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lesson plans on many different topics and subjects

lots of resources here

"All week I've started each day with a list of eleven good resources to try in different content areas. On Monday I shared mathematics resources. On Tuesday I shared science resources. On Wednesday I shared language arts resources. And today I bring you eleven good social studies resources to try in 2011. "

Find a newspaper by clicking on location on the map. Can also sort by language. Great resource for World Language and Social Studies classes.

Find and translate newspapers

Link to Library of Congress site for teachers. Lots of resources including primary sources

Check out all of these great primary sources from LoC

"The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide range of different types of travel in antiquity. The model is based on a simplified version of the giant network of cities, roads, rivers and sea lanes that framed movement across the Roman Empire. It broadly reflects conditions around 200 CE but also covers a few sites and roads created in late antiquity. The model consists of 751 sites, most of them urban settlements but also including important promontories and mountain passes, and covers close to 10 million square kilometers (~4 million square miles) of terrestrial and maritime space. 268 sites serve as sea ports. The road network encompasses 84,631 kilometers (52,587 miles) of road or desert tracks, complemented by 28,272 kilometers (17,567 miles) of navigable rivers and canals."

great list of free online newspaper links. Searchable by country.

very interesting post on reading and writing. Although not specifically directed at social studies there are many connections to the Soc. Studies classroom

Article is directed at English teachers but lots of ideas for social studies classroom

great listing of sites for countries

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US history curriculum and lesson plans for STanford univ.

Takes a word in the news and posts articles that use the word. Very good site for analyzing the news and how it is reported. This site would be a great tool in the social studies classroom but would be an excellent way to study vocabulary.

Really interesting site which studies how the media uses certain words. Great way to study and analyze how the news is reported.