Jenna Sieverts'
Educational Technology Portfolio

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Educational Web Resources

American Historical Association

http://www.historians.org/

As a History Teacher, this site would be especially useful because it is geared for historians with a special section dedicated for teachers.

 America’s Story from America’s Library

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

This site offers a look at history for younger children that is easy to navigate through.

 Digital History

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

This is a great site because it is designed with a technologically-advanced classroom in mind.  It is created to be an interactive multimedia tool from the Revolutionary War to present day.

 History

http://www.pbs.org/history/history_united.html

This site lists American History topics for easy navigation and offers short videos, photos and timelines of each event.  The site also highlights other useful websites.

 infoUSA

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/facts.htm

This is a great site because it provides a brief and simple overview of United States History.  It would be helpful when looking for general US History information.

 Kidport Reference Library

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/UsaHistoryIndex.htm

This site offers a timeline of important events in US History.  The event name and picture are on the timeline which helps to make the timeline easy to navigate.

U.S. Department of Education

            http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html

This is a website from the US Department of Education that provides teachers with the Program Description for teaching history in public schools.

ushistory.org

http://www.ushistory.org/

This site offers a bright and exciting look at American history.

The Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/index.html?gclid=CIaa3c6XkY8CFQuJgQodcQvqGA

This is the Library of Congress Website that highlights many new and upcoming historical events and exhibits.

The White House

            http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The White House homepage is a great plethora of information about current events coming from the most famous house in the world.

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Updated by Jenna Sieverts on Monday, December 10, 2007.