Subjects Social Studies American History
American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American...
The Gilder Lehrman Institute offers resources to assist teachers and students. This site offers a searchable database of over 60,000 primary source documents, American history quizzes, Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars (students s ...
Veterans Day from the History Channel
Veterans Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the nation's thousands of combat veterans who fought in the service of their country. Students can view several videos to learn the history of Veterans Day and learn about veterans experiences. The site a ...
Underground Railroad - National Geograph...
This is an interactive exhibit from National Geographic. A terrific way for students to gain insight into the hardship faced by African American slaves during this horrific period in American history. This site also provides an interesting point of study ...
Black History - Interactive Timeline
Created by the History Channel, this timeline is a phenomenal resource for students seeking to explore significant moments in African American history. With interactive timelines, images and video, this site will enlighten learners in powerful ways. Be ...
Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversar...
This webiste contains information on the integration crisis that centered around Little Rock Central High School in 1957-58. Highlights include an interview with student Ernest Brown as well as excerpts from the student newspaper published during that t ...
Celebrate African American Heritage
These proven strategies help teachers teach African American History. A great deal of information for teachers and students on Black History including sections on Slavery and Freedom (the Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc), Arts and Culture (includin ...
Veterans History Project
A place for students and teachers to review first hand accounts of Veterans experience in war. Contains personal naratives (audio/video interviews), corespondance (letters, postcards, diaries) and visual materials (scrapbooks, drawings, photographs) from ...
Little Rock 1957 Pages from History
Created by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, this site has primary source information on the Little Rock Central High School Crisis of 1957. There are copies of the front pages the pages from two local newspapers (the Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazett ...
The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Ce...
History teachers and students can explore 20th century American history by reviewing photographs, documents, audio recordings, and video related to the events of the presidents’ lives. Each president's early years, presidency and post-presidency is cove ...
National Geographic: Remembering Pearl H...
History students and teachers can experience the Pearl Harbor attack including virtual war maps, survivor's personal stories, rare photographs, time lines, and more (from National Geographic). No supporting lesson plans are provided.
History of the Mayflower
An excellent site for student research, this is one of the most complete resources on the Mayflower and the Pilgrims, with genealogy, history, primary source documents, a complete passenger list, bookstore and giftshop, and links to Pilgrim related family ...
Black History Month from the History Cha...
This site contains videos and other resources for students and a teachers guide. The long nightmare of the trans-Atlantic slave trade had multiple dimensions and phases, from the first forced arrivals of Africans in the New World in the 17th century thr ...
VA Kids
VA Kids Web site dedicated to educating students about veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The site is divided into 3 sections - one for grades K-5, one for grades 6-12 and a teacher resource site. Each section has a several online games f ...
Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
This site contains historic maps with supporting lesson plans for teachers. The maps/lessons are organized into 6 major themes: - discovery and encounter - migration and settlement - environmental history - the historical geography of transportati ...
History Wired - American History
This site takes students and teachers through a personalized tour of the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Objects are arranged into categories such as Arts/Entertainment, Science, Military, Transportation, etc. A t ...
The Library of Congress Learning Page (G...
American Memory is an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America’s heritage. The collections contains millions of primary source documents,films,photographs, and recordings. The Learning Page is designed to he ...
Digital History (United States)
Digital History enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials. Extensive teacher resources include: Explorations: inquiry-based, interactive modules design ...
Mark Twain's Mississippi
Mark Twain's Mississippi provides interpretive essays, primary documents, images, audio and video which illustrate what life was like in the Mississippi River Valley in the 19th century. Uses Mark Twain's writings as a focal point for investigating this t ...
Ellis Island
A virtual tour hosted by The History Channel where students and teachers can learn the history of Ellis Island.
Maps of War
Maps-of-War is a multimedia site dedicated to producing diverse, creative visuals that enhance students understanding of war and its history. Resources include "The History of Religion" which shows how different religions have spread to countries around ...