Social Studies Curriculum Links

• Standards:

  • OSPI Washington State: http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/default.aspx

    • Standards: http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/EALRs-GLEs.aspx

    • OSPI-Developed Social Studies Assessments: http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/Assessments/default.aspx

  • United States History Content Standards for Grades 5 -12 (National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA): http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/Standards/us-history-content-standards

    • Standards Description page: http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/Standards/

    • About NCHS: http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/about

  • Northwest Social Studies Departments (State and Provincial:)

  • View other states' social studies standards: http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/state-standards (Teachinghistory.org)

• History URLs

  • Best of History Websites: http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml

  • Bill of Rights Institute: http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/

  • Docs Teach: http://docsteach.org/

  • Digital  Archives, Washington State: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections.aspx

    • Summary: http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/23969

  • EduPlace:http://www.eduplace.com/

  • Eye Witness to History: http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/

  • Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/institute/

  • Historical Text Archive: http://historicaltextarchive.com/

  • History Link .org: http://www.historylink.org/

  • History Matters: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

  • History Place: http://www.historyplace.com/

    • (Great Speeches Collection:) http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm

  • Internet History Source Book (Ancient History:) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

  • Library of Congress": http://www.loc.gov/index.html

    • Digital Collections: http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

    • Library of Congress - Teachers: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

    • American Memory Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

      • Collection Highlights:

        • Political Cartoons http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/stern-lincoln/genre01.html

    •    Library of Congress - Geography:

    • Library of Congress - Lesson Plans: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/

  • National History Day: http://www.nhd.org/

    • Washington State NHD: http://www.wshs.org/historyday/default.aspx

  • Perseus Project: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/

  • Passport in Time: http://www.passportintime.com/

  • Social Studies Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/socialstudies.html

  •  Teaching History with Technology

  • Washington State Agencies - Washington State URLs for Geography, Ecology, Flora, and Fauna

  • Washington State Resources for Social Studies

  • Washington State History Museum: http://www.wshs.org/

    • Research Washington: http://research.washingtonhistory.org/research.aspx

    • Columbia Magazine: http://columbia.washingtonhistory.org/default.aspx

    • Washington Stories: http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/index.shtml

• Political Cartoons (Curriculum Links)

• Professional Resources (Lesson Plans)

  • C-Span Classroom: http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

  • Educator's Reference Desk: http://www.eduref.org/

    •  (Social Studies:) http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies

  • National Archives Teacher Resources:  http://www.archives.gov/education/

    • State and Regional Lesson Plans: http://www.archives.gov/education/regional-resources/

  • NBCT Link / National Board Certified Teacher:  http://www.nbctlink.org/web/guest/home

  • National Council for the Social Studies: http://www.socialstudies.org/ 

  • Social Studies Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/socialstudies.html

  • Social Studies at OSPI: http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/default.aspx

  • Teaching History: http://teachinghistory.org/

    • Teaching History Teaching Materials http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials

    • Quick Links: http://teachinghistory.org/quick-links-middle

    • Teaching History - Content: http://teachinghistory.org/history-content

    • Teaching History - Best Practices: http://teachinghistory.org/best-practices

    • Teaching History - Digital Classroom: http://teachinghistory.org/digital-classroom

    • Teaching History - Teaching American History: [TAH] http://teachinghistory.org/tah-grants

    • Teaching History - Issues and Research: http://teachinghistory.org/issues-and-research

    • Teaching History - Ask a Historian: http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian

    • Teaching History - Ask a Digital Historian: http://teachinghistory.org/digital-classroom/ask-a-digital-historian

  • Tech SPARC Tech Sparc

  • Washington State Council for the Social Studies: http://www.wscss.org/

• Miscellaneous

  • American Civil Literacy Report Quiz: http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

  • Civil Rights Database: http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/tm/black.html

  • Free Teacher Geography Tools at Nystrom: http://www.nystromnet.com/

    • Then and Now: http://www.nystromnet.com/information/PDF/nnThenNow_updt9_08.pdf

  • Koordinates GeoData

  • Microsoft Microsoft Educator Page

  • Teaching with Primary Sources: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

   

• Other State Agencies / Departments

  • California (History, Social Science:) http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/

    • PDF History-Social Studies Standards (K-12): http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/histsocscistnd.pdf

  • Government of Alberta, Education: Social Studies, Programs of Study: http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/socialstudies/programs.aspx

  • Idaho Social Studies: http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/social_studies/

  • Ministry of Education: Province of British Columbia:

    •     http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/subject.php?lang=en&subject=Social Studies

  • Oregon Public Education Network http://www.openc.k12.or.us/open02.html

  • Oregon Social Studies: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1802

• Primary Sources

  • Primary sources on Prosser Research Portal page

   

• Washington State URLs for Geography, Ecology, Flora, and Fauna:

  •     Geography

  •  Washington State DNR    http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Pages/default.asp

  • Washington State Ecology       http://www.ecy.wa.gov/

  • Washington State Regions     http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-geography/washington.html

  • State Department of Transportation    http://wsdot.wa.gov/

  • GIS Information                                                http://wagda.lib.washington.edu/data/geography/wa_state/

  • GIS Information                                                http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/wa_geography.htm

  • US GIS  (Cascades)    http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2940/

  • Federal and State Ecology

  • EcoSystems (UW)                                            http://faculty.washington.edu/wgold/ecosystems.htm

  • Climate (UW)                                                     http://www.climate.washington.edu/outlook.html

  • National Park Services (Washington)       http://www.nps.gov/state/wa/

  • US Forest Service, PNW                                                http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/pdx/forests.shtml

  • Endangered Species WSDA                         http://agr.wa.gov/PestFert/natresources/EndangSpecies.aspx

  • Endangered Species  F&W                           http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/stateListingAndOccurrenceIndividual.jsp?state=WA

  • Washington State Water Quality                http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/watershed/overview.html#wqma

  • Washington State Water Quality     http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/wqhome.html

  • Flora / Fauna Flora

  • Tree, Fruit, Soil in Washington State (WSU)     http://soils.tfrec.wsu.edu/index.html

  • WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife    http://wdfw.wa.gov/  

  • Sagebrush                                                           http://www.wsu.edu/~wsherb/edpages/raingrass/sagebrush.html               

  • Alpine Flora                                                        http://sites.google.com/site/alpinefloraofwashingtonstate/hom

  • Alpine Flora                                                        http://home.earthlink.net/~sea9948/index.html

  • Bio Diversity                                                       http://projects.ups.edu/jkelliott/NWACC/index.html

  • Bio Diversity, Other Flora                              http://projects.ups.edu/jkelliott/NWACC/index.html

  • Miscellaneous

  • Tourist and Travel                                            http://www.washingtonstate.worldweb.com/destinationchart.html

  • Mountain Climbing    http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=125

  • Encyclopedia                                                      http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cascade_Range

  • Washington State Field Guides                  http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/fieldguide/

  • Scenic Highways    http://www.cascadeloop.com/index.php

  • Visitor Information                                          http://www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/cascades/casvisit.htm

   

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