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The extraordinary collections provide an unparalleled record of American history.The MHS possesses a remarkable assembly of personal papers of three presidents, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. The collections also contain accounts of the lives of thousands of ordinary Americans.
The Institute’s mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American history through educational programs and resources.
The core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, more than 70,000 items that cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World to soldiers’ letters from World War II and Vietnam.
All resources are free of charge and they offer monthly giveaways to Affiliate schools. (NRHS is an Affiliate).
is here to help you explore the history and lessons of World War II with your students. Utilizing an object-based learning experience, educational technology, and its world-class exhibits, the Museum uses its rich collection of artifacts, archives, and oral histories to take history beyond the pages of textbooks and into the hands of curious students.
Serving as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, civics, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education, the NCSS is the premier organization for social studies education in the United States, and one of the largest in the world.
DocsTeach is a free service provided by the U.S. National Archives. Through DocsTeach you can create online activities based upon primary source artifacts from the National Archives. Your students can complete the activities online. Don't let the fact that the service is provided by the National Archives fool you into thinking that it can only be used for U.S. History lessons. You can upload any primary source artifact that you like to your DocsTeach account to develop an online history activity. DocsTeach offers more than a dozen activity templates that you can follow to develop your primary source-based lessons.
Directions and examples from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Virtual Tour of the World-Famous Secret Annex
Virtual Tour of the World-Famous Secret Annex
The Anne Frank House museum has partnered with Force Field VR to recreate the Secret Annex where Anne Frank and her family lived in hiding from July 6, 1942, until their arrest on the morning of August 4, 1944. Using cutting-edge visualization technology and extensive historical research, the end result opens up the experience to a wide audience in a fully immersive way.
Richard Byrne's Top Twelve Tools for Social Studies Teachers and Students
More Than 30,000 Historical Maps for Student Projects
Library of Congress online historical map collection has nearly 38,000 items for visitors to view. Many of the maps are in the public domain or have Creative Commons licenses. You can browse and search for maps in the collection according to date, location, subject, language, collection, and contributor.
Discover Discover 35,259,924 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States through the exhibitions, and primary source sets. Links to more teacher resources are also available!
Discovering American Women's History Online
This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
Documenting the American South
A digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
American Memory of the Library of Congress
The digital record of American history and creativity as represented by the Library of Congress's multimedia collection.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
American Presidents: Life Portraits
This website, created as a companion to C-SPAN’s 20th Anniversary television series, provides an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations.
An online reference guide to African American History.
Supports the teaching of US History to K-12 and college students.
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES
Serving as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, civics, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education, the NCSS is the premier organization for social studies education in the United States, and one of the largest in the world.
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