Peoples of the Nation and World 4th/5th: General Sites

---

General Sites for Peoples of the Nation and World: Fourth and Fifth

This outcome and its indicators are about people. You might find the resource, Biographical Dictionary, to be a source:
http://www.s9.com/biography/
 

The American Sign Language Dictionary
http://dww.deafworldweb.org/asl/
 

A site with links to many women's history and gender based sites
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson053.shtml
 

The Biography Index
http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm
 

A comprehensive guide to Black History
http://blackhistory.eb.com/index2.html
 

A comprehensive site on Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html
 

The Washington County, MD, Board of Education has a list of fourth grade links to Internet sites
http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/curric/elemsoc/Grade4.htm#Pol

and fifth grade sites' links:
http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/curric/elemsoc/Grade5.htm
 

A site with a search engine for lesson plans and resources, especially for world history and cultural studies:
http://school.edview.com/
 

Another resource with occasional lesson plans that complement a subscription to Cobblestone magazine is:
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/cobbmain.htm
 

Another resource that specifically links Maryland history for teachers and students in P-12 classrooms is the Maryland Historical Society's Page for Educators
http://www.mdhs.org/edupub.html
 

The Smithsonian Institution has developed a very extensive Teachers Resource Guide. The guide can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat Form from this site.
http://educate.si.edu/resources/resource/sslist2.html#start
 

The Peace Corps has a site with lesson plans from around the world
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/lessons/index.html
 

A searchable database of biographies from A&E
http://www.biography.com/
 

Weekly Reader lesson plans and teaching ideas
http://www.weeklyreader.com/features/teacher.html
 

A list of resources and content information about people who have affected history and the relationships between people and countries.
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~pstohrer/history.html
 

The WWW Virtual Library on History has resources on every country, current and ancient and historical period
http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/
 

A comprehensive list of sites that connect the teacher to the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails
http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/seneca/oregon/
 

A site for elementary students to learn about people who inhabit the seven continents. The site is Internet based and easy to maneuver.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/
 

An extensive collection of Web site links to Native Americans
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nasub/index.html
 

An extensive list of native people to study, students can choose to study individuals or tribes.
http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html
 

General resources on diversity issues and cultural influences
http://www.historyserver.org/HSSWeb/diversit.html

Top of Page

Next Page

Authors

Home

Contents