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Throughout the Ages: A Visual Document Resource
Throughout the Ages
offers more than 200 digital images of historical
photographs, letters, broadsides, maps, and paintings. The
“Build Your Own Worksheet” option is an innovative feature
that can be customized for individual needs. Focuses
on using historical records as learning tools in pre-K–grade
6 education. New York State teachers developed the content
to correlate with the State Education Department's
publication
Social Studies Instructional
Strategies and Resources: Pre-Kindergarten Through Grade 6.
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/throughout/about.shtml
NYSED
Virtual Learning System for Social Studies
On this page, you can access
PreK-12 curriculum, instruction and assessment information.
Simply select any item from the lists provided for
resources, references and links to additional sites.
Explore the Learning Standards, Key Ideas, and
Performance Indicators with associated Sample Tasks and
Lesson Plans.
http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls/subjectAreaHome.do?lmid=15
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The History Lab
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This site offers teachers a template for creating
primary source based lesson and activities for students
with a focus on inquiry learning. The completed
labs are archived for use by anyone. Also contains
a wealth of primary source links. Registration is
free.
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http://hlab.tielab.org/index.php
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Exceptional Website Dedicated to School Law
An excellent site allowing educators to access legal
data related to every conceivable topic of School Law.
http://cgood.org/burden-of-law.html
School
Matters
A public site for information and analysis about Public
Schools throughout the United States. Select a State
and access data related to specific demographics, test
results, spending, taxes, general student performance etc.
with the ability to compare nationally and with other
states.
http://www.schoolmatters.com/
State of the Region
Access to a wide range of data related to the
Buffalo-Niagara Region. Helpful in writing reports and
grants.
http://www.regional-institute.buffalo.edu/sotr/
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Family
Watchdog
- Locate sex offenders in your
neighborhood or school district.
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http://www12.familywatchdog.us/
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Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators
One of the earliest, best and most comprehensive site on
the Internet for educators. Literally thousands of
links by subject area, teacher information, search tools and
other materials to enable an educator to utilize technology
to enhance their classes and career.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
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The
Knowledge Loom
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The Knowledge
Loom is a place for educators worldwide to do the
following: Review research that
identifies promising practices related to various
themes, View stories about the practices in real
schools/districts, Learn to replicate the success of
these practices in your own organization, Add your own
stories, knowledge, questions to the collections,
Participate in online events and discussions, Discover
supporting organizations and resources, including
annotated Web links.
http://knowledgeloom.org
Just 4 The
Kids
This website provides a wide range
of material related to School Achievement Data,
Comparative Analysis regarding high and low performing
districts, recommended best practices, and other materials
to improve educational outcomes.
http://www.just4kids.org
Teachley's Amazing Brain
An interesting, enjoyable and interactive site for
teachers and students--related to the brain: learning,
teaching and general information.
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/TeacherHut/Teachley/index.html#
Thinkfinity:
Internet Content For the Classroom
is
a comprehensive educational site from Verizon
dedicated to providing the highest quality
Internet content and professional development to
teachers and students.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
- Seven content
Web sites (soon to be eight) with lesson plans,
student interactive content, downloadable
worksheets, links to panel-reviewed Web sites
and additional resources created by the nation’s
leading education organizations.
The sites
specifically related to the study of United States
History include:
EconEdLink
National Council on
Economic Education
Developed by the National Council on Economic
Education, EconEdLink provides teachers and students
with lessons and classroom learning activities based
on economics topics in the news and real-time
economics data. EconEdLink content is designed to
help integrate economic concepts across the
curriculum as outlined in the Voluntary National
Content Standards in Economics.
EDSITEment
National Endowment for
the Humanities
Presented by the
National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment
features lesson plans and additional classroom
resources in art and culture, literature and
language arts, foreign language, and history and
social studies. It also serves as a gateway to the
best humanities sites on the Web, and it features a
monthly theme-based teaching resource calendar.
Xpeditions
National Geographic
Society
Developed by the National Geographic Society,
Xpeditions brings rich, standards-based geography
content to teachers and students. This site includes
materials for K-12 teachers and students and their
families, including an interactive atlas with over
1,600 printable maps and Xpedition Hall, a virtual
learning museum with exhibits aligned to the U.S.
National Geography Standards.
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History The
National Museum of American History collects,
preserves and displays American heritage in the
areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and
military history. Documenting the American
experience from Colonial times to the present, the
museum looks at growth and change in the United
States. This Partner site is currently under
development.
Integration of New York State Social Studies Standards and
Thinkfinity Lesson Plans
Correlation of New York State Learning Standards for
Social Studies and designated lesson plans from Marco Polo
for grades K-12. Created by Nassau BOCES.
http://www.nyiteez.org/MPNYA/
Using Primary Sources on the Web
An exceptional site explaining for teachers, students
and parents: What are primary sources?, Finding
Primary Sources on the Web, Evaluating Primary Sources on
the Web and Citing Primary Sources.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
AOL@School
Described as a teacher's one-stop resource--also
provides sites dedicated to student research and use.
Standards, topics/lesson plans for all grade levels, staff development and classroom tools.
http://www.aolatschool.com/
PBS:
Teacher Source
Over 4000 lesson plans and activities for all grade
levels. Most a directly related to the hundreds of PBS
video presentations (most available through BOCES)
Highly recommended--please visit.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
United States
Government Sites
The following sites are links
to various United States Government offices and institutions.
Included are the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, White
House, Congress and a host of support sites. The second
link houses United States Government sites "Just For Kids".
United States Government Sites
US Government Sites for Kids
http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html
Education
World
Teacher tools, lesson plans, staff development and a
"safe" web search process.
http://www.education-world.com/
Edhelper
Lesson plans, worksheets, wequests and other materials
for various subject areas and grade levels.
http://www.edhelper.com/
Blue
Web 'N
1800 outstanding web sites, lessons, activities,
projects, resources, references and tools. Search by
Content, Subject and Grade.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Apple Learning
Interchange
Many informative and exciting links to virtual tours,
iMovies, and suggestions/examples for using technology in
your classroom.
http://ali.apple.com/
Social Studies Sample
Second Grade: The Pledge of Allegiance
Teachers First
Resources for the Classroom, Professional Development,
Site Resources and
General Information.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/hot.htm#
Teachers Net
Describes itself as the Ultimate Teacher Resource.
A wide spectrum of materials, educational articles,
tutorials, lesson plans and free printable materials.
http://www.teachers.net/
Social Studies.com
Hundreds of sites related to Social Studies by topic.
Ten specific topics related to United States History.
http://socialstudies.com/c/@IIoJC4-PhW4pM/Pages/online.html
Classroom Connect
Sign up for a free membership to gain access to
learning resources for K-12 educators and students.
A&E Channel: Teacher Resources
http://www.aetv.com/class/teachingmaterials/index.html
The History Channel
In addition to the home page, we recommend you visit
the classroom component for various special exhibits and
activities
The
History Channel Classroom.
http://www.historychannel.com/global/listings/listings.jsp?NetwCode=THC
The
Net's Educational Resource Center
An exceptional collection of links for students, parents
and teachers. The sites listed are safe for all ages. A
very good selection of American History sites by time
period.
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/
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Sites to Help Your Students with Homework:
Homework Spot
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Multnomah County
Library Homework Center