Social+Studies

=Social Studies= toc

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ProjectShareTexas Use the Content Repository for
 * NY Times Knowledge Repository Network
 * Texas PBS Station
 * Flatworld Knowledge
 * Center for Statistics and International Studies

Seeing Reason - Cause and Effect With the Seeing Reason Tool students create visual maps of the factors and relationships in a cause-and-effect investigation.

Timeline Template for Excel

Tiki-Toki - beautiful multimedia timelines that you can share on the web

[|Dipity] - Another multimedia timeline creator where your students can build amazing timelines with photos, text, and video

[|Timetoast] - another multimedia online timeline builder

[|Timelines] - History timelines created by the people for the people

[|TimeGlider] - your students can make eally cool, interactive multimedia timelines

[|History Pin] - Pin your history to the world - photos, videos, audio clips are uploaded and pinned geographically to create a global history

[|101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class] - by Finding Dulcinea

[|Teaching History with Technology] - by edtechteacher

[|Best of History Websites] - by edtechteacher

[|Social Studies Central] - has a tech blog, weekly tip, best practices, online resources and more

[|iCivics] - games, information, and activities geared towards kids

[|Teaching HIstory.org] - National History Education Clearinghouse - teaching materials, videos, best practices, all grade levels

[|Mission US] - Thirteen - a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. History content through free interactive games

[|Digital History] - using new technology to enhance teaching and research

[|All About Explorers]- All Explorers All the Time

[|Playing History]- lots of free interactive games based on history

[|DocsTeach] - The National Archives Experience - thousands of primary sources and tools for teaching your kids to use them

[|Animaps] - Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time. When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!

[|America: A Narrative History] - amazing Google Earth Tools that tell the history of America

[|National Geographic Education] - tons of resources for teachers

Digital Video In Social Studies Education // [|Teaching with Digital Video: Watch, Analyze, Create] // Ed. Glen L. Bull and Lynn Bell. Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education, 2010. p15-38.

Tons of resources for students and teachers (scroll down on site a bit) - []

[|Internet4Classrooms: General Social Studies] - tons of links and resources

[|C-Span Classroom] - free materials for social studies teachers (videos, tutorials, etc.)

[|The September 11th Education Program] - 7 unit curriculum on 9/11

[|Teaching with Documents Lesson Plans] - from the National Archives

TimeMaps This is the history of the world from 3500BC to 2005AD There are pinpoints on the Atlas that let students drill down into specific areas, nations and civilizations. Students get a story about what is happening in this portion of the world, as well as opportunities to explore even further. Below the map, students can change the date on an interactive timeline.

[|Social Studies Interactives] - by Utah Education Network

[|History and Social Studies Lesson Plans] - by Edsitement

[|HippoCampus] - resources for middle school and high school

[|21st Century Skills Lesson Plans] - an initiative of the American Association of School Librarians

[|Mission to Learn] - 26 Learning Games to Change the World

[|EconEdLink] - economics & Personal finance resources for K-12

[|Google World Wonders Project] - By using our Street View technology, Google has a unique opportunity to make world heritage sites available to users across the globe

[|Show World -] SELECT a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject --both its share of the total and absolute value. AWESOME  [|The History Teacher's Attic]- blog  [|Historical Thinking Matters] - U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives. [|Film Story]- The first interactive resource that lets you explore the complex relationship between history and film

[|Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History] - The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of [|Howard Zinn’s]  best-selling book //A People’s History of the United States // and other materials for teaching a people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The website offers more than 100 free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by [|theme] , [|time period] , and reading level. The Zinn Education Project is coordinated by two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> and <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #993300; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Teaching for Change] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">[|Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation] - this is a 10 minute animated illustration of the growth of the US from the original 13 states in 1789

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">[|History Tech] - blog about teaching history with technology and "probably some other stuff"

Middle School
Middleweb - all about the middle grades - []

[|Social Studies WebQuests grades 6-8] - Over 200 pages of webquests!!!!

http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Search/#o%3As%3Ds%253Aresource%5Ef%3Do%253Aresource%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.SocialStudies%25255Esubject%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.SocialStudies%25255Ecategory%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Elevel%25253Ds%2525253Agr-6-8%25255Elanguage%25253Ds%2525253Aeng%25255Ereview%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eictprfx%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eict%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Especial%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Esort%25253Do%2525253Afield%2525253Ds%252525253Ascore%2525255Edir%2525253Ds%252525253ADESC%255Egroup%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%Curriki - tons of lesson plans, webquests, videos, units, and more! Requires creation of free account to download.

[|America's Story from America's Library] - History from the Library of Congress - geared towards kids

[|Taking it Global] - Largest online community of youth interested in global issues and creating positive change

=High School=

[|Social Studies WebQuests grades 9-12] - HUGE list

Curriki - lesson plans, webquests, units, videos, and more! Must create free account to download. http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Search/#o%3As%3Ds%253Aresource%5Ef%3Do%253Aresource%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.SocialStudies%25255Esubject%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.SocialStudies%25255Ecategory%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Elevel%25253Ds%2525253Agr-6-8%25255Elanguage%25253Ds%2525253Aeng%25255Ereview%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eictprfx%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eict%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Especial%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Esort%25253Do%2525253Afield%2525253Ds%252525253Ascore%2525255Edir%2525253Ds%252525253ADESC%255Egroup%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%HERE (9-10) and http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Search/#o%3As%3Ds%253Aresource%5Ef%3Do%253Aresource%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.SocialStudies%25255Esubject%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.SocialStudies%25255Ecategory%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Elevel%25253Ds%2525253Agr-11-12%25255Elanguage%25253Ds%2525253Aeng%25255Ereview%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eictprfx%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eict%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Especial%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Esort%25253Do%2525253Afield%2525253Ds%252525253Ascore%2525255Edir%2525253Ds%252525253ADESC%255Egroup%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%HERE (11-12)

[|History Matters] - designed for high school and college teachers and students - a gateway to web resources and materials for U.S. History

[|Fold3] - US military history records from revolutionary war to present

[|Edsitement! The Best of Humanities on the Web]- by the National Endowment of the Humanities (student resources, lesson plans, etc.)

From an article in Lifehacker - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px;">Ancient history buffs will appreciate UCLA's <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #719602; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px;">. Heed the call of the wild at Sonoma State's <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #719602; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Jack London Online Collection] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px;">. From the College of New Jersey comes the intriguing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #719602; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Images of American Political History] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px;">, a collection of over 500 public domain images ranging from 1750 up to present day. One of the most interesting historical sites I've ever come across is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #719602; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Talking History] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px;"> from the University of Albany; it's a collection of "audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #719602; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Historical Voices] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 15px;">, a collaborative effort of several universities, is a similar project: "The purpose of Historical Voices is to create a significant, fully searchable online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century - the first large-scale repository of its kind."