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MiddleWeb History and Social Studies Resources - Geared toward middle school students and their teachers. Sites are annotated.
American History
Comprehensive Sites:
History Matters - Designed for use in a U.S. History survey course. Among the many resources on this site are links to primary resources and their evaluation, the citation and evaluation of web sites, lesson plans, and annotated links to hundreds of additional historical sites.
Index of Resources for U.S. History - A comprehensive "megasite" for United States History.
Civil War:
The American Civil War Homepage - Serves as a gateway to hundreds of Civil War sites grouped by topic.
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - Allows students to view and use primary resources (especially newspapers of the time) to better understand the conflict from both sides. Lesson plans for grades 7-12 included.
1900s +
New Deal Network - Images, articles, speeches, and letters are only some of the available materials at this site from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
Groups/Time Periods
Black History - Black history teaching resources on the Smithsonian Education site.
World History
Comprehensive sites:
Histor eSearch - This site, intended for high school and college students, provides many links to sites related to ancient world history, medieval history, and Latin American history plus several more topic areas.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - Each sourcebook is a gateway to hundreds, even thousands of resources-texts, images, and additional links. Among the numerous topics for which a sourcebook exists are: African, Ancient, Jewish, Modern, and women's history. Searchable.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (World and Ancient History sites) - Links to sites for students and teachers.
Ancient World
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Contains brief articles about the ancient culture (Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Islam, Medieval Europe) plus chronology, essays, images, additional links, and texts. Can be searched.
Just for kids, Antiquity on the Web - Primarily on Greece and Rome the sites linked to here are for
elementary students.
Middle Ages
Middle Ages - From Annenberg/CPB, this companion site to their materials, which can be used independently, provides a good introduction to medieval life. Grades 4-8.
Modern History
Modern History A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - "An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature."
Geography
50 States - Statistical information plus state bird, state song and more. Maps included as well as links to each state's official page.
National Geographic Society - Online adventures, lesson plans and printable maps.
State Facts for Students - created by the U.S Census Bureau, this site allows users to click on their state and learn many fun, fast facts. Also available is a teacher guide with lesson ideas for using this site with students.
Searching for China - Designed as a webquest in which students can role play as they learn, this site presents numerous links to informational sites about China and includes information about Chinese culture, business, and government.
United Nations Cyber School Bus - Find a flag identification game, United Nations information, and member nation statistics. Also includes curriculum ideas for teachers.
The World Factbook - Country information including political parties, geographical information, and population.
Civics
Background Notes - U.S. Department of State publications which include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of countries, independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.
Ben's Guide to Government - Information and activities for teachers, parents, and students K-12 (with grade ranges K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) about our government and how it works.
Democracy Web - an online study guide and interactive world map based on Freedom House's Freedom in the World reports, which allows secondary students to use comparative studies to better understand the American form of Government and compare levels of freedom and civil rights across nations.
Project Vote Smart - Information on candidates, issues, and election results. Middle school/Secondary.
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