General

• National Geographic for Kids

Animals, games, videos, stories, and more! Go to the Games page and select Geography Games, check out Geo Spy to see how many states you know.

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

Links for students on about the FBI, how they investigate, safety tips, and FBI dogs.

• US Treasury

Links to the US Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

• US Department of Justice

Information on related topics to the judicial branch from Eliot Ness to the history of US Marshals.

• National Geographic Xpeditions

This is an all-inclusive website that offers ideas of lessons that are practical for teachers to use completely or as suggestion or to revise your own lesson.   It is geared for use with computers and uses a variety of platforms for engaging students in the disciplines of geography, science and social studies.  It is appropriate for all age groups.

Contributed by Jim Daggett

• Connecting Curriculum and Technology

The National Educational Technology Standards for Students has a whole section of activities using technology in lessons with various grade levels and subjects. Click on the link above and look at 'Section 3'.

Alaska History/Geography

• The Mesa Site- These websites and resources offer various information on the archeological site. Located in the northern foothills of the brooks range stands a 200ft mesa-like rock outcrop.  Ancient hunters used it as a vantage point to spot game such as bison and possibly mammoth.

The Mesa Site: Paleoindians above the Arctic Circle- A 81 page open file report written by Michael Kunz and others detailing the work done at the mesa site.

In Search of the First Americans- An essay on the site and implications of the people who lived there.

Alaska's Mesa Site: Ancient Hunting Lookout- a 2 page brochure on the mesa site

• Polar Husky.com

Polar Husky is an educational website that uses interactive participation from students to a group of educators who embark on journey’s that highlight people and regions of the arctic.  Photographs, journal entries and streaming video are the mediums that they communicate with the students.  There are also curriculum guides and teachers forums for continuous questioning and exploration of subjects.

Contributed by Jim Daggett

• Alaskool

Online materials about Alaska Native history, education, culture,and languages.  Includes curricula, lesson plans, teacher tools, & information resources.

World Geography

• National Geographic Xpeditions

Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to thousands of ideas,
tools, and interactive adventures that bring them to life.

• Country Studies

The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

US History

• Word War II Timeline Pictures

This site has excellent visual representations, complete by year and major battles of World War II.  Included are diagrams of those major battles.  A great and interesting way to study and learn about World War II.  This would be great supplementary material.
Contributed by Noel Frisbie

• America's Library

Library of Congress' awesome US History resource - designed with the student in mind!  Very student-friendly, it includes lots of graphics, sounds and activities. Content includes a huge variety of primary resources....from diaries, letters, journals, maps, photographs, etc.

• American Revolution Maps & Charts

Library of Congress resource that contains a wide variety of historical maps and charts created during the Revolutionary War era. 

• Civil War Lesson Plan

Very detailed lesson plan for a Civil War unit.  Includes, reading and writing integration, resource books, historical fiction and a student web page project.