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| TeacherNet | Social Studies Lesson Plans fromTeacherNet. http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Social+Studies | |
| Encarta | Social studies lesson plans from Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/menus/menusoc.asp |
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| ProTeacher! | Social Studies lesson plans for elementary school teachers in grades
K-6 including, programs and thematic units, classroom and teaching ideas
http://www.proteacher.com/090060.shtml |
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| Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children | A first grade class project about Abraham Lincoln. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/ | |
| Columbia Education Center | Collection of K-5 Lesson Plans in Social Studies.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html |
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| MultiCultural Calendar | Students and teachers can learn about holidays
around the world, sorted by day and month or by region.
http://www.kidlink.org:80/KIDPROJ/MCC/ |
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| The U.S. Holocaust Museum | Lots of resources and information about Holocaust.
http://www.ushmm.org |
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| African Voices | Information about Africa from the Smithsonian http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/ | |
| Ellis Island Electronic Fieldtrip | Grades 3 - 5 learn about immigration. http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/noframes/bigideas/b1/b1u1.html | |
| Cinco de Mayo WebQuest | A Grade 2 - 3 Students use pre linked internet resources and traditional
resources to gather information and present their own personal understanding
about the history of Cinco de Mayo.
http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/edutech4learning/cinco.html |
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| World of Puppets | Study Asian Cultures through their puppetry. Unit, lessons and resources
included.
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/services/educational/cctechnology/webquest/puppetry.html |
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| Oneida Indian Nation | A good site for information on Native Americans
http://one-web.org/oneida/ |
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| AskAsia | Lessons, resources, information about Asia from the Asia Society.
http://www.askasia.org/for_educators/fe_frame.htm |
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| African Guide to K-12 Resources | From the African Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
The aim of this guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students
in locating on-line resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom,
for research and studies.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html |
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| NCSS Standards for Social Studies Teachers | National Council for Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/teachers/standards.html |
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| Vermont Standards in Social Studies | State of Vermont Standards in History and the Social Sciences
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/stand/h&ss.htm |
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| End of the Oregon Trail | Lots of information about the Pioneers experince
on the Oregon Trail. Resources include: A diagram of a typical Oregon Trail
wagon accompanied by a descriptive essay, prices and provisions purchased,
and lots of history from primary sources..
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html |
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| Oregon Trail Internet Scavenger Hunt | A good way to tie in Internet Skills and resources with the Oregon Trail. http://users.netonecom.net/~clchoponis/otrail/otscav.html | |
| Oregon Trail Pioneers | Read actual pioneer's diaries, see population trends, and even a tutorial
to read old fashioned writing.
http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/ortrail.htm |
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| The Oregon Trail | Read the diaries of people making the trips, learn about some interesting
facts
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html |
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| How Far is it? | This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies).http://www.indo.com/distance/ | |
| Library of Congress | Visit the library of congress for historic documents and information
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits |
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| POTUS | Extensive information about Presidents of the United States
http://www.potus.com/ |
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| CNN | http://www.cnn.com/ | |
| Thomas | From US Congress. Information on law and government. | |
| Civil War letters | Read actual letters written home by a civil war soldier.
http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html |
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| BBC Online - History for Kids | search by time, by people, or by topic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/index.shtml |
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| Your Nation | Lots of information about counties, people and places.
http://www.banyantree.org/cgi-bin/listApps.pl?History&Social&Studies |
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| UNCyberSchool Bus | A database of information about countires, populations, flags.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/menureso.htm |
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| Global Learn | Grades K-12 telecommjunication interactive
projects for students around teh world.
http://www.globalearn.org |
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| Virtual Anarctica | This classic site from 1995 paved the way for geographic education
using real-time journey dispatches and the Internet.
http://terraquest.com/antarctica |
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| Learning Circles | Grades 3 - 12 use telecommication projects of 14 weeks to study many
social issues.
http://www.iearn.org/iearn/circles/lc-home.html |
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| Intercultural E=mail Connections | IECC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) is a free service
to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges. http://www.iecc.org |
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| An American Quilt | interactive geography project for grades 4 -8, individual schools research
their local communities to learn more about the land, the earth systems
and the people.
http://www.onlineclass.com/NAQ/NAQhome.html |
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| The PBS Kids Democracy Project | Site lets students explore these how our government works and even
lets them go virtually into the voting booth
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/ |
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| Atlas | Print one of 600 maps from National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/atlas.html?nam |
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| Mapquest | Get maps of your home, school, or almost anywhere.
http://www.mapquest.com |
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| IAM: Maps | Here in the map room, you can download maps of the ancient Mediterranean
world
http://iam.classics.unc.edu/map/map_room.html |
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| Odyssey online | a journey to explore Near Eastern,Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan
African cultures.
http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/ |
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| The White House | Tour the White House, see some important documents,
learn about the presidency.
http://www.whitehouse.gov |
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| The Smithsonian Institution: | Online exhibits, field trips
http://www.si.edu |
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| The Cave of Lascaux | this site from the Ministry of Culture in France lets you take a virtual
tour of the Palaeolithic wall paintings of Lascaux. Students of all ages
can explore the caves, learn more about the images in the paintings, and
discover the materials used by the artists 15,000 years ago.
http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ |
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| Xpeditions | Geographic resources on the internet for educators from National Geographic
and MCI
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/main.html |
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| The Vermont Historical Society | Artifacts, books, and documents that reflect the entire history of
the state, every geographical area, and every chronological period.
http://www.state.vt.us/vhs/ |
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| Vermont Historical Sites | See pictues of and learn about Vermont's most notable historics sites.
http://www.state.vt.us/dca/historic/hp_sites.htm |
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| Vermont in the Civil War | online repository of information documenting the Green Mountain State's
participation in the American Civil War.
http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/index.shtml |
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| Burlington, 1830 | What still stands from 1830 in Burlington, Vermont? http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/burl1830/index.html | |
| UVM Historical Buildings | Learn about all the history of the buildings at UVM. http://www.uvm.edu/~campus/scrapbook/scrap1800.html | |
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| Vermont Legislative HomePage | The Vermont Legislature site
http://www.leg.state.vt.us |
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| Jim Jeffords | VT senator's home page
http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords |
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| Patrick Leahy | VT senator's home page
http://www.senate.gov/~leahy |
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| Bernie Sanders | VT representitive to US legislature
http://www.house.gov/bernie |
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| Burlington City Government | Burlington Vermont City Government
http://www-burlingtonvt.together.com |
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| Governor's Office | Vermont Governer's Office
http://www.state.vt.us/governor/index.htm |
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| Vermont Judiciary | Information about the Vermont Courts
http://www.cit.state.vt.us/courts/index.htm |
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| National Geographic | National Geographic has gone online with
all its wonderful resources.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com |
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| Time magazine for Kids | Time For Kids is written for young children and can help students understand the events around them. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ | |
| Kids Castle | Online Magazine for children | |
| Weekly Reader | participate in opinion polls, complete crossword puzzles
and explore Internet links about topics read in Weekly Reader in your class. http://www.weeklyreader.com/ |
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| Guide to Field Trips | by the Montgomery County Schools of Maryland, advice to teachers planning
field trips.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/FT/Field_Trips.html |
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| WayBack: US History for Kids | Cool online magazine with an issue each month about a different
aspect of history in America. Includes bios, games, quizzes
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/kids/ |
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| Social Studies School Service Links. | A well organized collection of resources
on the Internet
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@bhE_7M_ZAqnjM/Pages/online.html |
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| Social Studies Sources | This is a large group of briefly annotated Social Studies links compiled
for K-12 teachers and students.
http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/ |
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| Blue Web'n | An excellent, reviewed selection of social studies sites on the web
http://www.banyantree.org/cgi-bin/listApps.pl?History&Social&Studies |
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