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Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative |
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Websites Every Teacher Should Be Using –ACT = student activity included
Make sure all computers have the following programs/plug-ins (all of which are free) to maximize the multimedia abilities of these websites:
Native Americans - *1. http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/architecture.html (ACT) 3-D tour of a Kiva, an Anasazi religious structure Lots of interactive modules about Mesoamerica PBS website on the Maya with video segments 4. http://www.cumbavac.org/Aztecs_Incas_Maya.htm Huge list of links related to these cultures *5. http://www.ballgame.org/main.asp?section=5 Great website to learn about the culture of Mesoamerica through their sports Colonization – Colonial Williamsburg – interactive games and virtual tour of Williamsburg *7. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/jamestown/ Explore both Jamestown & Werowocomco; watch videos about various topics 8. http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ (ACT) Another interactive game about Jamestown *9. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith (ACT) 5 th or 8 th grade oriented; cartoon documentary with interactive games 10. http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php (ACT) 5 th – 11 th complete an online archaeological dig of Jamestown *11. http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html# (ACT) 5 th or 8 th grade website from Plimoth Plantation about the myths of the first Thanksgiving American Revolution – 12. http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/ Website dedicated to spies and the Am Rev. *13. http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/ Great website covering all wars in U.S. history from the Smithsonian *14. http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/explore.html Excellent website on Franklin – some student activities 15. http://www.teachnet.ie/jheffernan/2005/ Info on the AR and short videos on various topics – created by teachers in Ireland *16. http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html (ACT) Lots of information on the Decl of Indep – even allows kids to add their signature to DOI and print a copy 17. http://www.wm.edu/hsi/ (ACT) Website created by professors at the University of KY & the College of William & Mary. Makes students do a serious analysis of primary sources on Lexington & Concord Constitution – 18. http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/Default.aspx Various videos on the Const. & interviews with Supreme Court Justices *19. http://www.texaslre.org/onlinegames.html Interactive games about the Const. and the law sponsored by the Law Related Edu Dept. of the State Bar of TX *20. http://congress.indiana.edu/learn_about/launcher.htm Online learning modules about the many roles of Congress by The Center on Congress at Indiana University 21. http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leips has gathered the Electoral College results to every presidential race in U.S. History. He also has county level data for the 20 th century results. 22. http://www.teachingamericanhistory.com/convention/ Dr. Gordon Lloyd (Pepperdine Univ) has put together some great information on the Convention & the signers 23. http://www.teachingamericanhistory.com/ratification/ Dr. Gordon Lloyd (Pepperdine Univ) has put together some great information on the ratification of the Constitution 24. http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.html 5th - Nice little website on the presidency 25. http://www.pbs.org/kqed/presumedguilty/index.html 8 th & 11 th – excellent website on criminal cases *26. http://www.mountvernon.org/virtual/index.cfm/ss/29/ (ACT) Virtual tour of George Washington’s home *27. http://explorer.monticello.org/ (ACT) Virtual tours (there are several) of Thomas Jefferson’s home and plantation *28. http://www.360degrees.org/360degrees.html Excellent website on the criminal justice system in America. Westward Expansion/Lewis & Clark - *29. http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/ Interactive website on various topics covering Lewis and Clark 30. http://lewisclark.geog.missouri.edu/moviesintro.shtml Students can see what the river looked like each day Lewis & Clark were in MO 31. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/lewisandclark/index.html Interactive website on Lewis & Clark from the Library of Congress 32. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html 5th – A game about Lewis & Clark; includes use of the journals 33. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/virtualtour/ Virtual museum tour of Lewis & Clark from the Library of Congress 34. http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html Lots of information on the Mexican War – some interactive links Move the cursor to the top left for a website on Billy the Kid Women’s Rights - 36. http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/ This site was created by retired Air Force Captain Barbara A. Wilson to highlight women’s role in combat throughout U.S. History 37. http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html Created by Ken Middleton, a research librarian at Middle Tennessee State University, this site can direct you to digital primary sources on many topics related to women’s history. 38. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php Website maintained by the National Women’s Hall of Fame and provides short biographies about famous women 39. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html Primary sources from the Library of Congress on the suffrage movement Website celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women *41. http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ Great website from PBS on these two important women Slavery/Underground RR - 42. http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/lesson00.htm (ACT) Great lessons on the slave narratives compiled by the WPA. This site is hosted by the New Deal Network and is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. *43. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/index.html PBS website with lots of activities and primary sources dealing with slavery. *44. http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/whats_new.htm Interactive tour of an antebellum mansion from the perspective of a slave 45. http://www.ket.org/underground/ Includes video segments on the URR 46. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/ Website lets students “experience” what it was like to use the URR Civil War - 47. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/brady/teacher.html (ACT) Students get to analyze CW photographs *48. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/broadband/index.html This websites is dedicated to U.S. Grant. One of the interactive modules allows students to make decisions like Grant *49. http://www.history.com/civilwar/shermansmarch/ A History Channel website describing Sherman’s march to the sea *50. http://www.army.mil/gettysburg/flash.html Great website hosted by the Army on the Battle of Gettysburg *51. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/index.html Another great PBS website that does an excellent job covering the Jim Crow time period *52. http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/choosepart.html (ACT) Great study of the Civil War on a local level 20 th Century - 53. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/ This exhibition examines the life and career Churchill and emphasizes his lifelong links with the United States *54. http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ Another excellent website from National Geographic on Pearl Harbor *55. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/social/wwii_interactives.htm This is another interactive website on Pearl Harbor Move cursor to the bottom center to view a website on the sinking of the Bismarck Interviews (audio/video) & pictures from veterans of WWI – Gulf War 58. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/doyourememberwhen/co/co.htm Interactive holocaust journal from holocaust museum 59. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/ Lots of other holocaust exhibits from the museum *60. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/missileers/first.html# Website simulates the sequence of events that would take place after Russian operators at early-warning centers first detect a threat. *61. http://www.wm.edu/hsi/ & http://205.204.134.47/civil_rights_mvt/ (ACT) This is the Civil Rights Movement in KY Oral History Project with HSI website lesson plan. Both audio and video primary sources Various - http://www.miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm Neat little video about the earth’s population being shrunk proportionally to 100 people http://www.6billionothers.org/index_en.php Interviews from people around the world on various topics http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/index.html Great website from the Annenberg foundation on famous Americans http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/origins/index.html National Portrait Gallery – paintings & short biographies of influential Americans http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html Great website that includes various wars and westward expansion http://www.frbsf.org/currency/ History of U.S. currency http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/Money/Cost_of_Living_and_Historical_Values/ Historical values of money http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/AtlasesTableOfContents.html Maps of battles from U.S. Military Academy http://www.archive.org/index.php If a website does not work anymore put the address in here and this website might find it www.backflip.com/members/jbosleyshelby This is my list of websites – join for free and start your own list
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