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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/
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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
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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)
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http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
PBS: Social
Studies Home Page Highly recommended--please visit.
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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.
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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.
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