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