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Social Studies Online Resources

This resource provides educators with invaluable insights into utilizing primary sources to boost student achievement in social studies. It covers what primary sources are, their significance, and various ways to integrate them into the classroom. Featuring links to the Library of Congress, lesson plans, critical thinking activities, and online resources like Digital Storytelling and Country Studies, this guide empowers teachers to create engaging and meaningful learning experiences. Unlock the potential of historical documents and interactive lessons to inspire your students!

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Social Studies Online Resources

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  1. Social Studies Online Resources Jennifer Wood KIDSDecember 6/7, 2010 Raising Student Achievement Conference

  2. Primary Sources What is a primary source? http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/interactive/index.html Why use? What ways can you use? Where to find? http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/

  3. Library of Congress American Memory www.loc.gov Searching for primary source Searching with a timeline http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/

  4. Lessons, Activities, Presentations Teacher page Lesson plans http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/ Activities http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/ Thinkfinity Searching for online activities & lesson plans

  5. Going a step further… Collection connection http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/hist-am-west/index.htmlCritical Thinking activities Questions… Arts & Humanities Writing prompt/short story starter Photo analysis

  6. Searching by State Standard http://www.loc.gov/teachers/standards/index.php?PHPSESSID=a6a2144d649b05faf2b585372057537a&mystatename=IL&mygrade=9&mysubject=Social+Studies

  7. US Government Judicial systemhttp://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=402&title= Congresshttp://www.tpscongress.org/index.php Virtual Congresshttp://www.tpscongress.org/teachers/activity.php?id=12 Democracy kidshttp://www.democracykids.org/demo_kids_1/main.swf The capitalhttp://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/landmark-lesson-united-states-capitol-building

  8. World/Global Connections World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/ Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ Mapshttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Maps Expedition Hall-National Geographichttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/

  9. Cont’d National Geographichttp://www.mywonderfulworld.org/educators_action_kit.html E-Palshttp://www.epals.com/

  10. More online activities… America’s libraryhttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/ If you were president- http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp Collection of online gameshttp://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html

  11. Resources… The Barat Education Foundationhttp://www.barat-tps.org/homePage.php Digital Storytellinghttp://www.storycenter.org/ Document based questionshttp://www.dbqproject.com/ushistory.html

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