Social Studies                                                       


Listed below are articles, technology-integrated lesson plans, and websites that include the information of
    integrating computers into the classrooms and curriculum for the subjects, Social Studies.


Curiculum Ideas at cyberbee.com - Social Studies: intergrates the Internet into your classroom curriculum
Mapquest : It explores interactive maps for cities and towns worldwide, generate detailed door-to-door driving
    directions with TripQuest, and customize and save maps.
MIT Geographic Database : Students can have keyword searching for geographic information on locations
    mostly within the United States.
TerraServer--Microsoft 's link to satellite images; check out any spot on the globe from space
Demographic Data Viewer 3.0 will map states, counties, and census tracts. U.S. States/ A pdf file that contains a
    map for each state divided into counties
GeoNet Game
Geography World
Economics and Geography Lessons - Elementary
The Mystery of the Mission Museum:  This is a virtual reality project developed at SDSU's Department of
    Educational Technology
.  It is designed for the 4th-grade level and includes dozens of manipulable objects,
    "interviews" with Mission Indians and Spaniards, demonstrations of 18th- and 19th-century crafts, and authentic
    Mission era texts and music. The virtual reality Mission Museum CD-ROM serves as an environment in which your
    students can play the role of museum guides.  This website also provides descriptive information, lesson plans,
    and an order form.
Hyper History Online : This website provides 2 000 files covering 3 000 years of world history.
Best History Websites
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
History Channel : Archive of famous speeches, including audio files. Some of them changed the course of history
    in some part of our world.
History and Politics out loud provides Audio file speeches from the 20th century, e.g. Watergate transcripts, Martin
    Luther King Jr. speeches and FDR's inaugural speech.
The technology-based Social Studies Lesson Plans : This website provide several technology-based Social
    Studies lesson plans
Social Studies Web Resources : This site provides links and ideas for lesson planning using the Web.
Infoplease: World; United States; History and Government; Infoplease4Teacher
CSS Journal: Computers in the Social Studies: This online magazine, published six times a year, is devoted to the
    integration and use of computers in social studies instruction. Most articles are available in full on the site.




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Last updated: June 4, 2003.


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