History Education

• Best History Websites - A gathering place designed for students, history teachers, and general history enthusiasts. Sites are ranked for usefulness and accuracy, which assist studies and educators in a wide array of subjects and periods throughout history.
• Abby's Resource Page for Social Studies Teachers - Tons of links to history, social studies, and educational websites on the Net. Links organized for simple searches. Home for the History Teachers' Education Ring.
• American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. - Offers free K-12 curriculum lessons developed by and especially for educators in social studies, U. S. history/government, political science, philosophy, and economics. Students receive education regarding America's factual, philosophical heritage.
• AP History Online - Offers details concerning AP European and United States History, as well as Preparation for the AP Test. Developed by student who earned a "5" on the AP Test.
• BC Social Studies Teachers' Association Top Links - Provides links to useful lesson plans, research links and professional info especially for educators interested in socials, history, geography, and comparative civilizations.
• civilisations - Civilisations is a great new method to examine human history – offers a multi-dimensional picture of the world, granting you control of the timeline.
• Colonial America - For Freedom and Profit - United States History project developed especially for grades 6-12. Offers an interactive, internet-based, cooperative group exercise in which students create a colony from scratch.
• Cultural / Educational Artefacts - Built by teachers for teachers. Offers students the chance to learn about history by feeling and touching real treasures of history.
• Digital Classroom - To support educators of students at every level utilize archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom offers resources from the National Archives and techniques for education with primary sources.
• Dr. James W. Loewen: Tips for Teachers - The author of Lies My Teacher Told Me offers suggestions for dealing with history textbooks, list of books and magazines, mailing lists, and associations.
• Dwayne Voegeli's Social Studies Teacher's Page - Compilation of materials designed for 9-12th grade teachers.
• General History Sources/Sites - Portion of the History/Social Studies Web Site designed for K-12 educators.
• The Giant EHAP And AHAP Reviews - Susanna's summary of the AP European and American History Curriculum.
• Global Nomads Group - GNG is a not-for-profit organization committed to encouraging international dialogue by forming relationships with teachers across the globe. Features a teacher survey and project summary.
• Histor eSearch.com - Database of web-based history research materials for students and educators.
• History and Social Studies - Small index of educational websites designed for the student, genealogist and family historian.
• HISTORY RESOURCES - Rigorous database of history materials. Categories feature world history, American history, key documents, and study guide links.
• Junto Society - Comprehensive info and resources covering historical dates and events, American documents, breaking news, political news, and additional historical data.
• The Local Historical Archives Project (LHAP) - LHAP provides a searchable directory of historical images and documents, primarily collected by students in grades 5-12. Educational project whereby students produce a local history resource accessible to all.
• MSG's American History - Developed by 3 students for the study in their American History course, provides excellent material for other students.
• National History Day - Not-fo-profit academic program developed to encourage the study of history. Features info on future contests and participation, prior winners, and suggested links to history resources.
• Online Classroom - Offers social studies lessons and links.
• Our Documents - Includes 100 milestone documents of American history provided from the National Archives. Features images of original primary source documents, lesson plans, educator and student competitions, as well as educational materials.
• Schools History - Deals with the history of Britain and Europe 1066-2000; Includes exercises, homework assistance, and background on major events.
• Social Studies - Site developed for K-12 social studies educators and students. Provides info and topics that are helpful to pre-service social studies teachers and students. The Internet provides unlimited opportunities for social studies learning and we hope that this site will assist both new and the experienced Web users.
• Social Studies Education: National Council for the Social Studies - Provides resources for social studies educators.
• Study Guide for Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project - Study guide can be used as a supplement to the radio series, Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project. Offers lesson plans, background on oral history collection, instructions for video interviews and web page construction, and links to oral history archives.
• Twentieth Century in America - Provides variety of internet exercises dealing with the major events of the 1900s in America.
• The Vietnam War: Past and Present - Information website designed for high school teachers offering historical background and curriculum suggestions.