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Social Studies Resources |
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Teacher Resources |
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| *African History-Primary Resources | Links to African history primary resources |
| *American Memory from the Library of Congress | Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience |
| Apples 4 the Teacher | Interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject |
| *Best of History Web Sites: History Games & Animations | History games and animations organized around broad historical periods. |
| *Center for History and New Media | Online databases and other resources for historians and history teachers from George Mason University; set of free digital tools |
| *Center for the Study of Southern Culture | University of Mississippi site focusing on education and research on the American South |
| *Cyberschoolbus: United Nations | "The United Nations Cyberschoolbus offers informative and interactive educational materials to a global audience." |
| *Digital History |
Inquiry-based, interactive modules; ready-to-use collections of primary sources, graphs, charts, and study questions; learning modules; resource guides; lesson plans |
| *Digitized Primary American History Sources | An annotated list of primary resources sites, including images, illustrations, cartoons |
| *Documenting the American South | Digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture |
| *Famous Trials | Collection of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents, Web links, newspaper accounts, and more |
| Maps 101 | Web site with current and historical maps which are printable and fully usable |
| *National Archives and Records Administration | For Educators and Students section contains resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students |
| *National Geographic Education | Offers several education sites including Geography Action!; My Wonderful World; National Geographic Bee; The JASON Project; maps; photos; news; audio/video |
| *Paul Halsall/Fordham Internet History Sourcebooks Project | A world wide web project designed to provide easy access to primary sources and other teaching materials in a non-commercial environment. It was developed and is edited by Paul Halsall with the aid of numerous other contributors |
| Persistent Issues in History Network | Seeks to develop and support a community of teachers who are skilled in engaging their students in problem-based historical inquiry |
| *Primary Resources on the Web | Sections addressing the definition of primary sources; finding primary resources; evaluating primary resources; citing primary resources |
| *Resources for History | History resources links provided by Vanderbilt University |
| *SCORE History and Social Sciences | Evaluates, aligns, and annotates quality resources from the World Wide Web to the California History-Social Science Content Standards and curriculum |
| Includes World History, U.S. History, government, economics, geography | |
| *Subject Research Guides: History –North America | A list of history links maintained by Rutgers University |
| *The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress | Images, sounds, written accounts, and a myriad more items of cultural documentation |
| *The Founders’ Constitution | Writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable; documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s |
| *The Geography of Slavery in Virginia | Presents full transcriptions and images of all runaway and captured ads for slaves and servants placed in Virginia newspapers from 1736 to 1790 |
| *The Learning Page | Historical documents; photographs; maps; films; audio recordings; lesson plans; activities and more from The Library of Congress |
| *Thinkfinity | Highest quality, standards-based and research-based educational and literacy resources to teachers and instructors. |
| *World History: Hyperhistory | Project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of lifelines, timelines, and maps |
| World History PowerPoints | 20th century World History PowerPoints |
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Student Resources |
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| *African History-Primary Resources | Links to African history primary resources |
| *American Memory from the Library of Congress | Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience |
| *Documenting the American South | Digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture |
| *Famous Trials | Collection of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents, Web links, newspaper accounts, and more |
| Maps 101 | Web site with current and historical maps which are printable and fully usable |
| *National Archives and Records Administration | For Educators and Students section contains resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students |
| *National Geographic Education | Offers several education sites including Geography Action!; My Wonderful World; National Geographic Bee; The JASON Project; maps; photos; news; audio/video |
| *Primary Resources on the Web | Sections addressing the definition of primary sources; finding primary resources; evaluating primary resources; citing primary resources |
| *Resources for History | History resources links provided by Vanderbilt University |
| *The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress | Images, sounds, written accounts, and a myriad more items of cultural documentation |
| *The Founders’ Constitution | Writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable; documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s |
| *The Geography of Slavery in Virginia | Presents full transcriptions and images of all runaway and captured ads for slaves and servants placed in Virginia newspapers from 1736 to 1790 |
* Web resources and descriptions provided by Sandra Hornig, Alabama Technology in Motion
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