Mrs. Ruland's Social Studies Page - References for Teachers

	Mrs. Ruland's Social Studies Page
	References for Teachers

		Education - Computer-Based Instruction Education - ERIC Resources Education - General Information and Resource Education - Government Resources Government Agencies with Education Resources Social Studies - General Resources and Lesson Plans Social Studies - WWW Links WWW Instruction Education Computer-Based Instruction The following sites are suitable for teachers of all disciplines and contain a variety of Internet based activities. Cool Teaching Lessons and Unitsa Dr. B's On-Line Lessons andResources Education Planet - The Education Web Guide Education World® : Browse Our Database Educator's Reference Desk GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials Resource made available by the US Department of Education as part of the Educational Digital Library Initiative; has over 27,000 lesson plans, activities, projects, and Web sites that span the curriculum. Global Schoolhouse Hewitt's Index of Best webquests and Resources Interactive Communications and Simulations Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Locating and Evaluating WebQuests TeachersFirst - Opening Page Teachers Network Teaching With Technology ThinkQuest Library Web-Based Instruction The WebQuest Page ERIC Resources ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center, a federally-funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. Educator's Reference Desk - ERIC Database GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials General Information and Resources Sites offer a variety of resources for teachers of any discipline; includes posters, teaching techniques and forums to share information with other educators. Argus Communications - Welcome Bernie Poole's Edindex of Web Resource for Teachers and Students Busy Teacher's Website: K-12 Cooperative Learning Education Planet - The Education Web Guide Education World® The Educator's Best Friend Education World ® - Lesson Planning: Better Book Reports -- 25 Ideas! Educator's Reference Desk The MASTER Teacher: Products, Publications, and Services for Educators McREL Educator Resources The MIDAS The New York Times Learning Network ReadingQuest Small Planet: Links for Teachers Teacher Professional Development Institute (TAPPED IN) TeachersFirst - Opening Page Teaching and Learning Strategies The You Can Handle Them All Web Site Government Resources Maryland State Department of Education Home Page U.S. Department of Education Government Agencies with Education Resources Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Labor Statistics Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central Intelligence Agency Congressional Biographical Directory Federal Bureau of Investigation Food and Drug Administration Library of Congress Home Page Links to the Past: National Park Service Cultural Resources Maryland State Archives Home Page National Archives & Records Administration National Institute of Standards and Technology National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Security Agency Teaching with Historic Places Home Page USAGov - The US Government's Official Web Portal Offers access to more that 51million government Web pages and is a good first step for government information. U.S. Census Bureau Home Page U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Department of State U.S. Department of Treasury U.S. Geological Survey U.S. House Of Representatives U.S. Patent and Trademark Office The United States Senate Welcome to the White House Women In Military Service Social Studies There are a tremendous number of social studies resources on the Internet, so I have divided them into two categories. First, the sites included in General Resources and Lesson Plans feature information that teachers can use to develop their lessons. In addition to prepared lesson plans, this group includes general resource information to augment lessons. Second, sites included in WWW Links assist teachers in a more focused approach to surfing the web. General Resources and Lesson Plans AandE.com American Historical Association American Memory from the Library of Congress ANYDAY Today-in-History PAGE of SCOPE SYSTEMS. The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School : Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy Awesome Library - Social Studies Biographical Dictionary Boy the Bear's Age Gauge Center for Learning Classic 164 Currency Converter CNN Student News The Concord Review C-SPAN Cyberlearning World by George Cassutto DBQ / Teaching with Documents by Peter Pappas Discovery Online Education World® : Social Sciences Center Educator's Reference Desk - Social Studies Lessons EXPO Ticket Office -- Virtual Exhibits The Flag of the United States Greatest Films Guide to History Departments H-High S Discussion Network H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online History Buff HistoryCentral.com History's Home on the Interenet The History Channel History Channel - History of the Holidays History of Economic Thought Archive History Matters TheHistoryNet at About.com: Where History Lives on the Web The History Place ibiblio: the public's library > Collection Index The Implicit Association Test The Inflation Calculator The Invention Dimension Jennifer's language page Journal for MultiMedia History Journal for the Association of History and Computing Kid Info - SchoolSubjects/StudentLeisure The Learning Page... especially for teachers Library of Congress Home Page Lucidcafé Interactive Café and Information Resource Mr Donn's K-12 General Site Index M.U.S.I.C -- Musicians United for Songs in the Classroom National Archives Online Exhibit Hall National Archives Digital Classroom: Teaching with Documents National Council for the Social Studies National Museum of American History: Virtual Exhibitions National Standards for United States History -- Grades 5-12 News of the Century OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange - Social Studies Organization of American Historians PBS Online Prentice Hall School Primary Source Learning Puzzlemaker - Discovery Channel School Quizzes -- Create Your Own Raiders of the Lost Art Smithsonian Education Social Studies Lesson Plans Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources Social Studies School Service Social Studies School Service A Thematic Approach to US History Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance Smithsonian Education Spartacus Educational TeachersFirst Teachers' Guide for the Professional Cartoonists' Index Teaching History -- A Journal of Methods Teaching Politics: Techniques and Technologies ThinkQuest Library Those Were the Days, Today in History TLC - The Learning Channel - TLC.com Today in History Tomorrow in History United Nations CyberSchoolBus Using Internet in Teaching History The WebQuest Page World History Center at Northeastern University World History Association The World History Network You Be the Historian 49th Parallel - An Interdisciplinary Journal of North American Studies WWW Links Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory Bernie Poole's EdIndex of Web Resources for Teachers and Students Best of History Websites Biographical Dictionary Busy Teachers' Web Site Creators Syndicate Editorial Cartoons Cyberlearning World by George Cassutto Cybrary - Resources by Subject Distinguished Women of Past and Present EarthStation1: The Internet's #1 Audio-Visual Archive Emayzine 2001- Dr E's Social Science Webzine Explorers of the World Federal Resources for Educational Excellence GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials Resource made available by the US Department of Education as part of the Educational Digital Library Initiative; has over 27,000 lesson plans, activities, projects, and Web sites that span the curriculum. H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online Hewitt's American History Page High School Ace Historical Text Archive History Matters HistoryTeacher.net TheHistoryNet at About.com: Where History Lives on the Web History Research Online The History Ring History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers History and Historiography Sources History - Suite101.com Information for the Social Studies Teacher Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, Atlas, & Almanac Reference Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - General History & Social Studies Sites Links for History Teachers MCPS Social Studies Home Page Mr. Kash's history page M.U.S.I.C -- Musicians United for Songs in the Classroom The Net's Educational Resource Center NewsLink Online newspapers in Maryland Oral History Internet Resources Scholars' Guide to Humanities & Social Sciences Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources Social Studies Sources Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History TimePage History Links WWL Virtual Library Index of Resources for History Yahoo! - Arts:Humanities:History WWW Instruction Animation Library, home of over 4,000 animated gif's for the busy webmaster Bernie Poole's EdIndex of Web Resources for Teachers and Students Evaluating and Using Web Resources Evaluating Web Resources Hewitt's Index of Best Webquests and Resources HTML Crash Course for Educators Kansas City Public Library - Technology Guide Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Learn the Net: An Internet Guide and Tutorial Library of Animation Lessons and Links on the Web Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms Netiquette, by Virginia Shea, Table of Contents and Welcome Page Online Internet Institute! - Why surf when you can soar Scholars' Guide to Humanities & Social Sciences Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching Some Thoughts About WebQuests Thinking Critically about WWW Resources Web Clip Art - clip art links to everything plus clip art collections The WebQuest Page Marcella_Ruland@hcpss.org Last updated June 17, 2008 © Marcella Ruland 1998-2009, All rights reserved