Social+Studies

__**Resources**__**:** American History Online Textbook - American History from Pre-Columbian to New Millennium Atlapedia - contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. Authentic History - The Authentic History Center is comprised of artifacts and sounds from American popular culture. Best of History Websites - Award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. Civil Liberties - In this lesson, students work in groups to explore the issue of civil liberties by conducting Internet research on related court cases of their choosing. Constitution - This site has interactive exercises and it has the option to print out exercise documents, too. Constitution Day Workshop - Activities for Grades 4-12. This site helps students learn about the Constituion through the use of primary documents/sources. Early America - The main focus of this website is providing primary source material from the 18th Century. Eyewitness to History - Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it. Great amount of primary sources from a wide range of topics and time periods. FREE - __F__ederal __R__esources for __E__ducation __E__xcellence - teaching and learning with resources from Federal agencies. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - contains 20 modules that correlate to major periods of American history. Holocaust - A database of Holocaust resources. Library of Congress Primary Sources by State - The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. Maps - Free maps to download on the computer or print out. You can also paint and print the maps. World maps, U.S. State maps, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc. Make sure to check out this site. Maps of War - This site has links to multi-media war maps on many topics, including: Iraq, WW I, WW II, Dafur, Israel, Terrorism, Crime, and Mirgration to name a few. National Archives - Excellent site for incorporating the use of primary documents. Sources include, but are not limited to lesson plans, teacher toolbox, and a digital vault. News of the Week Done in Rap - a website that contains two-minute videos summarizing the major news stories of the week. Two new videos are posted the site every Friday, and anyone can view them for free. Our Documents - The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle US history from 1776 to 1965. Corporate Governance - This site provides a lesson and additional resources for analyzing political cartoons. The Center for Teaching History with Technology - Resource created for teachers looking to incorporate technology into their classrooms! THWT aims to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. The Social Studies Help Center - Help for American History and Economics and AP Government. US History.org - lists its misson as. . . "to educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American history, as well as Philadelphia generally." Using the Web and Technology in Social Studies Classes - hundreds of links to resources for encompassing all grade levels. WWII Posters - In this lesson plan, students analyze World War II posters, chosen from online collections, to explore how argument, persuasion, and propaganda differ. The lesson begins with a full-class exploration of the famous “I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY” poster, featuring a determined Uncle Sam. Students’ individual analysis projects can focus on any World War II poster.

@http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/yearschedule.asp - Great source for video clips on all 42 presidents in American History. www.c-spanclassroom.org - C-span classroom is an excellent site for government related video. //**NOTE:**// this is a free service but you need to register. @http://www.ciconline.org/video- Cable in the Classroom provides links to about 20 different websites. Examples include: The Pentagon Channel, Court TV, MTV's Think Education and ESPN's SportsFigures Film Room. www.history.com/media.do - This site is provided by the History Channel for free and include many videos and speeches (audio) from a variety of historic events. www.learner.org - Includes free resources for teachers (including video) from the Annenberg Foundation //**NOTE**//: this is a free service, but you need to register for this. www.unitedstreaming.com - This is an excellent service from Discovery Education that provides entire videos or just small clips for teachers to show or even download and put into a PowerPoint presentation. **//NOTE://** this is a free service but you must establish an account to use. Digital Stories from American History - Seven different stories from Digital History. Famous Moments in Early American History - Each film in the 'Famous Moments' series highlights a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era. MultiMedia Resources from the Ohio State University - Great source with links to many specific historical topics.
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