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This is the website address for the National Council for the Social Studies. Payment for full resources is required, however there is top social studies news including legislative action alerts and education news.

This link is to the NH Department of Education site that gives a link to the NH Social Studies Framework as well as other pertinent resources.

This is New Hampshire's Curriculum Social Studies Standards

Study for Praxis II...Secondary English

Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids, aligned with state standards

This site has several games but also a lot of outside links that have to do with various Social Studies topics.

A series of Social Studies Web Quests

School house rock is one of those shows that I watched as a kid that made certain things really interesting to me. In a middle school social studies class I feel like these lyrics along with the videos which can be found online can be a great introduction to a unit.

These Social Studies lyrics are available from a variety of albums. Use songs to teach American geography, government, history, patriotism, and culture. American Geography Songs The 50 States and Capitals Song- Tim Pacific Directions to Nowhere (How to Read a Map)- Joan Maute, Ed.D. Gonna Name Our States- Music with Mar.

Wow, this site has so many fun ideas!! I'd love to use these in a classroom. I can even remember some from my elementary school and middle school days. I think it makes teaching and learning these "facts" more fun for everyone.

Lesson Plans and Ideas

Lots and Lots of good ideas!

I found this sire useful in the development of my mini unit in Teaching Social Studies. This site shares ways to stay outdoors and incorporate nature into lessons.

I used this website for my case study on a non-verbal student with Autism, many great activities to use with young children.

Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning activities and games. Students can take final or practice spelling and vocabulary tests right on this engaging site. Premium games and automated student record keeping are available to Premium Members.

Best of History Web Sites features categorized and annotated lists of links to hundreds of K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more throughout its pages.

Social studies. I would say a website for upper elementary. An extention to your teaching for students. Can be integrated through literacy as maybe a project for Cafe work.....

This is a great website that my methods teacher uses with her class.

Site of Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions for the field of social studies.

This website has many many pages of interactive activities and lessons. Students can study story elements, idioms, pronunciations, reading, spelling, play games, all sorts of things. When you have a day with a CoW, or a day in a lab, you can have the students pick a lesson from a list, or you can print out a page and use it as a sponge activity.

Everything New Hampshire. Current and historical statistics, trends, and general minutiae.