National History Education Clearinghouse

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/sah/hover.html

Using photograph collections focused on the Civil War and African Americans, this workshop identifies ways that students can use elements of the Library of Congress’s American Memory online collection as a basis for historical investigation.

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/european/wover.html

This workshop developed by Stanlee Brimberg, Bank Street College of Education, examines the question, what was America like for immigrants arriving at the turn of the century?

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/amerwest/awover.html

How did we survive and thrive in the American West? The exercises in this workshop explore the interdisciplinary study of the American history and literature of the late 19th century.

http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/primarysources/

These workshops help high school teachers develop activities and lessons with documents that deal with controversial topics in American History.

http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/amerhistory/

America’s History in the Making is designed to enrich middle school and high school teachers’ American history knowledge, while introducing teaching methods that will help them develop their own classroom applications.

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/video/index.html

This videocourse provides guided practice in efficiently using Library of Congress search tools, indexes, and files.

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/video/index.html

Staff at the Library of Congress lead a 2 hour interactive workshop for schools on the educational uses of maps.

http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/guidelines/

This online workshop includes video segments from a workshop presented by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland. The guidelines and methodological suggestions in these video segments—including 14 points to consider in teaching the Holocaust and suggested lessons plans—are at the core of every teacher workshop and conference presented by the Museum. In addition to video of the actual workshop session, segments include historical and artifact photographs, text, and links to related sites within the Museum’s website.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series67.html

Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, and Michael Eisner. In-depth treatments present film as a powerful economic force, potent 20-century art form, and viable career option.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series164.html

This video course on American literature provides college-level instruction or teacher professional development, and consists of 16 half-hour video programs, an instructor's guide, a study guide, and a website.