Professional organization with a mission to education all populations about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Founding Fathers, etc. Info about organizations to join, upcoming events, and teaching these topics.
An professional American history organization that you can become a member of for free. 60,000 PRIMARY SOURCES! Amazing, organized by era with VAST teaching resources. Top-notch educator resources.
All documents related to how Portland Public Schools organizes and teaches their Social Studies classes. Good for referring to for planning your own units and lesson plans.
Ready to use primary source documents, lesson plans, activities and worksheets for all grade levels organized by era and topic. Also offers state regional lessons, and how to teach primary source documents as well.
A hub of information if you are wanting to implement a SS interactive notebook in your classroom. Examples of IN's, links to teachers who post ALL of their IN assignments online, presentations to teach your students what an IN is, and more.
Website that compliments the book, The Together Teacher, which highlights practical strategies and lifestyle habits that make a educator 10x more effective in their practice.
Every journey begins with a single step. Notebooks begin with setting them up. I always take a full class day to set up my notebooks. I buy extra composition books to have on hand so that I can provide them (at cost) for students who haven't brought them in - I want everyone setting them up at the same time.
This page includes all class assignments and notes for a 5th Grade Social Studies interactive notebook. The pictures are from Ms. Mohamed's example notebook. With each page, there is a link for any related maps, images, or outline notes. You can download these documents and print them. You can then follow the matching PowerPoint presentations on the homepage.