Social Studies Resources

Teacher Resources

*African History-Primary Resources Links to African history primary resources
*American Memory from the Library of Congress Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience
Apples 4 the Teacher Interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject
*Best of History Web Sites: History Games & Animations History games and animations organized around broad historical periods.
*Center for History and New Media Online databases and other resources for historians and history teachers from George Mason University; set of free digital tools
*Center for the Study of Southern Culture University of Mississippi site focusing on education and research on the American South
*Cyberschoolbus: United Nations "The United Nations Cyberschoolbus offers informative and interactive educational materials to a global audience."
*Digital History Inquiry-based, interactive modules; ready-to-use collections of
primary sources, graphs, charts, and study questions; learning modules; resource guides; lesson plans
*Digitized Primary American History Sources An annotated list of primary resources sites, including images, illustrations, cartoons
*Documenting the American South Digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture
*Famous Trials Collection of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents, Web links, newspaper accounts, and more
Maps 101 Web site with current and historical maps which are printable and fully usable
*National Archives and Records Administration For Educators and Students section contains resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students
*National Geographic Education Offers several education sites including Geography Action!; My Wonderful World; National Geographic Bee; The JASON Project; maps; photos; news; audio/video
*Paul Halsall/Fordham Internet History Sourcebooks Project A world wide web project designed to provide easy access to primary sources and other teaching materials in a non-commercial environment.  It was developed and is edited by Paul Halsall with the aid of numerous other contributors
Persistent Issues in History Network Seeks to develop and support a community of teachers who are skilled in engaging their students in problem-based historical inquiry
*Primary Resources on the Web Sections addressing the definition of primary sources; finding primary resources; evaluating primary resources; citing primary resources
*Resources for History History resources links provided by Vanderbilt University
*SCORE History and Social Sciences Evaluates, aligns, and annotates quality resources from the World Wide Web to the California History-Social Science Content Standards and curriculum

Social Studies PowerPoints

Includes World History, U.S. History, government, economics, geography
*Subject Research Guides: History –North America A list of history links maintained by Rutgers University
*The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress Images, sounds, written accounts, and a myriad more items of cultural documentation
*The Founders’ Constitution Writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable; documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s
*The Geography of Slavery in Virginia Presents full transcriptions and images of all runaway and captured ads for slaves and servants placed in Virginia newspapers from 1736 to 1790
*The Learning Page Historical documents; photographs; maps; films; audio recordings; lesson plans; activities and more from The Library of Congress
*Thinkfinity Highest quality, standards-based and research-based educational and literacy resources to teachers and instructors.
*World History: Hyperhistory Project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of  lifelines, timelines, and maps
World History PowerPoints 20th century World History PowerPoints

Student Resources

*African History-Primary Resources Links to African history primary resources
*American Memory from the Library of Congress Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience
*Documenting the American South Digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture
*Famous Trials Collection of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents, Web links, newspaper accounts, and more
Maps 101 Web site with current and historical maps which are printable and fully usable
*National Archives and Records Administration For Educators and Students section contains resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students
*National Geographic Education Offers several education sites including Geography Action!; My Wonderful World; National Geographic Bee; The JASON Project; maps; photos; news; audio/video
*Primary Resources on the Web Sections addressing the definition of primary sources; finding primary resources; evaluating primary resources; citing primary resources
*Resources for History History resources links provided by Vanderbilt University
*The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress Images, sounds, written accounts, and a myriad more items of cultural documentation
*The Founders’ Constitution Writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable; documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s
*The Geography of Slavery in Virginia Presents full transcriptions and images of all runaway and captured ads for slaves and servants placed in Virginia newspapers from 1736 to 1790

* Web resources and descriptions provided by Sandra Hornig, Alabama Technology in Motion

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