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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar...Helen A. Keller



LEARNING RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY

SOCIAL STUDIES 
FOR TEACHERS

 

 

Native Americans
Cable in the Classroom
Ideas encompassing the Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, Health, World Languages, Health, History and  Computer Literacy.
CNN Classroom
Daily hour-long news program especially for schools including teacher's guides, activities and links.  Available by subscription.
CongressLink Classroom Resources
A resource for teachers with lessons, rubrics, links...and includes primary sources as well.
CSS Journal
Computers in Social Studies contains a wide variety of historical documents and links.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
A myriad of federal resources including historical documents and science experiments with comments from teachers, parents and  students.
Free Radio
Free online radio broadcasts of debates about the First Amendment.
History Channel
Exhibits, speeches, "This Day in History", television specials and classroom ideas.
History of Slavery
Slavery from the 1600s through the abolition of slavery in 1865.  Includes historical narratives, images, politcial cartoons, biographies, maps, literature, and lesson plans..
K-12 Africa Guide
Teaching materials for 55 different African nations including images and additional links.
Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies
A wide variety of lesson plans focusing on Social Studies listed alphabetically -- the past and present.
Library of Congress
In addition to the very detailed and highly sophisticated information on legislation as well as searching using "Thomas" there is an entire section devoted to primary sources and education with lesson plans, Educators' Conferences, Research, the Bicenntennial, special programs and more.
National History Day
Featuring This Day In History, timeline of the world, Study Guides, speeches, Modern Marvel Challenges and more...
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
Open-ended lessons for grades 3-5...highlights Native American diversity.
PBS History
Biographies, world history, American history and more.
PBS Teacher's Source
An opportunity to receive weekly newsletters in your own area including Arts and Science, Math, Science, Technology, Social Science and Health.  A site well worth visiting.
Presidents
A comprehensive site on every U.S. president including speeches, writings and biographies.
Smithsonian Institution
Thirteen On Line - Immigration
A detailed lesson plan on Immigration.
This Day in History
This site is maintained by the History Channel.
Today in History
An opportunity to find out what happened on a particular date in history. Why not look for your birthday?
Understanding the Supreme Court
Personal histories, images, essays and lesson plans.
Native Americans
The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge:  Native American Chants and Movement
The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge:  Writing Myths
Living Traditions:  Museums Honor the North American Indigenous Games

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