Hi - I am new to this forum and have been looking for good resources and I want to mention a teaching resource that my son has found very engaging: a new history magazine from National Geographic called EXPLORING HISTORY. It's very visual, bold, and colorful and the articles are wonderful. My son loves it. I bought it at Barnes &Noble for $6.99 and just signed up for a year for $18. It's worth checking out. Thanks for sharing all of your tips, hope this is interesting to someone.