Classroom Resources

Social Studies Links

This Word document lists dozens of sites that may be of interest to social studies teachers.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/

You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.

http://www.techlearning.com/

Check out the Inservice section on the Teachers page for lots of helpful technology tips.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

This is a great resource for creating your own rubrics.

http://4teachers.org/projectbased/

A project-based learning method is a comprehensive approach to instruction. Your students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology.

http://4teachers.org/

Lots of classroom resources here including templates for all kinds of notes you might send home with your students.

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/webhound/hunt.html

Have you ever done a scavenger hunt on the Internet?  Try this one, and then create some in your own subject/content areas for your students.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm

This is an amazing site that explains almost everything!  Want to know how escalators work?  Find that out and much more on this site.

http://www.teachers.net/

Check out the list of printable documents shared on this site.

http://chickmoorman.com/index.shtml

Dr. Michael Gontarz, Psychologist at Weston highly recommends this site.  Chick Moorman's web site helps teachers and parents "TALK" to kids. His ideas are presented in his books, "Parent Talk," and "Teacher Talk." Click on his web site (especially the resources icon) for very entertaining and valuable tips on how to help kids, just in the way we talk to children and in the way we approach them in attitude.

http://www.education-world.com

Sponsored by American Fidelity Education Services, Education World is a database of 50,000 education sites.  Included are lesson plans, technology integration tips, free templates, and more.

www.worldbank.org/depweb

The World Bank has created a Web site to help students explore the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable development.  A teacher’s guide is included, as well as tests and activities for students. 

www.libraryspot.com

LibrarySpot is a Web site designed to help users locate library materials and reference information on the Web quickly.  Access to more than 2,500 libraries is featured, as well as links to journals, newspapers, and magazines. 

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/

There are resources on this site for teachers, students, and parents.

http://www.countryreports.org/

Maps, flags, and anthems of nations around the world can be found.  This site is dedicated to increasing cultural awareness. 

www.weather.com/education