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Placement United States History (ten major units of study, general history links, and specific unit associated links)
Adventure Online (some nice social studies related lesson plans in the Teacher Base Camp section--you can log in as a visitor) Behavioral Studies/Social Sciences (links for students and teachers) Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library (you'll love this one--rated links with descriptions grouped by subject and topic) CapWeb: The Internet Guide to Congress (provides loads of information about Congress and links to related Internet resources) Digital Classroom (offers online U.S. History and Government lessons that feature archival documents from the National Archives and Records Administration and promote the development of critical thinking skills) |
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Economic Ed Website (help for learning economics in K-12 classes--including using the internet to teach economics)
EDSITEment (internet links for teaching history and social studies and lesson plans that use the links)
Education Calendar and WWW Sites (monthly calendar of resource and curriculum links based on historical events on a particular day)
History Net (one stop shop for history teachers and students, with articles, people profiles, and eyewitness accounts)
History Place (exhibits concerning U.S. History, homework help section with tips for writing a quality history paper.)
History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
Homework Help (secondary students can ask questions about history, geography, government, current events, or other social studies topics)
HyperHistory Online (presents 3000 years of world history with colorful graphics, lifelines, essays, maps, and timelines of famous people. events, history, science, culture, religion, and politics--one of the best history sites on the web)
Internet Connections: Behavioral Studies/Social Sciences (many links for anthropology, psychology, and social science)
K-12 AFRICA GUIDE (planning multidisciplinary lessons for Black History Month)
Kevin Kearney's Education Page
Kid's Click!: American History (General) (links provided by librarians with reading levels indicated)
Kid's Click!: History (links provided by librarians organized by subject--title, description, reading level, and picture search available)
Kid's Click!: Society and Government (links provided by librarians organized by subject--title, description, reading level, and picture search available)
Lakeview Social Studies Links (nice links by a social studies teacher--be patient while it loads)
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
MEGAlinks for Teachers: Social Studies
Mighty Media Educator's Resource Center (lessons, activities, and programs to facilitate the teaching of environmental issues, human rights, and connect K-12 education with social action for a variety of interest areas)
National Council for the Social Studies Online (just about everything for a social studies class)
Newspapers in Education (although some lessons are geared to the Detroit News, this site has some great ideas for using newspapers in the classroom--also includes links to many other useful resources)
Public Affairs Web (excellent support materials for teaching U. S. government--resources related to local, state, and national candidates, public issues, legislation, ballot measures, public organizations, and public affairs professionals)
RETANET (Resources for Teaching About the Americas)
SchoolLinks.com (links for social studies and other subjects)
SCORE: Schools of California Online Resources for Education (history and social studies links divided into teaching units and evaluated according to grade level, content, accuracy, and ease of use)
The Smithsonian (home page of the Smithsonian Institute and Museums)
Social Sciences Internet Resources
Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library
Social Studies (lesson plan links)
Social Studies Links (over 1,000 links organized by topic)
Social Studies Subject Lesson Plans
Teacher's Corner (links for multicultural education)
Teacher's Guide for the Professional Cartoonist (k-12 lesson plans for using editorial cartoons as a teaching tool--student handouts that you can print out)
Television News Archives (abstracts of television newscasts since 1968--searchable by date and major news event)
U. S. Supreme Court (virtual tour and database of latest cases and opinions)
Virtual Library: Social Sciences
Washington Social Studies Site (great site with links for using technology to teach social studies)
World History (entire World History course from Ancient Civilizations through the Cold War, to present day Global issues--many activities for teachers to use, plus handouts and notes)
