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Free Digital Library Provides Millions of Primary Sources for U.S. History
The layers of rich documents, images, and videos are carefully organized and curated, and can be accessed through topical browsing, searching and filtering, or in pre-made exhibition collections and primary source sets.
ESSDACK PLC meets Russel Tarr & ClassTools. Everyone Gets Smarter.
The activity led to a great conversation around effective tools and resources that teachers and students can use while accessing and organizing online information.
History is a Bunch of Grass. And We Need to Let Our Kids Play on It.
We tell them about history and have them read about history but we never let them experience history.
Hot Chocolate. The Columbian Exchange. And Pirates.
We shouldn’t forget that history, social studies, civics, econ, geography are all about people. And about their stories.
Women’s History Month Resources. (That you should use all year.)
The National Women’s History Project aims to make excellent, user-friendly materials readily available for all areas of the K-12 curriculum.
Library of Congress: America's Story: Louisiana
Students will enjoy seeing authentic, historical footage of Mardi Gras parades, traditional desserts, and trinkets from Mardi Gras celebrations held throughout the years.
Stanford History Education Group: Read Like a Historian
The Stanford History Education Group website provides teachers with document-based curriculum and innovative assessments that are ready to use in the classroom.
iCivics: The Bacon of Social Studies
What’s the bacon of social studies? That one thing that is so delicious that you need to integrate it into your classroom?
