History & Social Studies Links and Resources

SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

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Explore a curated collection of online social studies and history teaching resources for educators and students.

Mr. Harms posts Social Studies Resources as he comes across them and would welcome any History Resources suggestions to enhance this page. Feel free to email him your suggestions.

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I. GAMIFICATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY

A. GamingLyfe.com(opens in new tab)

B. Gamification In Social Studies

C. Why History Simulations Work

II. Social Studies

A. Primary Source Documents
1. Library of Congress Primary Sources(opens in new tab)
2. Iowa Heritage Digital Collections(opens in new tab)
3. History By Mail: Primary Source Replica Subscription(opens in new tab)

B. Pinterest
1. Social Studies(opens in new tab)

C. Government
1. Comparing the Governments of Great Britain and The United States(opens in new tab)

D. Other Sites:
1. History & Social Studies Links Page(opens in new tab)
2. Gapminder: Interactive maps about history, economics, education......(opens in new tab)
3. Visualizing Economics(opens in new tab)
4. Active History.com(opens in new tab) (Interesting activities and lessons)
5. The Classroom(opens in new tab) (Educational Resources)
6. Maps of the World:(opens in new tab) Info-graphics for everything!
7. Global Firepower:(opens in new tab) Compare the military & industrial power of all countries
8. The Armenian Genocide Museum - Institute(opens in new tab)
9. List of countries by past and future populations(opens in new tab)
10. History Resource Cupboard- History Teaching Resources(opens in new tab)
12. Simple History Animated Short Videos(opens in new tab)
13. Talking Social Studies: Ideas for the 21st Century(opens in new tab)
14. fascinating stories/discoveries(opens in new tab)
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15. HistoryHitTV(opens in new tab)
17. The Cunning Teacher: Free History Resources(opens in new tab)
18. (opens in new tab)Roots of Reality: A History Podcast "Unraveling 13 .8 billion years that led to you"(opens in new tab)
19. EdTechTools: Podcast for Social Studies Tech in the classroom(opens in new tab)
20. Extra Credits: Animated History Lessons(opens in new tab)
21. HistoryBites: Short topic History Videos(opens in new tab)
22. 21st Century Skills(opens in new tab)
23. Social Studies Common Core(opens in new tab)

24. Bobble Head George History Videos

E. World History:

Grey History: Podcast about the French Revolution(opens in new tab)
2. Art In History Products(opens in new tab)
3. Ancient World History
a. Ancient Greece History Podcast(opens in new tab)
b. AncientGreece.org(opens in new tab)
4. World History Resources(opens in new tab)

F. American History:
1. AMDOCS: Documents For The Study of American History(opens in new tab)
2. The Constitution Explained Through Videos(opens in new tab)
3. History Heroes: Animated amusing videos about American History(opens in new tab)
4. Periodic Presidents(opens in new tab)
5. American History Resources(opens in new tab)

G. History Organizations
1. World History Association(opens in new tab)
2. National Council For History Education(opens in new tab)
3. American Historical Association(opens in new tab)
5. California Council For The Social Studies(opens in new tab)
6. National Council For The Social Studies(opens in new tab)
7. Organization of American Historians(opens in new tab)

H. Social Studies Standards
(opens in new tab)1. UCLA History: National Center For History in the Schools(opens in new tab)

III. World War I

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A. Pinterest
1. Weapons of World War One(opens in new tab)
2. World War One(opens in new tab)
3. WWI Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
4. The National World War One Museum(opens in new tab)

B. Other Links:
2. New World Encyclopedia: World War One(opens in new tab)
3. The History Channel.com: World War I(opens in new tab)
4. BBC: World War One(opens in new tab)
5. PBS: The Great War(opens in new tab)
6. Legends and Traditions of the Great War(opens in new tab)
8. The National World War One Museum(opens in new tab)
9. World War 1 Resources(opens in new tab)

IV. World War II

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A. Pinterest
1. Weapons of World War Two(opens in new tab)
2. World War Two(opens in new tab)
3. WWII Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)

B. Other Links:
1. The History Channel.com: World War II(opens in new tab)
2. Women and The Home Front During World War II(opens in new tab)
3. Hitler's Nazi Architecture(opens in new tab)
4. The National WWII Museum(opens in new tab)
5. Enigma Machine Simulator(opens in new tab)
6. U-Boat.Net(opens in new tab)
7. World War II Machines History(opens in new tab)
8. The National D-Day Memorial(opens in new tab)
9. The Voices of World War Two(opens in new tab)
10. D-Day Picture Collection from France(opens in new tab)
11. Interactive World War II European Theater(opens in new tab) (National Geographic)
12. The World War II Multimedia Data Base(opens in new tab)
13. The only known color film of the Japanese Surrender in 1945(opens in new tab)
14. Color Film of D-Day & Days After(opens in new tab)
15. World War 2 Resources(opens in new tab)

V. The Cold War

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A. Pinterest
1. The Cold War(opens in new tab)
2. Cold War Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)

VI. The American Civil War

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A. Pinterest
1.The Civil War(opens in new tab)
2. Civil War Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)

B. Other Links:
1. Civil War Trust(opens in new tab)
a. Gettysburg Battle: Animated Map(opens in new tab)
2. The American Civil War Homepage(opens in new tab)
3. A History of Illinois In The Civil War(opens in new tab)
4. The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns PBS(opens in new tab)
5. The History Channel.com: The American Civil War(opens in new tab)
6. Civil War and Reconstruction(opens in new tab)
7. Son of the South: Civil War Links(opens in new tab)
9. Medicine In The American Civil War(opens in new tab)
10. TeachThe CivilWar.com(opens in new tab)
11. Clara Barton: Civil War Nurse(opens in new tab)
12. Civil War Resources(opens in new tab)

VII. The American Revolution

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A. Pinterest
1. American Revolution Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
2. American Revolution Resources(opens in new tab)

VIII. The Holocaust

A. Pinterest
1. Holocaust Movies

B. Other Links:
2. Holocaust Timeline
3. Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
4. Voices of the Holocaust
5. BBC: Auschwitz Interactive Map
6. World War II and The Holocaust Animated Map
7. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
8. USC Shoah Foundation
9. CENTRE FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION

XI. The Vietnam War

A. Pinterest
1. The Vietnam War
2. Vietnam War Hollywood Movies

B. Other Links:
1. Vietnam War Web Sources

X. Other Education Related Sites

B. The Classroom
-A great free resource site for students, parents and teachers.
C. Jooble
-Historian Jobs
D. Teacher's Guide to Cyber Security
E. Jobsora: World Wide Education Jobs

XI. History of Education

A. Museum of Teaching and Learning