National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
http://www.ncss.org/ or www.socialstudies.org
National Center for History in the Schools
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/
Organization of American Historians
http://www.oah.org/
American Historical Association
http://www.theaha.org/
National Council for History Education
http://www.history.org/nche
American Studies Association
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asainfo.html
National Center on Education and the Economy
http://www.ncee.org
National Association of Economic Educators
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/naee/naeepamp.htm
The National Council for Geographic Education
http://www.ncge.org
Association of American Geographers
http://www.aag.org/intro.html
The American Geographical Society
http://www.amergeog.org/index.html
The Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org/index.html
The American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
American Sociological Association
http://www.asanet.org
Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/stitle.html
National Standards for History
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards/thinkingk-4.html
National Content Standards in Economics
http://www.economicsamerica.org/standards/contents.html
National Geography Standards
http://www.ncge.org/publications/tutorial/standards/
National Standards for Civics and Government
http://www.civiced.org/curriculum.html
INTASC Standards for Social Studies Teacher Education
http://www.ccsso.org/
State standards
http://edstandards.org/Standards.html
http://www.aligntoachieve.org/AchievePhaseII/basic-search.cfm
ERIC
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
GEM
http://www.thegateway.org/browse
The Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/contentarea.cfm?cid=8
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U.S. HISTORY
Content Background Information
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
National Women's History Museum
http://www.nwhm.org
National Park Service: Links to the Past
http://www.cr.nps.gov/colherit.htm
The Star-Spangled Banner
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/ssb
World Wide Web—Virtual Library: U.S. History
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
The Library of Congress: American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem
The National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/
Related site
http://www.ourdocuments.gov
Core Knowledge
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/index.htm
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
America Dreams . . . through the Decades
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/
Songs for Teaching—Social Studies
http://www.songsforteaching.com/socialstudiessongs.htm
HistoryWired: A Few of Our Favorite Things
http://historywired.si.edu
Smithsonian Institution: History and Culture
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture
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WORLD HISTORY
Content Background Information
EyeWitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com
Histor eSearch & World Wide Web—Virtual Library: World History
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html
Mr. Dowling.com
http://www.mrdowling.com
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
Awesome Library: K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plans
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/social.html
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: History and Social Studies
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/histg.html
Mr. Donn’s World History Page
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/World.html
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
BBC Modern World History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
Tales of Wonder
http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder
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GEOGRAPHY
Content Background Information
The CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
50states.com
http://www.50states.com/
National Atlas of the United States
http://www.nationalatlas.gov
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com
Earth from Space
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs
The GLOBE Program
http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html
The National Council for Geographic Education
http://ncge.org/resources/geoclub/index.cfm
National Geographic Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
World Wise Schools
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
ePALS Classroom Exchange
http://www.epals.com
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ECONOMICS
Content Background Information
U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
Economic Education Web
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/home.htm
Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children’s Books
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
The Educator’s Reference Desk: Economics
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Subjects/
Social_Studies/Economics.html
Money Instructor
http://www.moneyinstructor.com/
National Council on Economic Education
http://www.nationalcouncil.org
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
Lemonade Stand
http://www.lemonadegame.com
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: For Students and Teachers
http://www.sec.gov/investor/students.shtml
The United States Mint’s Site for Kids
http://www.usmint.gov/kids
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CITIZENSHIP
Content Background Information
The Avalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org/byrd
Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org/
Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
The American Promise
http://www.farmers.com/FarmComm/AmericanPromise
Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org
Civics Online
http://civics-online.org/teachers/
FirstGov.gov
http://www.firstgov.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/teachers.html
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
CIA’s Homepage for Kids
http://www.cia.gov/cia/ciakids Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
The Office of the Clerk: Kids in the House
http://clerkkids.house.gov
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/kids.htm
U.S. Department of State for Youth
http://future.state.gov
White House Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids
Justice for Kids and Youth
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/
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FAMILIES, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT
Content Background Information
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
ArchNet
http://archnet.asu.edu
Classics in the History of Psychology
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
American Folklife Center
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/teachers/
Anthropology on the Internet for K-12
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Anthropology-K12/anth-k12.htm
Scholastic: Teaching About Families
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/unit_familyprek_books.htm
World Wise Schools
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/looking/index.html
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
Brain: The World Inside Your Head
http://www.pfizer.com/brain/etour1.html
Just for Kids
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/kids/index.html
KidsPsych
http://www.kidspsych.org/index1.html
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
http://www.actsofkindness.org/
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Bonus Links
Chronology of American History
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/USA.html
Chronology of World History
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/World/World.html
American History Timeline
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm
Images from American Political History
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_browse.htm
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Gateway to the U.S. Presidents
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Gateway to U.S. Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Gateway to Historical Sites
http://www.cr.nps.gov/
Native American History Archive and Museum
http://www.plumsite.com/shea/history.html
African American Historical Text Archives
http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewlink&cid=4
Historical Text Archives
http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php
The World History Archives—A Gateway site
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
Historical Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
World History Timeline and Clickable People, Events, and Maps
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/
National Inventor Hall of Fame by Inventor and Inventions
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
History of Inventions
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml
Gateway to All Art
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/
10,000 World Art images on the Internet
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/cgi-bin/home
A Gateway to Literary Classics
http://classics.mit.edu/
A Gateway to Music History
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm
Social Studies Learning Goals in Economics
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K6goals.htm
Gateway to Major Economic Theories
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html
Economic Schools of Thought
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/index.htm
Calculations and Conversions of Money in today’s value
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Lessons and Simulations at the U.S. Mint
http://themint.org/
The Stock Market Game
http://www.smg2000.org/
Money at the Federal Reserve
http://www.frbsf.org/federalreserve/money/index.html
Lessons and Simulations at the World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/
U.S. Census Bureau Statistics
http://www.census.gov/
Geographic Terms
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/alpha.html
Blank Maps of Countries and States
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/
Greatest Places Virtual Field Trips
http://www.greatestplaces.org/
Maps.com has online World Atlas and Maps
http://www.maps.com/explore/
http://www.maps.com/learn/
Gateway to Geography Games
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/games.html
Florida Alliance of Almost 100 Lesson Plans
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/lessonplans.html
Graphical Map Definitions
http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/
U.S. Census Data from 1790 to 1960
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
The National Atlas allows you create maps based on crime, forest, etc.
http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/natlasstart.asp
Gateway to the 50 States
http://www.50states.com/
Library of Congress Map Collection from 1500 to 2000
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
The National Atlas of the United States
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
State and Capitals Games
http://www.scottforesman.com/resources/statescapitals/index.html
The University Texas Links and Extensive Collection of Maps
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/map_libs/map_libs.htm
Almost 200 “Globe” Images of Earth
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Atlapedia’s Map Collection
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
The Department of State’s Geography Site for Teachers and Students
http://geography.state.gov/htmls/statehome.html
Ancient Maps Gateway
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ancient%20Web%20Pages/Ancient1.html
Over 2,500 Live Cameras from Around the World
http://www.leonardsworlds.com/camera.html
Gateway to Current American Politics
http://www.politics1.com/
Gateway to News Centers and Reference Information
http://www.polisci.com/
Gateways to Federal Agencies
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Lesson Plans on Citizenship
http://www.civiced.org/lesson-plans.html
Constitution facts, puzzles etc.
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/
American National Patriotic Songs
http://www.scoutsongs.com/categories/patriotic.html
Government Documents
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/coredocs/index.html
U.S. Justice Department
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/
The World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
Free Speech Around the World
http://www.indexonline.org/
Gateway to International Relations & Treaties
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html
Gateway to Human Rights Organizations
http://www.hrweb.org/
The United Nations
http://www.un.org/
The WWW Virtual Library: Latin American Studies
http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html
Internet Resources for Latin America
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia
Hispanic Heritage
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hhm1.html
Voices of Youth
http://www.unicef.org/voy
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