If you'd like to explore the reaction to the Lincoln Assassination, here's a great way. In fact, if you'd like to help WORK on the project, here's a great way. New Hampton Middle School has done a lot of work on transcribing for this project. Feel free to be part of the Chickasaw tradition and transcribe a document or two. You even get permanent credit on their website!!! Choose a document, and start deciphering the wording. I have links to untranscribed documents below, as well as links to the whole project.
Untranscribed, Printed documents
Untranscribed, Handwritten Docs
https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/
https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/teaching-module/citizen-historian-transcription
Here is a resource that has a new story to read every day. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-6-12.html
Mt. Vernon will do Facebook Live streams with interesting things from Mt. Vernon. They will be at 11am every Monday-Friday Press Release from Mt. Vernon (George Washington's Home)
World War II Museum in New Orleans has over 200 different past live streamed videos available about MANY different World War 2 topics. https://livestream.com/nww2m. They are also doing live streams on their Facebook page. This is a cool one of Thursday and Friday the 26th and 27th of March, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/WWIIMuseum/
The American Battlefield Trust has a Gettysburg Battlefield virtual tour. https://www.battlefields.org/visit/virtual-tours/gettysburg-360-virtual-tour
Museum of Natural History virtual tours of their exhibits. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
Musuem of Air and Space online resources: https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/online
National Museum live web cams of animals- https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams
Check out Twitter for the Penguin adventures at Shedd Aquarium https://twitter.com/shedd_aquarium/status/1239661654629023747
Virtual Tours of National Parks if you are interested National Parks tours links
Science related: National Weather Service storm spotter classes. https://www.weather.gov/arx/skywarn_schedule
When you just need to relax and watch penguins...here you go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IisHeJRXU3M&feature=youtu.be
If Pandas are more your thing, here's the Atlanta Zoo's Giant Panda cam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6wbfVWVk8Q&feature=youtu.be
And if you want more than that, here's 4 live cameras at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams
And polar bears in the Netherlands if you are interested. https://explore.org/livecams/polar-bears/polar-bear-ouwehand-twin-cubs-cam-2
This museum is AMAZING! The Museum of the American Revolution! https://www.amrevmuseum.org/education-museum/students-and-teachers/virtual-field-trip
C-SPAN is opening up their classroom resources.
https://www.c-span.org/classroom/
Columbus to the Revolution, C-SPAN has some resources for you!
Wanna know what's happened in the past on this day? Here you go!!
Wanna see stuff from 1789-1877? Here's a place for that!
Do you enjoy topics from 1877-1945....we got ya covered!!
You're into modern era stuff? Here you go!!!
C-SPAN resources that are state-specific
The Louve, in Paris has some virtual tours. Put on your beret, eat some crepes, and let's see what Paris has to offer! https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Check out Yellowstone National Park for a virtual tour of some of their most famous land forms. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Here's Colonial Williamsburg. There's not a ton going on at the moment, but you can see live shots of Williamsburg. https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/webcams/
Check out Ellis Island! http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm
Jamestown, where the first successful European colonists settled, has a few opportunities for you. Virtual tours and every Monday they will have an Artifact of the Day where they will post a pic of the artifact, and then reveal it's purpose on Tuesday. https://historicjamestowne.org/archaeology/map-of-discoveries/ https://historicjamestowne.org/archaeology/map-of-discoveries/