Social Media

Social media has become a staple of students' lives, but what you may not realize is that it can also be used as a great resource for teachers to find ideas for lesson plans, projects, strategies, etc. The following is a list of Twitter accounts, that the NEHTA recommends you follow (clicking on each one will take you directly to their page).

• New England History Teachers Association (NEHTA)
• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Tech Community
• Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (MCSS)
• MassHumanities
• Tim Smyth (History Comics)
• Bill of Rights Institute
• Century Past History
• MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators)
• The DBQ Project
• We're History
• Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
• Teaching History
• iCivics
• EDSITEment
• The Smithsonian's History Explorer
• C-Span Classroom
• National Museum of American History
• Google for Education
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
• Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)

Social media can also be utilized in the actual classroom. To get started, check out this article with tips from Edutopia.