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Additional Resources

Education Resources Online

 

General Curriculum Resources

Oral History Curriculum Resources

Place-Based Education Resources

Civic Engagement Resources

Native Education Resources

 

General Curriculum Resources

 

Asian American Curriculum and Research Project

Western Washington University's Woodring College of Education maintains this website of curriculum resources.  The site currently displays photos and documents, with lesson plans to come.

 

CBA Instructional Resources from WLMA

The Washington Library Media Association has devoted part of its website to research strategies, resources, links, and pathfinders for specific CBAs. 

 

Facing the Future

Download curriculum resources from this organization dedicated to improving student understanding and engagement in local and global communities.  Includes curricula for social studies, math, and science.

 

Farmers Insurance Group

Free curriculum and multi-media materials for interested teachers.

 

Federal Resources for Education Excellence (FREE)

More than 1500 teaching and learning free resources (including primary sources) organized by content area.

 

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Resources for Teachers and Students

Modules, quizzes, podcasts and other resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute.

 

National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration

Educational CD Roms, Teacher Guides, and Lesson Plans.

 

New York Times Lesson Archive

Searchable database of middle and high school lessons.

 

RubiStar

Free online resource for creating project-based learning rubrics.

 

TeacherTube

YouTube for instructional videos.

 

Thinking Like a Historian

A product of the a Teaching American History grant in Wisconsin, this downloadable guide offers tips for connecting the processes and questions of history for teachers and students.

 

Washington History Online

The Education Department of the Washington State History Museum provides online curriculum materials and activities.

 

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Oral History Curriculum Resources

 

Oral History Unit

Youth Source, a Canadian online learning resource, provides several practical suggestions for how to introduce oral histories in the classroom.

 

This Is Your Life

On HotChalk's Lessons Plan Page, teacher Amy Kelly explains her family history lesson

 

Using Oral History Lesson

This lesson from the Library of Congress outlines ways to use oral histories in the classroom with items from the Library's collection.

 

What Is History? Timelines and Oral Histories

Designed for elementary students, this lesson from EDSITEment offers suggestions for starting students on history projects.

 

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Place-Based Education Resources

 

Community Works

An online resource center for community-based education, which offers online access to the Community Works Journal.

 

ePals

Online community for connecting classrooms across the globe.

 

Examples of Place-Based Learning Portfolios

The Rural Trust shares examples of portfolios and rubrics on their website.

 

The Leopold Education Project

An education project that promotes Leopold's "The Land Ethic" through interdisciplinary learning.

 

Lights, Camera, . . . Leadership!

High-school curriculum for video community projects.

 

Meet Me at the Corner

Virtual field trips made by 7-13 year olds around the country.

 

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Civic Engagement Resources

 

Institute for Education and Community Leadership's Bi-Monthly Newsletter

IELeadership Connections explores the topic of leadership in education.

 

"Linking Education Research and Civic Responsibility: Why Now?"

This article "From the Desk of the President" in the Educational Researcher explores the role of civic responsibility in educational research.

 

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Native Education Resources

 

Enduring Legacies Project

The Evergreen State College supports this project, which develops teaching resources for Native American education.

 

Native American Projects from the Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement (ECEI)

Information and curricula from a variety of Native American education projects.

 

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Our Place in History is part of a nationwide Teaching American History federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education Academic Improvement and Demonstration Programs Award #U215X060204.