Social Studies

K-12 Resources

• Common Core Literacy in History/Social Studies: http://www.achievethecore.org/ela-literacy-common-core/literacy-history-social-studies/
• Gooru has collected resources and activities for Social Studies topics.  http://www.goorulearning.org/#!discover

Elementary

• For a compilation of sites for younger students, check out: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/edu/Sites-for-Learning-About-Countries.html

• World Book's Social Studies Power (3-6) http://www.worldbookonline.com/socialstudiespower/home

Secondary

• Here are several excellent .gov sites to check out: 
• http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans 
• http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html 
• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
• The Read Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh

• Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group, Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG’s membership in the Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium. We “go beyond the bubble” by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students’ knowledge in action – rather than their recall of discrete facts. https://beyondthebubble.stanford.edu/history-assessments-thinking
• "Daily Updating Political Cartoons": http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/
• Since its founding in 1888 "for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge," the National Geographic Society has worked to educate audiences about our planet. http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/collections-topics/?ar_a=1
• The Authentic History Center endeavors to tell the story of the United States primarily through popular culture. http://www.authentichistory.com/
• American Democracy in Word and Deed was created by a Professional development partnership between the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and the University of California, Berkeley, History-Social Science Project: http://tah4all.org/