Research Guides: Education
Curriculum Resources: History/Social Sciences
Curriculum Resources: History/Social Sciences
- History-Social Science
- This California Department of Education site has current Frameworks and Instructional Materials plus other useful links.
- Library of Congress National Digital Library Program Educator's Page
- Primary source material galore and how to use it in the classroom, including copyright information. Two similar sites focus on California: Calisphere and Learn California.
- ADL Curriculum Connections
- "Free online K-12 classroom lessons on diversity, civil rights and other multicultural themes."
- Anthropology on the Internet for K-12
- The Smithsonian provides this site.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- This is the place to start for government information but see also FirstGov for Kids which provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
- EconEdLink
- “A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic and personal finance lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students” from the Council for Economic Education.
- Geography Education National Implementation Project
- GENIP “is a consortium of geographic associations committed to improving the status and quality of geography education in the U.S.” See also California Geographic Alliance.
- Historical Voices
- "The primary goals of Historical Voices are to develop both a rich set of exhibits and educational curricula that fully incorporate sound files." See also Talking History and California Legacy Project.
- Humboldt Room
- Describes the contents of the HSU Library's Special Collections and includes extensive links to sources of information about the local area compiled by Joan Berman, HSU librarian.
- Native American Studies
- The emphasis in this webpage is the Indians of Northwestern California. Includes a collection of links compiled by Joan Berman, HSU librarian.
- Teaching American History (TAH)
- This grant-funded project is continuing at Arcata High and HSU. The website includes links to HSU theses as well as a lesson and resource library of links. See also Teaching American History for lesson plans developed by The Huntington Library and their related TAH grants.
- WWW VL History Central Catalogue
- This is an amazing array of resources arranged in alphabetical lists by broad subject category.
- American Civil War Home Page
- The American West
- Best of History Web Sites Lesson Plans
- "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
- CongressLink
- Documenting the American South
- DoHistory
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures
- Folkstreams.net: The Best of American Folklore Films
- Holocaust Teacher Resource Center
- Hoover Dam: Lonely Lands Made Fruitful
- Indivisible: Stories of American Community
- Multicultural American West
- Museum Studies: Online Resources for Students and Practitioners
- National Council for Geographic Education
- New York Times Learning Network
- The Old Bailey Proceedings - London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913
- The Oregon Trail
- Oregon Trail History Library
- Picturing U.S. History: An Interactive Resource for Teaching with Visual Evidence
- The Port Chicago Disaster: A Resources for Students and Teachers
- Portals to the Past
- Professional Cartoonists' Index - Teacher's Guide
- Sacramento History Online
- Teaching Tolerance
- Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
- Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
- Web de Anza
- Where's George?