On the Web
WEST
VIRGINIA RESOURCES:
www.wv.gov/
West Virginia State
Government
www.legis.state.wv.us/
West Virginia
Legislature
wvde.state.wv.us/
West Virginia Department of Education
www.wvculture.org/
West
Virginia Division of Culture and History
www.wvhumanities.org/encyc1_eg.htm
West
Virginia Encyclopedia
www.wvcivilwar.com/
West Virginia in the Civil
War
www.wvexplorer.com/history/
WVExplorer contains
information on the history of the counties.
www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/history.html
West Virginia
county histories
www.callwva.com
Contains
the online publication West Virginia Wild and Wonderful.
CURRICULUM
RESOURCES:
rubistar.4teachers.org
This site helps
teachers develop and use rubrics.
www.awesomelibrary.org/
An
Internet library database sponsored by Evaluation and
Development Institute, which includes lesson plans dealing
with social studies.
www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html
A great site for social studies teachers to browse over
600 lesson plans and links to social studies resources.
www.marcopolo_education.org/
This website supports the Marco Polo: Internet Content for
the Classroom Program and features more resources for
teachers and trainers to help them use the high-quality,
standards-based, K-12 lesson plans and resources.
http://wvde.state.wv.us/csos/
West Virginia
State Standards
GENERAL
RESOURCES:
lcweb.loc.gov
The Library of Congress
www.biography.com
Website
for the popular PBS series.
www.ipl.org
The Internet Public
Library, an online public library of the Internet.
www.pbs.org
Home
page for the Public Broadcasting Service.
www.puzzlemaker.com
Allows
users to create various types of puzzles.
www.si.edu/
The
Smithsonian Institution
GEOGRAPHY
RESOURCES:
members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Geography World
website.
nationalatlas.gov/about.html
The National
Atlas of the United States. Contains printable maps on
Congressional districts, federal lands, outline maps, and
presidential election maps. There is also an interactive
map maker.
www.nationalgeographic.com
National
Geographic
www.usgs.gov
The U.S.
Geological Survey
GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES:
bensguide.gpo.gov
Ben’s Guide
to the U.S. Government for Kids
thomas.loc.gov
Legislative
information on the Internet.
www.firstgov.gov
A good
place to start looking for information on or from the
federal government.
www.house.gov
Home page for the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
Links to current
state and local government information.
www.senate.gov
Home page for the
U.S. Senate.
www.whitehouse.gov
Home page for the White House.
HISTORY
RESOURCES:
metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/
Documenting the
American South website.
rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
The best and largest collection of primary sources on the
Web.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
An online U.S. history website. Contains resource guides,
an online textbook, encyclopedia, biographies, essays,
timelines, and primary sources.
www.earlyamerica.com/
Archiving Early America.
www.historychannel.com
The History Channel
www.ourdocuments.gov/
Contains a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by
the National Archives and Records Administration.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Avalon Project
at Yale University, documents in law, history, and
diplomacy.
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