Useful Sites and Resources

Useful Web Sites and Resources
New York City Department of Education

Suggested Professional Reading New York City Teaching American History Grants New York City Department of Education Social Studies Portal

New York City Cultural Institutions

New York City Cultural Institutions – Museum Visit Information and Resources

Helpful Web Sites

American Museum of the Moving Image http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ downloadable lesson plans to enable teachers to present a class or unit on presidential campaign commercials in Windows Media or Real Player. Videos are also downloadable as Quicktime Movies, and possibly other formats
Annenberg Media Learner.org/ http://www.learner.org/ Materials can be bought but there are many free resources here.
Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/ The Archives has roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America.
Bridgewater State College Teacher TAH Grant http://webhost.bridgew.edu/tahg/resources.htm A Teaching American History site with many suggested readings and resouces
City College of New York http://cuny.edu/votingcalendar The CUNY/New York Times Knowledge Network Voting Rights and Citizenship Calendar offers a wealth of links to sites about American history.
Colonial Williamsburg – http://www.history.org many resources and interactive activities about early American life
Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/election_election_central/election_central.htm The Constitutional Rights Foundation provides teachers, students, and community members up-to-date information and skill-development about the electoral process.
Digital Librarian: History http://www.digital-librarian.com/history.html hundreds of interesting and useful links to Web resources relating to American history
EyeWitnesstoHistory.com http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com collection of first-hand accounts (diaries, newspaper interviews, etc.) of historical events
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.free.ed.gov/HandSS.cfm good source of free resources for teaching American history, indexed by topic
Furman University Department of History http://history.furman.edu/editorials/see.py original newspaper articles about the Nebraska bill debates, Dred Scott, and John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History http://www.gilderlehrman.org/index.html information, documents, lesson plans
The History Channel http://www.history.com/ study guides, games, videos
Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/learn/ digitized documents, film, music, photographs
History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ primary documents and resources for teaching history.
History Teacher http://historyteacher.net/ teacher generated site with hundreds of links and resources, some links have ads
H-Net http://www.h-net.org/ very thorough listing of American history resources
Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html thousands of sources of documents
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth
The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research/index.html good source of primary documents
National Endowment for the Humantiites http://edsitement.neh.gov/ online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural
The New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/ information, documents, and lesson plan ideas relating to the New Deal
New York Public Library http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm access to over 550,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs
The Public Broadcasting Service http://www.pbs.org/elections/ in-depth coverage and analysis lesson plans
Peopling the American Past, a Teaching American History Grant http://chnm.gmu.edu/7tah/resources.php?page=activities 45-minute activities designed for teachers but easily adaptable for students - uses primary sources to build historical contexts.
Teaching American History http://www.tahgrant.net a TAH federal grant especially for middle schools, many great links on the Useful Website page
Teaching American History http://teachingamericanhistory.com/convention interactive resource for people and events surrounding the U.S. Constitutional Convention, by Professor Lloyd
Virginia Tech http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/ primary sources including diaries and letters from Civil War soldiers.
Wisconsin Historical Society http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/ eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects

American Museum of the Moving Image http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/

downloadable lesson plans to enable teachers to present a class or unit on presidential campaign commercials in Windows Media or Real Player. Videos are also downloadable as Quicktime Movies, and possibly other formats

Annenberg Media Learner.org/ http://www.learner.org/

Materials can be bought but there are many free resources here.

Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/

The Archives has roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America.

Bridgewater State College Teacher TAH Grant http://webhost.bridgew.edu/tahg/resources.htm

A Teaching American History site with many suggested readings and resouces

City College of New York http://cuny.edu/votingcalendar

The CUNY/New York Times Knowledge Network Voting Rights and Citizenship Calendar offers a wealth of links to sites about American history.

Colonial Williamsburg – http://www.history.org

many resources and interactive activities about early American life

Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/election_election_central/election_central.htm

The Constitutional Rights Foundation provides teachers, students, and community members up-to-date information and skill-development about the electoral process.

Digital Librarian: History http://www.digital-librarian.com/history.html

hundreds of interesting and useful links to Web resources relating to American history

EyeWitnesstoHistory.com http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

collection of first-hand accounts (diaries, newspaper interviews, etc.) of historical events

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.free.ed.gov/HandSS.cfm

good source of free resources for teaching American history, indexed by topic

Furman University Department of History http://history.furman.edu/editorials/see.py

original newspaper articles about the Nebraska bill debates, Dred Scott, and John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History http://www.gilderlehrman.org/index.html

information, documents, lesson plans

The History Channel http://www.history.com/

study guides, games, videos

Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

digitized documents, film, music, photographs

History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

primary documents and resources for teaching history.

History Teacher http://historyteacher.net/

teacher generated site with hundreds of links and resources, some links have ads

H-Net http://www.h-net.org/

very thorough listing of American history resources

Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

thousands of sources of documents

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth

The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research/index.html

good source of primary documents

National Endowment for the Humantiites http://edsitement.neh.gov/

online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural

The New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/

information, documents, and lesson plan ideas relating to the New Deal

New York Public Library http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

access to over 550,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs

The Public Broadcasting Service http://www.pbs.org/elections/

in-depth coverage and analysis lesson plans

Peopling the American Past, a Teaching American History Grant
http://chnm.gmu.edu/7tah/resources.php?page=activities

45-minute activities designed for teachers but easily adaptable for students - uses primary sources to build historical contexts.

Teaching American History http://www.tahgrant.net

a TAH federal grant especially for middle schools, many great links on the Useful Website page

Teaching American History http://teachingamericanhistory.com/convention

interactive resource for people and events surrounding the U.S. Constitutional Convention, by Professor Lloyd

Virginia Tech http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/

primary sources including diaries and letters from Civil War soldiers.

Wisconsin Historical Society http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/

eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects

main page – Leadership in American History