AIHE Selects O’Block Books as First Reseller of Award-Winning Online History Resource

May 28, 2011 - PRLog -- For the first time Cicero: History Beyond the Textbook is available for retail sale to teachers, tutors, and homeschoolers exclusively at O'Block Books. CICERO: History Beyond the Textbook is an award winning, online K-12 digital resource by AIHE (American Institute of History Education) consisting of lesson plans, primary sources, standards, rubrics, assessments, activities, videos, games, interactive maps, and more which enables teachers to bring history to life in their classrooms.

Unlike most other online resources there is no annual fee for the teacher versions of CICERO: History Beyond the Textbook.  Educators will receive unlimited access to all of the valuable digital resources for the version of their choice for life for one price! In a time when school districts are cutting their budgets and teachers are paying for materials out of their own pocket this is truly a great deal.  

CICERO is the ultimate online educational resource with practically every type of historical or educational material teachers can think of using in their classroom. It delivers a variety of tools such as: PowerPoint presentations, interactive timelines, complete downloadable lesson plans, period-related audio clips, art, lyrics and music, professional development tools, and much more all correlated to state standards. Imagine every teaching tool educators could possibly dream of right at their fingertips!

CICERO is divided into 15 units with more than 325 history lessons covering U.S. History from 600 B.C. to the present day. It is a comprehensive, convenient, and cost-effective classroom tool now available for U.S. History and Social Studies teachers. Teachers can now gain access to this portal of unlimited American History content by visiting O’Block Books Educational Materials’ website or calling 412-559-3384.

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O'Block Books is dedicated to publishing and selling affordable, valuable teaching resources. The qualified staff has extensive teaching experience which allows them to select quality materials that are appropriate and beneficial to teachers and parents.