Some General Resources for Students in Geography 417 or History 417

Standards & Assessment Links

State of California: Content Standards: All Grades
This is a link to the all the standards for California.

State of California: Content Standards: Social Studies/History -Grade 4
These are the "California" standards that outline what 4th graders ought to know about California, and as logic dictates, what students in 417 ought to know very,  very  well.

National Council For Geographic Education (NCGE) Standards
These are the "Geography for Life" Standards from which most states have constructed their own statewide geography standards.  They are more robust than California's geography standards.

National Geography Standards
Another link from the same folks at NCGE

CSET
A big test that you may have to take before you can become a teacher.  Several links below may be of particular interest to you and are related to this course:
Social Science Subject Matter Requirements (.pdf) --  look for domain 3
Multiple Subjects Subject Matter Requirements (.pdf) --look for domain 3

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Other Pedagogy Links

California Geographic Alliance
An organization dedicated to improving Geography Education in California

K-6 Ideas, Themes and Learning Opportunities
from the California Geographical Alliance (.pdf)

National Geographic
Perhaps not "real geography", but they do offer interesting fare for general interest and for
school-aged kids.

National Council for Geographic Education
The National Organization for Geography Education- Many resources

National Council for the Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies has grown to be the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education. NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies.

History-Geography Project at UCLA
The UCLA History-Geography Project is committed to building a network of teacher-scholars devoted to enhancing history-social science education in the Los Angeles region.