HS Social Studies

As the Internet has evolved into a major source of information for students researching history and social studies, it also has become a place where hidden agendas and false information can trip up both students new to a topic and teachers searching for credible sources of historical data.

T he modules cover more than twenty topics that correspond to the major periods in American history and take into consideration the history standards, both required and advanced, to which high school students are held. Each module includes: a succinct historical overview learning tools including lesson plans, quizzes, and activities recommended documents, films, and historic images

Purchasing Power of Money in the United States from 1774 to 2007

Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century.

Famous Trials, Stories Behind the Movies, Cherished Legal Rights, Legal Tyranny

Get Students Involved in the Election Process The producers of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer are preparing the.Vote and the.Gov-a series of eleven 4- to 5-minute reports on the 2008 campaign leading to the inauguration of the next president. After Election Day, the series will evolve from the.Vote to the.Gov and look at the process of forming a new government, identifying key issues for the new administration and new Congress. The video segments, hosted by the.News journalists, will be provided free to middle school and high school teachers and their students throughout the fall campaign. Each segment of the.Vote and the.Gov is accompanied by online, standards-based activities that will give students the opportunity to create multimedia works: you.Edit allows students to rework and re-edit video material provided by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, and you.Report serves as a home for student-generated content (students' perspectives on policy issues and the election process). All segments will be closed captioned. An initial the.Vote report has been posted online, allowing educators to become familiar with the.Vote and the educational opportunities it provides. Regular production will begin in September and run up to the inauguration in January 2009.

Journey back in time and around the globe! This expanding collection of video segments, activities and lesson plans from public television and its partners brings alive selected topics in U.S. and world history

Videos that relive moments in American history

Lessons for how to use Google Earth in Social Studies

Pictures, assessments, speeches, curriculum guide