American Archive

http://americanarchive.org
"Historic programs of publicly funded radio and television across America.

Classroom idea:   This is a great  resource for  studying history, and can of course enhance  the study of literature set in a time/place. The curated exhibits are ready made lessons.

AP Historical Film Archive

AP Film Archive

https://www.youtube.com/c/aparchive


I found this news on Joyce Valenza  blog.   AP had made public via Youtube their film archive.  historical footage  from 1895- on.

Classroom ideas:   Too may to talk about- music, fashion sports of an era. Historical figures in context.

The New York Times Learning Network  http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/

This is a very good tool for lesson plans on current and newsworthy events.