An online biographical reference which chronicles the lives of people throughout the world. Famous people includes both celebrities and high achievers in all fields of human endeavor as well as those people who have touch the lives of others.
There are so many treasures within this site, but one I use frequently is the "Educators" section. Here, you will find all the information needed to make history come alive for your students. It is quite remarkable and well worth a visit!
This web site is like a text book. It has information on many subjects that are easy to find. Need an update or quick info session- this is the place to go.
This is a resource geared toward parents. It could be something given to parents hardcopy, suggested reading for parents via the internet, and/or used by the teacher. There are suggestions for books, magazines, activities, etc. as additional resources.
Kristiana, I liked the ideas that this site has for parents, as well as teachers. Very informative and is filled with wonderful ways to guide our children.
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.
According to the Department of Education, the country will need 1.6 million new teachers in the next five years. Retention of talented teachers is one key. Good teaching is about making connections to students, about connecting what they learn to the world in which they live, and this only happens if teachers have history and roots in the communities where they teach
The film-makers betray a lack of understanding of how people actually learn, the active and engaged participation of students in the learning process. They ignore the social construction of knowledge, the difference between deep learning and rote memorization.
Waiting for Superman has ignored deep historical and systemic problems in education such as segregation, property-tax based funding formulas, centralized textbook production, lack of local autonomy and shared governance, de-professionalization, inadequate special education supports, differential discipline patterns, and the list goes on and on.
This looks like a really interesting film so I added it to my list of movies to get from NetFlix. Not very often do you see movies like this where females are the ones pushing to get unionized.
This is worth adding to your bookmarks -- the RAFT technique examples they offer are excellent for Social Studies instruction. We've been playing with those ideas this semester.
I thought this was an interesting list. It is the vocabulary list for a course at MIT on revolutions. This is the study sheet for one part of that final exam.