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Mrs. P's Teacher Resources for Social Studies

Technology Tools:

Primary Access: An online tool to create multimedia reports from primary sources.

World-O-Meter: An online display showing the daily fluctuations in world population and other statistics.

Economics:

Jobs: A series of Flash movies introducing the concept of jobs and discussing the work done in five different jobs.

Money, Money, Money: A Flash movie to introduce money and the concept of income.

What to do With Money? a series of Power Point presentations describing the basic uses of money.

Current Events:

News Report: Links to various sources of news that can be used in the classroom

Scrapbook of President's Actions: Digital or paper project for class or individuals.

Nations:

China: A page with illustrations and music from China now and then.

Ghana: A page with links to information and pictures of Ghana and to an ongoing project there.

Israel: A page with illustrations and music from Israel now and then.

Great Britain: A page with illustrations and links to information on Great Britain

Russia: A page with illustrations and links to information on Russia

Australia: A page with illustrations and link to information on Australia

Government

US and Virginia Government: lesson plans, projects, and more.

 

Geography

Color Maps: Maps of the world, the continents, the US and Virginia to print and color. Print color and bind into an Atlas.

History:

History Matters - a collection of links to various history projects on the web compiled by George Mason University.

New Jersey Holocaust Commission - a collection of lesson plans and resources to teach about the Holocaust and other Genocide events in history.

Rounding up the Usual Suspects - a essay on the teaching of history by Robert Bain.

Famous Americans:

Pictures, movies, summaries, print and color pages, and links to more information on Famous Americans in a variety of categories. Includes interactive quizzes for Virginia students for all Famous American studies in the year.

Famous Leaders:

Short biographies of Famous Leader from around the world by the Garden of Praise website.

Holidays

Links to pages for various holidays enjoyed by students.

Music

Links to midi, wav, and mp3 music for children.

Print and Color:

The U S Presidents

The 1776 American Flag

The American Flag

Print and Color Maps of the world, the continents, the Unites States and some other countries, Virginia and some other states.

 

My Own Books

Personalized History Stories, Worker Stories , Geography Stories, and Government Stories put the reader in the center of the action.

 

Social Studies Lesson Plans

Includes plans for students to learn social skills, ancient civilizations, and current events with more to come in the future.

Electronic Portfolios and Web Tools

Online resources that help students create projects such as projects, reports, stories, timelines, comics, and more using multimedia like music, pictures and videos.

This page created November 7, 2005. Anne Pemberton. Updated Wed, February 17, 2010 . AP.

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