content areas

social studies resources

CSSAP curriculum units

• http://scasscssap.org username: mocssap | password:  5m3o1

• http://dese.mo.gov/standards/ss.html

  social studies Show Me Standards

• http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/ss_gle_draft_092507.pdf

  social studies GLEs

• http://www.dese.mo.gov/divcareered/personal_finance.htm

  personal finance site

• www.SmithsonianEducation.org

  Smithsonian

• http://kidseconposters.com/

  econ

• http://www.loc.gov/index.html

  Library of Congress

• http://cas.umkc.edu/mcee/

  Missouri council on economic education

• http://www.csd.org/vnews/display.v/ART/46b0d66651dae

  Missouri Council for History Education

• http://www.mosocialstudies.org/

  Missouri Council of Social Studies

• http://www.pbs.org/

  PBS

• http://www.ncss.org/

  National Council for Social Studies

• http://www.archives.gov/

  National Archives

• http://econedlink.org/

  Econ Ed

• http://www.ushmm.org/

  Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum

• http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/WAT/index.aspx

  Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Website (it contains a tutorial)

• http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/

  Link to a general page about Presidential Libraries with links to each

• http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education%20and%20Public%20Programs/For%20Teachers/

  Kennedy’s

• http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/educat33.html

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

• http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/education/programs.php

  George Bush (first one)

• http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/education.hom/education-main.shtm

  Lyndon Johnson

• http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forteachers/index.php

  Nixon

• http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/education/For%20Educators/foreducators.html

  Regan

• http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/education/resources.phtml

  Carter

• http://hoover.archives.gov/education/

  Hoover

• http://www.trumanlibrary.org/educatio.htm

  Truman

• http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/ed.html

  Cliniton

• http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/default.asp

  Ford

Other stuff

• http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html

  Civil War lessons and stuff

• http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html

  This is a Teaching US History website from a grant in Omaha. Not sure I really like the way they have it laid out but it has tons of links.

• http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/cevents.html

  Links to teaching current events

• http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html

  Lesson plans for social studies broken into k – 5, 6 – 8 and 9 – 12 groups.

• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

  First Thanksgiving website by Scholastic

• http://4teachers.org/

  A site that links to RubiStar, Quiz Star, Educational Video Games, and a host of other sites