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Schools will punish students who do not display proper behavior, but they rarely model the right behavior, rendering the punishment useless. Social studies content allows for character exploration as a reasonable tangent, making it the social studies teacher's responsibility to incorporate it when possible.

12 Resources for all social studies teachers.

Interactive Maps (Infographics) for Social Studies, History, Economics

K-12 education's early steps in movement to an all digital curriculum. Students in 4th, 7th, and 9th grade social studies will be on an iPad.

Collection of TED talks for social studies teachers.

From maps to documents, here are a few good social studies and history apps to check out on iTunes...

Summer reading for all grade levels

Great sites to enhance your lessons!

Footnote.com is a place where original historical documents are combined with social networking in order to create a truly unique experience involving the stories of our past. The Footnote.com collections feature documents, most never before available on the Internet, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more. Footnote.com is more than just an online repository for original documents. In addition to hosting millions of records, Footnote supports a community of people who are passionate about a variety of topics relating to history.

2,500 Primary Sources from the National Archives and ready to use tools, activities to teaching these documents in the classroom.

Very interesting site for social studies and primary sources.

Technology guides and teach sheets for freed download by teachers and educators. Web 2.0 quickstart guides and curriculum suggestions for teachers."> This is a cached version of http://www.larkin.net.au/020_technology_howtos.html. Diigo.com has no relation to the site.x ba

A wonderful site with interactive lessons to teach students about document analysis and historical thinking. Lessons on the Spanish American War, Scopes Trial, Social Security, and Rosa Parks

This Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social studies curricula. It will introduce your students to some of the events and issues that shaped George Washington's life. The activities should enhance your students' knowledge of Washington and expand their horizons about this complex and interesting man.

A place where teachers can share lesson plans integrating social tech into teaching and learning.