Tremendous+Resources

Finally an easy way to share the vast resources we use to make teaching American History easier and more fun for the kids! Load this page up with books (for teachers and/or students), websites/online resources, games, or anything else you use to teach Am. History.

Here are some websites I (Sarah!) use:


 * Library of Congress**

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/


 * US Department of Education**

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 * U.S. Mint**

Pocket Change, designed by the U.S. Mint, has resources related to teaching elementary students about economics and history. This is a fun way to introduce students to basic economics.

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National History Education Clearinghouse
This website offers resources for best practices in teaching history. There are a wide range of informative articles covering issues for teaching history. The website also contains lesson plans for teaching U.S. history and they can be modified for 5th graders.

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Great article helping kids better understand academic language used in history textbooks.

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Our Documents
Compiled by educators at the National Archives, this website contains the 100 milestone documents in American History.

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National Archives and Records Administration
This section from the National Archives website contains resources for educators, including lesson activity suggestions and primary source analysis worksheets for a variety of original source material. All of these resources can be modified for younger students. Click on the Digital Vaults link to view original documents from their online exhibition.

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Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
This website contains educational resources provided by all the different Smithsonian museums. You can search by topic, grade level, and/or state standards. I also recommend checking out each museum individually through the Smithsonian main page ([|http://www.si.edu]).

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Classroom Resources from National Council for the Social Studies
NCSS provides resources, such as lesson plans and recommendations for social studies books for young people.

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Time For Kids
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Census
Check out teacher resources through the Census bureau

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