SOCIAL STUDIES WEBSITES FOR EDUCATORS
 

General Social Studies Sites and Professional Organizations:

          http://www.ncss.org (National Council of Social Studies)

          http://www.ed.gov/free/s-social.html  
         (clearinghouse for free social studies materials and websites)

          http://www.marcopolosearch.org (search engine for all levels and social studies courses)

          http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp?option=404  
          (McRel social studies lessons, research and education articles)

          http://edsitement.neh.gov (National Endowment for the Humanities)

          http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.htm (resources for all levels and subjects)

          http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm (Scholastic Resources for the Classroom)

          http://www.thegateway.org/ (Gateway Education Resources for Teachers)

          http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/ (ERIC database of online lessons)

Contemporary News Events and Government/Politics

         http://oyez.nwu.edu/ (vitual Supreme Court website)

          http://www.whitehouse.gov/ (White House website and links to current events)

          http://www.newseum.org (contemporary lessons and historic news resources)

          http://www.freedomforum.org (lessons and materials on the First Amendment)

          http://www.abanet.org (American Bar Association)

          http://www.crfc.org (Constitutional Rights Foundation)

          http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/teachers.ednews/ (CNN News Center for Educators)

          http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/index.html (New York Times historic and contemporary news stories and lesson plans)

          http://cagle.slate.msn.com (national and international political cartoons)

          http://thomas.loc.gov (Library of Congress historic and contemporary legislation)

          http://www.fpa.org (Foreign Policy Organization)

          http://www.closeup.org (Close-Up Foundation, Washington, D.C.)

          http://www.timeforkid.com (weekly update news site for students)

          http://www.southerncenter.org (Southern Poverty Law Center)

          http://www.civiced.org (Center for Civic Education)

          http://www.congresslink.org (daily update guide to national legislation)

          http://www.supct.law.cornell.edu:8080/supct (historic and contemporary Supreme Court cases)

          http://www.econedlink.org (National Council for Economic Education)

          http://www.govspot.com (main website with links to all agencies of U.S. government)

          http://www.streetlaw.org (contemporary legal issues and lessons)

          http://www.newsweekeducation.com/ (Newsweek educators’ site)

          http://www.fte.org/ (Foundation for Teaching Economics)

          http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html (Teaching Tolerance Center)

          http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html (historic and contemporary Supreme Court cases)

          http://www.streetlaw.org/ (Street Law online newsletter)

          http://www.dirksencenter.org/ (Dirksen Congressional Center)

          http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html (ABS News For Kids Weekly editions)

          http://intheclassroom.org/ (ABS News online)

          http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/index.html (WallStreet Journal  classroom edition)

Geography

http://www.state.gov/kids/ (U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs for Students page)

           http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (World Fact Book)

http://64.227.22.235/links/news/ (World Newspapers)

http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/ (Maps and related geograpy lesson ideas)

http://geography.miningco.com/mbody.htm?SearchString=geography&siteid=&ShowSearch=Y
            (collection of lessons, teacher resources, and free materials)

           http://www.edgate.com/discovery.html (Copernicus Education Gateway)

http://www.usgs.gov/education/index.html  
            (U.S. Geological Survey Learning Page for Students and Teachers)

http://pages.yahoo.com/nhp/regional (teacher-created links to resources for national and world geography)

http://www.greatestplaces.org (Science Museum of Minnesota)

http://www.indiana.edu/~japan (clearinghouse for Japanese studies)

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov (NASA satellite and shuttle images of the earth)

           http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents (
           U.S. Geological Survey - earth’s environmental issues and satellite images)

           http://www.ncge.org (National Council for Geographic Education)

          http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions  
          (National Geography Standards and sample lessons)

          http://www.census.gov (U.S. Census information and lessons)

          http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education (National Geographic Society)

          http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/ (Peace Corps online resources)

          http://www.wn.org/ (World Neighbors teacher resources)

          http://www.brainpop.com/ (video collection of the earth’s physical processes)

          http://www.ou.edu/okage/okage.html (Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education)

          http://www.wmoen.com/aatlas/search.htm (World Atlas online)

          http://popplanet.org/PopPlanet/ (world population and resources information and lesson plans)

          http://www.pbs.org/tal/un (United Nations fieldtrip)

          http://www.globe.gov (environmental reference materials)

          http://www.odci.gov (Central Intelligence Agency’s information on the  world’s nations)

          http://menic.utexas.edu (International Network Information Center)

          http://www.mapquest.com (all types of interactive maps)

United States, Oklahoma and World History

            http://www.nwhp.org/ (National Women’s History Project)

http://www.ushmm.org/ (U.S. Holocaust Museum)

http://www.aande.com/class/ (Arts and Entertainment Channel)

http://oklegal.onenet.net/ (Oklahoma Constitution, statutes, and court cases)

http://www.oklahomaheritage.com/ (Oklahoma Heritage Association)

http://www.biography.com/ (The Biography Channel)

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html (collection of Black history and information)

           http://fivetribes.com/ok_links.htm (Five Civilized Tribes Museum)

           http://www.educonnect.com/KeyOk/ (Oklahoma History teacher materials)

           http://www.thehistorychannel.com/ (The History Channel Teacher Resources Page)

           http://www.pbs.org/ (PBS links to resources and video collections)

           http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us (Oklahoma Historical Society)

           http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today  
          (Library of Congress American Memory Program-online primary sources)

          http://www.loc.gov/exhibits (Library of Congress online exhibits)

          http://marcopolo.worldcom.com (search engine for social studies-related lessons online)

          http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm  
         (National Gallery of Art- History Through Art collections)

          http://socialstudies.com (Social Studies School Service)

          http://www.asian-nation.org (History of Asian-Americas)

          http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html  
          (National Archives online primary source collections)

          http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs (National Council for History in the  Schools)

          http://www.history.about.com  
          (the History Net collection of materials,  multi-media collections, etc.)

          http://www.worldandi.com (World and I publication online)

          http://www.oah.org (Organization of American Historians)

          http://www.harpweek.com (Harpers’ Weekly articles and lesson plans)

          http://www.crf-usa.org/ (Constitutional Rights Foundation)

          http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp (Teaching with Historic Places, National Parks Service)

          http://www.historyalive.com/default.asp (sample units and teaching strategies)

          http://www.scholiast.org/history/ (materials from major world history eras)

          http://www.historylink101.com (world cultures and history links)

          http://historymatters.gmu.edu (gateway to web sources for secondary history teachers)

          http://www.americanhistory.si.edu (Smithsonian Institution’s history sites)

          http://www.theweboftime.com
            (online library of American history sites and links to exhibits and museum collections)

          http://library.thinkquest.org (learning sites created for students by students)

          http://www.latimes.com/extras/tie (Los Angeles Times Educators’ site)

          http://www.americansall.com (People of America Foundation)

          http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html (American Indian Library Association)

          http://www.women.eb.com (encyclopedic site for women’s history)

          http://www.historycentral.com (information and links for all periods of  U.S. and World history)

          http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha (Native American sites)

          http://pages.yahoo.com/nhp/government___politics (Geo-cities teacher- created lessons)

 
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