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National Council for the Social Studies is an advocacy group devoted solely to Social Studies Education. They offer support, conferences, and publications about current affairs in the Study of Social Studies Education.

Association for social studies teachers , lessons plans and resources to help with lessons

"The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators."

This is a really interesting site that is like traveling all over the world, but staying at home. You can use the internet to learn about destinations, remember goals, play games, write a diary and so on. It seems like a strange site for teachers, but I actually think it would be really cool to use in a history class, a social studies class, or a foreign language class. Its like traveling the world, but staying in the same room. They can learn about the countries we're studying about and write some ideas or questions about it on their blog.

PBS Teachers has lesson plans and other materials from PBS to teach social studies in all grades

Online tutoring and study help

flash cards for study or create your own flashcards. Share teaching tools from other teachers across the nation. Covers everything from History to Geography, Languages to Business and Medical.

Social studies teachers lesson plans chatting

This is a great source for teachers. I have seen this used in Social Studies classrooms. It is a great way for teachers to integrate social studies with language arts and technology. This source allows you and students to create comic strips which can be compiled and printed into a comic book. Students can individually create a comic strop which portrays what they have learned about particular cultures during their studies in class.

Have your students create comic strips in the target language!

Social studies lesson plans

This site is very insightful, especially for students who are becoming teachers. It is a glimpse into the future as to the types of things we will be teaching.

I like this website. It is good to know what is expected of us as teachers to pass on to our students.

A WWII veteran recounts a remarkable experience when compassion outweighed winning.  Can be shown to class while studying WWII in order to emphasis the mental aspects of war.

Great site for students and teachers alike. Gives ideas on how to study grammar, practice and lesson plans.

Mathematics Illuminated is a thirteen-part series for adult learners and high school teachers. The series explores major themes in the field of mathematics, from humankind's earliest study of prime numbers, to the cutting-edge mathematics used to reveal the shape of the universe.

This resource is not only helpful for educators, but for parents as well. The specific article I am referring to provides parents with a detailed list of hints for homework-help and home-front strategies to get the most out of homework and study time (maybe a great "packet" to hand out at open-house =D ).

Nice website that has Power Point presentations already made for you (of course you can download and change them as you wish). I like this because sometimes it takes a long time to create a Power Point presentation! I particularly liked the one about "El Mundo Hispano" which talks about countries that speak Spanish, great way to integrate Social Studies!

GradeGuru is a free knowledge sharing network where students can share their study materials, engage in collaborative learning and get peer-feedback

This is an interesting site that allows users to create their own stories, using different images and info from the web. A teacher could use this to create a video or story relevant to the topic being studied in the classroom. That way, the teacher would visually engage the students and know that they can relate to the characters or stories that he/she created, allowing for a more exciting and fun classroom environment.

Similar to MindMeister, this free Web 2.0 application allows users to construct concept maps, save, and share them with friends. It's really helpful when organizing your thoughts for an essay/paper or when studying.

Website to create worksheets, study sheets, quizzes and tests. Great resource for teachers.

Cramberry is a unique site that makes it easy for students to learn and study new material through online flashcards. Students or teachers can make customized sets of cards that can be printed or studied online.