Evaluating Web Sites:

Evaluating Web Resources http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/Original_Web_Evaluation_Materials/6160
Widener University provides Web site evaluation resources. 

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites
http://www.tammypayton.net/courses/print/evalweb2.shtml
This page provides links to Web site evaluation forms for primary through secondary grade levels.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Teacher Helpers: Critical Evaluation Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
DiscoverySchool.com hosts this compendium of information on Web site evaluation specifically for educators, including evaluation forms and a tutorial for students (complete with Spanish translation), links to many articles, and sites to use for demonstrating critical evaluation.

net.TUTOR: Evaluation of Web Sites
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/
This page offers a tutorial on evaluating Web sites.

Integrating the Internet into Your Curriculum:

Classroom Connect 
http://www.classroom.com/
Classroom Connect offers many resources, both in print and online, to educators who want
to use the Internet in their classrooms. (Much of Classroom Connect is available only through a paid subscription.) 

Curriculum Ideas from CyberBee
http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html 
This page contains examples of how the Web can be used in the classroom. 

History/Social Studies Web Site for K–12 Teachers 
http://k-12historysocialstudies.com/
This site, named one of the top ten teaching sites for the twenty-first century by the
Education Source, encourages the use of the World Wide Web as a tool for learning and
teaching and provides help for K–12 classroom teachers in locating and using the Internet in the classroom. 

The Learning Page: Features and Activities
http://learning.loc.gov/learn/features/index.html
The Library of Congress provides several activities for students to use independently or with a classroom teacher on this page.

The Learning Page: Lessons
http://learning.loc.gov/learn/lessons/index.html
This Library of Congress Web page offers many creative teacher-created and classroom-tested lessons.

Teachers.net Chatboard
http://www.teachers.net/chatboard/
Teachers around the world exchange ideas and experiences in this chatroom. 

Teachnet.com: Smart Tools for Busy Teachers
http://www.teachnet.com/ 
This site offers a little of everything for teachers of all grade levels and subjects. 

Web Construction
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/web/training/pdfs/4construct.pdf
A teacher provides this guide for producing a school Web page.

Guide to Women’s Archival Materials in North Carolina
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/ncwomen.html
This site includes links to others that hold women’s history archival collections.

History of Women through Art
http://www.wic.org/artwork/idex_art.htm
An excellent resource for incorporating art in the social studies classroom. Information includes paintings of women through history, explanations of the paintings, and ideas for the classroom.

Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1998
http://www.legacy98.org
Includes a history of the movement and curriculum ideas.

National Museum of Women in the Arts
http://www.nmwa.org/programTours/
Information on the museum’s educational programs and materials.

National Women’s Hall of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org
Read biographies of the 207 members of the National Women's Hall of Fame, and find out how you can nominate women for induction (a possible class project!).

National Women’s History Project
http://www.nwhp.org
This national Web site includes activity ideas to celebrate women’s history month, a catalog of teaching resources, and an on-line history quiz.

A Sampler of Women’s Studies Resources at Duke University
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/sampler/
Online guide to Duke University’s archival collection of women’s history resources.

Social Studies School Service: Women's History
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/article.html?article@womenindex
This site includes educational product reviews, online activities and Web links.

Women in World History Curriculum
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
This interactive Web site includes biographies of notable women, classroom lessons, reviews of curriculum materials, quotes, and other resources.

Women’s History in America
http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
A brief history of women in America.

African-American Archaeology at Somerset Place State Historic Site
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/somerset/
A brief description of archaeological investigations at Somerset Place designed to research slave culture on the plantation.

Somerset Place
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/somerset/somerset.htm
Information about the state historic site.

Women in the Revolutionary War:

Amazing Women in War and Peace
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
A site offering stories of women who actively participated in the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/ mocr/adhi_1.htm
A history of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, including a section on Slocumb’s
legendary ride. 

The Contemplator's Short History of Women in the Revolutionary Era
http://www.contemplator.com/history/revwomen.html
A background on what life was like for women in the Colonial period.

Flora MacDonald
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/women/wih9.htm
A brief biography of Flora MacDonald.

Women in the Civil War:

Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/hearts/
A site from the University of Virginia Library that provides information on women's lives during the turbulent Civil War years.

Ladies, Contraband and Spies: Women in the Civil War
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/spies/
A lesson plan from the Library of Congress that uses primary sources to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War; for grades 10 and 11.

Malinda Blalock
http://averymuseum.com/keith_and%20malinda%20blalock.htm
A photograph and brief biography of Blalock.

Not Just a Man’s War: Women in the American Civil War 1861-65
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/manswar/index.html
A detailed Internet lesson plan about women in the Civil War; includes good list of links for further research.

The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865: Collection of Electronic Texts
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/texts.html
An extensive collection of online primary documents from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.

Women in World War I:

The History and Organization of the Red Cross Nursing Service
http://www.redcross.org/museum/history/ww1a.asp
This American Red Cross site discusses how Red Cross nurses served in World War I.

WWI: Thirty Thousand Women Were There
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets4.html
Explains how American women served in World War I

Women in World War II:

Oveta Culp Hobby, The Little Colonel
http://library.rice.edu/collections/WRC/digital-archive-information/online-exhilbits/oveta-culp-hobby-and-the-women-s-army-corps-exhibit/
A site that provides information on the history of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and discusses the role of its first director, Oveta Culp Hobby.

Women Were There! World War II
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets5.html
A site that details the fascinating story of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

The Women’s Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Service
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm
A comprehensive history of the WAC, complete with numerous photos.

Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/chb/chb.htm
An extensive biography of Charlotte Hawkins Brown and history of the Palmer Memorial Institute.

Dorothea Dix
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/dorotheadix.html
A biography and illustration of Dix.

June 1929: Strike at Loray Mill
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jun2004/
A summary of the strike.

Nancy Ward
http://members.tripod.com/~SmithDRay/nancyward-index-5.html
A site containing a biography of Nancy Ward, photos of her gravesite and a statue erected in her honor, and links to relevant sites.

Nan-ye'-hi, Beloved Woman of the Cherokee
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cherokee_nation/30397
A series of articles on Nancy Ward’s contributions to the Cherokee.

Women Get the Vote
http://www.ibiblio.org/uncpress/ncbooks/suffrage/index.html
A brief article on woman suffrage in North Carolina.