Research Guides: EDUC 430: Teaching to Transgress: History

U.S. History Call Numbers

Use the Advanced Search in Library Catalog Search to limit your search to the Children's Literature collection. It is easy to do keyword searching from there. You can also visit the collection and search the shelves with these call numbers to browse books about U.S. History.

E58 - E99 Native American History

E101 - E120 Columbus and early explorers

E188 - E278 American Revolution

E301 - E342 Early American History and Presidents

F390 - F1219 Western Expansion

E441 - E451 Slavery (including Harriet Tubman)

E453 - E672 Civil War, Lincoln, Emancipation

D522 - D802 WWI, WWII, Resistance to Nazis

D804 - D810 Holocaust

E184 - E186 Civil Rights (includes civil rights leaders)

DS557 - DS560 Vietnam War

E741 - E909 American Presidents and Politicians

HQ1121 - HQ1587 Women's Rights

Learn More About History

These resources will help you learn more about various aspects in history. They are written in easily accessible language and will provide background knowledge on a variety of historical concepts and time periods.

	History of the United States Wikipedia's U.S. History entry including a chronological explanation of many aspects of U.S. History.
	U.S. History Timeline Major events in U.S. History from 1600 to the present. Compiled by Infoplease.
	Michigan Historical Information Various Michigan facts and state historical data on the Michigan Kids Website.
	Native American History Indians.org's website about Native American History.
	African-American History Wikipedia entry about many aspects of the African American Experience
	Timeline Special: Women in the United States A side-by-side timeline of women's history beside common U.S. History created by the New York Times Magazine.

History Classroom Resources

These resources include lesson plans and other materials that will help you teach history. You may find the Social Studies page very helpful as well.

	SHEG Founded in 2002, a research team, including Chauncey Monte-Sano, created this group focused on improving teacher education. The Reading Like a Historian curriculum is especially helpful.
	U.S. History Inquiry Kits Explore this collection of inquiry kits that allows students to select a research topic of interest and evaluate themed primary sources from the Library of Congress. From life in the early American colonies to the modern-day role of the United States, the inquiry kits examine social studies themes.
	Historical Thinking Matters Another resource with lesson plans and materials to help you teach students to read like historians.
	Facing History and Ourselves Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.
	Big History Project Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future
	teachinghistory.org Various resources to help instructors teach history from the National History Education Clearinghouse
	National Geographic Education Resource Library Includes games, some that are interactive, which allows students to virtually experience history and cultures including the Salem Witch Trials and the Underground Railroad. Includes downloadable Educator's Guide.
	Teaching History with Technology From the web site: "Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities and projects. Learn about web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networks, Google Docs, ebooks, online maps, virtual field trips, screen casts, online posters, and more.
	Best of History Websites Various recommended lesson plan sites from edtechteacher.