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General Social Studies
- Academy One Social
Studies Curriculum Exchange
This site contains the full
text of dozens of lesson
plans. The original group of
700 lesson plans were
developed in the Columbia
Education Center's Summer
Workshops by a consortium of
teachers from 14 states
dedicated to improving the
quality of education in the
rural, western, United
States, particularly the
quality of math and science
education. These lesson
plans are available with
permission from Big Sky
Telegraph, which distributed
these lesson plans.
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Alberta Social Studies
Council: One World Web Site
Features council news,
links, a discussion forum,
and a social studies events
calendar.
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CUBE (The Center for
Understanding Our Built
Environment)
Educational "architivities,"
workshops, and publications.
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CSS (Computers in the Social
Studies) Journal
According to its website,
this electronic educational
journal is "dedicated to the
promotion of computers and
related technology in social
studies classrooms, at all
levels.
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"Connections+" from the
Mid-continent Regional
Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Connections+ consists of
Internet resources--lesson
plans, activities,
curriculum resources--linked
with corresponding
subject-area content
standards in the arts,
behavioral/social sciences,
civics, economics, foreign
language, geography,
health/PE, history, language
arts, math, and science, as
well as
multi/inter-disciplinary
lesson plans.
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History/Social Studies Web
Site for K-12 Teachers
The purpose of this site,
according to its home page,
is to "encourage the use of
the World Wide Web as a tool
for learning and teaching
and to provide some help for
K-12 classroom teachers in
locating and using the
resources of the Internet in
the classroom." This
extensive site is composed
of subject sections such as:
archaeology, diversity
sources, electronic texts,
books and zines, genealogy,
geography, economics,
government, non-Western
history, European history,
American history,
humanities/art, K-12
resources, kids and
students,
leisure/fun/health,
resources for writers, SGML
materials, resources for
parents, news and current
events, media sites/media
literacy, research/critical
thinking.
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Kids and Community
Maintained by the American
Planning Association (APA),
this site encourages kids to
explore how people create
communities, how they live
in them, and how they change
them. Features information
about city planning and
careers in city planning and
activities.
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Kids Next Door
Maintained by the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD),
this site features
activities that encourage
kids to learn more about the
people, places, and things
in their communities.
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Lesson Plans and Resources
for Social Studies Teachers
Dr. Marty Levine, Professor
of Secondary Education,
California State University,
Northridge (CSUN), has
gathered resources from the
Internet which social
studies teachers will find
useful such as lesson plans
and teaching strategies,
online activities,
information on teaching
current events, newsgroups
and mailing lists, and
resources on educational
standards and curriculum
frameworks.
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Mr. Donn's Pages
This site features lesson
plans, activities and
resources for ancient
history, world history, U.S.
history, holidays, and more.
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Nebraska Department of
Education Social Science
Resources HomePage
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Primary Source: Promoting
Inclusive, Accurate Social
Studies Education
This non-profit center for
interdisciplinary social
studies education aims to
promote social studies
education that is
"historically accurate,
culturally inclusive and
explicitly concerned with
racism and other forms of
discrimination." The site
features information about
professional development
opportunities in China,
ancient civilizations, Mayan
culture, African-American
history, and 19th century
Western U.S. history; a
resource library,
bibliographies, and a
database of teacher-written
curricula; and sample lesson
and chapters from Primary
Source-published curricula.
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SCORE (Schools of California
Online Resources for
Education) History/Social
Science
Features several databases
containing information
about: K-12 teaching
resources and lessons,
professional development
opportunities for teachers,
and virtual projects and
field trips. Also offers
information about curriculum
standards and frameworks.
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Social Studies Education
Network from the University
of Kansas
Created to assist social
studies teachers and
students in understanding
the issues and content
associated with the
discipline, this web site
offers a unique collection
of websites, activities,
resources, and teacher tools
that will enhance K-12
social studies education.
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Social Studies School
Service
Social Studies School
Service has seeks out high
quality supplementary
learning materials,
including books, CD-ROMs,
videos, laserdiscs,
software, charts, and
posters, from over a
thousand publishers and
makes them available for
purchase through over 30
annual catalogs, each
focusing on a different
grade level or subject area.
On the Service's Web site,
the catalogs are searchable
by keyword, subject, grade
level, and medium.
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The Social Studies Educator
Resources galore for social
studies teachers.
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Social Studies Sources
(Indiana University School
of Education)
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Teach With Movies
This
site, intended for parents
and teachers, lists movies
recommended for teaching (1)
cultural diversity and (2)
character education. Movies
not recommended for
classroom use are also
listed. "Learning Guides"
for use with each
recommended film describe
the benefits of the movie,
possible problems, and
background information.
Discussion questions,
related reading, projects,
and links to Internet
resources are also provided.
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Teacher's Guide for the
Professional Cartoonists'
Index
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