Social Studies
- The Social Studies Place
- Apple Computer: Links to websites that are well worth visiting
- Ask ERIC: Lessons and references to Internet sites pertaining to the various disciplines (anthropology, civics, economics, history, etc.) and other topics (multicultural education, women’s studies, country studies, folklore, holidays, etc.) that contribute to social studies
- Blue Hallway: Developed by Ray Schroeder of the University of Illinois at Springfield, consists of a “Teacher’s Page” with useful links for social studies and for other references and resources
- C-SPAN: Developed with the teacher in mind
- Facing History and Ourselves Program. This program, which deals with the Holocaust, by dealing with an historical topic, could be categorized as a history website. At the same time, the program deals with civic responsibility and group membership, which makes it appropriate to the study of civics/government and sociology.
Following is a website pertaining to works of art and how they may be interpreted. Analysis of works of art may be useful when teaching history, geography, and cultural studies: How to Read a Painting.
- Illinois State University Curriculum and Instruction Department: Pertaining to assessment in social studies and geography, with lots of ideas for alternative assessments and rubrics
- Information related to social studies and other subjects
- Institute of Global Issues: focused on right-versus-right issues or ethical dilemmas
- “The Teacher’s Source,” from PBS, where on this specific web page one may link to lesson plans pertaining to different facets of history, government and other aspects of social studies
- Marco Polo: For lessons in the areas of history, geography, economics, the arts, and philosophy and religion
- National Council for the Social Studies
- Newseum: The nation’s news museum found in Rosslyn, VA, which explores news issues of past and present and explores the role of the press in American life.
- Pacific Bell, called Blue Web’n: A library of links to “Blue Ribbon websites” in all subjects, including social studies and history and for all grades.
- PBS website for teachers
- PBS series “The American Experience”
- Social studies activities from Discovery Channel
- St. Louis’s International Education Consortium: Excellent links for many areas of social studies
- These websites of the Columbia Education Center have links to lesson plans in all subjects including social studies: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/ and http://youth.net/cec/cec.html
- UN Refugee Agency: Online lesson plans pertaining to refugee issues that tie into civic, geography, and history education
- University of Missouri-St. Louis Powerful Learning Center
- WebQuest: Projects of all subject areas including social studies