Top Pick
Best History Websites and Resources
Make history relevant and accessible to kids with research resources that include firsthand accounts, images, videos, audio, and scholarly work. Empower students to expand their knowledge of classroom topics and explore their own burning questions.
Asian Art Museum
Visit Website: http://education.asianart.org
Inventive lessons and activities integrate Asian history, art, and more
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PBS LearningMedia
Visit Website: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Impressive collection of classroom-ready, free digital resources
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PebbleGo
Visit Website: http://www.pebblego.com/login/
Easily accessible, kid-friendly database for the littlest researchers
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Smithsonian's History Explorer
Visit Website: http://historyexplorer.si.edu
Lessons, activities, artifacts, artfully presented by the Smithsonian
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Library of Congress
Visit Website: http://www.loc.gov
Visit our largest library's online collection of multimedia goodies
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National Archives
Visit Website: http://www.archives.gov/
Access U.S. history with treasure trove of docs, genealogy, and other resources
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Digital Public Library of America
Visit Website: http://dp.la/
Impressive online collection of historic and cultural artifacts
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Gooru
Visit Website: http://www.goorulearning.org/
Personalized tool fosters exploration, teacher-led meaningful learning
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findingDulcinea
Visit Website: http://www.findingdulcinea.com
Quality search tool with curated resources and links to credible sites
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SweetSearch
Visit Website: http://www.sweetsearch.com
Search engine with filtered results leaves room for critical thinking
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American Panorama
Visit Website: http://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/
Interactive atlas magnifies events in United States history
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Facing History and Ourselves
Visit Website: https://www.facinghistory.org/
A wealth of resources explore racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism
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NYPL Biblion: World's Fair
Publisher: The New York Public Library
Dive deep into treasures from the 1940 World’s Fair
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Visit Website: http://www.ushmm.org/
Extensive resource collection supports teaching about the Holocaust
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Zinn Education Project
Visit Website: https://zinnedproject.org/
Resources, lessons help teach a more inclusive version of U.S. history
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National WWII Museum
Visit Website: http://nationalww2museum.org/
High-quality resources and activities offer an in-depth study
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Historypin
Visit Website: http://www.historypin.com
Crowdsourcing is key to making history accessible, approachable
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Constitute
Visit Website: https://www.constituteproject.org/
Extensive, highly searchable collection of the world's constitutions
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Google Scholar
Visit Website: http://scholar.google.com
Academic search engine, an excellent source for credible research info
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Visit Website: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
History and art intersect on the Met's vast, reading-centric site
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