The Smithsonian History Explorer

 Hi guys so today i will be talking about the Smithsonian's History Explorer webpage. So this website run by the Smithsonian (Link 1) is a gate way to a variety of lesson, resources, and blog post which all relate to History in an Academic context. Under the explore prompt pictured bellow is a search feature allowing someone to narrow down what they are looking for based on Grade Level, content, time period, and cross-disciplinary benefits, There's also lots of lesson plans under teachers resources and although I wouldn't just print something out and give it to student the Primary Source PDF they offer (Link 3) is a genuinely good breakdown of the pros and cons of sources and would be great to use in any history class

Along with the plethora of resources is a stream of featured artifacts and blogs which can serve as a nice primer for the school day. The Featured Artifact the day I wrote my post was the No Stamp Act Teapot (Link 4) along with 8 images of the pot at multiple angles it came with a long description over the history of the pot and its historical significance, which can serve as a nice way to show students where to find primary sources and how to make them significant

Although I'm not sure how often its updated there's a large database of resources that are at the very least accurate and non-biased as they come from an incredibly respected institution and the History Explorer site is great for me and the rest of History teachers especially because they have a Plethora of teaching resources if you mange to go to the Smithsonian in Person (Link2)

Links

https://historyexplorer.si.edu/

https://historyexplorer.si.edu/lets-do-history-tour-participant-resources

https://historyexplorer.si.edu/sites/default/files/Content/PrimarySources.pdf

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1320066 (Stamp Act Tea Pot)