State History
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- Around California with Children’s Books
- California Out of the Box: An Interdisciplinary History Curriculum
- My California, My Illinois, My Indiana, My Texas
- My First Reports
- Snapshots Across America Game
- The Star-Spangled State Book
- State Notebook and Junior State Notebook
- States and Capitals (CD)
- States and Capitals Course
- States and Capitals Songs Kit (CD)
History and Social Studies Web Links
- Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education has a section titled Ed Tech Ratings & Reviews that hosts teacher reviews and ratings for online games, websites, and apps. The site is free with no registration required.
- Core Knowledge Classic Lesson Plans
Free lesson plans for social studies for grades K-8. See my review of Core Knowledge Classic Lesson Plans.
- Crash Course World History Videos
Playlist for 42 Crash Course World History videos, with John Green providing the entertaining narration. The fast-paced videos run about 10 minutes each. Also look for other Crash Course History series: World History 2, European History, US History, and Black History.
- Federalist Papers and other primary source documents
free online access to the Federalist Papers and other primary source documents from the founding of the U.S.
- Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults
annotated historical fiction recommendations arranged by time period, geographical, area, and reading level
- Ryan Reeves History for Everyone Videos
Ryan Reeves presents well-done videos for teens and adults on many aspects of history, including many on church history that are good for both Protestants and Catholics.
- The Medieval Lifestyle article
useful article summarizing many areas of the medieval lifestyle: food, clothing, art, architecture, medicine, weapons, games, and entertainment
- The National Archives Experience: Docs Teach
This site makes primary source documents from U.S. history available and also provides extensive detailed lesson plans for teaching specific topics from U.S. history. Lessons cover only selected topics, so this is supplemental material.
- WatchKnowLearn Videos for History
WatchKnowLearn catalogs hundreds of free educational videos "Wiki-style" in both broad and sub-categories so it's easy to search. There are many sub-categories for history plus a separate section for Social Studies.
Core Curricula
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