Social+Studies

//This page is devoted to resources and materials that can be used to design compelling experiences for students of Social Studies.//

=Materials That Promote Historical Thinking=

[|Authentic History Center] - A phenomenal collection of online artifacts, images, and sounds that is organized by decade. (From Lee Sherlock)

[|Ease History] - This unique site allows students to access primary source materials in a variety of different media (audio, print, text, video) and to manipulate them so that they can be compared. (From Troy Hicks)

[|Epic 2014] - This video offers a future "historical look" at the development of technology from the perspective of someone living in 2014. user:chericem1

Historical Thinking Wiki - This wiki introduces teachers to multiple methods for developing historical thinking, including images, layering, questioning, and using primary and secondary source materials. The //Methods// and //Layering// pages will be particularly useful to teachers. (From Alisa Kesler)

[|History Matters] - A beautiful site designed to provide resources for survey courses in U.S. History. It allows students to explore perspectives of historians, primary source documents, and links to additional resources. It also provides links to course materials and syllabi for teachers. (From Alisa Kesler)

[|The Illuminated Continent] - A neat mashup site that allows users to explore National Geographic stories and photos in conjunction with Google Earth. user:chericem1

[|The Media History Project] - A rich site that traces the history of various media-related fields and technologies via timelines, resource collections, and lists of links. (From Lee Sherlock)

[|Thinking Out Loud About the Past] - Blog post that advocates using think alouds as a tool for developing historical thinking in teachers and students. user:chericem1

=Supplemental Materials for Geography Classes=

Countries and Capitals Site
http://comet.charles-city.k12.ia.us/Bode/QuickIndex.html This site contains the names of countries, capitals, their flags, and interactive study activities (many in foreign languages) using on-line Hyperstudio presentations.

Countries of the World
These coloring pages personify countries around the world.
 * http://www.kidscolorpages.com/countries.htm**

Geography & World War I
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/545.html In this activity, students create a map depicting the alignment of nations on the floor out of torn paper.

Maps 101
[|http://www.maps101.com] This site contains more than 4,000 digital and printable maps, over 200 K-12 lesson plans, daily and weekly current event articles, up-to-date world and U.S. reference atlases, and educational quizzes and games. The //Class Resources// section contains links to some interesting ways to use maps with your classes-many as a tool for critical thinking (for example, check out the "Arguing with Maps" link). The //Current Events// section has two really interesting features. One is geographical information that deepens understanding of current issues in the news. The other is a nice little collection of examples of maps that have appeared as part of current news stories. The //Learn and Play// section includes links to online map quizzes, crosswords, and other activities.

Suggestions for FLES Geography Activities
http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9804&L=flteach&P=R33840&I=-3&m=61260

Weather Underground: Temperatura
[|http://espanol.wunderground.com:80/US/Region/US/Temperature.html] Clickable map of the U.S. links to forecasts and temperatures in Spanish or English for each state.

= = =Supplemental Materials for Social Studies Classes=

The Center For Learning Interdisciplinary Units
http://www.centerforlearning.org/pastunitmon.htm This page contains a series of sample lessons for various novels and plays which are linked to a companion lesson for Social Studies (which are divided by category—U.S. I, World History, AP U.S. History 2, Sociology, World Cultures & Geography, etc.). Sample lessons include: France: The Reign of Terror, The Power of the Printed Word, Two Voices of World War II, Beatrix Potter, The Cult of Domesticity, South Africa: A Case Study, Family, U.S.S.R. Dissolution—The Death of the Great Russian Bear, The First World War: The End Comes, and Working with Information Cause and Effect—The American Revolution.

The Civil War—Emancipation Experience
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst002.html This simulation allows students to experience conditions related to the emancipation experience and the Civil War.

Classical Conditioning Experiment
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/misc/cecmisc/cecmisc001.html This experiment allows students to see the effect of classical conditioning in their every day lives.

Coaching for Global Advantage: Worldwide Presentation Quiz
http://www.grovewell.com/worldclass-quiz.html This online quiz about international classroom culture will give you an opportunity to reflect on your own intercultural competence, and might offer your students some interesting perspectives on how the study of world languages and cultures impacts the world of international business.

Comedy as a Social Commentary
http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/9012/re/social.html This lesson helps students to understand the use of comedy (satire) when it is used to comment on political events.

Constitutional Scavenger Hunt
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst213.html Students are asked to find the answers to a series of questions about the Constitution as quickly as they can using their textbooks and a copy of the Constitution.

Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/index.htm The title of this one says it all!

Eleandor Rigby Project
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Homeless/ This Canadian site offers teachers guiding questions, information, ideas, and samples of student projects for helping students to explore the issue of homelessness.

Eternal Egypt
[|http://www.eternalegypt.com] This incredible, searchable site is available in English, French, and Egyptian and includes read-aloud options for the visually impaired. It offers a virtual tour of Egypt that is arranged for a variety of visitors and includes photos of artifacts, connections, maps that students can manipulate, a library of articles and resources, links to other information and museum sites, multimedia exhibits that include animations and virtual reality, a timeline, and a wealth of other topics and information.

Financial Fitness Tools
http://www.mapping-your-future.org/features/dmtensteps.htm This site contains lessons on financial planning, budgeting, managing a checkbook and a savings account, investing, loans, using credit cards wisely, bankruptcy, obtaining a credit report, etc.—all topics useful for a course in consumer economics.

Free Social Studies Resources
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=9 Contains links to well-designed online projects related to a wide array of topics in Social Studies.

Freedom of the Press
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst155.html This lesson focuses on the role the press plays as a “watchdog” for the citizenry and allows students to examine the conflicts between freedom of the press and other rights.

Ghost Town & Land of the Wolves: Chernobyl
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/cherlinks.html This site chronicles the explorations of the area around Chernobyl by a female motorcylist from Russia. Click on various links to explore the photos and the accompanying, well-written text (which includes snippets of historical information).

Have Minorities Gained Acceptance
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst069.html This lesson asks students to gather evidence of minority acceptance from current media and to use statistics to interpret the results.

Innovative Views of the World
http://www.odt.org/NewMaps.htm These innovative views of the world, including the //What's up? South! World Map// and the //Population Cartogram// will help students to look at the world from a new perspective.

Insite: Social Studies Teaching Sources
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/insite/CONTENT/SOCIAL/Teaching.HTML This site contains links to sites and activities which demonstrate to pre-service teachers in Social Studies different kinds of technology available to them. Sites include White House tours, “Balance the Budget Games,” and resources for research and writing.

Learning from Lyrics/Music & Society
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/db/cr/cx/cxms2.html Lesson plans for an activity in which students choose three songs to evaluate and interpret for their treatment of social issue and topics.

Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies for Social Studies (Academy Social Studies Curriculum Exchange)
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/plans.html This site contains links to excellent lesson plans and materials for Social Studies teachers and is categorized by grade level.

MLA Language Map
http://www.mla.org/census_main A tool students can use to investigate the number of people of the age they choose to specify who come from particular countries, who speak specific languages, or who live in certain places within the United States (down to a precise zip code)!

News Groups and Mailing Lists
[|http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/newsgroups.html] This page contains links to a variety of Social Studies-related Newsgroups and electronic bulletin boards.

The New Internationalist
http://www.newint.org/backissue.html Each issue of this magazine concentrates on a specific, global issue (such as water, poverty, education, the conflict in Iraq, etc.). It provides an interesting perspective on such complex issues by examining them through multiple, international lenses. It is reminiscent of the magazine //Colors// (for those of you who are familiar with that)//.// The current issue devotes itself to an exploration of music through the work of artists from around the globe—many from countries whose developmental status has a tendency to result in the marginalization or disenfranchisement of their work. The music issue is available in hard copy via subscription or in bookstores, however, back issues of the magazine (covering a variety of interesting topics related to themes that I know many of you teach in your courses, or explore through debate topics, etc.) are available online for free at the link listed above.

Oliphant's Anthem: Pat Oliphant at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oliphant/part1.html This outstanding site provides a library of political cartoons and images by Pat Oliphant—many about Richard Nixon's Presidency. Each image is accompanied by a brief description of the historical event that prompted its creation. Click on an image to see it full-size. These would be great resources for AP History teachers who want to generate some practice Document-based Questions (DBQs).

Post-Nuclear War Survival
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Social_St/Psychology/PSY0006.html This unit sets up a hypothetical dilemma involving a nuclear war scenario and requires students to make decisions which may affect the survival of humans on Earth and to offer solutions based on their own reasoning and problem-solving skills.

Prentice Hall Professional Development
http://www.phschool.com/profdev/tt/tta.html This site contains links to lesson strategies, interdisciplinary portfolio projects, simulation activities for cooperative learning, activities that address different learning styles, and thematic lessons apporpriate for extended class periods or block schedules. Sample titles include: Statues: History Frozen in Time, Mock Trials: Courtroom in the Classroom, Town Meeting: An Airing of Views, Simulation: Creating Empathy, Dramatization: A Subjective View of History, Newspapers: On the Scene of History, Television: History on the Air, Advertising: Pitches from the Past, Tours: Geo-Traveling, Journals: First-hand History, Plays: History Between the Lines, Novels: Finding Truth in Fiction, Biography: Putting a Face on History, Essays: History with a Slant, and Storytelling: Tale of a Culture.

Psychology: Tips for Writing Well
http://www.westmont.edu/departments/psy/docs/studresources/tipswriting.html This is a beautifully crafted set of suggestions about writing well that a professor has written for his psychology students.

Prentice Hall Social Studies Activities
http://www.phschool.com/head_ss.ssact498.htm Contains a variety of internet lessons related to lessons contained in Prentice Hall textbooks. Sample titles include: Foundations of American Government, Congress in Action, A Renaissance Art Exhibit, The Palace of the Russian Tsars, and Building Our Nation’s Capital.

Reading Strategies for Comprehension (Social Studies)
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/home.html Links to reading strategies that are particularly appropriate for use in Social Studies classrooms.

Reality Check
http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org/ Scroll down until you see the //Reality Check// link-an online survey that lets kids see whether or not they are ready to live on their own.

Sectionalism in Early U.S.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst139.html This simulation puts students into a situation that will allow them to understand events related to sectionalism in the early 1800’s.

Serpent's Wall
http://www.serpentswall.com/ This site contains information and pictures of artifacts about the battles waged in Kiev during WWII.

Students Bring Law to Class
http://www.detnews.com/2003/schools/0312/15/c05-8042.htm This article offers an interesting twist on the idea of conducting mock trials in your classes as a way of helping students to learn about the legal system.

Teaching Global Issues
http://www.newint.org/teaching/teachpage.htm Scroll down through this page to find links to [|simplified versions] of articles and resources from //The New Internationalist// magazine (described above) written for students with limited proficiency in English, but appropriate for lower level high school students—including some students in Special Education courses. These special issues also contain several [|online activities] for use with students—including “quick check” reading comprehension and vocabulary quizzes related to selected articles. If you continue to scroll down, you will find [|political cartoons] related to international issues that would be very helpful to AP History teachers interested in providing some extra practice with DBQs as well as to art teachers interested in using art to explore international issues, materials to assist teachers in using [|art] and [|theater] to teach tolerance (see also [|http://www.ruckus.org/)], [|online interviews] regarding current global issues, [|Southern Exposure]—[|an online photo gallery] that highlights the work of photographers from other parts of the world, a [|photo gallery][|from Bangladesh], curricular materials available for purchase, and [|crossword puzzles] that would make for some pretty difficult extra credit, among other things.

Teaching The Crucible: A Guide to Curriculum Integration
http://socialstudies.com/crucible/ This site containes a variety of supplemental curriculum resources for teaching with (and about) the film //The Crucible//. It also includes related resources for teaching about the Salem witch trials and the more recent McCarthy hearings.

**Terry Jordan’s Advanced Placement History Page**
http://www.orangeschools.org/OHS/TeacherPGs/Tjordan/Pages/index.html This page contains links to lesson plans, projects, historical “tidbits,” an A.P. U.S. History “Chat” room, weekly reading assignments, and sample test questions.

Tolerance.org
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/web/wfc/index.jsp This site contains activities for raising awareness about difference, power, and discrimination—particularly as it relates to issues of language, and is divided into lessons of various lengths of time.

United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Infonation
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp An incredible resource that allows students to make different kinds of visual and numeric comparisons regarding the economic, environmental, health, population, and technological characteristics of the regions or individual countries they select.

The U.S. Constitution Power Grab Game
http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst052.html This hands-on game asks students to respond to fictional situations in which one branch of government tries to “grab power” from the others by finding proof from the Constitution by Article, section, and clause as to why each power grab is unconstitutional.

U.S. Government Lesson Plans
http://www.fred.net/nhhs/lessons/usg.htm This page contains links to an eighteen week syllabus of interactive lessons as well as links to interdisciplinary units, current events and Black History Month activities.

The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/index.html It is what it purports to be-you can access the current issue online. The //Teacher Lounge// section includes links to additional articles and resources for various articles featured in the current issue.

We Declare Interactive Music Projects
http://www.spiralingmusic.com/projects2.html#wedeclare Audio clips of international music, as well as public service announcements based on the Declaration of Human Rights that could serve as examples for student projects.

World History and Geography: The Modern World
http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/grade10/ This page contains links to maps, map activities, teacher resources, and resources and activities for a variety of tenth grade units including: Hunger, Economic Development, Environment, The Rise of Democratic Ideas, Imperialism and Colonialism: A Case Study of India, Totalitarianism: Nazi Germany & Stalinist Russia, Russia and Ukraine, The Middle East, West Africa, Mexico, Japan, Argentina, War and Terrorism, Human Rights, The Industrial Revolution, World War I and Its Consequences, World War II and Its Consequences, China, South Africa, Brazil, Former Yugoslavia, Germany, and Four Economic Tigers of Asia.

[|You Tube One-ups MySpace] - A blog posting that explains how YouTube is being used as a tool to increase democratic participation by providing the general public with access to presidential candidates and their views. user:chericem1