- AskAsia
Resources on Asian politics and culture for students and teachers complete with lesson plans and images. From the Asia Society.
www.askasia.org
- Flat Stanley Project (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Social_Studies/Flat_Stanley_Project
- Asian Educational Media Service
Includes K-12 teaching resources and a searchable database of audio-visual material on China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
www.aems.uiuc.edu
- National Lewis and Clark Education Center
Supports education programs around the U.S. through aggregation of geographical, historical, and ecological information about the expedition and the trail.
www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com
- U.S. News Classroom
Lesson plan library and teacher's guide archive promote ways to use U.S. News and World Report to teach current events and issues in the news.
www.usnewsclassroom.com
- Social Studies Help Center
Social studies help with an emphasis on American history, government, and economics. Also included are Supreme Court case summaries and complete class notes for American history.
www.SocialStudiesHelp.com
- National Student/Parent Mock Election
Makes students and parents aware of the power of their ballot by actively involving them in a full-fledged campaign and national election.
www.nationalmockelection.com
- TeacherServe
Interactive curriculum enrichment service for high school English and history teachers offering teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students. Program of the National Humanities Center.
www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/tserve.htm
- Social Studies Sources
Links for teachers and students.
www.education.indiana.edu/~socialst/socialst.1.html
- Teaching Econ
Advice and lesson plans for teaching K-12 economics.
www.teachingecon.com
- Hans Jensen v. The White Star Line (Mock Trial)
Providing a lesson in the U.S. legal system through the process of a mock trial based on actual events from the Titanic disaster.
www.andersonkill.com/titanic
- K-12 Resources on East Asia
Includes links to university resources and other organizations.
lark.cc.ukans.edu/~eastasia/k-12resources.html
- Peace Corps World Wise Schools: Water in Africa
Features photos, essays, and lessons for use in K-12 classrooms.
www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa
- Culture Matters
Downloadable text of Peace Corps cross-cultural training workbook. Suitable for teachers and students from 8th grade through college.
www.peacecorps.gov/wws/culturematters
- Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms
Provides information on many useful print and electronic publications for folklife educators, including contact and ordering information.
www.loc.gov/folklife/teachers
- LinkAge 2000
Provides students from around the world the opportunity to interactively learn about aging and older adults.
library.thinkquest.org/10120/main.html?tqskip1=1
- Social Science Resources
A collecting place for resources that will help educators present material using the Internet.
www.nde.state.ne.us/SS
- Seeds of Change Garden
An educational resource looking at the Columbian Exchange through agriculture.
www.mnh.si.edu/archives/garden
- Around the World With Miss Columbia
Online exhibit exploring the many journeys of the 19-inch doll that first circumnavigated the globe from 1900-1902. Site offers Miss Columbia's current itinerary, journal entries from her original and modern voyages, suggested lesson plans, and a message board.
www.wenhammuseum.org/columbia
- Seminar on United Nations and International Affairs
SUNIA is an exciting program about United Nations and International affairs offered every year in August for over 140 High School students.
www.ucalgary.ca/~sunia
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