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Labor Day is an excellent time to dig into social studies themes civic ideas, power authority and governance, and production/distribution of goods are all relevant. What will you do?

Recommended in my Ed Psych class, I thought also relevant here.

In this lesson, students explore how different social factors affect civic participation and equality across the country and in their own school community.

WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President. Briefing room includes speeches, press briefings and presidential action. Issue link incorporates information from civil rights, economy to taxes and foreign policy. Overview of our govement is also included. The site has the history, presidents, Camp David, Oval Offices, Tour and Event information just to name a few.

This website has so many classroom applications! Good find Barb!

Wow, this looks really interesting for information on the courts.

An interesting dissection of the fall of journalism. Told from the Left but truth for all sides.

Free video on Arlington National Cemetery. Material from National Geographic suitable for Veterans Day activities...

This site contains lesson plans for Civics and Anthropology, as well as many others.

Lessons for K-12 to celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

This is just a general resource on best practice in education. It applies, certainly, to Social Studies instruction but is a great overall resource to have for knowing what is most likely to work!

Democracy is contingent on having an educated populace in the 20th and 21st centuries. Therefore, knowing how to effectively teach is incumbent on those of us trying to support this part of our society.

This website offers information about underserved populations, specifically children. It provides research data and publications. It also has links to recent and compelling news, media, and legislative information affecting children in our country.

This is a kids news online. There is also games and quizzes for them. This can be a great source to use within your classroom.

Helpful when you want to inspire your students to work hard and think for themselves.

I have also added another site similar to this one. This is a place to go to find contact information for the Representatives from each area. Students can easily access this information for writing letters.

Besides the contact info (which is wonderful), this site has a section for kids, which teaches them various things about the senate and more. It also has teacher resources. This is a great site, one which could be very useful to a teacher,even if just to gain some knowledge.

A great list to add to your Web 2.0 toolbox!

This looks like a really interesting example of a teacher who is using social studies content in language arts to work on social justice issues.

Obama tribute to Veterans with stories about his family's experience of service.

Obama tribute to Veterans with stories about his family's experience of service.