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Social Studies Curriculum Subject Resources These lists were developed to provide a starting place for learning more about social studies. It is in no way intended to be an exhaustive list and the contents of these Web sites are not specifically endorsed by the Anchorage School District.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.

Multiple Intelligence Inventory Test -- It will help you know which technological tools each of them can benefit from the most, as well as give you ideas about different activities you should incorporate into your curriculum to reach ALL of your students. Below are a few tools that may help you to deliver content to each of these types of learners.

Multiple Intelligence Inventory Test -- It will help you know which technological tools each of them can benefit from the most, as well as give you ideas about different activities you should incorporate into your curriculum to reach ALL of your students. Below are a few tools that may help you to deliver content to each of these types of learners.

Learning Curve content is matched up to an appropriate unit of the National Curriculum.

EdTechTeacher.org presents The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for histlaptop classory and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about new and emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks and explore innnovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum. Find out how others are using technology in the classroom.

The Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (MCSS) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit educational organization. It is a network of social studies educators who work at every level of schooling. They communicate with each other through publications and meetings. They broaden their communication by working with related professional associations, government, and private agencies. MCSS is affiliated with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and participates fully in that organization's efforts to advance the profession. NCSS encourages the highest standards of teaching, teacher preparation, and curriculum development. NCSS has developed and published both a code of ethics and academic freedom standards. It has established a defense fund to provide first-line legal assistance to teachers threatened with actions that violate this freedom. Social Education , the official journal of NCSS since 1937, is an outstanding organ of information and commentary. The Social Studies Professional is a newsletter of resources and opportunities. Social Studies and the Young Learner is a quarterly journal devoted exclusively to elementary social studies education. In addition, the NCSS publications program features a wide variety of bulletins, special publications, and standards. The program of the NCSS annual meeting provides major speakers, clinics, sessions, tours, a major exhibit of instructional materials, and several awards honoring those who have contributed to the advancement of social studies education.

What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

A wonderful list of themes and resources to match it in areas that can span the humanities curriculum.

Could Texas' Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National?

The GOP-controlled State Board of Education is working on a new set of statewide textbook standards for, among other subjects, U.S. History Studies Since Reconstruction. Approved textbooks, the draft standards say, must teach the Texan student to "identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Moral Majority." No analogous liberal figures or groups are required

"Dan Meyer teaches high school math outside of Santa Cruz, CA, and explores the intersection of math instruction, multimedia, and inquiry-based learning. He received his Masters of Arts from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and Cable in the Classroom's Leader in Learning award in 2008. He currently works for Google as a curriculum fellow and lives with his wife in Santa Cruz, CA."

"And I just replied to Monika with this - which I hope some of you, again, will chime in on to show me the error of my ways: I'll start with saying I'm still uncomfortable with the opportunity cost notion. As a history teacher - which to me means "preparation for informed citizenship" teacher - I'm not sure I want to sacrifice time that could be used learning and drawing conclusions from human history on the altar of failed web 2.0 experimentation. I see the value of both, though. I'm thinking a separate course - a sort of "Intro to Web 2.0″ - might be more useful than teachers across the curriculum failing and flailing about with the tools when their primary job is teaching content. And I'm still traditional in thinking content is more important. Without it, we risk churning out what I've recently been calling, in my internal monologues, "barbarians with laptops."

"FindingEducation met up with Elizabeth Devine at the annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference in Atlanta, Ga. in November. At the conference, Devine was named as one of the NCSS Outstanding Secondary Social Studies Teachers of the Year for 2009-2010. She also hosted a panel focused on helping teachers integrate the study of human rights into their curriculum."

Great resources and units for Economics!

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

Ryan's post from May 27th regarding the overwhelming desire to teach content.

"Using DocsTeach, educators can create interactive history activities that incorporate more than 3,000 primary-source materials from the National Archives"