World History for Us All - a curriculum for teaching world history to middle and high school students. This is project of San Diego State Unversity and involves the collaboration of K-12 teachers and university instructors
42 eXplore - Teaching ideas and related web sites for a variety of social studies topics.
Smithsonian Education - Good web site for teachers, students, and families. It has lesson plans for all subjects.
Social Studies Lesson Plans and
Resources - links to sites with lesson plans for history, geography, and current events. There
is also a section on online activities.
Education@NationalGeographic -
Online expeditions, lesson plans, free printable maps, and, of course, National Geographic products
for sale.
Xpeditions - National Geographic site
with virtual field trips, lesson plans, and maps.
My Wonderful World - A campaign by the National Geographic
to improve student knowledge of geography. There are resources here for students, teachers, and parents.
World Mapper - These maps are resized based on the subject of interest such as population, age, tourism, exports and imports. By the University of Sheffield.
Nation Master - An excellent site for statistics from countries of the world. Your students will be able to compare education, income, oil consumption, life expectancy, and many other statistics.There are also maps and country information.
StateMaster - This site has a wealth of statistics about the United States. There are statistics for education, health, finances, and much, much more. It can be used for both social studies and math classes.
Congress Link - This site has lesson plans for the study of the US Congress. There also links to other lesson plan sites and to web quests. By the Dirkson Congressional Center.
Government Agency Kids Pages - There are sites for kids (and some for teachers)from many US government departments and agencies.
iCivics - A web site for middle school students and their teachers by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. There are lesson plans dealing with current judicial issues.
VotesPa - Information for Pennsylvanians who are voting for the first time or who want to learn how to use the new voting machines.
Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System - Obtain
statistical information about crime in Pennsylvania. Data is available by location, age and race of offender,
type of crime, and other parameters. This information can be used to assist in social studies research
or in math studies.
The history sites, which used to be down here, have been moved to here
From Teachnology.
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