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| AskERIC: A Portal based on the ERIC clearing house and database. Social Studies Lesson Plans are available in a peer reviewed AskERIC database. Sponsored by the US Department of Education. |
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New York State Education Department: The general menu allows you to access any resource available. The Social Studies menu includes links to standards, test samplers, rubrics and other resources. An two part on-line DBQ Course is also available. |
| NYS Regents Review Live.net: Regents preparation tips and streaming video |
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ERIC/ChESS Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education. |
| National Council for the Social Studies |
| New York State Council for the Social Studies |
| Best of History Web Sites |
| PBS Teacher Source: Lesson Plans by grade level and topic. |
| Apple Learning Interchange: Portal and searchable Database of Lessons, Units, and Web Sites. |
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education S.C.O.R.E.: Resources for teaching Social Studies S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides: Online Teacher Resources for various Trade Books |
| Accelerate U!: Teacher resources from a consortium of NY BOCES. Buffalo is a member and any teacher can take online courses. |
| Teachers.Net: Essentially a portal for teachers. Lesson Plans, Chat, and Resources. |
| Terrorism- Questions & Answers: The Council on Foreign Relations, a non-partisan organization, tackles tough questions regarding terrorists |
| Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Center: Some resources and lesson plans. Thematic Lesson Plans are also available. |
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Prentice Hall's Social Studies Curriculum Support: Access to resources for all published titles including: The American Nation: grade 7&8 Social Studies |
| StudyWeb (Lightspan Inc., California): Collects and Rates Websites |
| Small Planet (Lawrence, Massachusetts): Lesson Plans and Activities |
| EDsitement - History and Social Studies: NEH sponsored directory of Websites |
| TeachersFirst.com (Network for Instructional TV): Teaching Resources |
| Technology and Education Sites |
| eSchool News Online (Bethesda, Maryland): News on the integration of K-12 Education and Technology |
| International Society for Technology in Education (Eugene, Oregon): Non-Profit Professional Organization |
| Online Teaching Environments |
| Quia Corporation (Burlingame, California): Create games, quizzes, and web pages. |
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Learning Network (SanFrancisco, California) Learning Network: Portal to Teacher Resources Funbrain Quiz Lab: Create online quizzes. Funbrain.com Activities for kids and teachers. |
| EduHound (T.H.E. Journal, Tustin California): Collects Websites for Teachers that can be organized on a specific Webpage. |
| TrackStar (High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium): Online interface for organized internet activities (called Tracks). Teachers can create and share activities. |
| The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University |
| Creating Web Based Lessons: Educational Technology Services |
| Collections Of Lesson Plans |
| Columbia Education Center, Oregon- Social Studies Lesson Plans: List of text lesson plans |
| Teachers Helping Teachers- Social Studies (Dr. Scott Mandel, Pacoima Middle School, Pacoma California): Lessons Organized by a topic of the week. |
| Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources (Dr. Marty Levine, California State University): Archive of Lesson Plans |
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| History and Documents on the Internet |
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The Library of Congress: "The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people." American Memory: Front Door , Collection Finder and the Learning Page Exhibitions: including a permanent exhibit on American Treasures. America's Story: activities geared for kids. |
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National Archive and Records Administration: ". . . to ensure ready access to essential evidence . . .that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience . . ." National Archive Information Locator and NAIL Search Form American Originals: treasures from the National Archives |
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The Smithsonian Institution: Access to resources at the Smithsonian, including the Online Collections and Resources for Teachers. |
| The History Channel Classroom: coordinates teaching resources and programming on the History Channel. "Not only is taping permitted, it is positively encouraged!" Web resources are also available at The History Channel Exhibits page. |
| PBS Online:
"the home of comprehensive companion Web sites for more than
400 PBS television programs and specials, as well as original Web
content and real-time learning adventures"
The American Experience: (WGBH) "stories of the people and events that shaped this country." |
| National Geographic: Companions and augments material in National Geographic Society Publications. Map Machine, Education Resources and Lessons are also available. |
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Social Studies resources available at NASA. NASA History Office: a site set up to "document and preserve the agency’s remarkable history." NASA Multimedia Gallery: a collection of photo, video, and audio resources. |
| The National Parks Service |
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United States Historical Data Census Browser: Census data from 1790 to today is compiled at the University of Virginia. |
| FirstGov: A portal for all Federal Government resources |
| NY State Archives: Documents for Teachers |
| Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: A collection of "documents in law, history, and diplomacy." |
| Virginia Center for Digital History: Sponsored by the University of Virginia |
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Private Providers History Resources Eye Witness: "Illuminating the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, EyeWitness is presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming." The History Net: Posted by the Cowles History Group, Inc. and PRIMEDIA History Group who publish special interest history magazines. The History Place: "A private, independent, Internet-only publication based in the Boston area." The History Page: private page maintained by Rick John Brix Historical Text Archive: private page maintained by Don Mabry Camelot Village: by Knight Entertainment. Video Clips from the BBC, Timelines from Different Geographic Regions, Virtual Tours and Panoramas from European Cities InfoPlease: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Almanac |
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Text Collections on the Internet Project Gutenburg: An international effort to digitalize literature. Bartleby.com: Internet publisher of books, reference, and verse The Internet Public Library: A collection of online resources. On-Line Books Page: University of Pennsylvania, "facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet." Texts: Primary source documents and transcripts from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Online Book Initiative: Listing of documents and writings available. |
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Audio Resources The World's Greatest Speeches: on broadcast.com |
| 50states.COM: Almanac on each of the States. Posted by Weber Publications, it provides links to other sites for each state. |
| Country Studies Area Handbook Series: Library of Congress - Federal Research Division |
| Hyperhistory Online: "a companion to the World History Chart of Andreas Nothiger." |
| Center for History and New Media |
| Other Sources of Documents on the Internet |
| Repositories of Primary Sources: A listing of over 4000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Near East. |
| Historical Documents: private page maintained by Rick John Brix |
| Documents for the Study of American History: University of Kansas |
| Historic Documents of the United States of America: Brigham Young University |
| U.S. Historical Documents: University of Oaklahoma |
| Douglass - Archives of American Public Address: speeches from the history of the United States |
| The Founder's Library: Resources related to the Declaration of Independence, by the Claremont Institute. |
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| Current Events | |
| NEWSPAPERS, MEDIA AND WIRES | |
| The Associated Press | Reuters |
| NY Times | USA Today |
| The Buffalo News | WGRZ, WKBW, WIVB |
| CNN | MSNBC |
| The Online NewsHour | National Public Radio |
| ABC News | Fox News |
| The Paperboy Newspaper Index | Yahoo News Full Coverage |
| BBC News | |
| Slate: Check the today's papers, international papers and in other magazines sections. | |
| The Smoking Gun: A use of public documents to tell the stories behind the news | |
| The Onion America's Finest News Source: A parody of the news. | |
| MAGAZINES | |
| Time Magazine | Newsweek |
| Time For Kids | US News and World Report |
| The Economist | The New Republic |
| The NewYorker | The Nation |
| The Weekly Standard | |
| POLITICAL CARTOONS | |
| Cagel's Cartoons, Teachers' Guide for the Professional Cartoonists' Index: A collection of political cartoons by category. | |
| Time's Political Cartoons for the Week | |
| UComics : Universal Press Syndicate's content-delivery system | |
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