Social Studies:
The Library of Congress
This site has links to documents, audio,
video; over 10 million primary sources
iCue
NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News and MIT created this collaborative learning site that combines gaming, video and multimedia and more that focuses on history, government, and politics (even Language Arts).
The National Archives
Lesson plan ideas with primary documents and tools for student analysis of a variety of sources (cartoon, video, reading, photograph, etc)
Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) Social Studies
Portal to streaming video, blogs, lesson ideas, and the option to sort by grade and/or subject appropriate material.
The History Channel Site
Lots of material available in small chunks.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Great for persuasive writing =. Kids need to state case ans support reading
Digital History
A beautiful site hosting primary source materials, video clips, digital stories, copyright free images of American History
Weekly Reader- This Week in History
Web Site Example:
Mr. Langhorst Web Classroom
8th Grade History
Social Studies Big Ideas
Grades 6-8
Link to the GLCE's for K-8
Grades 9-12
Link to the HSCE's for 9-12
