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Teaching and Learning Resources Resource Center: Exemplary Social
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Exemplary Curriculum Web Sites: Social Studies: American Folklore Site - Links to state and regional folktales as well as links by genres, such as campfire, weather and historical stories American Memory - A collection of the Library of Congress Arizona State Legislature Web site and the Arizona Governor's Web site Awesome Stories - Some online primary source documents can be accessed without a subscription. The cost is $19.95 a year. It may be worth it! Be, Live, Buy Different - Worldwild Life Fund (WWF) and the Center for the New American Dream (New Dream) have co-authored an interdisciplinary, community learning project resource targetted for middle school teachers and students that explores the power of socially-conscious consumerism. Their is a 300-page Smart Consumers curriculum binder that is free for teachers. Best of History Web Sites: includes an effective search feature Center for Civic Education Web site CIA World Factbook - Tons of information on countries Create A Graph - A kid-friendly Web site for graph making Digital History - An astounding array of resources hosted by a collaborative partnership between the University of Houston, Chicago Historical Society, National Park Service, and others. Discovery School - History and Social Studies Web links offered by Kathy Schrock, cyber-librarian extraordinaire EcoEdLink - Economics Lessons for K-12 Egypt - Pathfinder to support building background knowledge about modern-day Cairo, Egypt First Amendment Schools: This site has information and an online quiz about students' and teachers' First Amendment rights. French and Indian War: Raid on Deerfield (1704) This site gives different perspectives on a French and Indian raid on the English settlement located on the former Pocumtuck homeland in Massachusetts. It is up to the reader/viewer to judge who was right or wrong. The Gilder Lehrman: Institute of American History: Online and traveling exhibitions of primary source documents Good Character.com - Includes information to support service learning In America: Lerner Publishing site about immigrant groups. HyperHistory Online - People, History, Events, and Maps (U. S. and World History) Library of Congress - Online words, pictures, and sound related to U. S. History Links to the Past: Explore America's Past - This site contain's links to information and resources about America's cultural past, including buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts. Mapping.com - The companion site for David Smith's book, If The World Were a Village MapQuest.com - Find directions to street locations National Anthem - The National Anthem Project is a campaign, directed as children, to spotlight "the important role music education plays in giving Americans our patriotic voice. National Constitution Center - Web site for the National Constitution Center Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National Council for the Social Studies - NCSS site includes ten standards for the social studies and Notable Books in the Social Studies (Some parts of the site are for members only.) National Geographic Xpeditions - Geography lessons created by experts in the field National Geographic Map Machine - too cool! Old Magazines - This site contains thousands of resources for teaching history. Oregon Trail - This remake of the software version provides fun interactivity that can motivate students to learn about U. S. history, Westward Expansion, in particular. Pathways to Freedom - Fantastic Underground Railroad Site Presidents' Day Activities - by grade level SCORE - Connecting California's Classroom to the World - Virtual social studies projects and field trips plus online resources indexed by grade levels Social Studies Web Links - Grosse Point Public Schools - Curriculum and Instruction Southern Poverty Law Conference Teaching Tolerance Web site Teaching with Documents - These lesson plans from the National Archives and Records Administration focus on teaching social studies with primary documents Truckers Report: Trucking Across the 50 States - This site is a good source for quick facts and includes a link to a .pdf file of more quick facts on each state. Women's History Month - CNN's site includes links to many valuable resources |
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Launched: 12 August 2004 |