Social Studies Lesson Plans

1. Awesome Library
   The "Awesome Library" organizes 10,000 carefully reviewed education resources for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It contains a directory, an index, and a new search engine. The directory is organized differently for each group of users. The site was set up by a professional educator and recommended resources are "kid safe," as well as parent-relevant

2. Lesson Plans for Teaching Social Studies-Dr. Marty Levine
   Dr. Marty Levine, Professor of Secondary Education,California State University, Northridge, has gathered lesson plans and resources from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful. This site has seven links.

3. Gopher directory at bvsd.k12.co.us
   A large collection of gopher sites from Big Sky Social Studies

4. Social Studies from Kent School District-WA
   An assortment of sites useful for teaching social studies from the Kent School District in Kent, WA.

5. History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
   265 links to practically everything teachers would want.

6. What Do Maps Show
   The U.S. Geological Survey provides a teaching poster and four lesson plans at this site.

7. Lesson Plans and Activities by McRel
   A virtual one stop for lesson plans! More than just social studies, this site includes something for everyone.

8. Social Studies Resources by Vose School
   One of the best resources for the social studies teacher. This should be bookmarked by every teacher!

9. Lesson Plans from Canadisk
   If need resources on Canada, this is the site!

10. GC EduNet Lesson Plans
    GC EduNet currently have two lesson plans: Medieval Feasts and the Halocaust.

11. Social Studies Teachers' Lesson Plan Web Site
    This site is designed for teachers of Elementary, Middle and High School Social Studies. It is meant to be a place where teachers can come to find lessons dealing with the many areas of Social Studies content at a multitude of grade levels.

12. Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers-Muskegon Public Schools
    Roger Hoekenga, Assistant Principal, Bunker Middle School Muskegon Public Schools, Muskegon, Michigan has assembled a great collection of resources and lesson plans.

13. Dale Horita's Bookmarks-British Columbia Sites
    A great collection of B.C. links plus updated links to the most powerful learning tool on the globe! INTERNET COMPASS FOR SCHOOLS, provides access to over 1000 educational Internet sites for the K-12 community.

14. Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies for Social Studies
    A good annotated collection of links for social studies.

15. Japan Lessons: Lesson plans for K-12 teachers
    Each lesson plan includes: level, objective, materials, and procedure. Games, art, music, writing skills, and social studies lesson are covered.

16. Celebrating Our Nation's Diversity-Elementary Edition
    This unit contains six individual lesson plans. They were designed to teach a sequence of concepts which build on each other. One example of a lesson is: Taking a Census of Our Classroom.

17. Celebrating Our Nation's Diversity-Junior/Senior High Edition
    This unit contains five individual lesson plans that can stand alone. "Conducting a Diversity Census" and " The Geography of Ancestry" are two titles from this unit.

18. Houghton Mifflin Company Social Studies Lesson Plans
    A good collection of social studies lesson plans which quickly lists background, what you need, and what to do.

19. Browse by Theme Lesson Plans by Hougton Mifflin Company
    For teachers looking for theme lesson plans, Houghton Mifflin Company has nicely arranged this web site.

20. Teaching Current Events Via Newspapers, Magazines and TV
    The title of this link says it all!

21. Gopher Site of New Lesson/SocialStudies Lesson Plans
    21 lesson plans from the ERIC collection.

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