AJUSD Social Studies

"Mystery Skype is an educational game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions. It's suitable for all age groups and can be used to teach subjects like geography, history, languages, mathematics and science."

"In 1954, the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared segregated schools unconstitutional and sparkeda decade of groundbreaking civil rights activism and legislation.Using archival news footage, primary sources, and interview segments filmed for Eyes on the Prize, this collection captures the voices,images, and events of the Civil Rights movement and the ongoing struggle for racial equality in America. "

There's a few ideas/resources in here that might be worth sharing.

Amazing internet primary sources

Very cool tool that lets you make your own posters. Use their images or your own. Create your own title and text. This could be dangerous.

Primary sources for historical events

This is a website where you can see a digital picture-history all over a world map. You can choose a time period and/or place to view, and you can add your own pictures to a place.

This site has free online textbook, and secondary sites for special events.

This Beta site is very interactive. You can see several thematic options, put markers on the map, print, etc.

National Geography Interactive Maps

This is my favorite "find" from summer academy! It is like an on-line textbook with interactive links to images, videos, audio clips and primary sources.

American history stories and activities; a Smithsonian site

A 10 minute video from the Smithsonian about farming technology. The "suggested" videos on the right side are also worth a look.

McDougal Littell web site with interesting interactive activities for history (Middle School & High School)

An 85 page document that is a "road map" to one state's social studies curriculum. The 7th and 8th grade sections might make a good starting point for Arizona's standards, if they could bear to change what they have now.

This is based on the PD we did on Tuesday morning with AJHS.

close reading sample lessons -- it has literature and nonfiction -- some is for science, some for Social Studies, some for Eng class... so scroll through the list for your grade level and content area Note: I haven't gone through all of them and I don't know if they have all the steps, but it's a start to work with

McDougal Littell web site with interesting interactive activities for history

A collection of 60,000 primary source documents, lesson plans, common core units

Official US version of history

Historians read the first part, then jump to the end and ask themselves: Who wrote this? When was it written? What else do I need to know to make a considered and valued judgment?  What is the author's point of view? Why was it written? Is this source believable? Why? Why not? ----------------- Before we accept this as fact or true, we ask ourselves the above questions. (This is called Sourcing) It's critical thinking and evaluation. It's worthwhile. Not just filling in worksheets.