Student+Resources

**__US History__:**
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [|www.ushmm.org] http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/ http://www.hmh.org/ http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html

2. C-SPAN Classroom http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

3. History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

4. . PBS [|www.pbs.org]

Teaching the Palestinian-Isreali Conflict http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/resources.html Religion and Ethics http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/teach/ The War-WWII http://www.pbs.org/thewar Vietnam http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html WWI http://www.pbs.org/greatwar

5. ABC-Clio (Username: dmps1801 Password: dmps1801) Students can log in from anywhere using: Username: desmoineskids Password: student

6. Eyewitness to History [|www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm]

7. The Avalon Project http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

8. History Now [|www.historynow.org]

9. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

10. NARA- National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html Powers of Persuasion-Propaganda from WWII http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html WWII Pictures http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/thumbnails/index.html 11. Facing History [|www.facinghistory.org]

12. The History Channel [|www.history.com]

13. Rock n’ Roll hall of Fame- Lesson Plans http://www.rockhall.com/teachers/sti-lessons-plans/

14. History Encyclopedia http://www.encyberpedia.com/history.htm

15. Library of Congress [|www.loc.gov] Chronicling America http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ Historical Maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Civil war Maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/ Veterans History [|www.loc.gov/vets] Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Today in History http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/ 16. Google Earth [|http://earth.google.com]

17. Student’s guide to Government [|www.students.gov]

18. Civics Online [|www.civics-online.org]

19. Project Vote Smart [|www.vote-smart.org]

20. United Nations0 Cyber School Bus [|www.un.org/CyberSchoolBus]

21. Smithsonian [|www.si.edu] Civil War [|http://www.civilwar.si.edu] Americans at War http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/

22. CNN for students [|www.cnnfyi.com]

23. Colonial Williamsburg [|www.history.org]

24. Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/what_you_can_do/Educate/page.do?id=1102117&n1=4&n2=79

25. Monticello- The Home of Thomas Jefferson [|www.monticello.org] Monticello Podcasts http://www.monticello.org/podcasts/index.html

26. In the Valley of the Shadow- Two Communities in the American Civil War [|http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu]

27. Martin Lutheran King Jr. [|www.stanford.edu/group/king]

28. Discovery Education [|http://school.discoveryeducation.com]

29. UNICEF- United Nations Children’s Fund [|www.unicef.org]

30. Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/lessons.html

31. Internet Public Library [|www.ipl.org]

32. Immigration [|www.ellisisland.org], [|www.ailf.org], [|www.ellisislandinstitute.org]

33. Justice Learning [|www.justicelearning.org]

34. New York Public Library Digital Gallery [|www.nypl.org/digital]

35 Bill of Rights Institute [|www.billofrightsinstitute.org]

36 American Rhetoric- Great American Speeches [|www.americanrhetoric.com]

37. Civil War Website http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/civil_war_web_sites.htm

38. Landmark Supreme Court Cases [|http://landmarkcases.org] History of the Supreme Court [|www./historyofsupremecourt.org] Supreme Court [|www.supremecourtus.gov] Oyez Project [|www.oyez.org]

39. CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

40. Ease History- Includes a variety of primary sources including video clips of campaign ads from 1952 to 2004. http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html

41. Digital History [|http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu]

42. Our Documents [|www.ourdocuments.org]

43. National Geographic Pearl Harbor http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

44. Virtual Jamestown [|www.virtualjamestown.org]

45. Television News of the Civil Rights Era http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/

46. Facing the Future- lessons on sustainable development, poverty, and population [|www.facingthefuture.org]

47. Find a Grave [|www.findagrave.com]

48. Gutenberg project- download free audio books [|www.gutenberg.org]

49. Foreign Policy Research Institute [|www.fpri.org]

50. American Slave Narratives http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html

51. Slavery in America [|www.slaveryinamerica.org]

52. National Museum of American History [|http://americanhistory.si.edu] [|http://objectofhistory.org]

53. Spy letters of the American Revolution http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/index-stories.html

54. Teaching the Levees- Hurricane Katrina [|http://teachingthelevees.org]

55. Department of State [|www.state.gov/countries] http://www.state.gov/youthandeducation/ http://www.future.state.gov/educators/lessons

56. Freedom Museum http://www.freedommuseum.us/

57. Political Cartoons [|www.politicalcartoons.com]

58. Teaching Vietnam [|www.vvmf.org] http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

59. e-history [|www.ehistory.com] 60. Brain Pop [|www.brainpop.com] Username: hildrethja Password: future 61. Online Educational Videos [|www.unitedstreaming.com] (will need to sign up for own username and password) 62. Women’s Rights http://www.aclu.org/womensrights/index.html http://www.amnestyusa.org/Our-Priorities/Womens-Human-Rights/page.do?id=1011012&n1=3&n2=39 http://www.now.org/ http://www.nps.gov/wori http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1772e.htm Suffrage http://www.suffragist.com/

__** English: **__

11. Read-Write-Think [|http://www.readwritethink.org]

__** Government: **__ 1. C-SPAN Classroom http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

2. E-Field Trips [|www.efieldtrips.org]

3. ABC-Clio (Username: dmps1801 Password: dmps1801) Students can log in from anywhere using: Username: desmoineskids Password: student

4. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

5. Library of Congress [|www.loc.gov] Historical Maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Today in History http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/

6. Google Earth [|http://earth.google.com]

7. Student’s guide to Government [|www.students.gov]

8. Civics Online [|www.civics-online.org]

9. Project Vote Smart [|www.vote-smart.org]

10. United Nations Cyber School Bus [|www.un.org/CyberSchoolBus]

11. Online newspapers from around the World [|www.dailyearth.com], [|www.onlinenewspapers.com]

12. CNN for students [|www.cnnfyi.com]

13. Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/what_you_can_do/Educate/page.do?id=1102117&n1=4&n2=79

14. Discovery Education [|http://school.discoveryeducation.com]

15. UNICEF- United Nations Children’s Fund [|www.unicef.org]

16. Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/lessons.html

17. Internet Public Library [|www.ipl.org]

18. Justice Learning [|www.justicelearning.org]

19. New York Public Library Digital Gallery [|www.nypl.org/digital]

20. Bill of Rights Institute [|www.billofrightsinstitute.org]

21. American Rhetoric- Great American Speeches [|www.americanrhetoric.com]

22. Landmark Supreme Court Cases [|http://landmarkcases.org] History of the Supreme Court [|www./historyofsupremecourt.org] Supreme Court [|www.supremecourtus.gov] Oyez Project [|www.oyez.org]

23. CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

24. Ease History- Includes a variety of primary sources including video clips of campaign ads from 1952 to 2004. http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html

25. Digital History [|http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu]

26. Our Documents [|www.ourdocuments.org]

27. National Geographic Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

28. ePals Global Exchange [|www.epals.com]

29. Facing the Future- lessons on sustainable development, poverty, and population [|www.facingthefuture.org]

30. Gutenberg project- download free audio books [|www.gutenberg.org]

31. Embassies of the World [|www.embassy.org]

32. Foreign Policy Research Institute [|www.fpri.org]

33. Teaching the Levees- Hurricane Katrina [|http://teachingthelevees.org]

34. Department of State [|www.state.gov/countries] http://www.state.gov/youthandeducation/ http://www.future.state.gov/educators/lessons

35. Teaching About Genocide [|www.teachgenocide.com] [|www.genocideeducation.org] [|www.learngenocide.com]

36. Political Cartoons [|www.politicalcartoons.com]

37. e-history [|www.ehistory.com] 38. Brain Pop [|www.brainpop.com] Username: hildrethja Password: future 39. Online Educational Videos [|www.unitedstreaming.com] (will need to sign up for own username and password) 40. Women’s Rights http://www.aclu.org/womensrights/index.html http://www.amnestyusa.org/Our-Priorities/Womens-Human-Rights/page.do?id=1011012&n1=3&n2=39 http://www.now.org/ http://www.nps.gov/wori http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1772e.htm Suffrage http://www.suffragist.com/

__** Economics: **__ 1. Federal Reserve banks-Economics Curriculum [|www.federalreserveeducaiton.org] How much was money worth? [|www.measuringworth.com] History of Currency http://www.bos.frb.org/educationeconedpubs.org Atlanta- Economic Impact of Hurricane Katrina http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=A3536850-1354-11D5-93310020352A7A95&method=display Curriculum of Impact of Great Depression http://www.stlouisfed.org/education/ http://www.stliousfed.org/greatdepression/default.html

__** World History: **__

1. C-SPAN Classroom http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

2. E-Field Trips [|www.efieldtrips.org]

3. History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

4. Midwest Center For Holocaust [|http://wwwmckekc.org]

5. ABC-Clio (Username: dmps1801 Password: dmps1801) Students can log in from anywhere using: Username: desmoineskids Password: student

6. Eyewitness to History [|www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm]

7. The Avalon Project http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

8. History Now [|www.historynow.org]

9. NARA- National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html Powers of Persuasion-Propaganda from WWII http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html WWII Pictures http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/thumbnails/index.html

10. Facing History [|www.facinghistory.org]

11. The History Channel [|www.history.com]

12. History Encyclopedia http://www.encyberpedia.com/history.htm

13. Library of Congress [|www.loc.gov] Historical Maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Today in History http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/

14. Google Earth [|http://earth.google.com]

15. Rulers of the World [|www.rulers.org]

16. United Nations Cyber School Bus [|www.un.org/CyberSchoolBus]

17. Online newspapers from around the World [|www.dailyearth.com], [|www.onlinenewspapers.com]

18. CNN for students [|www.cnnfyi.com]

19. Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/what_you_can_do/Educate/page.do?id=1102117&n1=4&n2=79

20. Theban Mapping Project-Egyptian Pyramids [|www.thebanmappingproject.org]

21. Discovery Education [|http://school.discoveryeducation.com]

22. UNICEF- United Nations Children’s Fund [|www.unicef.org]

23. Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/lessons.html

24. Internet Public Library [|www.ipl.org]

25. Justice Learning [|www.justicelearning.org]

26. New York Public Library Digital Gallery [|www.nypl.org/digital]

27. CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

28. World History Matters http://worldhistorymatters.org/

29. Ease History- Includes a variety of primary sources including video clips of campaign ads from 1952 to 2004. http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html

30. Digital History [|http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu]

31. Our Documents [|www.ourdocuments.org]

32. National Geographic Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

33. ePals Global Exchange [|www.epals.com]

34. Facing the Future- lessons on sustainable development, poverty, and population [|www.facingthefuture.org]

35. Find a Grave [|www.findagrave.com]

36. Gutenberg project- download free audio books [|www.gutenberg.org]

37. Embassies of the World [|www.embassy.org]

38. Foreign Policy Research Institute [|www.fpri.org]

39. Teaching About Genocide [|www.teachgenocide.com] [|www.genocideeducation.org] [|www.learngenocide.com]

40. Political Cartoons [|www.politicalcartoons.com]

41. e-history [|www.ehistory.com] 42. Brain Pop [|www.brainpop.com] Username: hildrethja Password: future 43. Online Educational Videos [|www.unitedstreaming.com] (will need to sign up for own username and password)