- Academy Curricular Exchange: Social Studies - Elementary
Lessons for grades k-5.
ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/elem.html
- Academy Curricular Exchange: Social Studies - High School
Lessons for grades 9-12.
ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/high.html
- Academy Curricular Exchange: Social Studies - Intermediate
Lessons for grades 6-8.
ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/inter.html
- Amnesty International Lesson Plans
Offers human rights education lesson plans for middle and high school students on topics from around the globe, including learning exercises about slavery, refugees, religious freedom, and the death penalty.
www.amnestyusa.org/educate/lesson-plans/page.do?id=1102163
- Beyond the Fire
Introduces the real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones. Includes a section for educators with lesson plans, conflict timelines, country facts, and an interactive world map.
www.itvs.org/beyondthefire
- Cesar Chavez Day and Model Curriculum
Information on the holiday honoring labor leader César Chávez, as well as links to curriculum for K-12 teachers from the California Department of Education.
chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Intro.aspx
- China: Dim Sum
Features cross-curricular lesson ideas on Chinese-American culture.
www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/chinadimsumaconnection.html
- CNNfyi.com: Taleban to mark Afghan Hindus
May 2001 report on the Taleban's action, as well as a related lesson plan for further examining the news.
www.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/05/22/taleban.hindus/index.html
- Crayola.com: National Hispanic Heritage Month
Find a variety of activities to use in the classroom for National Hispanic Heritage Month, including printables, craft ideas, cards, and lesson plans.
www.crayola.com/calendar/detail.cfm?event_id=161&year=2005&extended=true
- Decisions, Decisions: Free Trade
Teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of 4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of view on the issue. Students print out advisor memos and vote in an online web poll.
ddonline.tomsnyder.com/issues/freetrade/intro.cfm
- Decisions, Decisions: Gun Control
Teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of 4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of view on the issue. Students print out advisor memos and vote in an online web poll.
ddonline.tomsnyder.com/issues/guncontrol/intro.cfm
- Economics and Geography Lessons
Features ideas and activities based on books for children.
www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
- Ethics in Education
Promotes a free exchange of ideas among secondary school teachers on embedding ethics into a typical world history program.
www.ethicsineducation.com
- High School Curriculum on the Judiciary
Interactive site that provides a two-lesson unit for high school seniors about the Supreme Court and court procedures. Provided by the American Judicature Society.
www.ajs.org/hsc
- Hispanic Heritage Month
Browse a variety of resources for use in teaching about Hispanic Heritage Month including printables, quizzes, and related lesson plans in social studies, language arts, foreign language, and music.
www.teachervision.fen.com/hispanic-heritage-month/south-america/6629.html
- Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
Resource for teaching the geographic dimensions of American history.
www3.newberry.org/k12maps
- Lesson Plan Unit: Human Rights
From The New York Times Learning Network.
www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/humanrts.html
- Lesson Plans: Felon Disenfranchisement Laws
Allows students to learn to formulate their own opinions on restrictive provisions on the voting rights of ex-offenders. From the ACLU of Florida.
www.aclufl.org/body_lessonsmar2001.html
- National Geographic TV Special: Air Force One
Includes fast facts, classroom ideas, and video clips of past presidents talking about the plane.
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/specials/airforceone
- Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States
Bestows the Raoul Wallenberg Award and perpetuates his ideals through his 'A Study of Heroes' interdisciplinary curriculum for use in elementary and high schools.
www.raoulwallenberg.org
- Scholatic.com: Iditarod
Offers a variety of Iditarod race information, as well as lesson plans and study guides for teachers and students.
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod
- Smithsonian Education: Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
Information for educators to use when teaching about Hispanic Heritage Month.
www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/hispanic_resources....
- Social and Environmental Education Australia
Providing teaching and lesson suggestions for Year 2 social education teachers.
www.angelfire.com/sc/soced/index.html
- Social Studies Lesson Plans, Ideas & Activities
Find social studies lesson plans from the Lesson Plans Page with subjects including community and sociology, culture, environment, family, economics, and more.
www.lessonplanspage.com/SSK1.htm
- TASSI: Children's Day
Lesson plan for teachers to celebrate this holiday in their classrooms.
www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~tassi/children.htm
- The New York Times Learning Network: Attack on America
Interdisciplinary lesson plans developed for teachers and students to discuss the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/terrorism/index.html
- Totem Poles of the North American Northwest Coast Indians
Teaching curriculum and bibliography by Maryanne Kathleen Basti.
www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/6/85.06.01.x.html
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