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Book Lists/field trips

Historical Fiction books
book lists
Links to booklists
Young adult booklists
Physics Day Busch Gardens
The Moonlit Road
Fables and stories of the south
Follett Library Services: Titlewave
young adult books
Connecting Books to SOL's
Books to Social Studies
Books Should be Free
FREE AUDIO DOWNLOADS
NOTTAWAY LIBRARY

Civics/Government and Economics

Links for Economics
Middle School
Economic lessons
Middle School
Civics Study Maps
Middle School
Civics Review material
Middle School
Legislative Branch free stuff
Economics Review Questions
Glencoe Civics
Congress for Kids
Games and Activities
Brain Pop Movie: Stocks
SPSRES
Lesson on Scarcity
Econedlink site
Naturalization and Citizenship VIDEOS
EXCELLENT!
SHEPPARD'S Civics Games
DRAG AND DROP GAMES
Civics and Economics 2008 Refridgerator Cards
Larkspur Middle Civics
CE 10 Practice questions
CE 10 Practice questions
Sample UNC site for test on Judicial Branch
HOLT Textbook resource list
Education Civics

College Related

Princeton Review
Practice SAT, ACT, Etc.
Russian Language
listening capabilities
Virginia Department of Education
College and Career Help
SAT Information
Dates, practice tests, etc.
SAT Videos
SAT Success tips
FREE College Prep Info
PSAT Prep
FREE
College Board PSAT PREP
FREE
College Board SAT PREP

Contests/ Test Generators

CALIF. TESTS
TEST DESIGNER
GED Practice 8th grade level
New York Tests
Test questions w/DBQ's
Teaching with Pictures
Government questions
AP Government Test Questions
Government questions
Maryland Practice gov't questions
MASS test questions
Government Test Questions
Praxis History questions
Regents SS questions
Tests and activities SS
Political Cartoons
US History II
Good for HS also!
Government test questions
SS Test Questions
TAKS practice test
US History & Gov't.
VBPS Integrated Performance Task
Similar to PBL

Maps and Projects

Cryptograms
Maps
Projects
USA Interactive map quiz
Drag states onto a USA Map
Interactive USA Map
National Geographic Maps
Historical Investigation
interactive
CREATE TIMELINES
Project
BLANK MAPS BY COUNTRY

Maps, Timelines & Visuals

Maps and Activities
World, continent and region maps
World War II Maps
Interactive
Map Games
World, continents & regions
Maps: cultural, physical
US History Maps
SIXTEEN LINKS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES MAPS
Timelines
Primary Source Visuals
Historic Maps
geograhic perspective of history
Primary Source Assessments
TIME LIFE PICTURES
NEWSPAPERS IN ED. POL. CARTOONS
WHI Maps and Lesson Plans by SOL
Basic and HOTS

Misc.

Answers.com
TAPS
funny signs, poems, etc.
Free PDF to Word converter
OFFICE DEPOT
RED CROSS HUMANITARIAN CURRICULUM
Applicable for ALL content areas

Multicultural Sites

Power Point Games

Game Parade

Power Points

PPS Social Studies Teacher Sites

L. Gibson/WHS
Gov't, US History, World History
Nancy Butler, TRT
EXCELLENT TECH RESOURCES

Social Studies BLOGS & WIKI'S

History Detectives
Va. Council For Social Studies
Social Studies Teacher's Help Site
Political Cartoons
Links for Social Studies teachers
good for primary sources!
VCSSCE Wiki
check often for resources
Eaton's History Hunt
Primarily for middle school, EXCELLENT
WIKI manual
High and Middle School WIKI
curriculums, ppts. visuals, practice tests, etc.
Elementary School Wiki
VCSSSCE
CJ first blog
Writer Lady Blog
Polish Stories Blog
http://brokedownvps.com/
CJ's guest post
WATERS LESSON PLANS
Waters Lesson Plans

State & Municipal Government Sites

Department of Education
City of Portsmouth, VA
Governor's School
Free Civics and Government Materials
Legislative branch materials, all grades
VDOE Job Bank
Blended Learning
POWER SCHOOL

Teacher Tools

Teach-nology
Librarians internet index
VA. Council of Social Studies
History Detectives site
Thinkfinity Lessons
Voice Threads Ancient Worlds info
Chrysler Museum Education
Free Puzzlemaker site!
The Incredible Mr. Donn
Brain Games
Amazing Lesson Plan Links
History Best Practices
Library of Congress
Flash Card Machine
gail.silva Macadoo2
Primary Source ACTIVITIES
Use Search for all the activities
Picture History
Primary Source ACTIVITIES2
Yale Law: The Avalon Project
US Primary Source Documents
Blooms Taxonomy digital slideshow
Prizi Slideshows
Characters for pasting
Copy Right Free Pictures
Using a spreadsheet to create your lesson plan
Part I
Sharing the spreadsheet lesson plan
Part II
Spreadsheet lesson plan extras
Part III
National Park Service Lesson Plans
Excellent! good also for Middle School
Photo Timelines
Use life pictures to create annotated visual timelines
Social Studies Sites
Excellent! good also for Middle School
Khan Academy lessons
World History & US
Teaching with Primary Sources
Comic Strip maker
DESIGNS FOR RIGOR AND RELEVANCE

Technology

Big Huge Labs
Posters, magazine covers, puzzles, etc.
Atomic Learning
username it password pps
Discovery Education
username pcps password p-town
Go Animate
Macadoo
E-Learning Web Sites
free clip art (black & white)
Wordle
good for vocabulary
how to take a screenshot and paste it
Schoology
Facebook for schools
Google Search tips slidewhow
TINY URL
shortens long web addresses
Tammy Worcester Technology tips for teachers
this is amazing
Google Spreadsheets and Forms
Handouts
tech timesavers
Avatar creater
when you save, choose to export, then as png , unclick background so you can get a picture to paste
Wolframalpha
Doesn't give sites, gives answers!
Google Docs
GO TO "FORM" TO INSERT NEW ITEM
Archived "Wired Wednesday" Sessions
Paper Slides
Samples from elementary
Paper Slide basic instruction
Free Play Music
Drag On Tapes
Mash Ups: creating a new video from a group of videos
PORTFOLIO SITE INFORMATION
Drag and Drop, Hot Spot template
great for promethian boards, ETC.
STUDY STACK
CREATE GAMES, ETC
MULTI -YEAR CALENDAR
GREAT WEB LINKS
Connecting I Pad to a projector
Symbaloo
Icon type Portaportal

US History/ United Nations

UN Cyber School Bus
Understanding the UN
William and Mary Model UN
Civil Rights DE streaming
Great clips
Gilder Lehrman History
What things cost in America: 1776 to today
US History II Review & Power points
Conflict and Consensus
US History primary source activities
Teaching History
Visuals, lessons, honors
US II SOL Review
USII 1865 to the Present
Teachers Notes, activities, quizes, powerpoints
Assessments, worksheets, SMARTBOARD ACTIVITIES
Wizard of Oz analogy
Hands on History
Gilder Lehrman
General resources by SOL
American Memory Project
USII vocabulary
free ap lesson plans
US History textbook
Historical Quotes page
USII Refriderator Cards
US HISTORY MATERIAL
Reading like a Historian (US History)
Historical Thinking US HISTORY
American Rhetoric
USII games by SOL
Presidential Timeline
PRIMARY SOURCE ACTIVITIES
"Back in Time Activity"
GUIDE TO HARLEM RENAISSANCE MATERIALS

World History

Great World History Videos
World History Timeline videos
Practice Test
Practice Questions
Practice Questions 2
Ancient History Power Points
World History/US History quizzes
Interactive Practice test
World History PortaPortal
WHI Study Charts
WHI ppt. review
MR. LINDSAY WHI Lessons, pictures, test questions
AMAZING SITE
WWI AND WWII MATERIAL
World History HOTS activities
The Columbian Exchange
lesson WH 2
World History questions
REGENTS EXAMS
WORLD HISTORY 2
OMG-ITS GREAT
WWII-Green Run HS, VB
WH 2 ppts, worksheets, test questions
World History 2 Review Site
World History 2 Review Site