Recommended Websites
The History Department has curated the collection of websites below that can be used for lessons, content development, and literacy strategies. We also strongly encourage you to visit the website for Boston Public Schools Library and Media Services which provides access to sites that are exclusive to Boston Public School teachers. Click on the images below to begin exploring an amazing wealth of resources right at your fingertips!
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E - Elementary School M - Middle School H - High School
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"A wide range of multimedia materials that focus on helping students make connections between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives." (M/H)
"Engaging resources to help make global education an integral part of every student's classroom experience." (E/M/H)
Geography lesson plans and collections of digitized maps that can be zoomed down to the paper grain! (E/M/H)
Primary sources, including art, photographs, and documents from libraries and archives across the US, including the National Archives. (E/M/H)
Lesson plans and resources for american history and literature, curated by the National Endowment for the Humanities. (E/M/H)
"Innovative lesson plans and online exhibits feature archival materials tailored for teachers to enrich classroom studies in American History, civics, and explore events & issues of the early 1960s" (E/M/H)
Interactive virtual exhibits connecting to Massachusetts history. (E/M/H)
A fantastic, free digital tool that allows you, or your students, to create and share multimedia timelines of events and periods in history. (E/M/H)
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail provides resources and walking tours focused on women’s history. (E/M/H)
Multimedia resources focused on the presentation of 18th century Williamsburg, life in colonial America and the teaching of America's founding democratic principles.(E/M/H)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (the UK's equivalent of PBS) provides online resources on world history, as well as video clips and other content for all grades and subject areas in multiple formats. (E/M/H)
Resources for the Reading Like A Historian curriculum that teaches students "how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading." (E/M/H)
"Largest library in the world with millions of items including books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts."(E/M/H)
"Discover Historic New England through historic properties, images, and collections" (E/M/H)
"Engage your students with the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to illustrate themes and concepts in any discipline." (E/M/H)
ThingLink empowers users to create engaging content by adding rich media links to photos and videos. (E/M/H)
Interactive games that engage students in transformational moments in American history. (M/H)
The official kids' portal for the U.S. government with specific history and social studies online resources. (E/M)
Use games, stories, and other activities to uncover the hidden stories behind various US Coins. Lesson Plans available! (E/M)
A compilation of exemplary websites evaluated by a committee made up of members of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.(E/M)