K-12Databases/Directories./Search Tools
Museums
Media/Publishers
Classroom Internet Library
Explore thousands of reviewed Websites aligned to the New Hampshire Curriculum Standards.
PBS Resources
BBC Learning
You could spend all day here! You will find loads of social studies resources here from web cams to interactive features. But wait, there's more! The BBC Schools section has interactive Website created specifically for use in the classroom. You can play games and take quizzes, get lesson plans and activities, and more.
Scholastic Teacher Center
You will find a variety of science Websites covering diverse topics like dinosaurs, Ocean Life, and Weather at this site. You will also find lesson plans and classroom activities.
Houghton Mifflin Education Place
You will find textbook support here that allows you to search for web resources by your state and grade you teach, you will also find an Activity Search Section where you can search for activities by topic or keyword.
National Geographic
You will find lots of resources here from maps, to images and stories. Be sure to visit the Kids Section for games, activities, articles and more.
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World History
Ancient Egypt
Learn about life in ancient Egypt at this site from the British Museum. The site has features on writing, mummies, Egyptian life, the Pharaohs, pyramids, trades, time, geography, and gods and goddesses. Each section include a story, a challenge activity, and an exploration section where you can delve deeper into a topic.
Ancient Mexico
Explore the art, culture, and history of ancient Mesoamerica.
Timeline of Art History
Explore the world of art history at this site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can navigate the site using a clickable world map and timeline and view examples of art with detailed descriptions.
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US History
American Memory Collection from the National Digital Library
Wide collection of online exhibits on American history including images, sound recordings, movies, maps, and documents from the Library of Congress.
A Biography of America
This companion Website to the Annenberg/CPB series Biography of America, features separate sections for all 26 episodes with key event timelines, maps, an interactive feature, program transcripts, and web links. The site covers American history from New World encounter to the present day.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Comprehensive US history resources for K-12.
American History:Revolution to Reconstruction & Beyond
This site from the Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands contains a comprehensive hypertext on American history from the Revolution to present day based on publications from the United States Information Programs at the US Department of State. You will find essays, biographies, and primary documents.
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
See if you can make it to the Pacific Ocean with this interactive simulation from National Geographic.
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Civics
Kids in the House
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Political Money Line
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Geography
Census 2000
What did the US Census learn about the 281,421,906 people it recorded in the 2000 Census? Find out here! You can look up demographic information for the country, states, counties, and cities. You can even enter a street address and get Census data for that area.
CIA World Factbook
How many kilometers of paved road are there in Sweden? (162,707) What is the birth rate in Chile? (16.46 births/1,000) What is Madagascar's form of government? (republic) This site from the CIA provides a wealth of statistics about countries, territories, and principalities around the globe.
Scholastic Explorers
Explore cultures and ecosystems at this interactive site from Scholastic. You can learn about Native American culture, endangered ecosystems, and the ocean. Each virtual mission includes field report s from research teams, a teacher host, and activities for students.
Films for the Humanities and Science
Archaeology Channel
This is what the Internet is all about! View online films that explore a wide variety of archaeological sites and topics from the Gila cliff dwellings in New Mexico to mound builders in Louisiana. You will also find videos from sites around the world.
Yahooligans TV
You'll find online clips from National Geographic here.
BrainPop
This subscription site features flash movies covering a wide-variety of K-12 subjects. There is always a limited collection of free movies.
BBC Motion Gallery
The BBC has put clips of over 300,000 hours of video footage on the web. You can view the footage and also downloads it.
AOL In2TV
You can search for online video AOL.
Google Video
Frontline
You can view selected Frontline episodes online.
MIT World
Online videos of lectures from MIT
Princeton University WebMedia
Online lectures.
Media Site
Search site for lectures.
Merlot
Online repository of learning objects.
Talking History
Audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources.
Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley >> : Conversations with History
Video interviews.
BBC Radio 4 >> : In Our Time
Articles and multimedia features, from ancient history to recent times.
Educational Freeware
Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative
Free online courses.
Internet Archive
You'll find a collection of open source movies and advertising, educational, and industrial films at this site.
