social studies resources
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Information Sources |
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| Infonation | Database that shows statistical data of United Nations member states. |
| Nations of the World | Information on nations and provinces of the world, maps, national anthems etc. |
| Rulers of the World | Learn about heads of governments throughout the world |
| CIA World Fact Book | Contains information on all of the countries of the world |
| Constitution Finder | Learn about constitutions of countries from around the world |
| National Anthems of the World | Audio file and word to national anthems |
| License Plates of the World | Fun site |
| Embassy World | Gives information
about the foreign embassies in the US and other countries |
| Altapedia | Contains interesting information on every country of the world |
| MarcoPolo - Internet Content for the Classroom | Resources for many subject areas |
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Resources by NJ Social Studies Standards |
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6.1 -Social Studies Skills |
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| Edsitement | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Student Connections Home Page | Social Studies Lessons and resources |
| Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources | Social Studies Lessons and resources |
| Awesome Library - Social_Studies | Great collection of Social Studies Lessons and resources |
| Teachers' Guide for the Professional Cartoonists' Index | Fun site for Editorial cartoons |
| NY Times Lessons | Social Studies Lessons - includes suggestions for differentiated instruction. |
| Media Studies | Social Studies Lesson |
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6.2 - Civics |
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| Civics Institute | Lessons and resources |
| Center for Civic Ed | Lessons and resources |
| New York Times Lesson Plans | Civic lesson plans - includes suggestions for differentiated instruction. |
| Lesson Plans on US Government | Lessons and resources |
| Close Up Online: Civics Resources | Lessons and resources |
| Comparing Democracy and Republic | middle-grade lesson |
| The Constitutional Community | collection of lesson plans from the National Archives |
| US Constitution and Amendments | Lesson Plan for High School |
| The Bill of Right is For Us Today | A lesson plan for grades 7-9 |
| Constitution Center | Great resources for teachers |
| Separation of Powers | Lesson for high school students on the three branches of government. |
| Mock Congres | high school lesson plan. |
| The Many Powers of the President | helps students become
familiar with the many roles of the president. |
| The Federal Government | High School lesson on the legislative branch of government. |
| The Constitution, Juvenile Justice, and You | High school special ed. lesson |
| Crime and Punishment | Units about crime from political point of view |
| Here Comes the Judge | interactive web-based lesson plan for learning about the Supreme Court |
| Search and Seizure | High school lesson plan |
| Justice | High school lesson plan |
| Supreme Court Decisions on Freedom of Religion | High school lesson plan |
| Symbolic Speech | High school lesson plan |
| Laws | Lesson on why laws are important |
| Your Own Classroom Court | allow students to have an active role in setting classroom rules, in decision-making, and settling differences. |
| Decision-Making | lesson on conflict resolution. |
| Mock Trial: The Titanic | lesson plan for trying the case: Jensen vs. White Star Lines. |
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6.3 - World History |
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| New York Times Lesson Plans- | Global History - includes suggestions for differentiated instruction. |
| Ancient History | FREE Lesson Plans & Activities |
| World History Lesson Plans from Pros | FREE Lesson Plans & Activities |
| World History Lesson Plans | The Educator's Reference Desk |
| Women in World History Curriculum | Biographies & classroom resources on women's history |
| World History Archives | |
| The Amazing Magnificent Colossal Cruise Through Time and History | Pick a time period an have fun! |
| Images from History | Art from the history |
| History Resources | Huge collection of resources |
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6.4 - US/NJ History |
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| American Memory from the Library of Congress | Great resource |
| National Museum of American History | Lessons and resources |
| The Supreme Court Historical Society | Great resource |
| Landmark Supreme Court Cases - HOME | Great resource |
| Curriculum - UN Cyberschoolbus | Great resource |
| Managing Controversial Material on the Internet | Great resource |
| New York Times Lesson Plans- | American History - includes suggestions for differentiated instruction. |
| US History | FREE Lesson Plans & Activities |
| Retanet: Resources for Teaching About the Americas | Free Lesson Plans & Activities |
| New Jersey Wordsearch | Fun NJ facts |
| New Jersey Map Quiz | NJ geography review |
| New Jersey Flag | A printable worksheet with a New Jersey flag |
| Map of New Jersey - | Blackline map of the state of New Jersey |
| New Jersey State Aquarium - | |
| Fort Hancock: A Bastion of Americas Eastern Seaboard | Maps, readings, drawings, and pictures relating to New Jerseys Fort Hancock |
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6.5 - Economics |
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| EconEdLink | Variety of online and classroom learning activities based on economic |
| NY Times Lessons | Economics lessons - includes suggestions for differentiated instruction. |
| IMF EconEd Online | Lesson plans and resources for economics |
| EcEdWeb | Lesson plans and resources for economics |
| National Council on Economics Education | Lesson plans and resources for economics |
| Economics Lesson Plans | The Educator's Reference Desk |
| Economics WebQuest: Cost of Production | Project based activity |
| Economic Forecasting: An Internet WebQuest | Project based activity |
| You Can Make Cents of Economics | Project based activity |
| National Budget Simulation | Students attempt to balance the U.S national budget. |
| Foundation for Teaching Economics | Lesson plans and resources for economics |
| A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers | Lesson plans and resources |
| How to Budget Your Money | High school lesson plan on budgeting and responsibility |
| Production, Distribution, and Consumption in a Free-Market | Lesson plans and resources |
| Econ-o-mania. | Webquest |
| Teacher Resources:Consumer Education | Activities and lesson plans. |
| Limiting Trade | Debate over a proposed new tariff. |
| String Trade | Lesson plan using economic and geographic themes to demonstrate the concept of global interdependence. |
| Show Me the Money | Webquest on investment strategies |
| Web-Based Interactive Stock Market Learning Project for K-12 | Interactive stock market competition between classmates using real-time stock market data from the New York Stock Exchange |
| StocksQuest | Includes 15 lesson Plans |
| Great Ideas for Teaching Marketing | Projects in high school economics. |
| The Mint | Money-management and basic economics lesson plans. |
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6.6 - Geography |
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| National Geographic -Expeditions | Multifaceted resource |
| NY Times | Geography lessons - includes suggestions for differentiated instruction. |
| Resources/Collections of Geography Lessons | Excellent Resource for Geography |
| The Five Themes of Geography | Fascinating site |
| Geographic Features/Landforms/Biomes | Excellent Resource for Geography |
| Maps | Always needed |
| World Geography | Interesting, good information |
| Geography Educators Network of Indiana Web Project, | Excellent Resource |
| Internet-based geography lessons | Includes an annotated list of geography links |
| National Geographic Geography Lessons and Ideas | Lessons organized by grade level. |
| Geography Lesson Plans | Lesson plans for all grades |
| Nystrom Net | Includes lesson plans, games, quizzes, |
| World Wise Schools | Lesson plans from the Peace Corps. |
| Geo-Images Project | For finding images that are useful in teaching geography |
| Geography and Economics Lesson Plans for Children's Books | Lesson plans for grades one to five |
| Xpeditions | National Geographic's Society Educational site |
| Geography at About.com | Weekly articles about geography, annotated links to maps and geographical information, online world atlas, glossary & weekly quizzes |
| Teaching Ideas for Geography | Interesting, fun ideas |
| Geography from the Educator's Reference Desk | Alphabetical list of lesson plans for all grade levels. |
| Geography World | Interesting information |
| What is Geography? | Good site |
| Current Events | |
| The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition | Good resources |
| Today's Front Pages | Good resources |
| Who's Who & What's What Quiz | Fun current events quiz |
| Online NewsHour Extra Newsbank | Ever changing site |
| The New York Times Learning Network | Great lesson plans on current happenings in the world |
| NewsHour Extra Teacher Resources | Good resources |
| NewsHour Extra For Students and Teachers | Useful resources |
| News Summaries | Good condensed news stories |
| Google News | On Line newspaper |
| Current Events | Ever changing site |
| Countrywatch.com - Website To The World | Up to date information |
| CNN StudentNews | Great site! |
| ChannelOne.com - News | Excellent for students |
| RCIA - The World Factbook | Unlimited uses |
| New York Times Lessons | Well planned about the events happening in the world today |
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Primary Sources on the Web |
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| Sirus | Smithsonian Research |
| West US/CA | Western United States and Canada |
| Eastern | Eastern United States and Canada: States and Provinces A-M |
| Eastern | Eastern United States and Canada: States and Provinces N-Z |
| Learning Pages | Library of Congress resources |
| American Memory Pages | Historical American collections |