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On-line Resources
Crossroads
A
K-16 American History Curriculum
The curriculum, called Crossroads, is composed of thirty-six units equally
distributed among elementary, middle, and high school grade levels, as well as course
syllabi for pre-service social studies educators on the subjects of American history and history education. The curriculum is chronologically organized into twelve
historical periods--each covered by a unit at each of the three grade levels.
History
Matters
Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history.
Emphasizes materials that focus on the lives of ordinary Americans and actively involve students in analyzing and interpreting evidence.
Living Ohio Government Series
Ohio government comes alive as Ohio teachers and students discover and explore the Living Ohio Government
Series "L.O.G.S." through an innovative website rich with reference materials on government and the law-making
process. L.O.G.S. offers the best collection of sites on the executive, legislative and judicial branches reviewed by
experts in both government and education and designed to support state and national curriculum standards.
Designed primarily for teachers and students in grades K through 12, the L.O.G.S. website provides a variety of
resources that offers engaging content and relevant Internet information resources helpful for homework, lesson
plans, research, personal exploration, and proficiency testing. L.O.G.S. also encourages
problem-solving through select project-based activities that are developed by educators.
Whole
Cloth: Discovering Science and Technology Through American Textile
History
An interdisciplinary curriculum that
brings ideas about science, technology, and invention into the social studies
classroom with the hope of encouraging women and all students of color into
technological careers.
The North American Quilt: A Living Geography Project
Geography, social studies, language arts, history, art,
Grades 4 - 10
The North American Quilt is designed to bring an interdisciplinary approach to the study of
geography, engaging students to participate in a growing collection of geographic and cultural information about the continent.
Produced by
Cathy de Moll, with assistance from Nora McGillivray, Kyle Lehenbauer. Teacher
advisors: Vicki Heisler, Michael Hutchison and Kathy Guzzo.
Now We Are Engaged in a Great Civil War: 1848-1880 ERIC Lesson Plans
for K-2.
The children will be exposed to the historical
background of slavery in the colonies, the dehumanizing effects it had on African
Americans and the way slaves and others tried to gain freedom for these African Americans. The children will listen to true
stories and those based on true incidents about this era so that they can begin to think about the
institution of slavery and why people would risk their lives to help those forced into it.
Woman Suffrage
and the 19th Amendment
Primary Sources, Activities, and
Links to Related Web Sites for Educators and Students
Ohio
Kids
The Ohio Historical Society Kids
Pages
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