Education: History/Geo
History
- American MemoryAmerican Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- Avalon ProjectPrimary documents in law history and diplomacy from 4000 bce to current day.
- Awesome StoriesAwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. Free registration required to search the site.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for KidsTools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers, a service of the Government Publishing Office (GPO). Designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program.
- Bill of Rights InstituteThe Institute is a 501(c)(3) not for profit charity focused on providing educational resources on America's Founding documents and principles for teachers and students of American History and Civics.
- Digital HistorySite provides educators with lesson plans, learning modules, handouts, resource guides and an online textbook. Students can browse through virtual exhibits and use the interactive timeline.
- History ChannelExplore HISTORY shows, watch videos and full episodes, play games and access articles on historical topics at History.com.
- Library of Congress: TeachersThe Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
- National Archives: Teacher's ResourcesContains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.
- Teaching History.org: National History Education Clearinghouse (NHEC)Designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom, this website is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Geography/Geology
- National Geographic SocietyActivities, lessons and units.