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Research Guides: Education
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?