Social Studies Teacher LinksColonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips
...links to the electronic field trips, teacher resources and information GeoBee Challenge (slj) ...an online geography bee Marcus Garvey - Look for me in the whirlwind ...information about founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.) whose goals were racial unity, economic independence, educational achievement, and moral reform. What is Christianity?This set of pages tries to summarize Christian beliefs and practices. It is intended as an introduction to Christianity for non-Christians. The Choices ProgramThe Choices Program is a national education program designed to introduce substantive international content into the secondary school curriculum. NCLH National Center for History in the Schools Sacred Stories Sacred Stories from Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism in animated format from the British Museum Visualizing Cultures Visualizing Cultures was launched at MIT in 2002 to explore the potential of the Web for developing innovative image-driven scholarship and learning. Samurai Archives Historical Scene Investigations Use primary sources to solve historical mysteries CSI style. National Archives Digital Vaults sort through billions of primary sources from the National Archives World Digital Library Hundreds of primary sources from around the world. DocsTeach Build activities, use premade activities, and find thousands of primary sources. News LinksWho's Who and What's What (slj)
...a daily current events quiz with links to NY Times articles Newspaper in Education Online ...Providing content and web services for Newspaper in Education programs Lowell Links
Center for Lowell History
Berwick Academy Mill Girls Page Lowell Mill Girls- Minimal information from a UMASS Lowell faculty site. Liberty Rhetoric Among Lowell Mill Girls Images, photos, maps, etc. Chronicling America American History Online Database Kate's Industrial Revolution Wiki Online Books Loom and Spindle or, Life Among the Early Mill Girls by Harriet Robinson c.1898 full text from Google Books. Lowell by John Pendergast- full text on Google Books Mill and Mansion by John Coolidge- This is a study of architecture and society 1820-1865. Google Books full text. History of Lowell and its People by Frederick W. Coburn, third ed., c.1920, Google Books full text. Kids on Strike by Susan Campbell Bartoletti- Mill workers strike of 1834, etc., Google Books full text. The Lowell Mill Girlsby Alice K. Flannigan grade 5-8. Images and photographs. Good lower-level reading. The Lowell Experiment by Cathy Stanton 1900+ Resources Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Patterson Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop Millies - A film made by a Lawrence based filmmaker about mill girls. |
Election Links
Weekly Reader Election 2008
ZOOM Elections Scholastic News Election 2008 Congress for Kids Election Vocab Comics Step by Step on the Campaign Trail Kids Voting USA Online National Election for Kids CNN Student News NewsHour New York Times New York Times Student Kids Newsroom Kid Post (Washington Post) Time for Kids CSPAN Podcasts ection Coverage The Living Room Candidates - Presidential TV commercials since 1952 Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index - tons of editorial cartoons Presidential Campaign Memorabilia Inagural Addresses (from George Washington to George W.) Washington Post Presidential Candidates 270toWin Electoral-Vote Political Classroom The Green Papers PBS By the People Vote Smart Fab Web Sites on the 2008 Presidential Election eLECTIONS PBS Teachers Vote 2008 NewsHour Lesson Plans Open Secrets Teaching about the 2008 Election Teachable Moment Where do they Stand? On the Leading Edge? Public vs. Private Future Voters of America Party Like It’s 1992 or ’84 or ’76 or ’68! |
