Shelburne Community School Cybertrips Educators Links Web Page

SCS
CyberTrips

Social Studies/Sciences
Educator Sites, Units, Lesson Plans, Activities and Ideas

Teaching with Historic Places ... lesson plans that consider important aspects of American Indian history and are based on sites listed in the National
Register of Historic Places.

History 101 ... art history, ancient history, maps, mythology, games, and lesson plans.
History and Social Studies for the K-12 Teacher ... resources and Internet sites maintained by Dennis Boals.

Gayle's Preschool Rainbow: Black History Theme ... early childhood activities and lesson plans including rhymes, songs, arts and crafts.

Job Shadow Day ... sponsored by MonsterCom, this site provides career information as well as helping students answer the question "why should I learn this?". Teacher Lesson Plans.

Vermont Rural Partnership Curriculum ... small and rural schools work together to foster and sustain active participation of youth and adults to support and strengthen their communities. Curriculum includes sample units.

1st Headlines ... Current Events coverage for the US and International media sites. This site includes links to individual stories in most major newspapers and network news websites.
25 Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events ... from Education World, 25 activities that tie current events into the classroom.
Current Events Theme Page ... links to a multitude of sites to help with researching current events along with ideas and lesson plans on teaching.
Pencil News ... sponsored by MSNBC.COM, highlights of current news.

ECONEDLINK ... resources and lesson plans for K-12 economic education.
Economics ... resources related to economics maintained by the Center for the Liberal Arts, University of Virginia.

Lewis and Clark Just For Kids Page ... puzzles and games related to the Lewis and Clark exploration of the western United States. All are PDF (Acrobat Reader) files.

13 Ed Online ... math, science, social studies and technology database of lessons.
California State University, Northridge ... maintained by Prof. Marty Levine including lesson plans and resources - Grades K-12.
EDSITEment ... developed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Education World ... ... lesson plans, tools, themes, and standards for social science.
K-12 History on the Internet ... a resource guide on teaching and learning History with the Internet. Developed by Susan Patterson and Linda Swanson.
Light in the Storm: Historical Timeline ... an ArtsEdge/Kennedy Center lesson plan for grades 4-6 focuses on the creation of a historical timeline and an important personal event timeline based on the historical fiction book and play, "A Light in the Storm".
PBS ... lesson plans and resources grades Pre-school through 12.
Social Studies Lesson Plans ... simple text lesson plans for grades K - 12 (provided by the Columbia Education Center in Portland Oregon).
Microsoft - Encarta Lesson Plans ... look for the Social Science menu.
SRA4KIDS ... resources for teachers.
TeachNet.Com ... click on the Social Studies link.
Vermont Alliance for the Social Studies ... "stories from the classroom", social studies inquiry method, project-based learning and more.

Geography ... resources related to world history maintained by the Center for the Liberal Arts, University of Virginia.
Imaging the Earth: Space Available ... lesson plans supported by NASA and the Gulf of Maine Aquarium (maps, make your own globe, navigation, how high is the sky?).
National Geographic Society Xpeditions ... lesson plans organized by grade level and national geography standards.
Pirate Maps - National Geographic Xpeditions ... lesson plan helps students apply geography to interpret the past through Internet searches and online atlases.

CongressLink ... site includes lesson plans related to Congress and the federal government. Also included is the lesson: "Who should be president of the United States?"
Government/Civics ... resources related to U.S. government and civics issues maintained by the Center for the Liberal Arts, University of Virginia.

Primary Documents

Teaching With Documents: Lesson Plans ... this site provides reproducible copies of primary documents from the National Archives of the United States (NARA) and their Digital Classroom. Documents span from the American Revolution to present day.

American History ... resources related to American history maintained by the Center for the Liberal Arts, University of Virginia.
American Memory, Library of Congress ...units based on studies of U.S. history, government, and language arts (American Memory Collections, African Americans, Civil War, Conservation, Emergence of Modern America, Great Depression, Immigration, Individual Development, Labor, Native Americans, Poetry, Primary Sources, Revolutionary Era, Transportation) - Grades: 4-12
Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher ... Acrobat PDF files, click on Social Studies or American History.
Colonial America ... lesson plans, activities, sites, and printable sheets. Maintained by the Awesome Library.
CongressLink ... resources, lesson plans, and activities related to the United States Government specific to the Congress.
Teaching with Historic Places - National Park Service ... lesson plans that use historic sites to explore American history.

Shelburne Museum ... visit the Shelburne MuseumLink including virtual tours, lesson plans, and program descriptions.

AskAsia ... a site providing teacher resources in the instruction of Asian culture.
EDSITEment ... developed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
World History ... resources related to world history maintained by the Center for the Liberal Arts, University of Virginia.

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Last updated: April 03, 2007