Social Sciences

Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers - from Dr. Marty Levine, California State University, Northridge

Notable Social Studies Trade Books - from National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council

Teacher Resources from the National Council for the Social Studies

Organizations

American Anthropological Association links on main page plus Anthropology Education Commission Page for K-12

National Council for the Social Studies - Lists national standards, includes "media watch" section, and contains abstracts for articles in current publications.

National Council for Geographic Education - Lists National Geography Standards and includes some online resources.

National Council for History Education - Publishes an online newsletter, provides resources, and includes some history links.

American Memory - A gateway to primary resources and historical collections from the Library of Congress.

Calisphere - A World of Primary Sources and More  - More than 150,000 digitized items  including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and more. Sets supporting the California Content Standards in History-Social Sciences, English-Language Arts, and Visual Arts for use in K-12 classrooms. Information / links about teaching and learning with primary sources,  sample lesson plans, primary source analysis sheets, and more.

National Archives - Primary source documents, the Federal Register, and the Digital Classroom.

Public Broadcasting System - A source for many social science topics.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Site offers virtual tours complete with lesson plans associated with the exhibits for grades 4-12, a timeline with representative exhibits, and alphabetical access to exhibits.

You may also wish to consult this reference book in the Curriculum Lab:

Berson, Michael J. et al. Social Studies on the Internet. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2001.