Uniondale High School Library Media Center

What you will find below is a sampling of sites that we feel may be of interest to teachers of Social Studies. At all times, computers in the library and at home link to an extensive collection of web sites that support your practice. (Go to any computer…click on the Internet icon…go to http://www.uniondale.k12.ny.us/cybrary…click on Teacher Tips…explore the links listed (Backflip, Teacher Resources Page, Resources for Teachers by Department).

Links to Select Websites for Social Studies Professionals

Online Resources

American Memory Project from the Library of Congress

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/

Extensive primary source collection, including photographs, films, songs…the works!

Ancient World Web

http://www.julen.net/ancient/

Argus Clearinghouse

http://www.clearinghouse.net/

Humanities research library on the net.

Blue Web ‘n

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

A library of blue ribbon learning sites on the web.

EDSITEment

http://edsitement.neh.fed.us/

Brings together the most valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages.

Ed’s Oasis

http://www.edsoasis.org/

It’s all here. Links to a collection of top-rated instructional sites which are organized by subject, extensive lesson plan library, lists of resources, and more.

Educators’ Resources

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/language.asp

Links to top educational sites.

History—Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

History Matters

http://historymatters.gmu.edu

K-12 Social Studies Resources

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/resources/hst2.html

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Lesson plans, web resources, discussions.

National Geographic Map Machine

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

Online Books Page

http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/books

Directory of books that can be freely read on the Web.

Project Gutenberg

http://www.promo.net/pg/

Online database of almost 300 electronic texts from the Declaration of Independence, to novels, to poetry, to plays.

TeachServe

http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/tserve.htm

Designed to deepen course content by providing easy access to English and history scholarship, tailored to classroom use. Includes instructional guides and links to online resources.

WWW-VL History Catalog

http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history/VL/index.html

Law and Government Resources

FindLaw

http://supreme.findlaw.com/

National Archives and Records Administration

http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html

New York State Education Department

http://www.nysed.gov

Oyez, Oyez, Oyez

http://oyez.nwu.edu/

Supreme Court decisions database.

Sources for U.S. Government and Politics

http://www.vwc.edu/library_tech/wwwpages/dgraf/govt.htm

Oodles of links.

The White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov

Access to data about all aspects of the government.

Telementoring

Ask ERIC Question and Answer Service

http://ericir.syr.edu/Qa/

Information Specialists in answering user's e-mail queries.

Electronic Emissary

http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html

Questions and Answers

Ask an Expert

http://www.askanexpert.com/

Lesson Plans

AskEric Lesson Plans-Social Studies

http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies

Collaborative Lesson Archive

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA

Access to thousands of lesson plans, as well as reactions by teachers after presenting lessons posted by others.

Gem

http://geminfo.org

MCREL

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/index.html

Pitsco’s Launch to Lesson Plans

http://www.pitsco.com/Resources/lesson.html

Interactive Learning and Collaborative Projects

Cyber-guides

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy912.html

Supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. The best those California tekkies have to offer.

From Now On

http://fromnowon.org

An e-zine dedicated to empowering professionals to use educational technology to enable students to “make up their own minds.” Tom March, the editor, is a master. User friendly, lots of food for thought.

Judi Harris’ Network Based Activity Collection

http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/more-telecollaboration.html

Webquest

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

Read Bernie Dodge’s concept paper explaining the concepts behind WebQuest and look at training materials and lesson templates.

Professional Development

Access Excellence: MentorNet

http://stone.web.brevard.k12.fl.us/mentornet/mentor.html

Professionals share their expertise with other professionals.

The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences

http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/kovacs/

Offers the ability to search for listservs and browse the list by name and subject.

Filamentality

http://edtech.sdcs.k12.ca.us/teach/filamentality.html

A fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners