AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCES
Teaching Tolerance is a product of the Southern Poverty Law Center. This
month, as the nation observes American Indian Heritage Month, Teaching
Tolerance offers a wealth of activity ideas tied to Thanksgiving
http://newsletter.tolerance.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/m1Wp0IIT6u0Ekk0ErkH0F5
Center for Civic Education
Civic education resources and lesson plans for all grade levels! This is
the organization that produces the We the People program and Project
Citizen. Click under “Research & Papers” and then click “Papers &
Speeches.” There are valuable documents and PowerPoint presentations on
topics related to civic education and current events.
http://www.civiced.org/
Documenting the American South
This University of North Carolina site provides Internet access to texts,
images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and
culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books,
diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
Experiencing War:
Stories from the Veterans History Project
Examine military intelligence through the eyes of 22 veterans. See
interviews, letters, and photos of soldiers dropped behind enemy lines to
carry out incredibly dangerous missions. Read stories of soldiers who
served as interrogators and interpreters, questioning captured prisoners
and translating enemy documents. (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/vets//stories/
High School Social Studies
This is NOT just for High School there is information including the following topics: General, History, Geography, Interactive, PowerPoint Presentations.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/socst-hs.html
Internet-Based Economic Education
This outstanding site features classroom tested, Internet-based economic
lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
http://econedlink.org/
The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress presents information about and materials from its collections over the Internet. Its online informational services include the following: schedules of exhibits and events, a menu of services provided, a substantial digital library of various text and media, an online catalog system, information on Congress and the government, as well as related links to WWW sites.
http://www.loc.gov/
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
This site features dozens of historic sites, lesson plans and travel
itineraries for learning about American Indian history. Find out about
Haida totem poles, village life in Hidatsa and Mandan tribes on the
plains, sacred ceremonial sites for the Yoeme (Yaqui) people, daily life
of the Pueblo Indians, mounds of Mississippi and the Ohio River Valley,
and more.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/indian/
National Portrait Gallery: Hall of Presidents
This is a great student tool on the presidents. It has a picture of each president and a short description of all of the presidents.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/
Official Geography Bee Site
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Primary Source Images and Documents.
This site includes thematic collections, the Japanese Relocation Digital
Archives and many more resources.
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Quiz-Tree.com
This is the place where you will find free quizzes on many subjects, including Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable.
http://www.quiz-tree.com/
Supreme Court of the United States Official Site
Provides opinions, oral argument transcripts, biographical information
about the justices and other material.
www.supremecourtus.gov
Supreme Court Preview
Expert analysis of the issues, arguments, background of previous and
upcoming cases.
www.abanet.org/publiced/preview
Teacher's domain -
Multimedia resourses for the classroom and professional development. This website provides video clips in the areas of engineering, life science, physical science and civil rights for grades K- 12.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/tdhome.html
Track Current events for Your Classroom
This free Web resource enables teachers and students to organize current
online resources, such as online newspaper articles.
http://trackcurrentevents.org/
United Nations Cyber School
The UN’s Cyber School bus provides educators with information about
international issues. The content is available in French, Arabic, Spanish,
and some areas are available in other languages also. There is a section
titled curriculum that introduces some of the difficult topics that the UN
deals with (global poverty, human rights, indigenous peoples, etc.) to
students.
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/index.shtml
United States Supreme Court Collection
Searchable collection of Supreme Court opinions.
www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
The White house –
This site offers the latest white house news, information about the president, vice-president and first lady.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
You Think
This site, sponsored by the World Bank introduces international
development issues to young people, focusing on topics young people care
about. Its forum allows young people from around the world to share their
ideas and concerns on development issues.
http://youthink.worldbank.org/about/
