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Social Studies

Our Goal
T
he primary purpose of Social Studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.

 

General sites

Amnesty International
Art History Resources on the Web
CIA World factbook
Epals classroom exchange
Government Printing Office
High School Hub A collection of links 
Heroes : Good info on the recent decades
Library of Congress
Map Machine
Multi-cultural calendar
National Archives & Records
National Geographic
Oneworld online
Psychology Self-Help Resources On The Internet
The Smithsonian
Terra Server provides satellite images of just about anywhere on earth
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service information on becoming a naturalized citizen; also great sample questions to learn about the US
World Flag database

American/Local Government

ABCNEWS: Politics Index
Arizona Government
Bureau of Justice Statistic
Closeup Online
CQ's Electronic American Government
CNN's All Politics
Democracy Network  Helps voters stay educated about elections and politics
Electronic embassy
FBI
First Gov:  the U.S. Government's official web portal
League of Women Voters
FedStatsStatistics from more than 70 federal agencies
FindLaw:  Supreme Court Opinions
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet   The House and Senate
United Nations An online tour
Welcome to the White House
We hold these truths to be self-evident

Free Enterprise

DowJones
Economists
Federal Reserve System
IRS - Taxes
The Mint:  Practical aspects of economics
The Motley Fool  Stock Market Information
National Institute for Consumer Education
Online Newshour Extra: Money   An excellent source of information for Teens
Stock Market Game 2000

 

World History/Geography

Architectural Virtual Tour
Background Notes
Central Europe Online
Discoverers Web
End of Europe's Middle Ages: 14th and 15th century
Eyewitness History through the eyes of those who lived it
The History Place
The History net
HyperHistory Online
Internet Geography: a comprehensive portal
Lonely Planet
Midieval Technology
National Geographic Xpeditions
Netserf:  The internet connection for medieval resources
PBS - History
Mrs. Peters page
Planetrider
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
This day in history
Trenches on the Web: The History of WWI
U.S.State Dept. Consular Affairs
Valley of the Ancients: Countless photos and paintings of how things might have looked
Your Mining Company guide to geography

American History

American History (Homework Center)
The American Immigration Home Page
America in the 1930s
American Heritage Library
The American Memory Project
American Presidents
American West
The Civil War Home Page
Famous Immigrants
Famous Immigrants who passed through Ellis Island
Lewis & Clark (based on Ken Burns)
Lews & Clark Journey of discovery (centennial web pages)
Liberty! The American Revolution
National women’s history project
New Perspectives on the West
Underground Railroad
Vietnam History and the Vietnam War





Teaching Resources

Geography Classroom
History & Social Studies Web sites for k-12 teachers
Kathy Schrock's Guide  
National Council for the Social Studies
Resources for teaching about the Americas
Teaching about the Constitutution
Teaching Tolerance
U.S. Holocaust Museum Teaching Materials
World History
The web based companion to the classroom textbook

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