SOCIAL STUDIES
Revolutionary War Animated Maps at http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com.
National Museum of American History: America on the Move
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iCivics is an interactive website with 16 educational games, including We, the Jury, Executive Command, and Do I have the Right.
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Introduce students to more engaging materials for teaching U.S. history based on supports the use of Howard Zinn’s b_est-selling book A People’s History of the United States
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Resources from the National Museum of American History. Search by resource type, grade level, and historical era.
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Connect your students with first-hand I-Witness testimonies of over 50 historical topics. Then, engage your students with creating their own IWitness videos. Requires educators to register and is only available at this time to educators and their students.
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Electoral vote map from past elections or add your prediction for the 2016 election.
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Students take part in a courtroom trial against one of their classmates. Includes lesson plans and student printables. From Scholastic.
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Learn all about Life in the Iron Age with this interactive website from BBC.
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Mummy Maker interactive game.
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Get into the life of the Stone Age. Learn how the ancient Britians lived, build a stone circle, and create cave art from the BBC Hands on History.
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Learn more about the Ancient Romans from BBC's Hands On History. Make a Roman Villa, Roman Mosaics, and a timeline.
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Best History Sites: Games & AnimationsBring history to life with this listing of history games and animations for many historical eras. Included eras are Ancient History, Medieval Times, Early Modery History, Early U.S. History, Nation Building, and Modern U.S. and World History. Animated maps and map games from early history maps to current mapping are included in this listing, as well as animated timelines. Check out the Road to Revolution interactive timeline!
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The growth of the United States from the Colonial Period to today in ten minutes.
Everything about Shays' Rebellion from a timeline to artifacts.
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Build an ancient pyramid with the interactive game.
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Library of Congress Primary Resources |
The Library of Congress has an awesome site full of primary resources for use in any history or language arts class. You will find links to the primary resources, lesson plans, presentations, and ways that the teacher can effectively use the primary resources.
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Teaching History. org |
Use the Quick links for elementary and middle school resources. Site includes web resources, history content, and best practices.
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