I mentioned the website Digital History from University of Huston before in a blog about content vs. skill. A quote from their site:  “The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a Washington-based nonprofit group that promotes liberal-arts study, posed 34 high-school level questions randomly to 556 seniors at 55 leading colleges and universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Brown. Only one student answered all the questions correctly, and the average score was 53 percent.” This link will take you to the test.  Give it a shot and let me know how you scored.   But I wanted to encourage more American History teachers to explore this site: See the homepage.  So much digital content to explore and engage your students in active learning: Voices of immigrants telling their story,  online exhibits on a varity of 19-20th century topics, handouts and guides for instruction, not to mention, historical reference room and much, much, more. 

As a matter of fact, I will be using the following link in two weeks with my 7th graders in a discussion of Europeans impact on the Americas.  I will let you know how it goes.

Europeans discover: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us1.cfm

In the mean time, let me know how digital history can impact your classroom.  Cheers, Garth