Teacher Resources:
Social Studies
The Library of
Congress
This
site has links to documents, audio, video; over 10
million primary sources
iCue
NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC
News and MIT created this collaborative learning
site that combines gaming, video and multimedia and
more that focuses on history, government, and
politics (even Language Arts).
The National
Archives
Lesson plan ideas with primary documents and tools
for student analysis of a variety of sources
(cartoon, video, reading, photograph,
etc)
Public Broadcasting Station (PBS)
Social Studies
Portal
to streaming video, blogs, lesson ideas, and the
option to sort by grade and/or subject appropriate
material.
The History Channel
Site
Lots
of material available in small chunks.
Landmark Supreme Court
Cases
Great
for persuasive writing =. Kids need to state case
ans support reading
Weekly Reader- This Week in
History
Web
Site Example:
Mr. Langhorst Web
Classroom
8th
Grade History