Deron Perkins

Ms. Ballentine
EDU 2800.02
25 October 2015
Internet Searches
1. Name: iCivics
a. Website: https://www.icivics.org/
i. This site provides interactive gaming to reinforce the lessons taught by
teachers. It also allows the students to better grasp history and civic
concepts by placing the students in hands on situations.
2. Name: Library of Congress
a. Website: http://www.loc.gov/
i. The Library of Congress is the largest and most expansive library in the
world. The LOC is the perfect resource for students seeking primary and
secondary sources from various eras. This will help students in their
efforts to produce research papers.
3. Name: National Archives
a. Website: http://www.archives.gov/
i. The National Archives is another source of seemingly limitless primary
and secondary sources. These sources will be especially useful when
researching American history and any documents pertaining to it i.e.
photographs, newspaper articles, and books.
4. Name: Teaching Tolerance
a. Website: http://www.tolerance.org/
i. This is a place for educators to find thought-provoking news, conversation
and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity and
respect for differences in schools. This is essential for educators because
understanding students and being able to teach tolerance is key to
communication within the classroom.

5. Name: Teaching History

a. Website: http://www.teachinghistory.org/
i. Teaching History is a one stop shop for anyone who seeks to take up social
studies as a profession. The site conveniently has tabs for elementary,
middle, and high school history with subsequent relative information.
6. Name: Public Broadcasting Service
a. Website: http://www.pbs.org/
i. PBS is a valuable source for students seeking better understanding of the
subject manner. PBS offers a vast amount of documentaries for older
students as well as educational cartoons for the younger ones.
7. Name: Smithsonian Institute
a. Website: http://www.si.edu/
i. The Smithsonian Institution has a wide variety of exhibitions and
collections on American history and culture. It also offers lesson plans
searchable by grade level, type of resource and historical topic.
8. Name: Time Magazine
a. Website: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/
i. Time magazine provides users with access to its impressive article archive
dating back to 1923, enabling students to search for articles from the
Harlem Renaissance to now.
9. Name: American Rhetoric
a. Website: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
i. American Rhetoric is dedicated to archiving American speeches, lectures,
sermons, interviews and other important media events. Its Online
Speech Bank contains full text, audio and video for more than 5,000
speeches.
10. Name: edHelper
a. Website: http://www.edhelper.com/
i. EdHelper provides teachers with free printables, graphic organizers,
worksheets, lesson plans, games and many other activities. This site also
spans from elementary to high school which makes it great for review with

kids who need extra help, but also can benefit those who are ahead of the
curve.