By Jeff Burns
I
just attended the annual conference of the National Council for History Education held in Atlanta. It’s always fun to hang
out with people from all over who are big history nerds, just like yourself,
and to learn about new stories and new resources.
Here’s a list of the some resources I learned
about from sessions and exhibitors.
The US Army Heritage and Education Center - Educators Toolbox with lots of primary and secondary sources, lesson
plans, and topics related to the
American military
James Madison Foundation not only provides fellowships to teachers who want to more US Constitution
knowledge, but they also provide lessons and have a Youtube series called
Constitutional Conversations, which consists of illustrated lectures by
scholars on various topics.
The American Bar Association has lesson plans for all levels.
The Smithsonian American
Art Museum offers a summer workshop history and English teachers and lots of
resources online and offers video conferences between curators
and your classes. They also The American Experience in
the classroom which looks very promising.
The Smithsonian also
offers Learning Lab which allows you to pull objects and documents from across
all the digital collections of all the museums. You can create your own
collection or view others.
Backstory, a program of
the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is a podcast. If you’re a history fan, give it a
listen.
Interested in economic
history? The Federal Reserve has lots of info for you.
Tons of resources
available at the Digital Public Library of America
STEAM or STEM school?
Looking to combine history and technology?
REACH
