Using the Internet
1. Ready to go sites (navigation lessons)
Underground Railroad lesson
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@neOEcXtPaQE36/Pages/article.html?article@underground1
Cultural Literacy Test (S.S. Service)
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@FFpJBhsfCQ2D6/Pages/article.html?article@culturalliteracy
MLK, Jr., Scavenger Hunt: http://users.massed.net/~tstrong/Martin.htm
PBS Lewis and Clark simulation:
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html
2. Collect and Create lessons
Primary Sources
The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
National Archives: http://www.nara.gov/
Repositories of Primary Sources: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Archives and Archivists: http://www.muohio.edu/archiveslist/
Maryland State Archives: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/
New york State Archives: http://www.sara.nysed.gov/
Cornell U: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/
American Strategy: http://americanstrategy.org
Document Analysis Worksheets: http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/analysis/analysis.html
Using Primary Sources: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/primary.html#abcd
(this is a guide for using primary sources)
Invention Timeline: Gil's handout
Immigration Scrapbook / Process: Gil's handout
American Revolution (Crossroads): http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_4/index.html
Virtual Field Trip: Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org
3. Research lessons
History Day Project: Gil's handout
4. Keypal lessons
Immigrant Scrapbook: Gil's handout
5. Collaborative lessons
Telecommunication and Telepresence
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/more-telecollaboration.html
6. Student Web Sites / PowerPoint / Hyperstudio
Native American Board