High School Teachers

Covering urbanization and industrialization? This homicide index can help students understand social changes and …

Is the Declaration of Independence challenging for your students? Check out these ideas to make this text more …

Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.

Primary sources are crucial for historical study. AP history teacher Ron Gorr suggests ways to better incorporate them …

9/11 impacted more than just the nation. This repository of oral history video and audio clips reflects the tragedy from …

Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what they really mean!

Immerse your students in World War II battles, veterans, and services for Veteran’s Day projects with these handy …

Liberate yourself from overhead projectors with these versatile pieces of hardware.

Upgrade to “school 2.0” through making the most of technological resources.

Wrestling bears, surly cowboys, vultures circling lone travelers. . . Find resources on American myth.

Create a lesson, worksheet, or class page, and publish it online right away.

What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. Ritchie looks at the people captured in this …

Use the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to examine the benefits and costs of industrialization.

The Freedom site is a creation of the Library of Congress, whose mission is to “engage, inspire, and inform Congress and …

Glogster—a “posterboard” creator for the digital media age.

Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your community?

New technology in the classroom means new techniques and challenges. Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle’s new whiteboard …

Want to use digital games in your class? Jeremiah McCall shares five guidelines for evaluating games.

A multimedia collaborative tool with the American Association of School Librarians’ stamp of approval.

Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and after a museum visit with graphic …

Immerse your students in the 1770s with this online game.

With AP exams over for the year, AP U.S. History teacher Monte Bourjaily and AP U.S. Government teacher Ken Halla didn’t …

Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.

Discover a whole new world of mapping and geography with Google Maps!

Share away on this YouTube-style site for PowerPoint, PDF, and OpenOffice projects.

Brainstorm and organize ideas with this easy-to-use visual tool.

Find primary sources and the tools to present them to students—in one place.

High school teacher Joe Jelen introduces the primary source analysis strategy “zoom-in inquiry.”

Delve into 20th-century history with Holocaust survivor and witness testimonies.

Zotero makes gathering, annotating, organizing, and cross-referencing research simple.

Collect information from your students and your peers with Google Forms.

Encourage students to think critically about website content by introducing evaluation criteria and rubrics.

YouTube blocked at your school? Video uploading site Vimeo is here for you.

In this official Google-created video, educators and other school personnel volunteer ways they’ve used Google Docs in …

Check out this tech-based alternative to counting raised hands.

Use pictures to teach and learn history—and explore copyright issues.

What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this online game from iCivics!

Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.

Create, share, and collaborate with this free word-processing tool!

Liberate yourself from overhead projectors with these versatile pieces of hardware.