Best sites for American HIstory
Middle School
Middle school students today are living in a tech savvy world and teaching history only through lectures can seem boring. There are many resources available through the internet that allow students to interact with history online and provide great resources to teachers through lesson plans and power points. As a middle school American History teacher these are my top ten favorite sites.
America
Online History Games
- Games and Cool Stuff
This is the games and cool stuff page for History.com.
American History Power Points
A Variety of History power points & DBQ
- Free American History Outlines, PowerPoints, Worksheets | Student Handouts
This site is free and provides a range of resources including Document Based Questions, Power Points and printable resources. - United States History Powerpoint Presentations
Multi Media Learning Site that provides a variety of power points that are standards based. Note this site does cost money but it is a wealth of information and saves time planning so choose carefully.
DBQ
The Underground Railroad (interactive)
Music of the Civil War
- American Civil War Music
Music of the American Civil War union and confederate songs and lyrics.
Drummer boys of Civil War
Poetry of Civil War
Civil War
- The U.S. Civil War
The Civil War was one of the most devastating events in American History. Read about the causes, see the heroes, and share the horror by clicking on these links.
U.S. History
- ushistory.org
ushistory.org, created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Colonial and Revolutionary history centered in Philadelphia, PA
More Powerpoint
DBQ
- The DBQ Project
Understand purpose of DBQ. Enhance comprehension.
Civil War
- How to Teach the Civil War | eHow.com
How to Teach the Civil War. America's Civil War was a defining moment in United State's History. Often times students think that the Civil War was about slavery. While that is true there were other issues that divided the...
