The Best of History Websites - A large collection of
history and lesson plan sites compiled and rated by a secondary school history teacher.
Thinkfinity - Lesson plans for US and world history.
EdSiteMent - Lesson plans for US and world history. There are also links to history websites.
National History Education Clearinghouse - This site has teaching and professional development resources. It is a good place to look for internet resources to use in your lessons.
School History UK - This site has lesson plans and downloadable worksheets for world, UK, and US history.
A Book in Time - This site has fiction reading lists for both United States and world history. There are also craft activities, maps, and resources for creating timelines.
Eyewitness to History - Quotes from people who witnessed historical events. These are from all time periods and countries.
National Park Service - Curriculum based programs. If you are planning a field trip to a national park, this site helps you plan your visit and has teaching materials.
H.I.P. Pocket Change - This is a site for both students and teachers by the US Mint. In the teacher's section you will find lesson plans using US coins.
PBS Online: Social Studies- This site has a
wealth of information relating to PBS broadcasts on history.
Digital History - A wealth of information about American history. Lesson plans are keyed to
primary sources. There are also biographies, chronologies, maps, and much more.
History Matters - Site for high school and college students and their teachers. It has
a wealth of material for US history and history lesson plans.
Teaching Future Historians - Lesson plans using primary sources by
the Illinois Historical Digitization Project.
Gilder Lehrman Center for Slavery, Abolition, and Resistance - The Source Documents section has many primary sources such as court decisions, cartoons, letters, and maps which may useful to educators. There is also a page on the Amisted with related web links.
HarpWeek - Teaching and background materials from Harper's Weekly magazine. This site is rich in materials from 1850 to the end of the 19th century. You will find materials on the Civil War, reconstruction, and elections from this period.
Civil War Interactive - An excellent
starting point for locating civil war web sites. This site also has a Civil War Cookbook,
On-this-day in the Civil War, and a guide to current Civil War shows on television.
The Student's Friend History and Geography - This site offers a
free alternative textbook for world history along with teaching suggestions for High School Social Studies.
Kidipede - This is a history site for middle school students. There are some teaching ideas.
Ancient Mesopotamia - Teaching resources from the Oriental Institute of
the University of Chicago.
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese History - Resources are arranged
by subject, and there is a timeline and maps. There are also lesson plans in pdf format.
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