ONLINE RESOURCES
"The Global Oneness Project offers a beautiful collection of multicultural films, photo essays, and articles that 'explore cultural, social, and environmental issues with a humanistic lens.' Many of the featured stories are paired with a lesson plan for high school or college classrooms, aligned with Common Core and national standards."
The History Faculty - Free video podcasts by professional historians on key historical periods and questions.
Macrohistory and World Report - Trends across the ages, empirical history with maps, book summaries, country profiles, and a timeline from 60,000 BCE to selected news items one or two days old.
Copyright and Primary Resources - A self-directed training on copyright for the primary resources that the LC offers for teachers.
1,200 free online courses from top universities - Scroll down to the History Courses, the Political Science, International Relations and Law Courses, the Anthropology Courses, and the Sociology Courses sections.
10 History Podcasts to listen to right now
ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHERS TO USE WITH STUDENTS
National Archives: archives.gov [use Docs Teach]
Library of Congress: loc.gov [find their teacher pages by clicking on ‘teacher’ on the home page]
Smithsonian: http://www.si.edu/
Online Resources
Experiland Science projects & science experiments for kids grades 1 to 8. Find a great idea for the science fair or just have fun while learning about science!
Primary Sources
Digital Public Library of America - Primary Sources Set
VideoLectures.NET, http://videolectures.net/
This website promotes science and the exchange of ideas by providing high quality content to both the scientific community and the general public. It offers an “award-winning free and open access educational video lectures repository.” The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists at important occasions such as conferences, summer school programs, workshops, and promotional events. All the lectures, accompanying documents, information and links are systematically selected and classified through an editorial process that takes into account user comments.
iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch app: TinkerBox "is a rich resource for kids to learn, practice, and apply physics and engineering principles."
iPad app Mars Gen One: Argubot Academy (STEM content; possible collaboration with ELA teachers regarding persuasive writing).
Science How webcasts: http://qrius.si.edu/explore-science/webcast
http://www.compoundchem.com/ "Compound Interest is a site that aims to take a closer look at the chemical compounds we come across on a day-to-day basis. It also provides graphics for educational purposes, both for teacher and student use. The site is run single-handedly by me, Andy Brunning. I’m a chemistry teacher based in Cambridge, UK, and create the graphics for the site in my spare time."