Resources

Tennessee Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

National Council for the Social Studies

International Education and Resource Network's (iEARN)

First People's Project

The Primary Source Librarian

History Voicethreads

Primary Sources

• Using Primary Sources: guidelines
• American Memory
  
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress
  
• Calisphere
  
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  
• Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection
  
• Explore Art
  
• Historical Voices
  
• Milestone Documents
  
• Old Fashioned Education 
• TeachingHistory.org
  
• Today in History
  
• Valley of the Shadow
  
• Web Guides to Library of Congress Materials
  

Virtual Field Trips

Easter Island  Interactive tour sponsored by PBS and NOVA.

Internet Education Projects: Virtual Tours 
Over 300 tours including museums, US Government, and countries around the world.

Culture Quest  Worldwide tours of cultures.

The Whitehouse  Visit the home of the President of the United States. 

Spanish Fork Pioneers  Student project documenting some Utah history.

The Virtual Cave      

A Nigerian Naming Ceremony       

The Kremlin Tour     

CIA Virtual Tour   

Graceland     

Virtual Cape Cod         

Temple of Liberty Building the Capitol for a New Nation      

UTAH EDUCATION NETWORK   

According to the study "The Future of Children: Children and Computer Technology" by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, technology can enhance how our students learn by supporting four key components of learning: (1) active engagement; (2) participation in groups; (3) frequent interaction and feedback, and (4) connections to real-world experts.

Integrating Content Resources & Technology into Social Studies Class from SweetSearch

Sample Lesson Resources: 
for The Underground Railroad

Primary Source: Interview with a former Slave

PBS video: Underground Railroad: The William Still Story 

HIstory: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (TV14)

Interactive Lesson: The Underground Rail Road

Routes to Freedom: Map

Interactive map of Ohio’s most well known Underground Railroad locations

The Journey of Henry Box Brown: Lesson & Google Earth Tour

Voices from the Days of Slavery

Project ideas:

• Use audio boo to record a personal narrative from the point of view of a runaway slave
• Use Google Presentations to create a slideshow advertising missing persons: runaway slaves
• Use mapwing to create a tour of an undground railroad route.

Lesson Plans: 

• Journey Along the Underground Railroad
  
• Whispers of Angels: Buffalo & the Underground Railroad

Lesson Ideas 

3 Lessons & websites 

HistoryTech Blog: ideas, tips, and links