Hello. I guess I am seeing if this works and I also liked this because it is a quick visual to see the growth of our nation. There are other links as well to see. I found a Civil War one which I might use for my research.
This is an amazing resource from the MAGE center at Macalester. Click on each of the sessions at the top to see a list of free curriculum resources on Social Studies themes. Also look for opportunities to do free education forums with this group. Very useful materials!
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?
I labeled this generically with the NCSS label as webquests will be available in every topic area you could want in Social Studies. It appears this has some useful tools for helping design your own webquests.
This is a great resource for a teacher wanting to have students actively involved in creating social-studies content for a public forum. You can add places in your community or add-to places in your community with class-created content. Worth exploring for sure.
It is useful to start a Social Studies topic as a structured controversy, this might be worth saving to help you structure a debate in your own class someday.