Lesson plans, Bibliographies, Suggested Resources
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers - from Dr. Marty Levine, California State University, Northridge
Notable Social Studies Trade Books - from National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council
Teacher
Resources from the National Council for the Social Studies
American Anthropological Association links on main page plus Anthropology Education Commission Page for K-12
National Council for the Social Studies - Lists national standards, includes "media watch" section, and contains abstracts for articles in current publications.
National Council for Geographic Education - Lists National Geography Standards and includes some online resources.
National Council for History Education - Publishes an online newsletter, provides resources, and includes some history links.
American History
Civics/Economics
Geography
Psychology/Sociology
World History
American
Memory - A gateway to primary resources and historical collections
National Archives - Primary documents, the Federal Register, and the Digital Classroom.
Public Broadcasting System - A source for many social science topics.
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History Site offers virtual tours complete
with lesson plans associated with the exhibits for grades 4-12, a timeline
with representative exhibits, and alphabetical access to exhibits.
You may also wish
to consult these reference books in the Curriculum Lab:
Partin, Ronald L. The Prentice Hall Directory
of Online Social Studies
Resources.
Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Berson, Michael J. et al. Social Studies on the Internet. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2001.
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