CivicsiCivics is a website that is valuable to both students and teachers. It has many free resources and tools offered for the teachers and it has many awesome activities and games for students.
PBS contains several lesson plans related to civics that also identifies the grade level that corresponds to it. It also includes offline activities and projects, interactive online activities, and videos that go along with civics. Center for Civic Education has links to different resources that can be used for teachers, lessons, and other links too. This is a valid source that explains civics to students and helps teachers teach it. Teaching Civics has many beneficial lessons that the teacher could use to help explain and promote civics in our nation. It includes programs and current news that relates to civics. There are also articles that the teacher could present to the class to keep them up to date on what is happening with our government. Annenberg Learner has numerous worthwhile resources for teachers to use. The have different video series, lesson plans, interactives, and a news source. It also has a professional development section that the teachers can benefit from that will help enhance their effectiveness on the students. EconomicsKidsEcon Posters is a site that contains posters, teaching guides, activities and games, literature connection, and DVD's that teachers could use in their classroom. They give teachers the tools they need.
EconEdLink contains many lessons and interactive tools for teachers to use. It has a wide range for grades as well, so teachers of various age levels would find this site useful. Economic Education Web has an organized list of the different concepts for grades K-5, the standards that align with them, and links to lessons for the concepts as well. It also has a table of which concepts should be introduced in which grades and when the concept should be review for a grade. Center for Economic Education has many awesome economic lessons that indicates which grades and concepts that it fits for, along with a link to the entire lesson. Teachers could use this website when creating the economics unit. National Center on Education and the Economy is a reliable source for teachers because it contains many links connected to economics. Within the website there are lesson plans, activities, and much more that could be used in their classroom. |
HistoryLibrary of Congress is a great resource to use for students and teachers because it allows them to explore all aspects of Social Studies. There are several resources available for use on this website.
National History Education Clearinghouse has teaching materials, history content, and best practices organized for teachers to easily find and for all age levels. The best practices include examples of how to use the materials successfully. Discovery Education includes lesson plans with suggestions for older or younger students that teachers could use for their classroom. It allows you to pick between the different grade ranges that are available. History Matters is a great source that has information from the past and makes sense of the evidence. It has strategies, techniques, assignments, and quizzes. It has plenty of valid information for the teacher to use when creating lessons. Teaching Channel has many useful practice examples for teaching history that gives great ideas for teachers to use and expand on in their own lessons. It thoroughly explains and describes the practices that have been done and were effective. GeographyJump Start has many worksheets and activities for teachers to use in their geography lessons that will help expand the students knowledge. It also has fun games for the students to go play!
Teacher Vision has many great options for teachers to use while teaching geography. There are maps, activities, printables, and ways to connect geography with other subject areas. There are also quizzes that can be used and helpful guides the explain clearly how to teach geography for a specific grade level. National Council for Geographic Education is a reliable source for valid information about geography. Teachers can resort to this website to develop their geography lessons using the teacher resources, articles, and news that can be found on this website. Asia for Educators has many insightful lesson plans that teachers can use and modify to fit what it is their class needs. This website also has videos, games, puzzles, maps, and much more that the students could really gain from. Teachers could take these ideas and use them in their own classroom. McREL is a lesson plan library that divides the lessons into smaller subcategories of geography , so it is very easy for teachers to navigate through and find a lesson that they are looking for. It also includes the specific grade that the lesson is for. |
General EducationCIA World Factbook provides information about all sorts of subjects. It is very easy to navigate and the students would love to look around on it. It has maps, flags, country information, and so much more.
Social Studies School Service has every subject that is within Social Studies. It contains videos, power points, and eBooks that the teacher can use. It is very easy to navigate for a specific grade, or media, or subcategory. PBS has many images and videos that are in relation to many Social Studies areas that teachers could base a lesson off of or include in a lesson. It allows you to select specific grades to look at as well. |
TechnologyFlash Card Machine is an online resource for teachers or students to create flashcards for the vocabulary words that are in relation the concept being worked on and discussed.
Cyberbee offers many online resources for students and teachers to use to engage the students in the Social Studies lesson. It covers many different areas in Social Studies. iKnowthat is a website that contains useful online games and activities that are accessible to teachers and students. It is easy to navigate between different grade levels and different subject areas. It is a great site for teachers to encourage students to practice their skills online. |