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Inaugural Days Events

Cool game for finding countries!

The interdisciplinary nature of TED (a direction I’d like to see education go in general) would allow many of these clips to cross several of my categories, so it may be useful for you to scan the lists of other disciplines. Enjoy!

Cool history website.

Great list of resources to teach history. Includes links to ted talks videos.

The interdisciplinary nature of TED (a direction I’d like to see education go in general) would allow many of these clips to cross several of my categories, so it may be useful for you to scan the lists of other disciplines. Enjoy!

Cool history website.

Great list of resources to teach history. Includes links to ted talks videos.

A resource for US History teachers

Interactive animations about historical events.

Ancient Greeks, Romans, Anglo-Saxon, Vikings, Children in Victorian Britain, Children of WW2

BBC Primary History - Study Ancient Greeks, Anglo-Saxons, Romans, Children of Victorian Britain, Vikings and Children of World War 2

All about History

Explore the distant to the very recent past, with the Primary History timeline.

for sociall studies

Although aimed at Primary some very useful resources,including videos, on Greeks, romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Children of Victorian Britain, Industrial Revolution, Children of WW2

From the Smithsonian. Eight exhibitions: The Depression, The New Deal, The Country, Industry, Labor, The City, Leisure, and American People." Features artwork, photos, and newsreels.

"Picturing the 1930s," a new educational web site created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in collaboration with the University of Virginia, allows teachers and students to explore the 1930s through paintings, artist memorabilia, historical documents, newsreels, period photographs, music, and video. Using PrimaryAccess, a web-based teaching tool developed at the university's Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education, visitors can select images, write text, and record narration in the style of a documentary filmmaker.

1930's in pictures

There is a wonderful Liberty's Kids website that has a segment from the show called Now and Then which is great fun.

Welcome to the companion site for Liberty's Kids, an animated adventure television series for children ages 8-14, about three kids who, by working as reporters for Ben Franklin, bring to life the american revolution.

Activities and resources for the American Revolution

This is a site directed at kids about the american revolution.

Open-ended activities and interactive games that motivate students to explore American history. Explore the Revolutionary Archive of historical information and images that they can use

Link for biographies, Franklin, his inventions, government, etc.

for schools

The National WWII Museum presents this website with information, lessons, and actiities about the science an technology of World War II. You can use this site to to provide your students the opportunity to broaden their understanding of WWII history.

for schools

The National WWII Museum presents this website with information, lessons, and actiities about the science an technology of World War II. You can use this site to to provide your students the opportunity to broaden their understanding of WWII history.

designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom

Leads kids through analysis of primary source documents in order to answer question about significant historical events.

Lesson ideas for grades one to eight

CARC - Gives examples of how to use technology in a SS classroom

Resources: Infusion of Technology into Social Studies

Critical Challenges for grades 1-6

websites for Hotlist

Critical Challenges and technology links for the classroom.

Infusion of Technology into Social Studies

Integrating technology into the Social Studies classroom

a list of critical challenges for each grade

Critical challenge ideas

ben franklin timeline. interactive & cool