General

• Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page
• National Council for the Social Studies
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies
• Social Studies Lesson Plans - Junior High / High School
• Primary Sources on the Web
• History/Social Studies For K-12 Teachers Links are arranged by subject and cover many history topics. This site is updated frequently.
• The History Channel Classroom History links that include online activities that cover events around the world from ancient to modern times.
• Social Studies.org-Teaching Resources Huge site that contains helpful information for K-12 teachers. Includes websites, sources for classroom materials, class trips, and cultural organizations from around the world.
• Social Studies Resource Center
• Blank & Outline Maps Collections of blank and outline maps to print out for educational or personal use at home or in the classroom.

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World History

• World History Standards
• World History Lesson Plans & Activities K-12 resources.
• The Lesson Plan Library offers World History Over fifty lesson plans for middle school and high school.
• Medieval Studies for K-12 Lesson plans, organizations, and general sites on all things medieval.
• A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature.
• Ancient Egypt Ten topics present "challenges" that allow students to practice certain skills (historical, analytical, mathematical, observational).

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U.S. History

• United States History Standards
• Discovering Lewis & Clark ...from the decade of the Expedition, tracing their manifestations during the intervening 200 years, and seeking meanings and lessons for the 21st century.
• American History Online Activities Web-based research activities that include questions for discussions.
• National Archives: Teaching with Documents Lessons comply with the National History Standards.
• Guilded Age WebQuest: Documenting Industry in America Award-winning webquest in which students use Powerpoint to create a short documentary on the Industrial Age.
• National History Day NHD is a year-long education program for students in grades 6-12. It teaches the process of discovery and engages students in the interpretation of historical topics.
• History Matters Many useful online and printable materials for teaching U.S. history.
• Native American Resources

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Current Issues

• Global Education: Teaching Resources Lesson plans on area studies and cultures, global issues, and the United Nations.
• CNN: Teachers Lesson plans and materials based on current news.
• CivicMind.com Legal and civics lessons for grades 7-12.
• CongressLink Great lesson plan ideas.
• Economics Standards
• EcEdWeb Online economics lessons.
• EconEdLink Internet-based economics lesson materials for K-12 teachers.
• Economics Links for Teachers List of annotated links to sites that support the teaching of economics.
• Sociological/Anthropological/Archaeological Sites Professional and instructional resources.
• Exploring Maps Lessons provided to teach basic map-making and map reading skills for grades K-12.

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