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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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Pro Teacher Abolitionist and
Slavery Lesson Plans
http://www.proteacher.com/090156.shtml
Access to over FIFTY lesson plans/activities, for various grade
levels, related to Industrialization 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:
Anti-Slavery and Women's Rights 1830-1845
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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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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/
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