Seguin Independent School District

Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum & Instruction - ELA/Reading/Social Studies

Grades 6-12 Resources

Websites for Teachers

Read…Write…Think

Scholastic Teacher

PBS for Teachers

US History

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library http://memory.loc.gov/
NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/index.html
U.S. Historical Documents Archive http://www.ushda.org/
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
The Gilder Lehrman Institution of American History http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
Documenting the American South http://docsouth.unc.edu/
Animated Atlas http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
Memorial Hall Museum Online (Activities) http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/
History Matters http://www.history-matters.com/
History Now: American History Online http://www.historynow.org/12_2004/index.html

Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
Afro American Almanac http://www.toptags.com/aama/?req
Slave Narratives http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
African American History: Civil Rights Links http://www.cumbavac.org/Black_History.htm

· Teaching American History http://teachingamericanhistory.org/

· Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History http://www.smithsoniansource.org/

Texas Studies

Lone Star Junction http://www.lsjunction.com/

Texas Beyond History http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/

Texas Handbook Online http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Armadillo WWW Server: Texas History and Social Studies http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/history.html

·      Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) http://www.tshaonline.org/
·      Texas State Library and Archives Commission http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/
·      Texas Historical Commission (Local History) http://www.thc.state.tx.us/
World History, Geography, and Cultures

CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/

Middle East History & Resources http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm

Modern History Source Book http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Internet Medieval Source Book http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/

·      National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
·      United Nations (Also Economic, Government, and Culture) http://www.un.org/
·      Federal Reserve Education http://www.federalreserveeducation.org
·      Geodata.gov http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
·      Facing the Future http://www.facingthefuture.org/
·      The Power of Place http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html
Government and Economics

Foundation for Teaching Economics http://www.fte.org/

Texas Council for Economic Education http://www.economicstexas.org/

Federal Reserve (Education) http://www.dallasfed.org/educate/index.html

Capitalism.org http://www.capitalism.org/

The Living Room Candidate (Political Campaign commercials (1952 – Present)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/support/pitch.php

·      Law-Related Education http://www.texaslre.org/
·      iCivics http://www.icivics.org/

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