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Thinkfinity: Internet
Content For the Classroom
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a comprehensive educational site from Verizon dedicated
to providing the highest quality Internet content and
professional development to teachers and students.
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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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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.
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http://www.proteacher.com/090019.shtml
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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/
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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: Progressivism
Title of the Lesson Plan: Political Cartoons
Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912
Grade Level: High School
(Grade 11)
General Description: This lesson focuses
on four election cartoons and used document analysis to
relate to the goals of Progressivism and the
significance of the 1912 election. It includes some
great extension projects, but can be used solely for the
cartoon analysis activity.
URL: www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/
election_cartoons_1912/election_cartoons_1912.html
Historical Time Period: The Progressive Era
Title of the Lesson Plan: Photographs of Lewis
Hine: Documentation of Child Labor
Grade Level: Middle or
High School
General Description: This lesson features
an outstanding collection of 16 Lewis Hine photographs
depicting children in various jobs around the country.
A straightforward lesson, it uses photo analysis as the
main activity.
URL: http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/hine_photographs/hine_photographs.html
Historical Time Period: Progressivism
Title of the Lesson Plan: Woman Suffrage and the
19th Amendment
Grade Level: High School
(Grade 11)
General Description: The main activity of
this lesson is the analysis of several documents related
to the suffrage movement, including petitions to
Congress, a suffrage poster, and resolution and
ratification of the 19th Amendment. Some
creative extension activities are suggested, including a
script for Failure is Impossible, a short play
about the suffrage movement.
URLhttp://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/woman_suffrage/woman_suffrage.html
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