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.
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
Smithsonian Education - Good web site for teachers, students, and
families. It has lesson plans for all subjects.
Asia for Educators - Lesson plans for history, geography, and literature. This site
is by Columbia University.
Professional Cartoonists' Index - A teacher's guide
to using political cartoons in the classroom at all grade levels. This web site contains an
excellent collection of polital cartoons organized by artists' names and by state. This is a great
tool for teaching current events and can also be included in the Language Arts, Journalism, and Art
curriculum.
The Council on World Affairs of Canada - This site has study guides for
many of the events in the news, and information on a model United Nations program.
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.
National Geographic News - Current news of
geography and other science and social studies topics.
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.
AskAsia - This is a good source of lesson plans for Asian
countries.
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.
Geology.Com - This site has maps and satellite images for the United States and the countries of
the world.
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.
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
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