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National Geographic Topics include animals, history, maps, news, people and places, photography and world news http://www.nationalgeographic.org/

History and the OGT Covers vocabulary, historical questions, historical music, writing for success and primary sources http://lpdc.montgomery.k12.oh.us/History/ogt/index.htm

Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science

American Cultural History: The 20th Century Gives information about art, books, fashion, events, music, theater and more for each decade. http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html

Ethnic and Cultural Studies Hotlist http://www.educationindex.com/culture/

Subject Area Resources Hotlist Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/behavior/behavior.asp

African-American History

Diversity and Equity

Economics

Ad*Access Images and database information for 7000 advertisements http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess

EconEdLink Tons of lesson plans linked to standards. Excellent site. http://www.econedlink.org/

Escape from Knab Economics--You've been transported to another planet. Can you earn enough money to get home? http://www.escapefromknab.com/

Great Economic Lessons Grades K-12 http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessons.cfm

Medicine and Madison Avenue 600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines. These ads illustrate the variety and evolution of marketing images from the 1910s through the 1950s. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/

Money Central Station Games for primary and intermediate students from US Bureau of Printing and Engraving http://www.moneyfactory.com/kids/start.html

Peanuts and Crackerjacks The Economics of Professional Sports Nine innings with a different lesson taught each inning. Also quizzes. http://www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/leadpgs/intro.htm

Producing Ohio Creating Our Economy Excellent site for intermediate and middle school. Lesson plans keyed to test http://www.producingohio.org/

Welcome to Econopolis Great for 4th and 6th grade proficiency test. http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=3901&cid=2&url=3901

Egypt

Ohio Treasure Chest of Technology Resources

Ohio Technology Treasure Chest Each standard is addressed with activities, lesson plans and more http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~techresources/cgi-bin/course_list.pl?content_area=CSS

Geography

Government

America on the Move Interactive activity about four eras in history http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/games/

American President   History or the presidency today http://www.americanpresident.org/

American Presidents-Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/

Ben's Guide to Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Congress for Kids http://www.congressforkids.net/

The Constitution Challenge http://www.pbs4549.org/constitution

Department of Justice for Kids and Youth
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/index.html

Geneology of the Presidents http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/index.htm

Government and Political Science Resources http://www.educationindex.com/poli_sci/

GovSpot http://www.govspot.com/

How Courts Work http://www.abanet.org/publiced/courts/home.html

Innovative Teaching—Elections Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/309

PBS Kids Democracy Project http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/educators/index.html

The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century Has both interactive and text formats. http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/

Presidents Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/335

Presidents' Pages (Source for each president) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/212

Subject Area Resources—Civics Hotlist http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/civics/civics.asp

Thomas--Legislative Information on the Web http://thomas.loc.gov/

Welcome to American Memory Learning Page--Has lessons, collections, activities and more http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

White House for Kids http://www.whitehousekids.gov

History

Active History.com Games and activities to review history http://www.activehistory.co.uk/

America's Library Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play, See Sing and hear http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

American Rhetoric Famous speeches in history http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

America's Story http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi

America's Top 100 Speeches Be a virtual archeologist. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speeches.htm

Ancient History Articles, games, virtual tours and more. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/

Archeology at Jamestown http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php

Best History Web Sites http://besthistorysites.net/

Civil War Sites

The Colonies and the American Revolution Sites

The Columbus Navigation Homepage http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/

The Constitution Challenge   http://www.pbs4549.org/constitution/index.html

Discovering Lewis and Clark http://www.lewis-clark.org/

Digital History Primary sources, lessons, exhibits, guides and much more http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/#

The Early United States Freedom--History of the U.S. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/

Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/

Frontline: The Invasion of Iraq http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/

Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera A collection of travel-related posters and pictures from the 20's and 30's. http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/

First World War. com http://www.firstworldwar.com/

Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html

History Central http://www.historycentral.com/

History Matters For high school and college level classes. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

History of... History of over 200 topics from acupuncture to zoos http://history.evansville.net/hist_of.html

History Resources Hotlist http://www.educationindex.com/history/

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

Jamestown Beautiful site developed by the History Channel http://www.history.com/classroom/jamestownstory/

Lesson Plans for Historic Jamestown http://historicjamestowne.org/learn/lesson_plans.php

Life Interrupted The Japanese-American Experience in WW II in Arkansas http://www.lifeinterrupted.org/

Modern World History http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/mainmenu/mainfla.htm

National D-Day Museum http://www.ddaymuseum.org/education_teacherslesson.html

Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

Popular Songs in American History http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html

Plymouth and Jamestown   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/321

Remembering Pearl Harbor http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/

School History Really great games on all types of history http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games

Slavery in the United States Grades 9-12 http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/Mainslaverypage.html

Snapshot: The Decades Look at the decades from the 20s to the 60s. http://www.pbs4549.org/decades

Subject Area Resources Hotlist http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/history/history.asp

Teaching with Historic Places Lesson plans--created by the National Park Service http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/descrip.htm

This Day in History Tells the historical events for today or any day you select. http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/

Virtual Timelines Hotlist Innovative Teaching http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/331

Women's History Hotlist Innovative Teaching http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/127

World History Hotlist http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#WorldHistory

You Be the Historian Find out about the Springer family who lived 200 years ago. http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/

Zoom Explorers Gives information about explorers from different countries and from different time periods. http://www.zoomschool.com/explorers/

Holocaust

An Auschwitz Alphabet--Key points about Auschwitz explained. http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html

Ann Frank Online Provided by the Anne Frank Center USA http://www.annefrank.com/

Ann Frank The Writer Original essays and unfinished stories http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/

Education--A Legacy Forum for Teachers Extensive Hotlist http://remember.org/educate/index.html#Study

Life after Auschwitz: Experience tragedy through the eyes of survivors The story of five survivors including video http://www.vhf.org/survivingauschwitz

Museum of Tolerance Online http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/index.html

Schindler's List Teaching Guide http://www.tulane.edu/~so-inst/schind.html

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust--Student Activities http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/activity.htm

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/education/index.htm

Maps

Altopedia http://www.atlapedia.com/

Free Blank Outline Maps http://geography.about.com/science/geography/library/blank/blxindex.htm

Free Online Map Puzzles http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm

Map Machine http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Maps and Mapping Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/339

Map Zone http://www.map-zone.net/

Outline Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/

University of Texas Map Collection These are not blackline masters http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

World Atlas.com http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/moremaps.htm

XPeditions Select the Atlas section of the site. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

Middle Ages

Feudal Life Religion, clothing, health, arts, entertainment and more http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html

Kid's Castle Fictional but historically accurate castle tour. http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle

Knights and Castles A WebQuest for 4th grade http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/knightsandcastles/knightsandcastles.htm

The Middle Ages http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

The Middle Ages Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/346

Medieval Times Research information http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/medieval_times.htm

Medieval Times A WebQuest for 9th grade http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/MedievalTimes/medieval_times.htm

News

1st Headlines http://www.1stheadlines.com/

CNN   Each story has an accompanying lesson plan or discussion activity. For middle or high school http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/

Home Town News You input your zip and it find local newspapers. http://www.hometownnews.com/

kidnews.com http://kidnews.com

Let's Write a Newspaper Story Lesson plans and student sheets. http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/elementary/newspapercourse/index.htm

Mondo Times Gives information from news sources around the world. http://www.mondotimes.com/

News in the Classroom Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/360

Newseum An interactive museum of news http://www.newseum.org/

Newspapers and the Net (Tips for teaching the newspaper and the net) http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/edsvc/teach/niecurric/newsnet/index.html

The New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Time for Kids World and national news for elementary students. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

The Washington Post: KidPost http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/kidspost/

Yahooligan News Designed strictly for kids. http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/

Primary Sources

Navigating Primary Resources A comprehensive list of primary sources http://kathyschrock.net/navigating/index.htm

Social Studies

A.J. Jordak Library Media Center HOTLIST with sites on American Heritage, Citizenship, Economics, Government and lots of general topics http://www.cardinal.k12.oh.us/jordak/jlib/sts_ss.htm

America's Story http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Innovative Teaching Social Studies Update HOTLIST http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/179

Social Studies http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third5.html

Speaking of History...Doing an Oral History Project http://wneo.org/oralhist

States

Classbrain.com Reports http://classbrain.com/cb_reports.htm

50 States.com    http://www.50states.com

Fast Fact Study Guide http://www.theus50.com/fastfacts.shtml

Ohio

Netstate.com http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html

North America http://www.geobop.com/World/NA/

Stately Knowledge! http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/

State Links http://members.aol.com/sskufca/usstate.htm

US States http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/

USA State Map/Quiz Printouts http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/

Teacher Resources

The Ohio Historical Society Teacher Resources http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/teachers/

Welcome to the Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistory.org

World

Aneki.com Information about different countries http://www.aneki.com/index.html

Ask Asia http://www.askasia.org

Asia for Educators http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

The CIA World Book Provides in-depth and up-to-date information on the countries of the world. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/links.html

Classbrain.com Reports http://classbrain.com/cb_reports.htm

Countries of the World Sixteen years of world facts http://www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.html

Flag Game Guess the Nation http://www.flw.com/flaggame/login.php

Flags of All Countries http://www.theodora.com/flags/

Global Connections The Middle East http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/

National Geographic Online http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/

NationMaster.com Find details about any nation in the world. http://www.nationmaster.com/

Portals to the World Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Rulers Contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. http://www.rulers.org/

UNFORKids.com Flags, maps and lesson plans for world study http://www.unforkids.com/

World Atlas.com http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

World Flag Database http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm

World Skip http://www.worldskip.com/

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