Social Studies at Southeast
 

Praxis II for Social Studies Teachers

Program Information Main Social Studies Page
     
 
Primary Source Sites
 

Organizations
 
Geography
 
Lesson Ideas
 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizations

Southeast Missouri Council for the Social Studies National Council for the Social Studies The Society for History Education
World History Association Organization of American Historians Missouri Council for the Social Studies
National Council for History Education   H-High-S - discussion list for social studies teachers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Source Sites

Internet Modern History Sourcebook - lots of pages divided by subject Documenting the American South Historical Texts Project (Hanover College) American Women's History: A Research Guide
Spartacus Educational -a variety of British and U.S. documents American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress) - too much to describe The History Buff - mostly essays on  contemporary press coverage of events but includes some primary source articles National Archives- Lessons based on primary source documents
EarthStation- audio, video, and photos History.Com - The History Channel's archive of speeches and videos 100 Milestone Documents - major documents in U.S. History Many Pasts - about 1000 primary source documents related to the U.S. survey course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geography

worldatlas.com- maps, flags, geography clip art

   

Historical Atlas of the 20th Century

  Maps relating to the Holocaust and Europe in the early 20th Century    
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity/Lesson Ideas
 

Social studies lesson plans-
Dr. Marty Levine
 
Library of Congress
page for teachers
New York Times
Learning Network
  Social Studies Sources -
Dr. Fred Risinger
Edsitement - National Endowment for the Humanities collection; searchable by topic and grade level PBS Teacher Source - lesson ideas tied to PBS films; good source for finding relevant films, too 100 Milestone Documents - major documents in U.S. History and ideas for working with them ReadingQuest.Org - strategies for reading comprehension applied to social studies
 
C-SPAN Classroom - resources for civics and U.S. Government; includes many video clips

Teacher Resources on the Web at the Missouri Council for the Social Studies Site. 
 

 

 

 

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