Curriculum and Teaching Resources: Social Studies

The professioinal association for social studies teachers.

The main page for teachers at Library of Congress. See next two links for more resources.

Primary source materials for younger students.

A resource from the National Council on Economic Education, including lesson materials, data sources, current events, and weblinks for K-12 teachers and students.

Food history provides information about human and cultural development

Resources to support programming on the History Channel.

From the University of Houston, this site has an online interactive textbook, and a multitude of links for teaching American history.

Includes a variety of teaching units that map to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government

Access primary source documents of American history, lesson plans, and more

Developed by the National Museum of American History, includes lesson plans, activities, interactive media, and artifacts that are aligned with the national history standards.

A project of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility provides resources to prompt critical thinking about social issues for grades K-12

Teaching materials for K-12 levels, bringing school subjects to life using real-world Census Bureau stats

Includes fundamentals of teaching and teaching lesson plans divided by topic

Includes primary source material in print, audio, or video form

A portal to world history websites developed by the Center for History and New Media. High school level.

From the Middle East Policy Council, this site includes resources on history, people and languages, religion, culture, and more

Includes k-12 curriculum and resources on labor history and labor studies aligned to the various state and national standards

Includes self-contained lessons related to the constitution, and three branches of government. Targeted to grades 6-8

Includes K-12 resources linked to the MN Standards and Curriculum

The best site for resources on Minnesota history.

Online resources to supplement the Northern Lights curriculum.

This site will walk students through the process of doing History Day research.

The 80-page reference guide is a valuable resource for educating students about citizenship, Minnesota facts, state symbols, historic documents, and elected officials.

Developed by the Minnesota History Center and partners, MNopedia is an online encyclopedia about Minnesota history. Historical eras are aligned with the Minnesota Social Studies Standards

Includes thousands of digitized historical images and documents from around the state. Users can browse by collection, topic, or region, or use the search function (advanced has many options).

Professional society for social studies educators

Professional society for Minnesota economic educators

This site is provided by the Government Printing Office, and has K-12 games and activities based on primary documents about US government.

Resources for teaching a variety of subjects. For K-8 as well as teachers.

contains games, cartoons, and resources for teachers

Games, videos, stories and other activities for kids here.

Interactive satellite, birds-eye, road and street maps.

Based in the University of Texas, provides a collection of online historical and outline maps

The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the United States.

The Map Collection is organized according to seven major categories: cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, transportation and communication, and general maps