Social Studies
Related Links
Digital History
A well organized site with primary source documents, interactive timeline, visual history, a section for teachers, multi-media resources, and more!
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Teaching History
A National History Education Clearinghouse- connecting history educators to content resources, teaching materials, strategies, and news for transforming history education.
http://www.teachinghistory.org
Global History and Geography
An online resource guide with video resources, essay strategies, and other resources.
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/ghgonline/home.html
Window into Global History
Lesson Plans and a video bank for global history.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/index.html
New York State Archive of Images
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/education/ed_web.shtml
Throughout the Ages: A visual document resource
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/throughout/
Fact Checked.org
A nonpartisan site that scrutinizes political statements, misleading advertising claims. It also offers lessons plans and guides for teaching critical thinking, the proper use of sources, and hot recognize deceptive arguments.
Our Documents
A website launched by the National Archives and Records Administration. This website has collected and archived the most important documents of American history into a central spot.
history interactives
short interactives about the Middle Ages, Renaissance, the collapse of four ancient civilizations, and an interactive United States History Map
http://www.learner.org/interactives
Ancient Rome 3-D
Google Earth has added a 3-D simulation of ancient Rome.
Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History
The site features over 75 free, down-loadable teaching activities for middle and high school classrooms to bring "a people's history to the classroom.
Our Courts
Play Argument Wars by arguing landmark Supreme Court cases and evaluate supports for key arguments. There are also numerous new lesson plans for teachers, including a two-week persuasive writing unit.
Mapping History
Interactive maps from a variety of historical periods.