Go Social Studies Go - A Good Alternative to Social Studies Textbooks

Go Social Studies Go  is a nice site developed by Kenneth Udhe, a social studies teacher in Michigan, for his students and the world. Go Soc...

Designs for Democracy - Explore U.S. History Through Drawings

Designs for Democracy  is an online exhibit created by the  National Archives and Records Administration . The exhibit features drawings, sk...

Lesson Resources for Presidents' Day

This coming Monday is Presidents' Day in the United States. Here are some Presidents' Day related resources for students in elementa...

An Interactive Story About the Dust Bowl

One of the online complements to The Dust Bowl produced by Ken Burns is an interactive story about the dust bowl . The Interactive Dust Bo...

Videos - The TVA, the Hoover Dam, and More Stories of the Great Depression

After watching some of the Great Depression stories mentioned in my previous post I jumped into a set of videos from the US National Archive...

Mission U.S. Expands to Offer Another Interactive Journey Through American History

Mission U.S. is a popular series of educational games about U.S. History. Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo I just learned that the latest installm...

An Animated Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States

The Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond recently released a new feature called the Atlas of the Historical Geography of th...

More Than 500 Political Cartoons and 100+ Political Cartoon Lesson Plans

For the next few days I'm taking some time off to relax, play with my dogs, and ski with friends. Rather than leave the blog dormant for...

The Miller Center's Presidential Classroom is a Must-bookmark for U.S. History Teachers

The Miller Center's Presidential Classroom website is a fantastic resource for teachers and students of U.S. History. On the site stude...

A Map of US Military Bases World Wide and a Crash Course in Imperialism

Empire.is features a map of more than 700 United States military bases and postings around the world. The map uses satellite imagery from G...

A Crash Course On The Cold War

John Green is back with another installment of his Crash Course in US History. Episode 37 covers one of my favorite topics to teach, the Co...

Animated Maps and Timelines of the U.S. Civil War

The Civil War Trust offers many fantastic resources for teachers and students. One of those resources is a set of animated maps and timelin...

The Bill of Rights in 30 Seconds and a Video Assignment for History Students

I've said it before and I'll continue to say to it, U.S. History teachers and students really should subscribe to Hip Hughes History...

U.S. Military History Animated

History Animated is a great resource for US History teachers and students. History Animated provides animations of the American Revolution...

A Crash Course on the Civil War and Reconstruction

Earlier this year Hank and John Green launched Crash Course U.S. History . These videos provide ten to twelve minute overviews of key events...

500+ Political Cartoons & 100+ Editorial Cartoon Lesson Plans

The Library of Congress hosts an online collection of more than 500 political cartoons and caricatures from U.S. History . You can search th...

A Timeline of Flight and Other Resources for Learning About Aviation

CNET's Road Trip 2013 stopped in Dayton, Ohio today. Today's stop focused on the Wright brothers. One of the resources shared by CN...

Using Primary Sources to Learn About Lincoln

Under His Hat is a website produced by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation for the purpose of showcasing some digital versi...

Explore Historical Imagery of San Francisco and New York

For the next couple of days I will be working with teachers at Carondelet High School in Concord, California. We'll be making movies on...

The History and Meaning of Memorial Day

Memorial Day is one week from today. Here are a couple of quick resources that you may want to include in a lesson about Memorial Day. The ...