Teachers Discovering History As Historians

New Millennium: Lesson Plans & Activities

 

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.

 

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 .

 

 

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.

    

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

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:     The New Millennium

Title of the Lesson Plan:  Defining the Enemy:  Aftermath of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor and September 11

Grade Level:                        Middle or High School (appropriate for any social studies classroom)

General Description:         Students explore an eye-opening collection of quotations and article excerpts in the Fact Sheets that are included, discussing the American perception of “the enemy.”  It also emphasizes the government and media role on our perceptions and the limitations of citizens’ rights.  Could be used for any class at any time in the year.

URL:                                      http://www.itvs.org/facetoface/
activities/lesson1.html

Historical Time Period:     New Millennium

Title of the Lesson Plan:  Foreign Policy Simulation

Grade Level:                        Grade 11 or 12

General Description:         This lesson involves students in a simulation of the US foreign policy system.  Students are given different roles and scenarios that they must deal with through conflict resolution.  The lesson includes all the necessary materials and a good procedural explanation.

URL:  www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_Government/GOV0011.html

 

 

 

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