National Council for the Social Studies | socialstudies.org The offical site for the NCSS. Curriculum resources are available.
TI: Language Arts and Social Studies Instructional Module
From the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Provides overall strategies for integrating technology into the social studies curriculum
- techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators. Site contains a Software Reviews Database, articles from Technology & Learning Magazine, articles from Educators in Educators' eZine, Event and Contest listings, Reader suggested Web sites, and weekly news updates on education technology leaders.
- Technology Integration Resources From Kent school district in Washington State.
Best of History Web Sites: Maps Visit Best of History Web Sites for the best Map sites -- reviewed and rated
"Do-It-Yourself" State Maps State maps showing all counties. User supplies color codes of counties to create great visual aids.
- Google Maps Has both street map and satelitte picture overlays. Impressive!
Help using Google Earth The is a great place to start if you have never used the Google Earth Program. This is installed on all OS X machines only.
Illinois Geography and Maps Geography and maps of the state of Illinois.
Discovery Channel :: National Parks Video Tours on Google Earth Watch Discovery video on National Parks using Google Earth.
Presidents' Day Page The United States Mint for Coin News. Presidents
U.S. DOL - The History of Labor Day Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
National Memorial Day Concert . A Brief History of Memorial Day | PBS
Online NewsHour: Origins of Labor Day -- September 2, 1996 | PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
A JOURNEY TO A NEW LAND
From Simon Fraser University: An extensive multimedia tour of the first people to arrive in America via Siberia. Other information from cultures in the Northwest are also provided
- http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/biographies.php
- The Columbus Navigation Homepage This award-winning website explores the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.
- Exploration and Discovery Home Page
- war of 1812 index
- Yahooligans! - Civil War Links
- Stone Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- OldStoneAge
- Ancient Civilizations Museum on the Web
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | PBS Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Reconstruction:
- Reconstruction and the Lost Cause
- Teacher Resources - Feature - American Memory Timeline: Civil War and Reconstruction American Memory Timeline, a feature presentation for teachers, provides an investigation of many curricular themes, through use of primary sources from the American Memory collections - from the Learning Page, The Library of Congress.
- Vietnam War - Multimedia - MSN Encarta
- The Vietnam War: Annotated Internet Resources An annotated list of Internet resources on the Vietnam War.
- eLECTIONS online game
Free election game by Cable in the Classroom, CNN, and History Channel. 3-D elections simulation gives users a self-directed run for the Presidency. Interactive classroom teaching tool about the election process. 1 or 2 player format includes news video, campaign music, and competitive game platform