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Online Collaborative Projects Today in History  
More Collaborative Projects Biographies Holocaust
Primary Sources Government U.S. History
Lesson Plans Current Events World History
General Sites Geography and Countries  

Online Collaborative Projects

E-Mail Projects - these projects are electronic pen pals

http://www.teaching.com/keypals/  Keypals - this is simply setting up e-mail pen pals for your students 
http://www.epals.com/index.html   Epals - the largest keypal network; allow teachers to set by exchanges between students in over 97 countries

Ask an Expert

http://www.askanexpert.com   Pitsco's Ask an Expert
http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html   Electronic Emissary - "electronic emissary" helps teachers locate Internet account- holders with subject matter expertise relevant to their curricula who are willing to volunteer some of their time to share their knowledge via electronic mail.

Online Adventures


These quests combine inquiry learning, technology and travel. These quests usually are a journey with the students following the adventure
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/index.html
   World Quest Odyssey - this quest links students with a team of adventurers on their round-the-world trek. Share in their adventures to Africa, the Middle East, China and India.
http://www.gsn.org/expeditions/   GSN’s Expeditions - This year your students can travel on a Sailing Expedition where they will visit the Galapagos Islands, Easter Island, Cape Horn, The Falkland Islands, South Africa- they can read the expeditions journals, view photographs and videos and participate in discussions via email or Internet discussion board.
http://www.quest.classroom.com/    Classroom Connect – this is an excellent site which provides information on interactive expeditions.
 

More Collaborative Projects

http://www.gsn.org/    The Global School Net - This is a fabulous one-stop resource for collaborative projects on the Internet. It includes current projects and a site for registration of new projects. Projects can be searched by age level or project date. You can even join mailing list where projects are send directly to your e-mail address. 
 http://www.iearn.org/projects/index.html   I Earn - collaborative online projects with member schools in over 48 countries open to both elementary and secondary school students. IEarn sponsors an international conference each year and has a web of 35-40 structured projects in art, science, social studies, math, and interdisciplinary areas. IEarn is a place to find specific actions to address local, national and global issues.
http://www.youth.net/#K-12
    Interactive Projects K-12 - part of the Youth Net site which lists projects which are on-going or continuous throughout the year. For example, the International Math Olympics takes place during May
http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/overview.html
    Kidlink - is a non-profit organization aimed at getting youth through age 15 involved in global dialog. It uses mailing lists for conferencing, real-time interactions (chats), an online art exhibition site, and volunteers who are parents and teachers. It has activities in numerous languages.
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/projects.html    Kidproj - this part of Kidlink allows teachers to collaboratively plan projects. It has links to current projects, curriculum ideas and a moderator's help file. Ages 10-15
http://www.eduplace.com/activity/   EduPlace sponsored by Houghton Mifflin - Social Studies Project Center – Grades K-8
http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/index.html
    CyberBee - This is an excellent site and includes the projects Westward Ho and Geo Postcards
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Primary Source Material

http://lcweb2.loc.gov    American Memory Collection - Library of Congress - documents, the history and culture of the United States
 http://www.archives.gov/education/  National Archives - Digital Classroom Collection – these primary documents are assembled into teaching units
http://educate.si.edu/rb/rb_fs.html    Smithsonian Exhibits – this is a wonderful resource for Social Studies with its online exhibits many of which are interactive and include resource guides for teachers
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/    U.S. Historical Census Data
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm     The Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/    The National Security Archives  
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/period.htm    Teaching with Historic Places
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/   United States Historical Census Data - Census data from 1790 to 1960
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/index.html
   Documents of Freedom
http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html   Popular Songs in American History - Tunes, lyrics, information and historical background
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page  World War I Document Archive - International in focus; everything from uniforms to propaganda
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources   American Colonists Library - A Treasury of Primary Documents arranged chronologically
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/index.html
   EuroDocs - Primary Documents from Western Europe Arranged by time period and country
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/
Excerpts from Slave Narratives from the University of North Carolina
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
  Eyewitness - First-hand narratives from all time periods of history

http://history.hanover.edu/texts.html
  Internet Archive of Texts and Documents from Hanover College; these are primarily from Western Europe and Asia
http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/   Great American Speeches – this site sponsored by PBS uses audio and video to convey the best of American oratory; it also lets students take the rhetoric wordsmith challenge and give a speech using a teleprompter
http://www.hpol.org/
   History and Politics Out Loud - Audio archive of events and people of the 20th century
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/  
A Chronology of US Historical Document from Pre-colonial times to the present
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
  Ad Access - Images of over 7000 advertisements
 http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/  Television News Archive - Abstracts of evening news broadcasts since 1968 which is searchable by date or keyword
http://chnm.gmu.edu/fsa/
  Making Sense of Evidence is an excellent site to teach your students about primary source material
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html   Statistical Abstract of the United States 

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 Lesson Plans

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html  Lesson Plans and Activities for Social Studies – this is a site has gathered links to lesson plans on the internet
http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html  Mr. Donn’s Social Studies Lesson – this site has lesson plans and activities for middle school students.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
  History Matters - Lesson Plans from Digital Blackboard: The teaching units are web based and interactive  
http://edsitement.neh.gov/  
Edsitement - Humanities-based social studies lesson plans which are highly interactive
http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
  Encarta School House - find thousands of Social Studies lesson plans which includes links to Encarta and Encarta Maps
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp
  McRel - Links to great lesson plan sites organized around national standards; this is an excellent site
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
 
CyberGuides – these are lesson plans centered around California’s Core Content Standards. Each guide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and process to complete it. This is an excellent site with fabulous lesson plan ideas and resources.
http://www.thegateway.org/  The Gateway to Educational Lesson Plans and Resources – this is an excellent source for lesson plans; you search by subject and grade level or browse the subjects.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/  Wired Learning in the Classroom
- this site includes the Blue Web N, Searching for China, Filamentality and Eyes on Art sites. Organized by subject and includes tutorials, projects, activities, lessons, and resources.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html
  Teachnet.com - lesson plans organized by subject area
 http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies.html  Awesome Library - lesson plans for all subject areas and grade levels
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/
  Teachers Net - Lesson plans on the web - these lesson plans are posted by teachers throughout the world 
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
  Teachers Helping Teachers - these lesson plans are posted by teachers and are arranged by subject and are updated weekly during the school year

http://www.eduplace.com/search/activity.html
    Houghton Mifflin - The education Place Activity Search is a searchable database of 400+ original K-8 classroom activities and lesson plans
http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm   
Scholastic - this publisher has interactive lesson plans for grades K-8 in math, social studies, language arts, and science
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
    The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection - contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans that have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States
http://www.forefrontcurriculum.com/sites.html
    Forefront Curriculum - this site includes web-based lesson plans, resources and links for wired teachers
http://www.mmhschool.com/
    McGraw-Hill School Division Resource Center - Web- linked activities and lesson plans grouped by subject area and grade level
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/socstudies/index.html
    Teachernet - over 500 lesson plans arranged by subject

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/educators.html      wNetSchool - original lesson developed by wNetSchool Master Teachers; these lessons are web-based and designed around PBS series.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SS.htm
    LessonPlans - over 300 lesson plans organized by subject
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
    Lesson Plans from Columbia University's Department of Education - these teacher generated lesson plans are arranged by subject and grade level; some of the lesson plans are featured on Encarta's Lesson Plan Collection
http://www.discoveryschool.com/
    The Discovery School - lesson plans for K-12 educators from the Discovery Channel; search by grade level, subject and resource type
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/
    Academy Curriculum - The Curriculum Exchange is an area where teachers can find a variety of lesson plans.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
    Teachers First - is a collection of Internet resources and lesson plans drawn from around the world; lesson plans are reviewed and grouped by subject and grade level
http://socialstudies.com/
    Social Studies School Services - multimedia collection of links, lesson plans, teaching units and online activities.
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html
    Lesson Plans and Strategies - Each lesson plan includes links and description of use

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/index.html   
Mr. Donn's Ancient History Lesson Plans - this is an excellent source for Social Studies resources; the site has hundreds of lesson plans organized by topic; there are also links to resources and activities
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/modelun/index.html    MUNDA
- at this site participants in Model UN can exchange ideas, discuss topics and receive information on global issues, UN documents, and each country's position on issues
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/Social_Studies.html
       Social Studies Lesson Plans from the Awesome Library - lesson plans for all subject areas and grade level
http://www.csun.edu:80/~hcedu013/    Social Studies Lesson Plans - this site has links to Social Studies lesson plans on the web; it also includes links to online activities; it is a must see site for Social Studies teachers

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Subject Sites 

General Social Studies Sites

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/    Discovery Channel School – this site provides interactive and multimedia exhibits
http://www.learner.org/exhibits    Annenberg/CPB Exhibits – interactive exhibits for all areas of social studies
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm    History's Best on PBS - resources, lesson plans and activities that correspond to PBS movies; these are organized by subject area and include links to other Internet resources
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.html#History    Blue Web'N - this is one stop shopping for social studies resources including projects, lesson plans, activities, hotlists and subject sites.  It is also home to filamentality where you can create your own web pages
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html    Hyperhistory Online - World History site with 1200 links including people, events, maps and history
Ready Reference on the Internet  
Ready Reference on the Internet - topics arranged alphabetically and are perfect full-text sources for ready reference. This site is compiled by Ellen Berne of the Windsor School District in Boston
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
    Schrock's Guide for Educators - this site is a treasure trove of information with links to subject sites and information for teachers on curriculum and professional growth.
http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#AmericanHistory
    Kid’s Info – this is an excellent resource for grades K-12 on all aspect of American History includes divided into sections such as Colonization and Colonial Life, American Revolution, Civil War, Industrial Revolution, Inventors and Inventions, presidents, pioneers, etc.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp    History Mystery – this is just one of many interactive sites from Scholastic; students play a game to identify selected historical periods, places, and personalities.

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Today in History Sites

http://www.nationalpastime.com/    This Day in Baseball
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html    Today in History Archive - part of the American Memory Project; can search by event or by date
http://www.historychannel.com/today/    Today in History from the History Channel
http://www.cinefania.com/efemerides/index.php?l=en   This Day in the Movie History
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html    This day in music history http://www.stphilipneri.org/teacher/dayiwasborn/  The day I was born

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Biographies

http://www.achievement.org/  Academy of Achievement - focuses on people of the 20th century who have shaped history
http://www.time.com/time/time100/
   Time: The 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century – profiles its top 100 through biographies, audio and video clips
http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/   Distinguished Women of Past and Present - This site has biographies of women who have made outstanding contributions to society in all fields of endeavor
http://bioguide.congress.gov/    Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - type in the person's name and you will get a brief biography of their careers
http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/digs-b/@Generic__CollectionView;hf=0
    Biographies and Autobiographies of African American Writers - writers of the 19th century from the Schomberg Center
http://www.africanamericans.com/Biographies.htm
      African Americans in United States History - brief biographies; also includes sound and film files

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Government Sites

http://www.whitehouse.gov/    The White House - meet the Presidents and First Ladies and take a tour of the White House; links to Presidential libraries
http://www.americanpresident.org/home6.htm    The American Presidency – this site has presidential biographies, this day in presidential history, web resources, lesson plans, presidential documents, essays on the 2000 elections and The War Room Games where students become the campaign manager for a presidential candidate
http://www.house.gov/    United States House of Representatives - access to information on legislation, members of Congress, and links to other government sites
http://www.senate.gov/
    United States Senate - information on members, activities, legislation and links to other government sites
http://www.oyez.org/    U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database - from Northwestern University, "briefs of key constitutional cases and all of the United States Supreme Court's written opinions since 1891 .. biographies and portraits of 108 justices .. virtual tour of the Supreme Court building
http://marvel.loc.gov/
   Library of Congress - has an extensive list of online exhibits including Frank Lloyd Wright, the Marshall Plan, and African American Mosaic; home of the American Memory Collection
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
   National Archives and Records Administration - full text and pictures of the Constitution; biographies of each of the 39 delegates including background information and facts; picture and full-text of the Bill of Rights
http://thomas.loc.gov/
    Thomas: Legislative Information - full-text of Bills, Public Laws, Congressional Record, Roll Call Votes and Committee information  Other useful links include, Historical Documents, The legislative process  and links to house and senate directories.
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/readyref.html   
Government Documents on the Web - this is a subject arrangement of the most frequently used depository document titles at Columbia University Libraries.
http://www.oyez.org/   Oyez, Oyez - archives of Northwestern University with abstracts of Supreme Court cases. You can find the courts opinions, background resources on each case and can even watch as the justices vote on the case. This is a wonderful site for biographies of the justices
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/   Guide to Elected Officials - Most useful for its County and municipal information, but also has state and federal info.
http://www.vote-smart.org/    Project Vote Smart – non
-partisan web site that covers government, policy making and the political process  
 http://www.state.nj.us/hangout_nj/assignment_symbols.html  New Jersey Facts and Symbols
What's the State Bird? State Tree? State Flower? State Dance? Find out here. Also has links population estimates by Municipality, Zip codes, New Jersey Constitutions.
http://www.andersonkill.com/titanic/facts.htm    Mock Trial – the White Star line is on trial for the sinking of the H.M.S. Titanic and students assume the roles in the trial. This site covers such issues as Timing of the Trial, Legal Issues and Skills.

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Current Events

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/   New York Times Learning Network - Is a wonderful resource for integrating current events in the classroom
http://www.cagle.com/teacher/    Professional Cartoonist Teacher’s Guide - the largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web. It includes lessons plans created for K-12 teachers. It’s purpose is to interest students in current events
http://www.c-span.org/classroom/pov/contents.asp
   C-Span – lesson plans and interactive web sites based on today’s news stories
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort|1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News  
  News Zone from Scholastic Magazine – this site uses interactive games to involve students in current events
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson072.shtml    Education World – read the article 25 Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events   

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Geography and Country Studies

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/   Map Machine - this National Geographic site is excellent for finding historical and geographical maps
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
    The CIA World Factbook - provides detailed and current information on all nations. Information includes population and demographics, governmental system and officials, geography, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Current maps and color pictures of flags are  included.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
   National Geographic Xpeditions – these interactive learning units are aligned to national geography standards
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
   Library of Congress Country Studies  Facts and statistics about 71 countries. Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress describing and analyzing political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions and culture of these countries
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp   InfoNation - Searchable database containing current statistical information on the Member States of the United Nations.
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html   
The Electronic Embassy - provides information on each of the embassies in Washington D.C., with links to Web-based resources where available
 http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php  Your Nation – this is an excellent resource for comparing and contrasting data on countries
http://www.theodora.com/flags.html
   Flags of All Countries
 http://www.flags.net/ Flags of the World
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/    Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent – travel the African continent and learn about the geography and culture
Mexico for Kids  
Mexico for Kids – is a complete, multilingual resource. El Balero, the guide, takes your students on a tour of the geography, history and culture of Mexico.
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/onlineactivities.html    Africa Online - elementary and middle school students can read a Kenyan magazine written for kids, play games and decode messages, learn about the more than1000 languages in Africa, meet African students online, find a keypal, or just browse around.

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The Holocaust

http://www.ushmm.org/   The United States Holocaust Museum - interactive exhibits and extensive information on the Holocaust
http://www.wiesenthal.com/  
Simon Wiesenthal Center - International Center for Holocaust remembrance
http://remember.org/
   Cybrary of the Holocaust - uses photographs, art, poems, personal narratives to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive
http://www.nizkor.org/
   The Nizkor Project - the purpose of this site is to respond to those who say the Holocaust never happened; includes photographs and information on the concentration camps; personal narratives, documents, and testimony from the Nuremberg trials
http://www.annefrank.com/
   Anne Frank Online - includes photographs and a biography of her life

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United States History

http://www.si.edu/harcourt/nmah/history/00intro.htm   You Be the Historian – sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute – online game
http://www.dayiwasborn.net/templates/System/default.asp?id=40333
   Day I Was Born – this online project allows students to collect and share data about their birthday.
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/   
  Columbus and the New World – multiple points-of-view on the impact of Columbus
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/main/welcome.html
   Exploring Amistad - The content rich site includes teaching materials, a library of links to other sites, an abbreviated version of the Amistad story and excellent illustrations.
http://www.plimoth.org/
   Plimoth-on-the-Web - visit and tour Plimoth Plantation and learn about America's early history.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/
   Virtual Jamestown – offers historical documents including census data, maps, law and panoramas of the current fort and site
http://www.monticello.org/
   Monticello – take a historical tour of Jefferson’s plantation and learn about his daily life
http://www.history.org/teach/
   Learning Resources from Colonial Williamsburg – take a virtual tour of colonial life
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
   Archiving Early America - this site uses newspapers, maps and magazines of the time to explore early America
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/   Welcome to the West - take a tour and explorer the people, places and events that made the West famous from the PBS television series
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
   Ben’s Guide to U. S. History – this site from the Government Printing Office has some excellent resources for K-6 students; it even has an interactive map where students help Ben place the label for the states on the map
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
   The Oregon Trail - take a virtual tour of this famous road west; meet the people, visit the sites and learn some interesting facts along the way
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html  Civil War Photos - a large collection of photographs from the American Memory Collection
http://www.civil-war.net/
   The Civil War Home Page - offers a large collection of links to Internet sites on all aspects of the Civil War; this is an excellent site for information on the Civil War
http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html
    The History of Ellis Island - from the History Channel, students can follow in the footsteps of immigrants through processing, test themselves with questions used in immigrant interviews and trace a bit of you’re their genealogy.
 http://docsouth.unc.edu/   Documenting the South – this site offers a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period to the first decades of the 20th century
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
    Child Labor In America – includes photos of children working in mills, mines and factories from 1908 – 1912
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/cur/20c/turn.html
   A Turn of the Century Child – study of the life and times of children living in 1900 America
http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/
   Lower East Side Tenement Museum – this describes immigrant life by looking at virtual rooms in an online tenement house
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html
    The Age of Imperialism – provides engaging narrative along with audio and video files. It is an excellent site for teaching this topic.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/ail98-35.html
    Anti-Imperialism in the United States - includes pro- and anti-Imperialist literature--essays, articles and debates--much of which is very difficult to locate otherwise. The cultural implications of imperialism are presented through political cartoons and photographs of the period.
http://www.worldwar1.com/
    Trenches on the Web - an Internet History of World War I - this is the best site on the web for information on WWI - has information on the people, places and events during this war
 http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/   Oral History Archive of World War II and the Korean War
Powers of Persuasion   Powers of Persuasion - Poster of World War II    http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/    World War II Poster - over 300 posters of the United States
http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/second.htm#top
    World War II Home Page - Archives and Documents - scroll down for a chronological presentations of events; links connect you to explanations and multimedia for each date
http://earthstation1.com/wwii.html    World War II Archive - archives of sounds, videos and pictures of WW II
http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/
    Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum 
http://www.centralhigh57.org/index.html
    Little Rock High School – interactive site which explains the process of desegregation of Little Rock from a 40 year perspective.
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
    National Civil Rights Museum

http://newdeal.feri.org/
    New Deal Network – database of photos, political cartoons and texts such as speeches, letters and other historical documents from the New Deal period.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/    The Real Thirteen Days - This is an excellent resource for students reporting on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Students can view the reconnaissance photos, listen to recording of actual White House Security briefings and read the declassified documents
 http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=11   Echoes from the Wall – interactive site on the Vietnam War
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/
    Harlem – 1900-1940 – visit Harlem the vibrant center of African American life.
http://www.usps.gov/images/stamps/ctc.htm
    Celebrate the Century – this site from the US Post Office provides an excellent teaching resource for examining American culture

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World History

http://www.mrdowling.com    Mr. Dowling’s Virtual Classroom – this is an excellent site for middle school history and geography teachers. It provides activities in all areas of World History
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html
  Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory – explores the lives of the inhabitants of prehistoric Britain and northwest Europe. Students can even take a virtual quiz to see if they would have survived as stone age gatherers
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nantiq/
    The Museum of Antiquities - this site has numerous online exhibits

http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
   
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - this site has information on these seven wonders plus links to the history, culture and religion of the time periods
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/    NOVA: The Inside Story - this is a fabulous site where students can explore the inside of the pyramids and the sphinx
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html#decipher
    The Rosetta Stone – students will decipher a story to learn about the Egyptian writing sys
http://www.touregypt.net/GODS1.HTM   Egyptian Mythology – this provides pictures and text to learn about the gods and goddesses of Egypt. It even includes an interactive timeline
The Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World: A Virtual Museum   The Ancient Olympics Virtual Museum - this is a wonderful site about the ancient Olympics; it includes a slide show of Greece, the history of the games, list and explanations of the events
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/    Perseus Project - digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world
http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/roman.html    The Gallery - photographs of Roman art and architecture
http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch618/Ibn_Battuta/Ibn_Battuta_Rihla.html
    The Travels of Ibn Battuta - A Virtual Tour with the 14th Century Traveler
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
    The Middle Ages - this is based on an Annenberg Exhibit and includes the culture, history and religion of this time and links to other resources it is an interactive exhibit
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/    Exploring Leonardo is an investigation of Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
    Castles on the Web - take a virtual tour of castles; site has pictures and information on over 50 castles
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
    The Labyrinth – this excellent site offers material on Medieval Studies. There is also a text, image and archival database.
http://www.regia.org/village.htm
    The Village of Wichamstow – this is a virtual tour of an Anglo-Saxon village, where students can meet the local bone and antler workers to find out how they do their jobs
 http://www.victorianweb.org/   The Victorian Web - a treasure trove of information on this time period
http://www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp
  Napoleon – this is a wonderful site to learn about the history of France and its leader
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/    Perseus Project – students can get a wealth of information about the classical Western world at this site. The site includes an atlas, encyclopedia, essays on ancient Greek and Roman life and images of art and archaeology
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/
    Modern World History – this site from the BBC is highly interactive and is an excellent resource for learning about key events of the 20th century

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