Social Studies Teacher Links
Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips
...links to the electronic field trips, teacher resources and information
GeoBee Challenge (slj)
...an online geography bee
Marcus Garvey - Look for me in the whirlwind
...information about founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.) whose goals were racial unity, economic independence, educational achievement, and moral reform.
What is Christianity?This set of pages tries to summarize Christian beliefs and practices. It is intended as an introduction to Christianity for non-Christians.
The Choices ProgramThe Choices Program is a national education program designed to introduce substantive international content into the secondary school curriculum.
NCLH National Center for History in the Schools
Sacred Stories from Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism in animated format from the British Museum
Visualizing Cultures was launched at MIT in 2002 to explore the potential of the Web for developing innovative image-driven scholarship and learning.
Historical Scene Investigations Use primary sources to solve historical mysteries CSI style.
National Archives Digital Vaults sort through billions of primary sources from the National Archives
World Digital Library Hundreds of primary sources from around the world.
DocsTeach Build activities, use premade activities, and find thousands of primary sources.
Who's Who and What's What (slj)
...a daily current events quiz with links to NY Times articles
Newspaper in Education Online
...Providing content and web services for Newspaper in Education programs
Center for Lowell History
Berwick Academy Mill Girls Page
Lowell Mill Girls- Minimal information from a UMASS Lowell faculty site.
Liberty Rhetoric Among Lowell Mill Girls Images, photos, maps, etc.
American History Online Database
Kate's Industrial Revolution Wiki
Loom and Spindle or, Life Among the Early Mill Girls by Harriet Robinson c.1898 full text from Google Books.
Lowell by John Pendergast- full text on Google Books
Mill and Mansion by John Coolidge- This is a study of architecture and society 1820-1865. Google Books full text.
History of Lowell and its People by Frederick W. Coburn, third ed., c.1920, Google Books full text.
Kids on Strike by Susan Campbell Bartoletti- Mill workers strike of 1834, etc., Google Books full text.
The Lowell Mill Girlsby Alice K. Flannigan grade 5-8. Images and photographs. Good lower-level reading.
The Lowell Experiment by Cathy Stanton
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Patterson
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Millies - A film made by a Lawrence based filmmaker about mill girls.
Weekly Reader Election 2008
Scholastic News Election 2008
Congress for Kids
Election Vocab Comics
Step by Step on the Campaign Trail
Kids Voting USA
Online National Election for Kids
CNN Student News
New York Times
New York Times Student
Kid Post (Washington Post)
Time for Kids
The Living Room Candidates - Presidential TV commercials since 1952
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index - tons of editorial cartoons
Presidential Campaign Memorabilia
Inagural Addresses (from George Washington to George W.)
Washington Post Presidential Candidates
The Green Papers
PBS By the People
Fab Web Sites on the 2008 Presidential Election
PBS Teachers Vote 2008
NewsHour Lesson Plans
Teaching about the 2008 Election
Where do they Stand?
On the Leading Edge?
Public vs. Private
Future Voters of America
Party Like It’s 1992 or ’84 or ’76 or ’68!