Updated on October 12, 2018
Theses 40+ sites have United States history lessons and interactive games for students at all grade levels. From colonization and our Declaration of Independence to the Civil War, World Wars, and the present. Some of the sites include lesson planning resources for teachers.
Written by a high school teacher in teen-speak, The History Cat presents US history topics in a more approachable way than textbooks. Sections cover colonial America through the Civil Rights era. Topics include: The Colonial Age Road to Revolution American…
In this Mission US app, kids and students play one of five quiz-based missions to see what they know about US history. Mission 1 takes students to Boston in 1770 to explore colonial history. Mission 2 takes students to Kentucky…
Mission US is a set of multimedia interactive games, designed for kids in grades 5-8, that immerses them in U.S. history at the time of the American Revolution and the Civil War. Additional missions are planned for coming years. In…
Go History Go! is no longer available. Its content has been moved to a new site, The History Cat. The link above will take you to that site. Learn American (US) History with the interactive booklets and videos on Go…
Explore American history through our most famous archived documents using this Android device app. Each day, you’ll receive a well-known document or image from US history.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S History education in the classroom.
This exhibit from the Smithsonian Institute examines how wars have shaped America’s history. It includes artifacts and a teacher’s manual.
From site: America The Story of Us tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented, focusing on moments in which everyday people harnessed technology to advance human progress. HISTORY Classroom has created a series of viewing guides, including a…
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History offers students an interactive experience with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. See a handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address, read snippets of Civil War history from highlighted passages. You can read a transcript or…
From site: Welcome to Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms. This resource for K-12 teachers and students developed by the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library is designed to bring historically significant map documents…
Experience the life of a European immigrant arriving in America in the early 1900s. This interactive takes you on a journey from Europe to your new life in a New York tenement.
America in the 1930s provides an overview of this decade marked by the Great Depression, big government programs, the height of the modern age, and regional changes in culture. This site provides an overview of the decade by looking at what…
From site: This ten minute presentation illustrates the growth of the United States from the original thirteen states in 1789.
The History Place offers narratives and pictures of major events impacting the history of the United States. The major topics include the American Revolution and U.S. Constitution, the Civil War, Natives of North America, child labor, Apollo 11, World War…
From site: Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain…