
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Our Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=tr
ue&
Awesome Stories
http://www.awesomestories.com/
DocSouth
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/
Harper’s Weekly
http://harpweek.com/
History Animated
http://www.historyanimated.com/newhistoryanim
ated/
Internet and History
http://thwt.org/index.php/lessonsactivities/#projects
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Zinn Project
http://zinnedproject.org/
Digital Vaults
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Stanford Read Like a Historian
http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh
**has a link to Beyond the Bubble to assessments.
Federal Reserve Education Resources
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/
Best History Sites
http://besthistorysites.net/
Links to over 1200 history sites
British Museum
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/af
rica/ancient_egypt.aspx
BBC Preview before using with students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/
Horrible Histories
http://horrible-histories.co.uk/
Ancient History Mr. Donn
http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html
Your Child Learns
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/
CNN student news Great Sponge Activity
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
ABC NEWS 5 things you need to know
http://abcnews.go.com/US