Links Page

Additional Online Lesson Plan Resources:

• AskERIC's Lesson Plan database: http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/
• Awesome Library K-12 Lesson Plans: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/lesson.html
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans: http://www.col-ed.org/lessons_page.html
• EDSITEment (National Endowment for the Humanities): http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp
• Learn NC: http://www.learnnc.org/
• Lesson Plan Library (Discovery): http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
• Library of Congress's Learning Page for Teachers: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
• TeacherSource (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Books and Articles:

• Baruth, Barbara. "Missing Pieces That Fill in the Academic Puzzle: Cutting-Edge Technologies Can Assure Our Place in the Big Picture."American Libraries 33 (June/July 2002): 58-62.
• Gilliland-Swetland, Anne. "An Exploration of K-12 User Needs for Digital Primary Source Materials." The American Archivist 61 (Spring 1998): 136-157.
• Hurtle, Peter. "The Impact of Digitization on Manuscripts and Rare Books in Libraries." Libraries & Culture 37.1 (2002): 42-52.
• Kobrin, David. Beyond the Textbook: Teaching History Using Documents and Primary Sources. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1996. ED396981.
• York, Maurice C. "Local History in the Classroom: The Public Library/School Partnership." Wilson Library Bulletin. v. 67 (October 1992): 44-47, 116-117.

Digital Exhibits:

• American Experience, Public Broadcasting System, with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Illinois Bureau of Tourism: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex
• American Memory Project, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
• Digital Library Projects at Columbia: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/
• Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: http://docsouth.unc.edu/
• ibiblio - the public's library and digital archive: http://ibiblio.org/
• Online Archive of California, California Digital Library: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
• Rare Book, Manuscript, and Manuscripts and Rare Books Library, Duke University: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/
• US National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/index.html

Partners, Additional Resources (and just good folks):

• Battleship North Carolina Teacher Resources: http://www.battleshipnc.com/teach_reso/index.php
• CNNfyi Subject Areas: http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/teachers.subjectareas/index.html
  • Includes lesson plans and discussion guides, CNN Teachers' Edition, students' edition, etc.
• Education-World: http://www.education-world.com/
• Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers: http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/
• New York Times Learning Network: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
• North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching: http://www.nccat.org/
• North Carolina Exploring Cultural History Online: http://www.ncecho.org/
  • This portal website leads to digital exhibits statewide. Searchable by keyword, topic, or place.
• Rural Education Institute, East Carolina University School of Education: http://www.soe.ecu.edu/ecurei/.
• Teachers.Net: http://www.teachers.net/
  • Wide range of teachers' resources, including lesson plans
• TeacherServe, National Humanities Center: http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/tserve.htm
  • Describes its program as "an interactive curriculum enrichment service for teachers"