GREAT WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS & PARENTS
HISTORY
This website has detailed information on George Washington for students from 3rd grade through high school. There’s a George Washington webquest that challenges student to search for interesting facts on the website.
http://www.gwpapers.virginia.edu/
This is a fascinating inside look at the architecture, culture, Native American history, presidents, (as well as other related info.).
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
This site treats ancient Egyptian history and culture in ten major domains, offering timelines and interactive activities for each. The site is visually pleasing and well-done graphically. One great aspect of the site is that each domain has stories that accompany it. the stories have hypertext links for difficult vocabulary. this site has so much to help anyone who would make teaching ancient Egyptian history fun.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
This site is child friendly and focuses on ancient Egypt. this site includes many art projects, museum tours, lessons, resources, quizzes, etc. This site provides 6th grade students with the tools they need to make mummy replicas, create a model of the Great Pyramid, take a quiz, look at and learn about the different wild animals of the Nile, color in a coloring book, go on a safari, write in hieroglyphs and so much more!
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/kids/
There was a treasure trove of information to be found here regarding the history of Israel. The look of the site is exceptional and the photos, graphics, and maps are first-rate. Links are excellent, although some are memory intensive.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
This site gives great information for young students on archeological site and fossil finds. There are great interactive activities for your students as well.
http://www.pbs.org/
Popular songs in American History gives lyrics and actually plays the tune by way of a Midi file that allows the class to sing along. There are many songs from the American Revolution, the Civil War, Westward Expansion, Gold Rush and more…!
http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html
This is the website for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It is an excellent site for teaching the Holocaust and WWII. So much good stuff here: primary source documents, photos, (catalogued by date, event, place, etc.), survivor stories, live link to the museum.
http://www.ushmm.org/
Jamestown history
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=8
Colonial Williamsburg history. Click on the history link and you’ll get brief write-ups as well as photos.
http://www.history.org/history/index.cfm
Monticello history and fascinating info into the lifestyle of Thomas Jefferson.
http://www.monticello.org/
Model le3ssons based on the California State Standards.
http://www.history.ctaponline.org/index.cfm
Library of Congress. You can feel confident the content is valid.
http://www.aoc.gov/