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“History
is the foundation of informed discourse.”
Anonymous
The History Journals Guide
Topical arrangement of links to journals concerning a wide variety of
historical topics.
Best of History Web Sites
The Center For Teaching History With Technology has provided over 1000 links to
topically arranged web sites on this page. There
are also oral histories, map sources and lesson plans.
Tomorrow's
Professor Listserv
Self described as "desk-top faculty development, one hundred times a
year." There are useful links to sites dealing with the teaching
profession - strategies, careers, and resources. Subscribers can participate in
discussions on topics of interest.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Only subscribers to the Chronicle have complete access, but there are
useful articles and links. ACC faculty, staff
and students have full text access to Chronicle articles through Academic Search Premier.
Teaching
The Journal of American History
The project is in its early stages, but it does include some interesting ideas
and links. Articles published in the JAH are presented along with the supporting
documents to demonstrate how the concepts might be used in a
Google Image Database,
An enormous database of images on wide variety of topics. You might also look
for images in The History
Project, American
Memory and of course Library of
Congress which has more than 7,000,000 digital items. The Prints & Photographs Online
Catalog makes for easy access to view holdings from 44 collections
which include baseball cards, Ansel Adams's photographs of Japanese-Americans
interned at Manzanar, WWI posters, Civil War photographs, a variety of graphic
arts and more.
Teaching with Movies
While geared to secondary students, this site does offer useful ideas on
teaching history with film. There is a searchable database and along with brief
descriptions of the movies and ways to use the film in class. You might also
want to see the films owned by ACC.
PhotoGraphicLibraries.com
An educational resource site with links to stock and moving images, media
services, photo and ad agencies, graphics, and clip art. There is also a
library and archive collection of national and private photographic
collections. The Living
Room Candidate offers television commercials of each presidential
candidate from 1952 to 2004 along with analysis of each party's campaign
strategy.
History Matters
A product of the American Social History Project and
Maps of
the U.S. and World
Over 20,000 cartographic links on this site. Search and browse functions
can help you find maps to use in the classroom. You might also want to search
the Perry-Castaneda Map
Collection for historical maps
Map Quizzes
Some basic geographic knowledge is critical for students to understand American
history and events happening around the world. Students can test their
geographic knowledge at this site.
H-TEACH
A variety of resources for teaching history at all levels. The site includes
recent book reviews, links to other useful sites, course syllabi, and
information on how to subscribe to discussion forums pertaining to specific
academic interests.
Plagiarism
An article on how to prevent and catch student plagiarism by Kim McMurtry
published in T.H.E. Journal Online. The article also includes a list of Plagiarism Sites that
students use.
H-Net Review
This site has searchable reviews of new literature in the social sciences that
date back to 1993.
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