Charles Hill, Director of Technology

Wappingers Central Schools

Hollowbrook Building 3, 29 Marshall Road

Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Web:      http://WappingersSchools.org

Email:      [email protected]

 

 

History/Social Studies on the Net

 

Notes and links for the Connected Classroom Conference

March  2000 – New York City

 

The Web is a rich and rewarding environment for history/social studies content. Discover the best Web sites for integrating compelling content into your traditional history/social studies curriculum.

 

 

WHERE'S THAT?

·     Panoramic Maps Collection http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/

·     TerraServer Homepage http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

·     Outline Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html

·     MapQuest.com http://www.mapquest.com/

·     Map Machine @ nationalgeographic.com http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

·     ECB Surf Report: Maps and Geography http://www.ecb.org/surf/

 

 

LIVING HISTORY

·     Six Paths to China http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/

·     Turn-of-the-Century Child: Examine their Faces http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/cur/20c/turn.html

·     The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

·     What did you do in the war, Grandma? http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html

 

 

PLANS, PROJECTS, AND RESOURCES

·     American Memory http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

·     Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

·     Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher - Email List Sign-Up http://www.connectedteacher.com/listServ/subscribe.asp

·     Digital History: Raising Kansas City http://digitalhistory.com/

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

·     Lesson Plan Mega Search http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/super_search/

·     Life in the Middle Ages http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

·     Lightspan http://www.lightspan.com/

·     SCORE History/Social Science http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/

·     Teachers.Net Lesson Bank http://www.teachers.net/lessons/

·     Teaching with Historic Places (National Park Service) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/

·     ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org

·     WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/

 

 

STANDARDS, FRAMEWORKS, AND ASSESSMENTS

·     AP US History - The Document-Based Question  http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/history/html/dbq001.html

·     Maryland (Montgomery County Public Schools) http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/index.html

·     National Center for History in the Schools http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/

·     New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/11socintro.html

·     New York http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/pub.html

·     New York State High School Regents Exam Prep Center (Oswego City School District) http://regentsprep.org/

·     New York State Social Studies DBQ’s http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/dbq/ssindex.html

·     Pennsylvania http://www.pde.psu.edu/standard/stan.html

 

 

MORE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

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

·     FirstGov.gov http://firstgov.gov/

·     National Archives: The Digital Classroom http://www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html

·     THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/

 

 

OTHER GREAT LINKS

·     Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher Best of the Web http://connectedteacher.classroom.com/

·     Facing History and Ourselves http://www.facinghistory.org/

·     H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences  OnLine http://www.h-net.msu.edu/

·     Discussion Search http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/logsearch/

·     Histor eSearch.com http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/index.html

·     History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/

·     History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers http://execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

·     The History Place http://www.historyplace.com/index.html

·     Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

·     MarcoPolo http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/

·     Making of America

·     Cornell http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

·     University of Michigan http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa

·     National Council for the Social Studies http://www.ncss.org/

·     Yahooligans! http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/

 

 

TWO (of many) USEFUL SITES

Quia http://www.quia.com/

SurveyAnywhere.com http://www.surveyanywhere.com/

 

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