Just add comments to this with links, your lesson plans or anything else you would like to add! This is going to be so helpful and our resource notebooks are going to be huge! Dr. Morowski will love it!
this is going to be a really long post. these are all of my online resources! hope this helps!
Geography Online Resources
1. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ This site has a huge store of lesson plans and activities, both online and offline, as well as other great resources for teachers and parents.
2. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ This website is maintained by the discovery channel. Has a ton of great lesson plans for all sorts of subjects.
3. http://pbskids.org/buster/games/coasttocoast/index.html Test geography knowledge by answering questions in this online interactive activity.
4. http://pbskids.org/buster/games/connectthestates/index.html Learn about state animals, food, flags and other facts. Develop skills in matching with this online interactive matching game.
5. http://pbskids.org/frannysfeet/globe/index.html Explore symbols and customs of various locations with Franny. Through Grandpa's magic globe, go with Franny on adventures in places around the world including India, China, Hawaii, the Arctic, Canada, Africa and the jungle in South America.
6. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html This website is maintained by National Geographic. It has numerous lesson plans and activities.
7. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/ Informative games on geography topics for kids.
8. http://www.lessonplanet.com/directory/Geography Has a ton of lesson plans on geography and other topics (not just social studies).
9. http://www.education-world.com/soc_sci/geography/index.shtml This site has numerous lesson plans and activities for geography and other topics.
10. http://www.proteacher.com/090027.shtml This site has a number of lesson plans and activities for geography.
11. http://www.weeklyreader.com/teachers/writingpals/index.asp This site offers a way for teachers to connect their students to classes across the country and the world.
12. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames This site has numerous geography games to teach students about the world’s continents, countries, states, etcetera.
History Online Resources
1. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/analyzing-the-evidence/introduction-analyzing-the-evidence/87/ Examine the life of Abraham Lincoln through primary sources such as letters, photographs and paintings. Uncover clues that reveal biographical details about America's 16th President. 2. http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/games/hsi/ Examine an interactive map that shows a present-day view of a place that made history. Analyze clues and figure out what happened in the location shown on the map. 3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/laventa/archaeologist.html Examine the properties of clay and learn why clay is a good material for making containers. Be a virtual archeologist and reassemble shards of a clay pot to learn about the ancient humans who used it. 4. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueduct.html Determine where to place the parts of an aqueduct -- the trench, pressurized pipe, tunnel, wall and arcade -- in order to build an aqueduct for a fictional city in the Roman Empire. 5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/big.html Investigate the weight of obelisks by comparing the weight of the largest ancient obelisk to a herd of elephants in this interactive activity. 6. http://www.history.com/minisites/classroom This site is maintained by the History channel. It has resources for teachers and games for students. 7. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ This site has a huge store of lesson plans and activities, both online and offline, as well as other great resources for teachers and parents. 8. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/ This website is maintained by the Kennedy Center. It has great lesson plans that incorporate art and other subjects into them. 9. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ This website is maintained by the discovery channel. Has a ton of great lesson plans for all sorts of subjects. 10. http://www.historyisfun.org/Curriculum-Materials.htm?gclid=CP6KidrE0pkCFQIwxwodikGftQ This is the website for Jamestown and Yorktown in Virginia. It provides lesson plans and virtual tours. 11. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ Fun and informative social studies games for kids. 12. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html This site contains a collection of primary source material documenting everyday life of the residents of Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941.
Economics Online Resources
1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/moolah/hotsciencemoolah/ Identify distinguishing features on a new $100 bill, examine a counterfeit $100 bill and find the features that are wrong.
2. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/ Informative games about economics concepts for kids.
3. http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html This site uses an interactive game to teach students about money, addition, and subtraction.
4. http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/mad_money_flash.html Explore earning, spending and saving in this interactive game. Select an item you want to save for, and then simulate a month of allowances and expenses as you try to save enough money to buy your choice.
5. http://cob.jmu.edu/econed/Elementary.htm Economics lesson plans for the Elementary grades.
6. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html Developed by Patricia King Robeson and Barbara Yingling, and sponsored by the Council on Economic Education in Maryland and the Maryland Geographic Alliance, the site provides lesson plans suitable for grades 1 through 5. Included are objectives, vocabulary, materials, and teacher background.
7. http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/ EconEdLink is a program of the National Council on Economic Education and offers a source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
8. http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessonsK-5.cfm Lesson plans and curriculum materials from EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, whose goal is to provide support for economic education from K-12 to the college level. Teacher guides, lesson plans, and activities are featured.
9. http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/lemonade/start.htm This is an online Lemonade stand game for kids to teach them about spending and earning money. This site also has a number of other educational games for kids.
10. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economicsgames.htm This site has educational economics games for kids. Also has other social studies games .
Political Science Online Resources
1. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/ Informative games about U.S. Government and Law concepts for kids.
2. http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.html Explore the job requirements for the U.S. Presidency, identify the different people the President might meet with in an average day and experience the President's typical agenda with this online interactive activity.
3. http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/build.htm Investigate the characteristics of a community while creating a neighborhood in this interactive activity.
4. http://pbskids.org/democracy/govandme/ Examine the different ways local government impacts our daily lives through local entities like police, parks, transportation, business, industry, libraries and housing.
5. http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/ Understand why it is important to vote, examine times in U.S. election history when one vote made a difference in the election's outcome, learn several historical facts about voting and vote in a mock issues survey.
6. http://pbskids.org/democracy/parentseducators/tovote.html Understand voting rights in America through an online game, "Inside The Voting Booth", examine the contemporary problem and causes of low voter turnout and propose solutions to increase vote participation.
7. http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/carbon-calculator.html Measure the direct impact of your lifestyle on the planet with this online calculator. Answer questions about the demands your actions make on the environment to analyze your "footprint" on the planet's carbon, land, water and trees.
8.http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?media=lesson&keywords=Government&commit=Search&grade=3-5&rating= Site provides government lesson plans.
9. http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edsoc.htm#civicslessons This site provides links to a number of civics lesson plans.
do you think it is fine do copy and paste information we find on the internet? aka on the website margot posted, do you think we can just copy and paste their description?
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/socialstudies/
ReplyDeletethis site has activities and lesson plans!!
GEOGRAPHY:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nystromnet.com/index.cfm?fa=Teachers.PrimaryLessons
www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html
POLITICAL SCIENCE:
http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_Government/GOV0055.html
(The website above is for one specific lesson (0055) but if you go back one page, it will have a bunch to choose from)
ECONOMICS:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
HISTORY:
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html
http://www.stonewall.fayette.k12.ky.us/wq/cwwebquest/civilwar.htm
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson4.html
HOW DO WE UPLOAD ATTACHMENTS ON HERE? like old lesson plans i have that i can put on here that are word documents... can we do that?
i dunno if we can post attachments... but on blackboard we can post comments in the discussion with attachments so maybe we should do that
ReplyDeleteHere are some websites for geography books:
ReplyDeletehttp://us.macmillan.com/MacmillanSite/categories/Childrens/Geography/GeographyAllTitles
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1238731900/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=childrens%20geography&rh=n%3A%211000%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Achildrens%20geography&page=1
this is going to be a really long post. these are all of my online resources! hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteGeography Online Resources
1. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
This site has a huge store of lesson plans and activities, both online and offline, as well as other great resources for teachers and parents.
2. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/
This website is maintained by the discovery channel. Has a ton of great lesson plans for all sorts of subjects.
3. http://pbskids.org/buster/games/coasttocoast/index.html
Test geography knowledge by answering questions in this online interactive activity.
4. http://pbskids.org/buster/games/connectthestates/index.html
Learn about state animals, food, flags and other facts. Develop skills in matching with this online interactive matching game.
5. http://pbskids.org/frannysfeet/globe/index.html
Explore symbols and customs of various locations with Franny. Through Grandpa's magic globe, go with Franny on adventures in places around the world including India, China, Hawaii, the Arctic, Canada, Africa and the jungle in South America.
6. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html
This website is maintained by National Geographic. It has numerous lesson plans and activities.
7. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/
Informative games on geography topics for kids.
8. http://www.lessonplanet.com/directory/Geography
Has a ton of lesson plans on geography and other topics (not just social studies).
9. http://www.education-world.com/soc_sci/geography/index.shtml
This site has numerous lesson plans and activities for geography and other topics.
10. http://www.proteacher.com/090027.shtml
This site has a number of lesson plans and activities for geography.
11. http://www.weeklyreader.com/teachers/writingpals/index.asp
This site offers a way for teachers to connect their students to classes across the country and the world.
12. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames
This site has numerous geography games to teach students about the world’s continents, countries, states, etcetera.
History Online Resources
1. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/analyzing-the-evidence/introduction-analyzing-the-evidence/87/
Examine the life of Abraham Lincoln through primary sources such as letters, photographs and paintings. Uncover clues that reveal biographical details about America's 16th President.
2. http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/games/hsi/
Examine an interactive map that shows a present-day view of a place that made history. Analyze clues and figure out what happened in the location shown on the map.
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/laventa/archaeologist.html
Examine the properties of clay and learn why clay is a good material for making containers. Be a virtual archeologist and reassemble shards of a clay pot to learn about the ancient humans who used it.
4. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueduct.html
Determine where to place the parts of an aqueduct -- the trench, pressurized pipe, tunnel, wall and arcade -- in order to build an aqueduct for a fictional city in the Roman Empire.
5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/big.html
Investigate the weight of obelisks by comparing the weight of the largest ancient obelisk to a herd of elephants in this interactive activity.
6. http://www.history.com/minisites/classroom
This site is maintained by the History channel. It has resources for teachers and games for students.
7. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
This site has a huge store of lesson plans and activities, both online and offline, as well as other great resources for teachers and parents.
8. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/
This website is maintained by the Kennedy Center. It has great lesson plans that incorporate art and other subjects into them.
9. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/
This website is maintained by the discovery channel. Has a ton of great lesson plans for all sorts of subjects.
10. http://www.historyisfun.org/Curriculum-Materials.htm?gclid=CP6KidrE0pkCFQIwxwodikGftQ
This is the website for Jamestown and Yorktown in Virginia. It provides lesson plans and virtual tours.
11. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/
Fun and informative social studies games for kids.
12. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
This site contains a collection of primary source material documenting everyday life of the residents of Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941.
Economics Online Resources
1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/moolah/hotsciencemoolah/
Identify distinguishing features on a new $100 bill, examine a counterfeit $100 bill and find the features that are wrong.
2. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/
Informative games about economics concepts for kids.
3. http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
This site uses an interactive game to teach students about money, addition, and subtraction.
4. http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/mad_money_flash.html
Explore earning, spending and saving in this interactive game. Select an item you want to save for, and then simulate a month of allowances and expenses as you try to save enough money to buy your choice.
5. http://cob.jmu.edu/econed/Elementary.htm
Economics lesson plans for the Elementary grades.
6. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
Developed by Patricia King Robeson and Barbara Yingling, and sponsored by the Council on Economic Education in Maryland and the Maryland Geographic Alliance, the site provides lesson plans suitable for grades 1 through 5. Included are objectives, vocabulary, materials, and teacher background.
7. http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/
EconEdLink is a program of the National Council on Economic Education and offers a source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
8. http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessonsK-5.cfm
Lesson plans and curriculum materials from EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, whose goal is to provide support for economic education from K-12 to the college level. Teacher guides, lesson plans, and activities are featured.
9. http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/lemonade/start.htm
This is an online Lemonade stand game for kids to teach them about spending and earning money. This site also has a number of other educational games for kids.
10. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economicsgames.htm
This site has educational economics games for kids. Also has other social studies games .
Political Science Online Resources
1. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/
Informative games about U.S. Government and Law concepts for kids.
2. http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.html
Explore the job requirements for the U.S. Presidency, identify the different people the President might meet with in an average day and experience the President's typical agenda with this online interactive activity.
3. http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/build.htm
Investigate the characteristics of a community while creating a neighborhood in this interactive activity.
4. http://pbskids.org/democracy/govandme/
Examine the different ways local government impacts our daily lives through local entities like police, parks, transportation, business, industry, libraries and housing.
5. http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/
Understand why it is important to vote, examine times in U.S. election history when one vote made a difference in the election's outcome, learn several historical facts about voting and vote in a mock issues survey.
6. http://pbskids.org/democracy/parentseducators/tovote.html
Understand voting rights in America through an online game, "Inside The Voting Booth", examine the contemporary problem and causes of low voter turnout and propose solutions to increase vote participation.
7. http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/carbon-calculator.html
Measure the direct impact of your lifestyle on the planet with this online calculator. Answer questions about the demands your actions make on the environment to analyze your "footprint" on the planet's carbon, land, water and trees.
8.http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?media=lesson&keywords=Government&commit=Search&grade=3-5&rating=
Site provides government lesson plans.
9. http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edsoc.htm#civicslessons
This site provides links to a number of civics lesson plans.
10. http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/civics/
Civics lesson plans.
Hey if anyone is having trouble finding books this is a great site. I pretty much found all of my books from it!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.udel.edu/dssep/literature.html
Oh and if you're having trouble with finding rubrics these are pretty adaptable:
ReplyDeletehttp://go.hrw.com/ndNSAPI.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?sr9%20rubrics
do you think it is fine do copy and paste information we find on the internet? aka on the website margot posted, do you think we can just copy and paste their description?
ReplyDeletei'm sure it is, ms. metry. she has to grade 26 of these suckers so i doubt she'll even notice!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeletesorry here is that again!
ReplyDeleteThis website has lesson plans, activities, and anything else you might need!
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
Also, if you want a copy of people's lesson plans, we can post on blackboard, or we can just email them to each other!