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This is a free website with some good material - very fitting for the CCGPS literacy standards.  I saw the American Civil Rights Movement: A Time for Justice.  This kit includes a 38-minute video CD plus a CD full of teacher resources.  

The National Archives Experience Docs Teach section contain ready made activities, tools to create your own activities, and a wealth of primary source documents.  Create an account in order to save documents and create custom made activities.

There is a correlation between the Historical Thinking Standards and the Literacy Standards for Social Studies.

Over 2700 instruction videos in a range of subject areas.  

Good site for data related to economics. You can download the charts into an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis.

This site provides a wealth of resources and ideas for teaching all areas of social studies.  Comprehensive guide for tools (with tutorials) for student projects and activities.  The focus of the lessons are inquiry based.