Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers - from Dr. Marty Levine, California State University, Northridge

Notable Social Studies Trade Books - from National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council

Teacher Resources from the National Council for the Social Studies

Organizations

American Anthropological Association - links on main page plus Anthropology Education Commission Page for K-12

National Council for the Social Studies - Lists national standards, includes "media watch" section, and contains abstracts for articles in current publications.

National Council for Geographic Education - Lists National Geography Standards and includes some online resources.

National Council for History Education - Publishes an online newsletter, provides resources, and includes some history links.

Calisphere - A World of Primary Sources and More - More than 150,000 digitized items  including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and more. Sets supporting the California Content Standards in History-Social Sciences, English-Language Arts, and Visual Arts for use in K-12 classrooms. Information / links about teaching and learning with primary sources,  sample lesson plans, primary source analysis sheets, and more.

National Archives - Primary source documents, the Federal Register, and the Digital Classroom.

Public Broadcasting System - A source for many social science topics.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Site - offers virtual tours complete with lesson plans associated with the exhibits for grades 4-12, a timeline with representative exhibits, and alphabetical access to exhibits.

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