Web Resources

Learn with the National Archives and Records Administration
The NARA- Pacific-Alaska Region has a number of useful resources and opportunities for teachers...

Live Webinars & Recorded Webcasts
View our collection of live Professional Development webinars & recorded web-sessions...

National History Day Resources
Here's a set of useful resources for getting started with this great, project-based curriculum framework...

Teaching With Primary Sources
A number of useful resources for increasing the amount of time DOING history, rather than reading about history....

National History Education Clearinghouse
The National History Education Clearinghouse is the central online location for accessing high-quality resources in K-12 U.S. history education. Explore the highlighted content on our homepage or visit individual sections for additional materials. Return often for new content and to join in the vibrant conversation about teaching history. Teaching materials, best practices, issues and research and history content are all accessible from this excellent, user-friendly website.

Visit the National Archives & Records Administration
Explore the engaging online professional development opportunities and classroom resources developed by the National Archives. Find out how to visit the National Archive sites in person in Anchorge and Seattle.

TAH Podcasts from Teaching American History.org
The Teaching American History podcast will provide subscribers with a weekly seminar from a leading history scholar from our extensive audio archive. These seminars are designed to encourage teachers to seriously examine significant events in American history in light of the principles of the American founding, and also to encourage the use of primary source materials in the classroom.

Teachers Domain - Digital Media from PBS for the Classroom and Professional Development
Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. These classroom resources, featuring media from NOVA, Frontline, Design Squad, American Experience, and other public broadcasting and content partners are easy to use and correlate to state and national standards. Teachers’ Domain resources include video and audio segments, Flash interactives, images, documents, lesson plans for teachers, and student-oriented activities. Teachers’ Domain strives to strengthen teacher knowledge by providing innovative teaching methods that incorporate technology in the classroom and inspire students to learn.

Digital History
Excellent American history online resource site, complete with interactive timelines and many multimedia and primary sources. Also has a very well developed American History online textbook.

America's History in the Making
This site is an online professional development course in American History that enriches teachers’ knowledge of American history, while introducing them to methods that will help them develop their own classroom applications. The course explores American history content and classroom applications through the integreated use of video, text, classroom activities, and Web-based interactive activities.

Best of History Web Sites
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.