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National History Day is not just a day, but every day! The National History Day program is a year-long education program that culminates in a national contest every June. For more than twenty-five years the National History Day program has promoted systemic educational reform related to the teaching and learning of history in America's schools. The combination of creativity and scholarship built into the NHD program anticipated current educational reforms, making National History Day a leading model of performance-based learning.
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/
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"Contest questions are based on topics in American Studies, Geography of the United States, and United States government appropriate to each grade level. Each Contest consists of multiple choice questions, has a time limit of 35 minutes, and may be comfortably administered within one class period."
http://continentalmathleague.hostrack.com/Natsoc.htm
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The National Council for History Education is a non-profit corporation whose Board of Trustees is dedicated to promoting the importance of history in schools and in society. The Council is supported by the contributions of individuals and organizations. NCHE links history in the schools with many activities sponsored by state and local organizations. We provide a communications network for all advocates of history education, whether in schools, colleges, museums, historical councils, or comunity groups.
http://www.nche.net/
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This website offers: information about Smithsonian museums; explore and learn options in art & design, history & culture, and science & technology; exhibitions; research; events; outreach; and links for kids and teachers.
http://www.si.edu
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Since 1997, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program (APAP) has provided vision, leadership and support for all Asian Pacific American (APA) activities at the Smithsonian, while also serving as the Smithsonian's liaison to APA communities.
http://www.apa.si.edu/home.html
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Very fun and educational computer simulation game of historical strategy and conquest. Well produced with rich content.
http://www.microsoft.com/Games/Empires/links.htm
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All Through the Ages by Christine Miller is a guide for teaching and learning history using literature rather than textbooks.
http://www.nothingnewpress.com/atta.shtml
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This is an open-ended city-building game that blends Roman history, architecture and culture. As you progress, your city will blossom and grow!
http://www.vugames.com/file_list.do?gamePlatformId=289
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This game take kids through history teaching them all about great places and events including from the Egyption time to present. The object of the game is to travel through time answering question to capture Carmen Sandiego.
http://www.broderbund.com/jump.jsp?itemID=121&mainPID=121&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=carmen+sandiego
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This mixed media line of learning tools uses printed books and electronic gadgetry to help along young kids who have academic interest but are still early readers. There are programs that are focused on Science, Social Studies, or even books on tape. The programs have a read aloud feature for children who are still developing reading vocabulary. They have 5 levels of "Leaps" for varying abilities and interests.
http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findpage?pageID=leappad_systems
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Build real-life decision-making and problem-solving skills as the leader of a wagon party. Choose your team and supplies, read maps, plan your route, and guide your team through the unknown wilderness. Tough choices lie ahead, but with the help of your wagon party and people you meet along the way, you'll conquer this challenging journey and arrive in a new land.
This program is designed for ages 10+.
http://www.softwareforresellers.com/ortrail3rded.html
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This website offers the most complete source for Terry-Deary's books. Do not be fooled by thinking that the Terry-Dreary House of books contains only Horrible Histories. In fact it contains fiction, non-fiction, science books, ghost stories, thrillers and funny books.
http://www.terry-deary.com/shop/pages/index.html
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This website contains mostly scholarly links for the study of ancient civilizations, including their history, languages, culture, and civilization. The links are organized by type of civilization (e. g., "Egypt," "Etruscan," "Olmec," etc.) making it easy to locate links for the civilization under study. Language links for ancient languages are particularly useful.
http://killeenroos.com/link/anchist.htm
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This site represents selected resources of the history of art. For the most part this consists of links to other sites on the World Wide Web. They are organized by selected civilizations and periods, for simplicity sake, yet still allowing for diversity, including ancient and non-European civilizations.
http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/staff/MZichitella/ArtResources/ArtAgesStu.html
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"The Black Chamber provides a brief history of cryptography from Ancient Rome to today's Information Age, and it is also a mini-tutorial in codes and codebreaking."
http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/home.html
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This website offers a lesson plan for a castle-building project. The purpose of this lesson is to enable students to gain insight into the daily life of Medieval Welsh society. Students will also gain a deep understanding of how the Medieval castle played an integral part in the daily lives of the various classes of Medieval people. This lesson will help the students gain a superficial understanding of Monarchy, Feudalism and serfdom.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/castle_builder/
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This website is an homage to those times, both medieval and contemporary, when a youngster, lying on a bed with book in hand, was captivated by the heraldry, chivalry, and the romance of another place in mind...
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/index.html
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This website contains classic examples of art from various eras of Western civilization, with many links to other art history sites.
http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/modern.html
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This Website provides the complete U.S. Constitution, broken down by Articles, Sections, and Amendments. Amendments never ratified are also included.
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html
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This webaite is the online presence of the Discovery Channel It includes areas for most if not all of the shows aired on the network. New things are added each week.
http://www.discovery.com
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This website, by the Discovery Channel folks offers a fun, interactive site for kids. They have links to all of their tv shows with listings included. Within each show topic they have interactive games and show clips from the tv shows. They also have a Discovery Channel store that sells educational games and materials.
http://kids.discovery.com/
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This website is the online site of the radio show "The Engines of Our Ingenuity", which looks at the history of technology that makes our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. The program uses the record of history to reveal the way art, technology, and ideas have shaped us. Episode topics range from cable cars to Civil War submarines, from the connection between Romantic poets and Victorian science to the invention of the bar code. Transcripts from previous shows are available on the website as well as some extras.
http://www.uh.edu/engines/
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Math, Geography, and History facts in song form. Available in CD or cassette tape format, these catchy tunes make rote memorization fun (even for profoundly gifted kids!).
http://www.audiomemory.com
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BOOMERANG! is a monthly 70-minute audiocassette in the format of a "magazine." Designed for ages 6-12, BOOMERANG! introduces kids to the world of big ideas -- science, current events, economics, history, poetry, geography. Jokes, mysteries, music, and interviews combine to make this monthly cassette a child's own personal window to the world at large.
Thoroughly researched, written and produced by a staff of professionals, the material is presented from a child's perspective, in a child's metaphor, and in children's voices. A group...
http://boomkids.com/index.html
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This is a 5-day program that teaches about the French explorers and traders. They present oral history by play actors, play games and make period crafts.
http://www.lcfpd.org/
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This chart covers 600 years of world history, at a glance, and over 25 feet of history with over 400 illustrations. Based on specially reproduced material from the very rare Victorian wallchart, published in 1890 and currently in the British Library. This chart has been "extended" up to present day. It is a truly amazing timeline, unbelievably detailed, and very colorful.
http://www.valleybooks.net/cgi-bin/valleybooks/24411.html?id=i6p2VFP8
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The American Museum of Natural History is located in New York, New York. Permanent exhibitions include halls exhibiting fossils, mammals, birds, and cultures. The Hayden Planetarium is also located at the museum. The Web site for the AMNH is very comprehensive
http://www.amnh.org/
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The Atlanta History center in Atlanta, Georgia offers programs & education as well as tours of the museums, houses, and gardens located at the center. Learn all about the rich history of Atlanta! At the Atlanta History Center, there's so much to see and do, you'll want to come back again and again. Become a member and receive unlimited free admission, experience exclusive sneak previews, engage in the real stories of the south, and enjoy a host of additional privileges.
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/
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This website is home to Castles Unlimited -- an organization formed in recognition of the necessity to preserve these relics of history. We are dedicated to the promotion and study of British Castles. Our goals are educating and stimulating people to explore the castles for themselves. We hope you will become involved in the preservation of these wonderful structures. We offer several services and information which may be of interest to you.
http://www.castles-of-britain.com
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Embark on a thrilling adventure in Egypt! The ClueFinders, led by an eccentric but lovable professor, are on an archaeological dig in Egypt. There they uncover a wicked archaeologist's evil plot to unleash chaos upon the world. You can help ClueFinders prevent disaster!
Learn Essential Subjects:
Math; Reading; Geography; Vocabulary; Science; Math; Word Problems; Spelling
http://www.amazon.com/The-Learning-Company-379536-ClueFinders/dp/B00004UF32
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This video series explores the origins of mythical creatures and how they mean different things to the world's cultures. It Titles include: Apocolypse; Birds & Things with Wings; Creature of the Deep; Creatures of the Night; Dragons; Man Beasts; Mythical Cats, Spirits of the Forest; The Underworld; Tricky Tricksters; and Werewolf.
http://www.kiddomusic.com/CreaturesFantasticVideoSeries.html
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The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center's mission is to initiate and conduct archaeological research and public education programs in partnership with Native Americans and institutions with common interests. The Center is dedicated to understanding, teaching, and preserving the rich history of the ancient Pueblo Indians who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the American Southwest. Our campus-based programs incorporate current research findings from field excavations and allow you to participate in the actual research process.
http://www.crowcanyon.org/
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This video/DVD accompanies the Scholastic books showing history from the perspective of fictional girls living at different time periods: TITLES (In order by historical chronology): A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky STANDING IN THE LIGHT: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne THE WINTER OF RED SNOW: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory ...
http://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/
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"This was the site of the largest Civil War battle ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. The Battle of Gettysburg opened on July 1, 1863 and closed two days later with the climactic "Pickett's charge". Historians have referred to the Battle of Gettysburg as the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy." It was the last major effort by Lee to take the fighting out of Virginia and into northern states. The Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg contains more than 7,000 interments including over 3,500 from the Civil War. It was here that President A...
http://www.nps.gov/gett/
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This program combines science and history in a very interesting way. As the program begins, the Science and History Museum is closed for repairs, but something is very wrong. The user's job is to fix problems with the exhibits in the 25 different galleries, such as the solar system, rockets and computers, Ellis Island, machines, etc. Along the way, the user will learn about the science and history behind the exhibits.
http://www.abandonia.com/games/479/MuseumMadness
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This is an open-ended city-building game that blends Egyptian history, architecture and culture. As you progress, your city will blossom and grow! Early levels will start you with simple mining. As you progress, your games will include pyramid building.
http://www.amazon.com/Vivendi-Universal-70831-Pharaoh/dp/B00002CF9G
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This book is an excellent guide to the basics of American history. I would not recommend it as a stand-alone textbook, but as a supplementary resource or prep for AP exams or SAT IIs.
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In this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of an English boy in the household of the ablest man of his age --- William the Silent. Edward Martin, the son of an English sea-captain, enters the service of the Prince as a volunteer, and is employed by him in many dangerous and responsible missions, in the discharge of which he passes through the great sieges of the time. He ultimately settles down as Sir Edward Martin
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This book contains simple information about aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman life, with numerous hands-on projects for costumes, shoes, food, Greek/Roman crafts, art projects, Greek letters, clay tablets, Greek/Roman math and science projects.
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As part of the Horrible History series, this is about the British Royals throughout time. It provides an easy and fun way to remember who was who and who did what, and to whom.
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A visual chronology of world history, spanning more than 20,000 years-from the first humans to the dawn of the new millenium.
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This is an excellent reference manual that summarizes major world history events and topics from 4000 B.C. - 1996. The text provides "facts, charts, definitions, and explanations, complete with examples and illustrations."
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This cultural atlas focuses on the near east, or Mesopotamia, Anatolia, most of the land in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It talks about the transition of hunter-gatherers. The great history of the Near East...Fertile Crescent and areas around it.
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Dean Keith Simonton examines uncommon people: those creators and leaders whose impact on their own and later times has been so great that they deserve the label "genius." A simultaneous look at creativity and leadership is itself uncommon, and the comparison shows that when creators and leaders act at genius levels they have many similarities. What it is that causes them to stand out above others? Simonton believes that if we subject the lives of the eminent to scientific analysis we may be able to discover general laws of history and social be...
http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?chunk=25&mtype=&wtit=Genius%20Creativity%20%20%20Leadership
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In this path-breaking work, Dean Keith Simonton examines a range of important personalities and events that have influenced the course of history. He discusses how people who go down in history might be different from the rest of us, and explores which personality traits predispose certain people to become world leaders, movie stars, scientific geniuses, and star athletes. In exploring the psychology of greatness, this fascinating work also sheds light on the characteristics that any of us may share with history-making people.
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There are three books: Ancient Egypt, The Romans, and Ancient Greece. Each book starts out with describing the particular culture and then the rest of the book is the mystery that includes clues based on the history of the culture. The reader can earn points for each clue they figure out without looking back in the book.
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Geared toward readers ages nine to fourteen, CALLIOPE is a passport to world history. Each issue centers on an exciting and colorful theme which will enhance your students' understanding of their world.
Topics featured in CALLIOPE cover framework-mandated subjects in a way no textbook can. Each 52-page, full-color issue offers articles that broaden the young reader's understanding of a particular theme. Maps, time lines, meaningful illustrations, and art from major museums enrich each issue.
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/callmain.htm
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CLICK's mission is to engage young children's natural curiosity in the world around them in ways that are challenging, humorous, and fun. CLICK is a unique combination of stories, articles, poems, games, activities, beautiful illustrations, and exciting photographs - all designed to encourage a lifelong love of discovery in the sciences, nature, history, technology, and the arts. CLICK makes reading an adventure!
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/clickmain.html
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DIG is a magazine on archaeology for grades 4 - 9. DIG, published with the Archaeological Institute of America, lets young people share in the thrill of archaeological discovery while learning about the cultural, scientific, and architectural traits and beliefs of different societies. Recent developments in the field of archaeology form the magazine's core subject matter. Each issue focuses on one theme, providing a broad understanding of the topic. Colorful graphics, photos, puzzles, games, and hands-on projects enhance cognitive and critical ...
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/digmain.html
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Each Kid's Discover Magazine is focused on a specific topic like major historical time periods, science topics, and interest areas for children. The resources section points kids to more information about specific subjects. Back issues are available too!
http://www.kidsdiscover.com
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MUSE is a nonfiction magazine for children ages 8 to 14 sponsored by Smithsonian magazine and featuring much of the Smithsonian's research and vast collections. MUSE has exciting articles on topics ranging from art to zoology, with just about everything in between. Written and designed to get children to ask questions and think for themselves, MUSE poses problems that don't always have clear answers:
- Can you "fix" nature?
- Do animals think?
- What is art?
- What really happened to the dinosaurs?
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http://www.cricketmag.com/ProductDetail.asp?pid=12
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This magazine is put out by the Smithsonian Institution. Its subject matter is eclectic, though mostly centered around history of cultures, art, language, geography, and sciences. Though targeted at adults, many articles are suitable for intelligent children as well.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/
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The Concord Review recognizes and publishes exemplary history essays by high school students in the English-speaking world. The Concord Review remains the only quarterly journal in the world to publish the academic work of secondary students. Essays should be in the 4,000-6,000 word range, with endnotes, on any historical topic, and must be typed, printed from a word processor, or sent on a Macintosh disk.
http://www.tcr.org/
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Instructors will use archaeology sites, surviving period structures, historic landscapes, battlefields, and a series of museums to guide students in a search for the American past. "From the Founding of Jamestown through the American Revolution" begins where the old world societies of Europe and Africa collided with the new world society of Native Americans on the banks of the nearby James River early in the seventeenth century and follows the American saga for nearly two hundred years through the Revolutionary Era at the end of the eighteenth ...
http://www.wm.edu/niahd/precollegiate.php
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Program for gifted children, designed for elementary students who enjoy archeology, history and science. Children work with practicing archeologists examining the remains of an 18th/19th century site and possibly a prehistoric, Native American site. Activities include: test pitting farmyard and/or stone age sites; mapping squares, cleaning, identifying and cataloguing artifacts; learning historic and prehistoric crafts such as blacksmithing, carpentry and native cooking; taking ethnobotany walks, and visiting other historic sites. Children work...
http://www.nassauboces.org/ipas/programs/smep.htm
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