Academy Social Studies Curriculum Exchange Elementary School (K-12)
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/elem.html
51 lesson plans for primary grade students.
American Slave Narratives: “Been Here So Long”
http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/
Presents a selection of seventeen interviews of former slaves conducted by members of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Also provides lesson plans, and an annotated guide to related online resources. Suitable for senior high school students.
Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans for Teachers
http://www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/index.html
Offers elementary and middle school teachers cross-curricular lesson plans for enriching the study of Ancient Egypt. Students can write their names using hieroglyphs, construct a canopic jar, create an equation quilt, participate in an Egyptian market day, and transform a cardboard box into a mummy case.
Ancient Greece
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/Greece.html
A complete unit with 17 daily lesson plans and unit test for sixth graders. The unit has two parts: The Early Greeks and Classical Greece.
Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945 Teacher Workbook
http://www.uen.org/annefrank/
Includes lesson plans and activities for grades 5-8, lesson plans and activities on Anne Frank for grades 7-12, readings and overviews, timelines, and a glossary.
Annenberg Media: Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/index.html
Offers resources to integrate
arts and social studies curriculum, e.g. video, literature.
Apple Picking Time
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade3/Apple_Picking.html
One of a series of lesson plans that uses literature to develop economic and geographic concepts for primary level students.
Art and Life in Africa Project
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/
Contains information on 106 African peoples, profiles of 27 African countries and an online searchable Catalogue of the Stanley Collection of Africa Art (with images and descriptions of over 500 items). For 47 lesson plans from K-12 teachers in Iowa based on the CD-ROM, click on Data Bank of Unit Designs (Lesson Plans) for K-12 Teachers.
AskERIC Lesson Plans: Social Studies
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies
A rich source of lesson plans for Anthropology, Civics, Current Events, Economics, Geography, Government, History, Psychology, Sociology, State History, U.S. History, and World History and Cultures.
Awesome Library Social Studies Lesson Plans
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies.html
A large number of links to a variety of lesson plans representing all areas of the K-12 social studies curriculum.
Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Provided by Pacific Bell, the Library includes 17 units and lesson plans. Scroll to Browse the Content Table and find History & Social Studies.
CEC Lesson Plans
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
Features a large assortment of lesson plans created by teachers for use in their own classrooms. Click on Elementary (K-5),Intermediate (6-8), and High School (9-12) to find lesson plans to fit your needs.
Center for Civic Education Lesson Plans
http://www.civiced.org/lesson-plans.html
Sample lesson plans for upper elementary, middle and high school levels. Can be used in U.S. History and government classes for teaching about the Constitutional Period.
Cesar Chavez Day Information and Resources for Educators
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/chavez/english.pdf
Learning activities and resources to commemorate Cesar Chavez
China: Dim Sum: A Connection to Chinese-American Culture
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/DimSum%20T.ofCon.HomePg.html
A thematic, cross curricula, integrated resource for elementary classrooms which enhances awareness and understanding of Chinese-American culture while building basic academic skills. It includes Social Studies lesson plans and activities.
Civics Online
http://civics-online.org/
Provides K-12 teachers, students, and parents with an array of multi-media primary source materials, learning tools and professional development resources to enrich teaching civics in the classroom. Each day Civics Online features a web site that provides rich materials for civics and social studies classrooms.
Consider the Source: Historical Records in the Classroom
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/nysaservices/ns_edu_consider.shtml
Features reproductions of 22 historical records and related lesson plans and activities. This site provides teachers with three sample lesson plans from the book, which include: 1825 Erie Canal Broadside (grades 4-8), Survey of Industrial Discharges and Sewage (grades 5-12), and The Vietnam-era document (grades 7-12). Information on how to order the complete book is available.
Core Knowledge Lesson Plans and Units
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/index.htm
Contains units and lesson plans developed by teachers in Core Knowledge schools. Although written for K-8, they can be adapted for other levels. Additional plans can be found by clicking on Baltimore Curriculum Project Lesson Plans.
Decoding the Past: The Work of Archaeologists
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/history_culture.html
Lesson plans for K-12 provided by the Smithsonian Institute.
Discovery Channels School for Teachers
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/lessonplanner/index.html
Excellent resource for Social Studies lesson plans, teaching
tools, and puzzlemaker activities, and a create-your-own
lesson planner.
EcEdWeb
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K-12/home.cfm
Lesson plans and curriculum materials from EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, whose goal is to provide support for economic education from K-12 to the college level. Teacher guides, lesson plans, and activities are featured.
edHelper.com
http://www.edhelper.com/
Currently 9572 Lesson Plans, 1169 WebQuests, 679 File Downloads, 8641 Additional Educational Sites, 350 Free Worksheet Generators, and Educational News Updated Daily.
Education World Lesson Plans: Social Studies
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=1879
More than 200 social studies lesson plans, K-12, selected by Education World.
Global Education Lesson Plans
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessons.html
The lessons, developed by the Peace Corps for students in grades 3-12, help teachers integrate global education into daily activities.
Government Lesson Plans from Ask ERIC
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/US_Government
Features over 50 lessons plans in U.S. government, by topic and then grade level (3-12).
Hammurabi's Code
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/
Compiled and illustrated by Phillip Martin, the site is appropriate for upper elementary, middle and high school students. It includes Hammurabi's Code, problems Hammurabi faced which students can attempt to solve, links to additional resource material, and a Teacher's Page which contains lesson plans.
History Firsthand Primary Source Research in Elementary School
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/firsthand/main.html
Contains three units which enable elementary children to begin to understand primary sources. Students move from personal artifacts to the vast American Memory collections and learn how archival collections are organized, how to interpret artifacts and documents, how to use primary sources to tell a real story and how to do on-line research.
History Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhist.htm
A collection of lesson plans for grades K-12.
Hot Links By Subject
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/
Consists of K-12 lesson plans, activities, and curriculum resources provided by McREL. Social studies teachers can select from among these topics: Behavioral/Social Studies, Civics, Economics, Geography, History, and Multi-Interdisciplinary for links to lesson plans and activities.
John Muir Day Study Guide
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/john_muir_day_study_guide/
Contains lesson plans for K-12 with resources and activities for teachers. Lessons may be used throughout the school year to link environmental issues to a variety of social studies curriculum areas.
Kulture Kids (African American Culture)
http://www.kulturezone.com/kidz/
Includes a series of timelines showcasing great events in African American history, twenty-six African American biographies and great events in African American history from A-Z, a monthly calendar of events, a Kool Corner where kids can play word search games or color online, a Photo Gallery, and a Teacher's Section with lesson plans related to African American history, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and women.
Learning Adventures in Citizenship: From New York to Your Town
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/index.html
Middle school students can explore the Learning Adventures, visit the Kids' Lab, find Things To Do In Your Town, and enter a Kids' Contest. There are special sections for teachers and parents to learn how to get the most out of the site with accompanying Lesson Plans.
Lesson Plan Database National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies
http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/LP_Search.cgi
Provides K-12 teachers with lesson plans about Japan. The lessons include objectives, materials, suggested classroom time, procedures, extension ideas, teacher background information, and student worksheets. To see all the lesson plans, click View All Lesson Plans.
Lesson Plan Search
http://lessonplansearch.com/Social_Studies/
More than 75 social studies lesson plans for students in grades K-12.
Lesson Plans and Activities from Houghton Mifflin
http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/search/activity.html
Click on browse activities by theme for a list of K-8 plans. Included are lesson plans for Ancient Civilizations, Community, School, Survival, Travel, and USA.
Lesson Plans: teachervision.com
http://www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/lessonplans/index.html
Hundreds of lesson plans for a variety of subject areas including social studies. Teachers can search by grade level, subject and theme and can submit their own lesson plans.
LessonPlansPage.com
http://www.LessonPlansPage.com/
Home to over 1,000 free lesson plans including social studies.
Lesson Planz.com
http://LessonPlanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies/
Provides social studies lesson plans for Preschool, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Search engine available.
LET'SNet Lesson Plans (K-12)
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/NoFrames/Subjects/ss/index.html
Provides lesson plans which incorporate the use of the World Wide Web. Among the topics featured are immigration (Ellis Island), current events, geography, essay writing, environmental education, the Holocaust, and film critique (Disney's Pocahontas).
Lewis and Clark: A Film by Ken Burns (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Features a timeline of the Lewis and Clark expedition, a collection of related links, an extensive bibliography; and over 800 minutes of unedited, full-length RealPlayer interviews with seven experts featured in the film (transcripts also available). Teachers can find classroom resources which feature Lesson Plans and Activities.
Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books Lesson Index
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Lessons_index.html
Features multicultural tradebooks for elementary aged children provided by the Montgomery (Maryland) County Public Schools. In some instances specific lessons are included to illustrate how the tradebook can be used as a classroom activity.
The Mint
http://themint.org/
Site offers lessons,quizzes, and activities to teach secondary students basic economics and money management.
Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page
http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/index.html
Features lesson plans, work sheets, time lines, clip art, and maps for Archeology, Early Man, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, Africa, Inca/Maya/Aztecs/ and others.
National Endowment for the Humanities: EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3
Large assortment of Social Studies and History lesson plans
for teachers, searchable by topic and grade level. Many dozens of links to additional resources.
NEA Health Info Network: School and Community Safety
http://www.neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/resources/lessonhome.htm
Site provides for educators and parents ways to make public schools safe for all children.
Neferchichi's Tomb
http://www.neferchichi.com/
As well as lesson plans, the site allows elementary and middle school students to find Egyptian graphics for their web pages or school reports, an Egyptian clip art font, and a lesson in writing with hieroglyphs so they can spell their names. Students can also learn about mummies and phraohs, participate in a mummification simulation and access a Kids Page.
Peace Corps: World Wise Schools
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/
Variety of instructional resources, cross-curricular lesson plans, guides, and more for teaching about culture and countries provided by the U.S. Peace Corps.
Public Broadcast System: TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm
Provides an abundance of resources on a variety of
topics across the disciplines, with lesson plans and activity suggestions. Updated regularly, could be used for "current events" or finding ways to tie current events to past events.
Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Presents a wide variety of resources featuring lesson plans, current events, fun and games, cultures, holidays, languages, religions, historical maps, time lines and curriculum areas which include Economics, Geography, U.S. Government, U.S. History and World History. Click on Teaching Resources to find lesson plans for both elementary and secondary school levels.
Social Studies Lesson Plans &Ideas
http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/sslp.htm
Presents more than 60 unit and lesson plans for a variety of social studies topics suitable for elementary and secondary school students.
Teachers First (Lesson Plans)
http://www.teachersfirst.com/fr-first.htm
Offers a variety of lesson plans for the social studies teacher. Click on Content Matrix under Classroom Resources to find lesson plans for Current Events, Economics, U.S. History, and World Cultures. Also available is a Keyword Search tool.
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel
A forum where teachers share lesson plans and teaching tips. Includes links to other educational resources. Updated weekly.
Teachers.Net Lesson Bank
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/posts.html
Features a variety of lesson plans submitted by teachers. To find lesson plans for History and for Social Studies, click on Select category under Browse lessons by category.
Teaching with Documents
http://www.edteck.com/dbq/index.htm
Provides lessons and resources for elementary and secondary students to look at a variety of historic documents and critically evaluate each for origin, content and meaning.
TeAchnology
www.teach-nology.com
Provides links to a variety of resources that help teachers develop thematic units that are challenging, fun, and exciting for students. Site includes current events, economics, ESL, and social studies lesson plans, tools, worksheets, and project ideas.
United Nations CyberSchoolBus
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/index.shtml
A comprehensive international resource centered on
world social concerns, including lesson plans, activities,
quizzes, and games.
(U.S. Mint for Kids) H.I.P. Pocket Change
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0402-25.shtml
Fun, educational tool for students and teachers that generates interest in coins, the Mint, and U.S. history. Click on Teachers to find lesson and unit plans covering Social Studies, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, a teacher's guide, projects, a library of coin related links and a teacher's network to communicate with other professionals.
