Social+Studies-History

The links below are excellent resources for the social studies/history classroom. Feel free to add other sites that you use and want to share with others.

__General__
__Social Studies Heaven__ The Historical Marker Database Social Studies Link Microsoft Education Lesson Plans ForLessonPlans.com [|The National Council for the Social Studies] - Standards, teaching resources (internet, print and videos), and links to social studies web sites. [|Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources] - links to sites with lesson plans for history, geography, and current events. There is also a section on online activities. [|World History for Us All] - a curriculum for teaching world history to middle and high school students. This is project of San Diego State Unversity and involves the collaboration of K-12 teachers and university instructors [|Social Studies Lesson Plans] - From the Lesson Plans Page. [|Social Science Lesson Plans] - From Education World. [|Social Studies Lesson Plans] -From Teachnology. [|Social Studies] - Lesson plans and other materials from PBS [|Learner.org] - Professional development and teaching resources. Videos marked VoD may be watched online. This site is by the Annenberg Foundation. [|Social Studies Theme Units] - For history, geography, and related Social Studies topics. [|History and Social Studies Lesson Plans] - From EdSitement. [|42 eXplore] - Teaching ideas and related web sites for a variety of social studies topics. [|Smithsonian Education] - Good web site for teachers, students, and families. It has lesson plans for all subjects. [|Lesson Plans from FactChecked.org] - Lessons which encourage students to examine the veracity of their information sources. [|Outreach World] - Lesson plans and links to web sites for teaching international and area studies for all grade levels. [|Asia for Educators] - Lesson plans for history, geography, and literature. This site is by Columbia University. [|Professional Cartoonists' Index] - A teacher's guide to using political cartoons in the classroom at all grade levels. This web site contains an excellent collection of polital cartoons organized by artists' names and by state. This is a great tool for teaching current events and can also be included in the Language Arts, Journalism, and Art curriculum.

__Current Events__
[|CNN Students News] - Resources for both students and teachers. [|New York Times Learning Network] - A news quiz and lesson plans. [|PBS News Hour] - News for students and lesson plans for teachers. [|Time for Kids] - Teacher's page. By Time magazine. [|C-Span] - Topics for the discussion of current events in the classroom. [|The Cyber School Bus] - United Nations education portal with information and activities for both current events and geography. [|Teachable Moment] - Activities and resources for the study of current events. [|Current Events!] - Lesson plans from Education World.

__Geography__
[|Education@NationalGeographic] - Online expeditions, lesson plans, free printable maps, and, of course, National Geographic products for sale. [|Xpeditions] - National Geographic site with virtual field trips, lesson plans, and maps [|National Geographic News] - Current news of geography and other science and social studies topics. [|My Wonderful World] - A campaign by the National Geographic to improve student knowledge of geography. There are resources here for students, teachers, and parents. [|Geography Lesson Plans] - From Discovery School. [|Geography Lesson Plans] - From Education World. [|Geography Home Page] - From About.Com. There is quite a bit of geography information here. [|National Council for Geographic Education] [|World Mapper] - These maps are resized based on the subject of interest such as population, age, tourism, exports and imports. By the University of Sheffield. [|Nation Master] - An excellent site for statistics from countries of the world. Your students will be able to compare education, income, oil consumption, life expectancy, and many other statistics. There are also maps and country information. [|Google Earth Lessons] - Uses of Google Earth in the classroom. [|The Asia Society] - This is a good source of lesson plans for Asian countries. [|StateMaster] - This site has a wealth of statistics about the United States. There are statistics for education, health, finances, and much, much more. It can be used for both social studies and math classes. [|Geology.Com] - This site has maps and satellite images for the United States and the countries of the world. [|K-12 Electronic Guide to African Resources on the Internet] - By the African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania. [|Online Map Games] [|Geography Lesson Plans and Resources] - A large collection of lesson plans for all grade levels.

__Government__
[|U.S. Government and Civic Lesson Plans] - From Mr. Donn's Free Lesson Plans. [|Government Lesson Plans] - From Teachnology. [|Elections and Voting Lesson Plans] - From Teachology. [|Congress Link] - This site has lesson plans for the study of the US Congress. There also links to other lesson plan sites and to web quests. By the Dirkson Congressional Center [|USA.gov] - The US government's information portal. [|Government Agency Kids Pages] - There are sites for kids (and some for teachers)from many US government departments and agencies. [|iCivics] - A web site for middle school students and their teachers by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. There are lesson plans dealing with current judicial issues. [|The 2010 Census] - Lesson plans for all grades from the U. S. Census Bureau. [|Learn About Congress] - Interactive modules on congress and the government. This site is by The Center on Congress at the University of Indiana. [|Constitution Day] - Information and lesson plans for teaching about the US constitution. [|The National Constitution Center] - in Philadelphia. This site has lesson plans for study of the constitution. [|Nation Master Lesson Plans] - This site has world government lesson plans which are suitable for grades 6 - 12. [|Pennsylvania State Government] [|VotesPa] - Information for Pennsylvanians who are voting for the first time or who want to learn how to use the new voting machines. [|Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System] - Obtain statistical information about crime in Pennsylvania. Data is available by location, age and race of offender, type of crime, and other parameters. This information can be used to assist in social studies research or in math studies.

__**Sites for Social Studies Research**__
[|The CIA World Factbook] - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, etc. [|FactCheck.org] - A nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center from the University of Pennsylvania. [|ProCon.org] - P romotes critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting non-partisan research on controversial issues. [|PolitiFact.com] - A project of the St. Petersburg Times to help get to a more truthful presentation of information regarding American politics.