AJUSD Social Studies

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

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

American history stories and activities; a Smithsonian site

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.

Amazing internet primary sources

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

a geography game that lets players guess locations by viewing a google map

This is pretty fun, I would like to see how I can integrate this within the world history and I don't think that it would be too hard...

JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest -- Write for authentic audience The contest deadline is January 6, 2014. Profile In Courage - What political leader has shown courage. Fits in great to social studies and language arts.

amazing interactive "game" that explains the run-up to WWI. Nice "chunking."

Useful vocabulary and mini lessons for WWI

Useful vocabulary and mini lessons for WWI

Here's a great global collabo for Feb mainly 4th-10th grades ... focusing on geography & landmarks from around the world via skype, blog, ... landmark project

"Think "fantasy football for social studies and literacy standards". Teachers sign up, have a draft in class, and use scores and resources however they want. Students draft teams of countries, become more aware, and automatically score points every time their countries are mentioned in the NY Times. FGP engages students in the study of how politics, geography, humans, economics, and foreign policy interact."

Current events for students

a pbs site about WWII; excellent resources

Breaking News is a current events news-reader designed in an intriguing way. You can type in whatever topic you want to read about - soccer, major news, refugees - and you're provided with a list of headlines to stories about it. Clicking on the headlines will take you to the story. But the real interesting part of the site is that if you click on a globe icon on the upper right of the page, you'll go to a world map showing you the location of the where the stories are originating. Clicking on the dots will also take you to the story.

Think "fantasy football for social studies and literacy standards". It's a social learning game that follows countries and world leaders as they compete for news headlines. Teachers sign up, have a draft in class, and use scores and resources however they want. Students draft teams of countries, become more aware, and automatically score points every time their countries are mentioned in the NY Times. FGP engages students in the study of how politics, geography, humans, economics, and foreign policy interact.

Design for the Other 90% http://designother90.org View solutions that improve access to water, sanitation, food security, electricity, health, transportation, and education. -- Virtual exchange of ideas as solutions to these real world problems.

Information and interactive quizzes. You can set up accounts and issue "challenges" between classes, schools, kids, etc.

7th grade resources from ASU