African Studies K-12 Resources --from the University of Wisconsin at Madison

American Journeys – a tremendous resource of over 17,000 primary source documents about first encounters in America, also has lessons using these documents

American Promise

American Social History Project

Classroom handouts, Fact Sheets,  and resource guides from Gilder Lehrman

Center for History and New Media --a collaborative effort by George Mason University, the American Social History Project, and the Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York

 Colonial Williamsburg Learning Resources

Columbia Education Center --includes hundreds of social studies lesson plans

Council of Chief State School Officers

Creating Online Materials for the Teaching of US History--from the University of Virginia

Digital History – a wonderful resource full of wonderful primary sources and tested classroom materials and lessons

Discovery Channel School --many history lesson plans available, tied in with television documentaries

DoHistory - A site that shows students how to use documents to investigate the past

Educator’s Reference Desk – the answers to most educator questions in one place

Encarta Schoolhouse Online --lesson plans and other resources for teachers

Evaluation of Information Sources --a World-Wide Web Virtual Library guide to evaluating Internet sites

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Gateway --National Library of Education's gateway to educational resources on the Internet

Global History Consortium: Teaching World History

Helping Your Child Learn History --from the U.S. Department of Education

History Channel Classroom --excellent site with lesson plans and other resources from one of our major sponsors

History Matters --from the American Social History Project and the Center for History and New Media

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers

H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine

Learning Page of the Library of Congress --how to use primary sources and do oral history with your students

National Archives: The Digital Classroom --including primary sources and activities for the classroom

NASA's Education Program

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

National Center for History in the Schools --web site includes the National History Standards

National Park Service Teacher Zone

NEH: Edsitement

New York Times Newspaper in Education Program 

New York Education Standards

Our Documents – a wonderful resource with great information and lessons. Includes 100 actual milestone documents in American history and transcriptions.

PBS - History

PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History and Culture --one of our sponsors

Primary Sources Research Colloquium --from Yale University

Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) in History/Social Science

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Social Studies Center for Educator Development

Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources --links to lesson plans, ideas, and activities

State Educational Standards --standards by state from the Putnam Valley Central Schools

Studying and Teaching History --from Tennessee Technological University

TeacherServe from the National Humanities Center

Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms --from the Library of Congress

Teaching with Historic Places  --from the National Park Service

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education Resources Database

U.S. Postal Museum

Veterans History Project

WebQuest Page --lessons and ideas on how to use the Web for classes and student projects

Women In World History Curriculum

You Be the Historian  --from the National Museum of American History