Users can choose to learn about ancient history, British history, World Wars, and historic figures. While not specifically geared toward teachers (there are no lesson plans or study guides available), the BBC History website is still packed with videos, activities, and juicy bits of historical information, including a page aimed specifically toward children. The site also has an instructional video on transforming a traditional classroom into “digital classroom.” Their Best Practices page focuses on the importance of using primary sources as the most effective means of learning history. The content is interesting, easy to understand, and categorized by elementary, middle, and high school-appropriate materials. This robust site provides lesson plans, quizzes, teacher guides, and interactive projects for students, as well as instructional videos for English Language learners. Teachers can search for classroom materials based on state content, common core, or organizations standards. Their Teacher Resources page offers lesson plans, themed resources, presentations, and activities, as well as free, standards-based professional development materials.
When it comes to our nation’s history, it’s tough to go wrong by using the Library of Congress’s many free web resources. Here is a sampling of just some of the free materials for educators available online: Library of Congress Teacher Resources All a web-savvy teacher needs is a computer and printer. Thanks to the Internet, inexpensive or even free materials for social studies classrooms are available as downloads on many educational websites.
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