GREAT NEWS!  IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR “EXPLORING MOUNT VERNON” Presented by Alabama Public Television An exciting adventure awaits students in grades 4 and higher as Alabama Public Television’s IQ Learning Network broadcasts the live, electronic field trip “Exploring Mount Vernon.” The live program will be broadcast on-air and streamed online from 9:00-10:00 [...]

http://www.webrangers.us This website is a wonderful educational resource!  WebRangers provides a safe environment for students to learn about United States history, the environment and stewardship, geography, our social history, various cultures, language arts, and real life applications in mathematics, while also gaining essential computer skills.  Your student will create his/her own ranger station, and there [...]

http://www.archives.alabama.gov/BA/Becoming_Alabama_Booklet_NEW.pdf The Alabama Department of Archives and History has just released this new booklet for educating students in Alabama History.  The booklet features important dates as well as links to primary sources that they have in their collection.  In addition, there are activities and games which can be printed to review and study these moments [...]

Digital History is a wonderful resource for your studies of American History.  There is even an online textbook, and you could definitely use this site for American History curriculum!  Lesson plans and guides are provided for teachers, and videos and exhibits are provided for students.  You will want to bookmark this website at http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu.

Visit http://www.aptv.org/mountvernon/ to register for this virtual field trip and have curriculum materials emailed to you.  This is scheduled to air February 17th at 10am and 1pm on Alabama Public Television.  If you have a DVR or VCR, you can record it and view it when it is convenient for your students.  What a great [...]