Social Studies Links

The following are a series of links I have found on twitter related to Social Studies topics:

Holocaust Resources:

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/the-holocaust/?partner=rss&emc=rss
http://hst10.blogspot.com/
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/czech-republic/100414/american-students-prague-holocaust-love-story


The following clip could be used as an activator for a discussion: The Civil War ended in Aoril of 1865. Discuss the War Between the States with our Featured Movie: http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/civilwar/

Best Sites about the Civil War:
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/04/09/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-american-civil-war/

The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public

http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/


Check out these interactive lessons about our court system:

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/03/our-courts-interactive-lessons-us.html

There are some really cool games that challenge students to think:

http://www.ourcourts.org/play-games

Crossword Puzzles on the Civil war, WW1, WW2, Vietnam,

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/student-crossword-war-puzzles/?partner=rss&emc=rss

12 Websites and Resources All Social Studies Teachers Should Try


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as seen on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmbyrne/status/11725952137

Saw this blog about the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Coin:

http://wsfcsintouch.blogspot.com/2010/04/using-pennies-to-tell-story-of.html