K-12 Lessons, Sources...Social Science/History Sites

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"(...) - http://www.historycentral.com Drawing on materials from the 21 History CD-ROMs developed by MultiEducator over the last decade, HistoryCentral.com brings history alive. A key component of HistoryCentral.com is the timeline of major world history events beginning in 10,000 BC and ending with 1999 THE HISTORY CHANNEL - http://www.historychannel.com/index.html Check milestones of the millennium or search for any topic, any time. HISTORY CHANNEL: THIS DAY IN HISTORY - http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/ The History Channel brings us not just one This Day in History, but nine including Automotive History, Civil War History, Crime History, Literary History, Technology History and Wall Street History. Browse the files by any date (such as your birthday) to learn of important headlines and birthdays throughout the centuries. HISTORY HOUSE - http://www.historyhouse.com/ Books, stories and historical trivia.  Check out the weekly story and carefully selected links.  Read about the history of coffee or find a book with the history of coffee.  It's all there. THE HISTORY INDEX - http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html From the University of Kansas, links to all social studies subjects by eras and epochs, historical topics and countries and regions. HISTORY MYSTERY - http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp I LOVE THIS ONE. Scholastic offers this nice collection of elementary-level mysteries from various time periods and regions of the world, encouraging students to use library sources and online research to help successfully identify significant figures and events from history. Offers feedback to student answers and opportunity for further investigation. HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN - http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/ A neat site with links to answers to questions about Halloween from the History Channely events beginning in 10,000 BC and ending with 1999 THE HISTORY CHANNEL - http://www.historychannel.com/index.html Check milestones of the millennium or search for any topic, any time. HISTORY CHANNEL: THIS DAY IN HISTORY - http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/ The History Channel brings us not just one This Day in History, but nine including Automotive History, Civil War History, Crime History, Literary History, Technology History and Wall Street History. Browse the files by any date (such as your birthday) to learn of important headlines and birthdays throughout the centuries. HISTORY HOUSE - http://www.historyhouse.com/ Books, stories and historical trivia.  Check out the weekly story and carefully selected links.  Read about the history of coffee or find a book with the history of coffee.  It's all there. THE HISTORY INDEX - http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html From the University of Kansas, links to all social studies subjects by eras and epochs, historical topics and countries and regions. HISTORY MYSTERY - http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp I LOVE THIS ONE. Scholastic offers this nice collection of elementary-level mysteries from various time periods and regions of the world, encouraging students to use library sources and online research to help successfully identify significant figures and events from history. Offers feedback to student answers and opportunity for further investigation. HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN - http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/ A neat site with links to answers to questions about Halloween from the History Channel (...)"