Helpful Links
Listed below are some web links that can be of great help to you in your lessons:
Copies of the State Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks can be found on the California Department of Education web site: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
McDougal-Littel, the publisher of the class textbook maintains this web site. You can find a wealth of resources and activities specifically tied to the textbook.
United Streaming has over 40,000 video clips on demand. You can search or browse the site for its massive holdings, but one of the great features is the ability to look for audio and visual resources according to the State Standards. To get an account, go to their home page, and enter our school’s access code: 99A9-3DE1 (all caps.). Once their server accepts the code, you can then set up a free personal account.
National Public Radio is heard daily around the world. This is a rich source of news, documentary, entertainment, political discourse, and just about any topic relating to current events, history, science and the arts. Most of the news programs are archived and an excellent search engine allows one to hear programs from the last several years.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html
S.C.O.R.E. stands for "Schools of California Online Resources for Education." This a great source of ideas, information and lesson plans. S.C.O.R.E. has links to over 5000 websites aligned to California's History/Social Science Curriculum. You can search for projects or topics that are aligned to all the California Content Standards.
This is the web site for the Public Television. Most of the television shows on PBS are available on tape or DVD and have correlating web sites. Many of these web sites also have lesson plans and teacher guides which can be downloaded easily.
This is the web site for the Smithsonian Institution. Enough said.
http://www.historybookclub.com
History Book club sells the latest published books. I do not recommend becoming a member unless you want to have history books sent to your home on a regular basis. However, I like to use the web site because it is a great source of information. One can learn about the latest published scholarship. All of their offered books have excellent synopses, reviews, and critiques by other club members.
The American Historical Association (AHA) was founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 to serve the broad field of history. It encompasses every historical period and geographical area and serves professional historians in all areas of employment.
http://www.americanheritage.com/
This is the web site for the history magazine of the same name.
This is the web site for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
This is the home page of the Imperial War Museum. As this is a British organization, much of the information emphasizes British involvement in military conflicts of the last century. It is nevertheless, a great source from a great museum system.
When we study the causes and effects of the Holocaust in the spring semester, students and parents might want to visit: www.museumoftolerance.com. This is the website for the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in West Hollywood. You may also want to refer to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org.
Thanks to Ms. Haylee Breen's afternoon guided comprehension program for recommending this link relating to WWII:
http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-a-timeline-of-world-war-ii.aspx
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