Social Studies Methods
Resources
Syllabus	Resources: Background books/resources for the TEACHER (SCORE, professional organizations, Journal articles, ERIC) http://SCORE.rims.k12.ca.us National Council for Social Studies California Council for Social Studies Awesome Library: K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plans Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: World and Ancient History Exploring Ancient World Cultures HyperHistory On Line (timelines) Timelines Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders National Geographic Society National Council for Geographic Education National Atlas of the United States Epals Classroom Exchange International Education and Resource Network AV materials (videos, records, instructional TV, slides, CD ROM, computer software programs Tom Snyder Productions Learning Services CCV Software Knowledge Adventures Internet sites/activities that the youngsters will use Webquests Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: WebQuests in Our Future WhiteHouse for Kids U.S. House of Representatives U. S. Senate U.S. Treasury Department's Page for Kids ThinkQuest: Student Authored resources   Primary source materials (e.g. photos, diaries, oral histories, maps, letters, artifacts, tools….) Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collection Cartographic Images Jackdaws Catalog: Facsimiles of Historical Documents Library of Congress National Archives and Records AdministratioNational Park Service National Museum of Women's History The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War The History Channel Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian The History Place Core Documents of U.S. Democracy Archiving Early America Black History Caleb Johson's Mayflower Webpages America's Homepage The Oregon Trail   Materials available in the classroom (textbooks, resource books, National Geographic, maps, globes…) Be sure to check out what is in your classroom or is at the school site. Materials available from the school library, district library, county library (books, study prints, kits, movies…) Usually there are catalogues or an index for these materials: Drama, art, music (plays, reader's theater, simulation games, role playing…) http://www.learningfromlyrics.org/ Interact Catalog Social Studies School Service Catalog Art History Resources on the Web   Children's literature (poetry and prose; narrative and expository) Cobblestone Publishing Company Amazon.com (Choose children's literature on the home page, then select a topic and age groups. Be sure to scroll down on a selection to see "what others have chosen" and then click on "further selections". This may yield other book titles on your topic.) Check children's literature K-6 off of the SCORE website. (These selections are coordinated with the Social Studies standards for each grade level.) Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents   Bulletin board sources/ideas   Resource people There are often articles in the newspaper and in Parents magazine (free in this area) about people who perform as historical characters.   Possible field trips (real and virtual) (If you have specific information about field trips in Northern California, I will post it here.) Teaching with Historic Places Virtual Ellis Island Tour Be sure to check out the Virtual Field trips on the SCORE website Monticello (Jefferson) MayaQuest Colonial Williamsburg
EDU 308	California State University, Sacramento July, 2004