Comprehensive American History Resources
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Comprehensive American History Resources
- EDSITEment free high quality lesson plans from the National Endowment for the Humanties
- In Time & Place
- Primary Documents for Teaching US History
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Library of Congress
- American Journeys
- American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
- The Authentic History Center
- Music for Teaching History
- Digital History (www.digitalhistory.uh.edu)
- Crash Course US History Videos
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This collection includes resources that span the scope and sequence of an American History course at the high school level. The collection includes primary source documents, digital history files, GIS resources, audio and visual resources, and sites that include lesson plans ranging from America's conception to modern day.
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NEH and the Verizon Foundation have developed over 450 lessons for K-12 teachers in the subject areas history, literature, language, art and culture. We are especially strong in US history, and American literature, art and culture. Find Picturing America lessons, AP US history, and much more more on EDSITEment. Guides to lessons to start the semester also.
In Time & Place
by Rick ThomasIn Time & Place is a growing library of teaching materials for classroom, distance, or home use focusing on selected topics in American history. You will find many traditional reading, map, and photo related resources, but you will also find GIS (Geographic Information System) data and activities as well. All of the materials can be used individually or as a whole to build a unit on each topic in a way that best suits your and your students' needs. There are suggestions in some cases that the materials are well suited to group work or jigsaw type sharing activities. But these are not pre-packaged lessons; rather collections of resources that you can adapt to your style and specific classroom needs.
Primary Documents for Teaching US History
by Jenny MorganA collection of websites, lessons, materials, and activities that support the use of primary documents for teaching US History.
National Archives and Records Administration
by Mr. Harpine .A huge repository that also contains worksheets and lesson plans.
Library of Congress
by Mr. Harpine .The American Memory project from the Library of Congress. This site provides primary sources, worksheets and lesson plans.
American Journeys
by Mr. Harpine .The Wisconsin Historical Society has created this site complete with worksheets and lesson plans.
American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
by Mr. Harpine .Audio files of famous speeches. These are indexed and searchable. You can download the files and they are accompanied by text. This resource is part of the Audio Texts, Music and Podcasts collection.
The Authentic History Center
by Mr. Harpine .This resources is a link to a site with many free primary source materials. This resource is part of the Audio Texts, Music and Podcasts collection.
Music for Teaching History
by Mr. Harpine .This resource is a list of songs and music which might be helpful in a history course. This resource is part of the Audio Texts, Music and Podcasts collection.
Digital History (www.digitalhistory.uh.edu)
by Sandy GadeThis is an excellent website for studying history. Like the site, we've organized our folders by eras, topics, resources, and references. Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). Digital History. Retrieved (March 19, 2013) from http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Crash Course US History Videos
by Amy ScheuerThis YouTube channel hosts a collection of all of the US History Crash Course videos, providing great resources to introduce topics or supplement material for the entire scope and sequence of an American History course.
