Primary Sources for Women’s
History Month
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Library of Congress This links specifically to American History pages --
The pages link to selected collection content available online at the Library of Congress, arranged by broad categories.
Smithsonian’s History Explorer is the online portal for free, standards-based K-12 resources including lesson plans, interactives, videos, and artifacts from the National Museum of American History.
Visit the site to try out our new features, including filtering by cross-curricular connections, finding resources by theme, searching for award winning books, and connecting with our online community. As always, you can search for materials by keyword, or filter by grade level, historical era, resource type, find suggestions for teaching with objects under the “Teacher Resources” tab, and find information from related organizations through the “Web Links” page.
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The National WWII Museum (New Orleans)has created lesson plans that teachers can use, copy, print for use in the classroom.
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TeachingHistory.org is a National History Education Clearinghouse.
With the emphasis on Common Core State Standards and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects, the use of primary source documents in the classroom is more important than ever. The Nebraska edition of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition are available for classroom use.
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - contains numerous resources for teachers, schools, and students.
January 2012 issue of History Now, a quarterly online journal for history teachers and students focuses on American Reform Movements.
In this issue, six leading scholars illustrate how the desire to reform has influenced nearly every facet of American society, from Transcendentalism to Woman Suffrage.
Winter 2013 issue focuses on the Revolutionary Age
This new teacher community website is the place to find free resources, share ideas and experiences with peers, and keep up with all things civics, history and Colonial Williamsburg.
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Annenberg Learner
December Update 2011
The curriculum focus for December is Writing Across the Curriculum; also included is the Connecting Learning with Special Days section featuring the Docking of the Mayflower (Dec 18, 1620), the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec 29,1890), and many literary connections to these events.
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