Just for Kids & Teachers - Educator &
Teacher Resources
Washington County Maryland Public Schools
1895 Rand
McNally Map of Maryland
1.7 MB
Image File
Maryland Topographic Map
Satellite Image of Maryland
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is Our
Classroom
Maryland Space Grant Consortium Teachers Reources
Social Studies in Maryland
Daily Life in 17th C.
Maryland
Lesson plans and classroom
activities dealing with life in 17th century colonial Maryland. Elementary
school level.
Daily Life in Colonial
Maryland
Lesson plans and activities
for Middle School classes on life in Colonial Maryland.
Maryland History
In depth course of study covers Maryland's history from colonial
times to the present. Upper level high school/college.
American
Revolutionary War
Interesting lesson plan for grades 5 - 8 utilizing on-line resources
and engaging activities.
Congress Link
Presented by
The Dirksen Congressional Center, a non-profit, nonpartisan research and
educational organization, as a service for teachers. Excellent source of
innovative lesson plans.
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
Outstanding lesson plan that deals with childrens' lives during the
Great Depression.
Documents in the
Classroom
A great collection of
programs available, on-line, for use in the classroom and by
students.
Immigration Lesson Plans
Complete list of free lesson plans provided by the American
Immigration Law Foundation. Lessons for K-12 help students undertand the
importance of citizenship and laws and rights associated with immigration to the
U.S.
Inaugural
Classroom
Students learn how the
president is selected and what happens and why on Inauguration day.
Kid's White House
Kids will enjoy their own White House site. Take a virtual tour,
learn about pets in the White House and more fun facts.
Civil War Sites:
Civil War Women Archival Collection of
Duke University Library of Congress (do a search for
Civil War and get many interesting things from photos to oral
histories)
Making of America Digital Library
National Park Service Links to the Past
North Star's Underground Railroad Learning
Center
Valley of the
Shadows
US Civil War Information
Teacher Resources:
Blue Web'n
Busy Teachers' Website
Computer Learning Foundation
Edsitement
Education World
Impact II-The Teachers Network
National Archives Digital Classroom
National History
Day
National Park Service's The Learning Place
Tech Corps
Here are a few phone numbers, if your mouse
gives out and you have to turn to more traditional methods of
communication:
- Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network
501-450-1727
- The Center for the Study of Southern Culture
601-232-5993
- The Civil War Education Association
703-678-8598
- Cobblestone Publishing, Inc.
603-924-7209
- Educational Technology 1-800-952-2665
- The History Channel 212-210-9780
- Library of Congress 202-707-5000
- National Archives 202-501-5400
- National Council for History Education
216-835-1776
- National Council for the Social Studies
202-966-7840
- National Foundation for the Improvement of
Education 202-822-7840
- National Genealogical Society
703-525-0050
- National Park Service Resources:
American
Battlefield Protection Program 202-343-3941
National Register of Historic
Places 202-343-9536
Parks as Classrooms 202-785-4500
PARTNERS Project
304-535-6767
Teaching With Historic Places 202-343-9536
- Smithsonian Institution 202-357-1300
- United States Army Center of Military History
202-761-5373
- United States Civil War Center 504-522-3328
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