Internet Links of Interest to Social Studies Educators

The links will take you away from the Wayne State Social Studies Web Page. If you wish to revisit this site soon, be sure to set a bookmark now. (The most recent additions are at the bottom of each list.)

Links to Professional Organizations
Links to Social Studies Listservs
Links to Other Sources of Lesson Plans and K-12 Resources
Anthropology
Economics
Geography
Government
History
Political Science
Psychology
Sociolology
Arab World
Grants
Ability Grouping (Oakes, NCSS)
Phonathon
Theory & Research in Social Education (The Journal of NCSS Research)

Professional Organizations

NCSS National Council for the Social Studies
MCSS Michigan Council for Social Studies
The Center for Civic Education
The Association for Childhood Education International
NMSA National Middle School Association
Association of American Geographers
APA High School Teacher Affiliate of American Psychological Association
NAME National Association for Multicultural Education

Links to Social Studies Listservs

Social Studies Education at Wayne State (SSE) is discussion list for current & former students of social studies.  To join, send a message to: LISTSERV@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU and in the body of the message put: SUBscribe SSE <your full name>.

TAMHA is a discussion list about teaching American History. To join, send a message to: LISTSERV@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU and in the body of the message put: SUBscribe TAMHA <your full name>.

NCSS listserv- join at http://www.ncss.org/links/listserv.html

Sources of Lesson Plans and K-12 Resources

K-12 Sources
The Busy Teachers' Website K-12
Social Studies Sources
The Blue Web'n Library
Meredith Summer's Home Page. Good compilation of links to lesson sources. Her focus is elementary education, but many of the sources are for all teaching levels.
TeachNet
WWW4Teachers
GettingFederal Resources for Educational Excellence- A place to find many plans for many disciplines
Michigan Teacher Network- All kinds of information for Michigan teachers
New Zealand Social Studies Units & Plans
Reach Every Child
Taiwan- A introduction to the island (nation) by Jenny Geib
Michigan Epic (resource for Michigan Frameworks support in history)
Curriculum Guidelines from NCSS
Latin American Resource Center
EcoEarth.Info - One of a kind Environment Portal dedicated to achieving global environmental sustainability

Economics

New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
CNN Financial News
The Securities and Exchange Commission website
The Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
U.S. Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site
WorldWatch Institute's Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy

Geography

Earth Images
Volcanoes
NASA
Lower Elementary Geography
African Studies
Geography Games (Great stuff!)
Geography Test (Can you pass it?)
Digital Library of Images from the Islamic World
World Atlas (gobs of maps + resources)
Indigenous Geography from the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian (great site starting up)
Germany- Maps, brief information + lots more

Government

The Whitehouse and other federal links
Government Printing Office documents and federal information Includes many other links to federal internet sites
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
Reform Party
Libertarian Party
League of Women Voters
C-SPAN
Michigan Secretary of State (Elections)
CNN/Time All Politics
Rock The Vote
The Center for Democracy and Technology
U.S. Government Information
House of Representatives
US Census
ACLU Freedom Network
The Dirksen Congressional Center's site for kids -- "Congress for Kids"
The Dirksen Congressional Center's Web site -- CongressLink
MI Kids- Michigan Government site for Kids (cool!)
Federal Budget Simulation (long & short version, current & very neat!)
Justice Learning Center
The Report President Bush is Ignoring, the Iraq Study Report
The Press Conference (12/6/06) for the Release of the Iraq Study Report
The United States Institute of Peace

History

MeL- Michigan eLibrary- A great source for information, especially for Michigan residents.
Early American History Crossword Puzzle
History Happens:History Music Videos
Martin Luther King, Jr. Biography and civil rights history
Statistical summary of America's Major Wars
U.S. Civil War Center:Links to Civil War Information
Great Lakes History
American Memory Project
Medieval Studies
Smithsonian Museums
The National Women's Hall of Fame
Women in American History, by Encyclopedia Britannica
PBS TeacherSource.  Lots of good stuff from their shows
Slavery & the Making of America (PBS)
Rise & Fall of Jim Crow (PBS)
New York State Slavery Curriculum Guide- a bunch of downloadable curriculum
MASTERPIECE THEATRE'S  AMERICAN COLLECTION Another PBS Series Debuting in the Year 2000
National Center for History in the Schools
American Journeys- Eyewitness accounts of early American exploration
Detroit Black History
History, Games, Free Printable Activities and Lesson Plans
Timeline of the Presidents of the 20tth Century
National History Education Clearing ouse (Teachinghistory.org)

Political Science and International Relations

Government Printing Office documents and federal information
C-SPAN
USA Today
U.S. Elections Map (past & present)
Center for Politics
Germany Information Center
Energy of a Nation: Immigration Resources

Psychology

Keirsey Temperament Sorter (Test)
Stress scale including adolescent version
Alcohol and Drug Facts

Sociology

(Thanks to Bill McNeece for many of the links in this section)

World Religions in Metropolitan Detroit  (by our own Bill McNeece)
Hypertext links to persons and issues
Guide to Sociology Web Resources
Bill Bradley on Racism
American Labor Studies Center
LGBTQ Teaching Resources Website

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