Resources for Teachers
History Matters is a gateway to the Web for teachers of the U.S. History Survey course. It provides high school and college teachers (and their students) a starting point for exploring American history on the Web with 800 first-person historical documents for use in the classroom, an annotated guide to 700 quality, history websites, and a range of teaching resources (including sample syllabi, teaching assignments, and forums).
The Value of History. This powerful statement about the value of history is a positive and important discussion point for those who support local history organizations:
https://www.historyrelevance.com/value-history-statement/
History Matters is a project of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York. The HISTORY MATTERS website was created with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The 2002-2003 forums are funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library’s vast digital collections in their teaching.
Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
American memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library- Library of Congress
is the section specifically on using local resources but the whole site could be useful
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/primary.html
Our Children’s Discovery Room includes an antique traveling trunk. Teachers are welcome to choose items from the room to pack in the trunk and keep in their classrooms for a month. Some teachers develop curriculum around these objects, others use them just as an adjunct to their usual curriculum.
WHM Primary Resources: We are in the process of creating a primary resource tool that can be used online by teachers. This tool will provide teachers with activities related to primary resources in the WHM collection. Teachers are invited to look through the WHM Online Collection to learn more about the artifacts we have. WHM Online Collection