Social+Studies

Lesson Resources
[|National History Education] Funded by the U.S. Department of Education (contract number ED-07-CO-0088), the National History Education Clearinghouse (NHEC) is designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom.

[|Interactive Social Studies Websites]

[|The Brown University Choices Program]: Teaching with the News

[|Teaching Kids about the Newspaper]   [|New York Times Daily Lesson Plan] - geared toward middle school and senior high. Various plans developed to use internet and on-line resources.
 * [|NewsTrawler]**Has a meta-search engine that allows you to search newspapers, magazines and other news sources from around the world at the same time. (Search hints: - Do not search more than twenty sources at a time, it may return an error message; - Also when you use multiple words in your search, you may use boolean operators such as AND, OR, NOT.)

Election Lesson Plans
From EduHound's Classroom Tools (9/4/08):

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson202.shtml Lesson plans, Internet sites, and curriculum ideas will help your students understand the impact of elections.
 * Primaries, Voting, and Elections**

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/lessonplans.html Students examine the growing field of candidates and analyze the role of the Internet in the race for president.
 * Presidential Election Coverage: Vote 2008 | Lesson Plans**

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Elections.htm Features a large collection of lessons plans to teach your students about elections.
 * Elections Lessons and Teacher Resources**

http://www.pbs.org/elections/kids/ Young people who do vote often do so because they learned about the importance of elections when they were kids and they grew to believe it was an honor and a privilege.
 * By the People: Election For Kids, Parents, and Teachers**

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/election/index.html These pages explain the election process for Federal officials. Designed for grades 3-5.
 * Ben's Guide: Elections**

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/government/theelectoralcollege.htmWhen Americans are casting our votes for the presidential candidates, we are actually casting our votes for electors, who will cast their votes for the candidates.
 * The Electoral College**

http://etgredirect.1105web.com/redirect.aspx?id=80Create a sequence chart and run-for-office board game.
 * The Steps to Elected Office**

[|Google's Election Tools] This year, Google is working with the [|National Student/Parent Mock Election] to get students of all ages excited about the November elections. Students engage in activities to learn about the candidates and issues, then cast mock ballots that are counted along with those of millions of other students across the nation. This year's Mock Election takes place on October 30, 2008. [|Enroll your classroom now]

Geography
[| http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/]
 * National Atlas of the United States**

You've seen other atlases. They're typically big books of paper maps. The pages in this atlas are here on the Internet whenever you need them. This is a new portrayal of America in maps. We use new technologies, but we honor traditions of accuracy, reliability, and innovation. You've found the single best Federal source for national maps and geographic information on the Web. The people and places of the United States are here.

http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/
 * MapMachine Student Edition**

More than just maps, MapMachine Student Edition also has photos, facts, and fun. Here you can find the place you're looking for - or get lost in the cultures, sights, and sounds of the world.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm Provides facts, flags, and maps including every continent, country, dependency, island, major city, ocean, province, state, and territory on the planet!
 * WorldAtlas.com**

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
 * Education Place: Outline Maps**

These world maps may be printed and copied for personal or classroom use.

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson287.shtml
 * Map Lessons: The Route to Improved Geography Skills**

Features lessons to teach all students about landforms, the global economy, maps from space, more!

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
 * National Atlas**

Federal source for national maps and geographic information that contains an online map maker, dynamic maps, printable maps, articles, free geographic data, and more.

http://education.usgs.gov/index.html
 * USGS Education**

Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.

http://etgredirect.1105web.com/redirect.aspx?id=900Students will locate countries on a world map or globe.
 * TIME for Kids: Using Maps & Globes**

[|American Digital History]

Political Blogs
[|CNN Political Ticker]

[|The New York Times Politics Blog]

[|MSNBC World News Blog]