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Thinkfinity:  Internet Content For the Classroom  is a comprehensive educational site from Verizon dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students.  http://www.thinkfinity.org/
  • Seven content Web sites (soon to be eight)  with lesson plans, student interactive content, downloadable worksheets, links to panel-reviewed Web sites and additional resources created by the nation’s leading education organizations.

The sites specifically related to the study of United States History include:

  • EconEdLink
     National Council on Economic Education   Developed by the National Council on Economic Education, EconEdLink provides teachers and students with lessons and classroom learning activities based on economics topics in the news and real-time economics data. EconEdLink content is designed to help integrate economic concepts across the curriculum as outlined in the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics.

  • EDSITEment
     National Endowment for the Humanities  Presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment features lesson plans and additional classroom resources in art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign language, and history and social studies. It also serves as a gateway to the best humanities sites on the Web, and it features a monthly theme-based teaching resource calendar.

  • Xpeditions
     National Geographic Society   Developed by the National Geographic Society, Xpeditions brings rich, standards-based geography content to teachers and students. This site includes materials for K-12 teachers and students and their families, including an interactive atlas with over 1,600 printable maps and Xpedition Hall, a virtual learning museum with exhibits aligned to the U.S. National Geography Standards.

  • Smithsonian
    National Museum of American History   The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. Documenting the American experience from Colonial times to the present, the museum looks at growth and change in the United States. This Partner site is currently under development.

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    ThinkfinityNY
    http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/

    ThinkfinityNY, a Web-based resource that offers 2,500-plus lessons for teachers, each lesson aligned with the New York State Standards. This program, available to all N.Y. State educators at no cost, was developed jointly with the New York State Education Department (NYSED), New York State Teacher Centers, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Thinkfinity and MCI. ~

    The lessons are organized and can be accessed according to the state’s Learning Standards, key ideas, performance indicators, grade levels and content areas. A simple click of the mouse navigates the user through the lessons.

    You may  visit the program at http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/ or at Virtual Learning System http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls .

    Pro Teacher Immigration Lesson Plans

    http://www.proteacher.com/090154.shtml
    Access to over FIFTY lesson plans/activities, for various grade levels, related to Immigration topics.  Many are exceptional and include embedded links to documents, photographs, maps and other materials.  use as complete lessons or for source materials. A sample: 
    Immigration A Multimedia Experience
    ProTeacher Home Page for all US History Lessons
    Links to hundreds of lesson plans related to United States History from a variety of sources. Search functions allow for internal and external links to topical lesson plans.
    http://www.proteacher.com/090019.shtml
     
    PBS:  Teacher Source
    Over 4000 lesson plans and activities for all grade levels. Most a directly related to the hundreds of PBS video presentations (most available through BOCES)  
    http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

            PBS:  Social Studies Home Page  Highly recommended--please visit.

      
    National History Education Clearinghouse
    Welcome to the National History Education Clearinghouse, the central online location for accessing high-quality resources in K-12 U.S. history education. This site began in 2008 and is rapidly becoming one of the best sources for United State History Educators including access to History Content, Teaching Materials, Best Practices, Issues and Research, Professional Development, and TAH Grants.
    http://teachinghistory.org/
     

    SELECTED LESSON PLANS

    These lesson plans have been reviewed and designated as exceptional by educators participating in our Teach American History Program.

    Historical Time Period:     Immigration

    Title of the Lesson Plan:  Port of Entry: Immigration

    Grade Level:                        Middle or High School

    General Description:         This lesson highlights the immigrant experience using images and interviews from the Federal Writers’ Project of the 1930s.  It is flexible and very adaptable to all classrooms and teaching situations.

    URL:                                      http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/
     port/teacher.html

     

    Historical Time Period:     Immigration and/or Industrial Revolution

    Title of the Lesson Plan:  Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case

    Grade Level:                        High School (Grade 11)

    General Description:         Four documents are featured to analyze the experience of Chinese immigrants in relation to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.  Several activities are given for individual or group assignment and most can be done off-line.

    URL: www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/
     chinese_boycott_case/chinese_boycott_case.html

     

     

     
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