Social Studies Resources
ECONOMICS Multi-Level Resources
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K-2 |
Master Curriculum Guide in Economics: Teaching Strategies K-2 |
Book + BLMS |
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K-2 |
Pocketwise: Personal Finance Economics |
Teacher Resource manual |
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K-12 |
Virtual Economics |
CD-Rom & user's guide |
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1-6 |
Ump's Fwat: An Annual Report for Young People |
paperback |
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2-3 |
Econ & Me |
Teacher's Kit, 2 videos, TE |
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2-4 |
Work, Human Resources, and Choices |
TE & Student Activities sheets |
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3-4 |
Children in the Marketplace: Lesson plans in Economics for grades 3 and 4 |
Binder |
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3-4 |
Master Curric. Guide in Econ: Teaching Strategies 3-4 |
Book + BLMS |
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3-4 |
Work, Human Resources, and Choices |
Book + BLMS |
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3-5 |
The Money Story |
Kit includes video (33 min), Teacher's guide, coin poster, 2 sticker sheets, 1cent coin & blank |
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3-5 |
$mart $pending and $aving, Personal Finance Economics, 3-5 |
Binder, Tea. Res. manual |
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4-6 |
You Can be an Inventor: Human Capital & Entrepreneurship |
TE & Student Activities sheets |
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5-6 |
Basic Economics Test |
Examiner's manual + 25cc Form A & B each |
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6-9 |
Geography: Focus on Ecoomics |
Activity book by NCEE |
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7-9 |
Test of Economic Knowledge |
Examiner's manual + 25cc |
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6-12 |
Focus on Economics: World History |
Activity book |
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7-12 |
Focus on Economics:U.S. History |
Activity book + transparencies (all in binder) |
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6-12 |
Focus on Economics:Geography |
Activity book |
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7-12 |
Focus on Economics:Civics & Government |
Activity book |
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
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Readings |
Touchpebbles - Volume A |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchpebbles - Volume B |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchstones - Volume A |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchstones - Volume B |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchstones - Volume C |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchstones - Volume I |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchstones - Volume II |
student vol. & T.E. |
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Touchstones - Volume III |
student vol. & guide & wkshts |
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Touchstones - Volume IV |
student vol. |
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Touchstones - Readings in Social Studies |
book |
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Videos |
How to Improve your Questioning Techniques |
15 min. video by ASCD |
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How to Conduct Successful Socratic Seminars |
15 min. video by ASCD |
MAPS
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K-8 |
Continental Learning Cards |
7 9x12" Cards |
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South America |
38"x25" |
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South America Chart Map |
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OTHER MULTI-LEVEL PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
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K-5 |
Elementary School Social Studies: Research as a Guide to Practice |
Book |
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Native American Scientists |
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K-6 |
Literature Connections to World History |
Book |
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Social Studies at the Center: Integrating Kids, Content, and Literacy |
Book |
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K-8 |
Children's Literature in Social Studies: Teaching to the Standards |
Book |
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Children's Literature & Social Studies: Selecting and Using Notable Books in the Classroom |
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Face of our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present |
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Geographic Literacy through Children's Literature |
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How to Teach about American Indians |
Book |
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Social Studies through Children's Literature |
Book |
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Strengthening Geography in the Social Studies |
Book (NCSS) |
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Understanding by Design: Wiggins |
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Performance Assessment in Social Studies Classroom: A How-To Book for Teachers |
Book |
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K-12 |
GIS for Schools & Libraries, ver. 5 |
CD-Rom, pc or mac |
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3-8 |
Exploring our Country's History: Linking Fiction to Nonfiction |
Book |
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4-8 |
Critical Squares: Games of Critical Thinking and Understanding |
Book |
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Ancient Rome |
Activity Book |
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Ancient Greece |
Activity Book |
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5, 7, 8 |
Africans in America: set of 4 videos from 1607-1861 "Terrible Transformation", "Revolution", "Brotherly Love", Judgement Day" |
Videos |
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5-12 |
Annotated Bibliography of Historical Fiction for the Social Studies |
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Bring History Alive! Sourcebook for teaching United States History |
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Bring History Alive! Sourcebook for teaching World History |
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The New World History: A Teacher's Companion |
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6-12 |
African History |
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Africans: The History of a Continent |
Kdg
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K.01 |
What your Kindergartner Needs to Know |
Book |
1.00 What your First Grader Needs to Know book
Second Grade
2.00 What your Second Grader Needs to Know book
Third Grade
3.00 What your Third Grader Needs to Know book Writing a Country Report Activity book - located at 6.0 Australia: the Southeast Video Classroom City Interact simulation (binder) Kid Town Interact simulation (binder)
Fourth Grade
4.00 What your Fourth Grader Needs to Know book Daily Geography book Across America, I Love You book 4 A U.S. Regions MapPack, NorthEast Binder, transparency set & activities Geography of the United States: 5 regional Videos +
teacher's manuals - New England, Mid Atlantic, Southeastern,
North Central, Mountain states Videos ea. 15 minutes Regions of the United States Laserdisk 4 B Southern U.S. & Mexico Mexico "true" book - paperback 4 C 2-MO The Show Me Showcase video & T.E. Adventure Canada CD Rom + Resource Guide
Fifth Grade
Number Title Type 5.0 GENERAL What your Fifth Grader Needs to Know book Recasting the Past: The Middle Ages in Young Adult
Literature book Three Worlds Meet: The Columbian Encounter and its Legacy
- Study Unit for grades 5-9 Book - study unit Across the Centuries Houghton Mifflin Study Guide work sheets Across the Centuries Discovery Journal, T.E. A Trip Around the World Book - Extended thematic unit Age of Discovery: from the Renaissance to American
Independence Time Link book Modern World: from the French Revolution to the Computer
Age Time Link book America in the Time of Columbus: story of America from
earliest times to 1590 Book World at Time of Columbus Binder - notes from a course, good background info. History Alive! America's Past Complete Unit 25 Interactive Desk maps, 2 lesson guides,
41 laminated "placards" , User's guide w/reading toolkit,
book of Transparencies, Internet Tutorial Access UNIT ONE: THE OLD WORLD 5 A West African cultures Book - with three Videos Mansa Musa: African King of Gold Unit of Study w/primary documents Africon Icons of Power Illus. Curriculum guide w/20 slides Faces: The Yoruba People, Nigeria & Beyond Magazine Faces: Mali (2 ccs.) Magazine Africans in America Teacher's guide to PBS show Ashanti Family of Ghana Teacher's resource guide Mancala - Game of Africa Activity History Atlas of Africa prof. book, also 6th gr. 5 B European cultures Middle Ages Middle Ages: Castles, Kings and Knights in Shining
Armor Independent Learning Unit Medieval Times Thematic unit Design your own Coat of Arms Activity book Kings, Queens, Castles, and Crusades: Life in the Middle
Ages Activity book Middle Ages: Stories, Activites & Reproducibles to
connect reading and writing with social studies Activity book Aramco world: Arab Roots of European Medicine Magazine 5 C American cultures History of Native Americans: Indians of North America book Magazine Faces: First Americans, First Encounters Magazine Cobblestone: Cultures of Pre-Columbian North America Magazine 5.II UNIT TWO: EAST MEETS WEST: EARLY ENCOUNTERS &
EXCHANGES Voyages of Columbus: an economic enterprise Binder Columbus and the Age of Discovery PBS activity guide - 3 ccs. Cobblestone: Legacy of Columbus Magazine Francisco Coronado: Search for the Cities of Gold Oasis Mag., 11-12/97, Vol 13, #2 Three Worlds Meet: Origins-1620 Video - U.S. History collection, vol.1 Hidden Treasures of the Sea book Sailing to America: Colonists at Sea book (Troll paperback) Explorers (Hands-on History series) book (scholastic paperback) 5 III UNIT THREE: COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE
AMERICAS Slavery & Freedom Video-U.S. History coll, vol. 3 Pieces of Eight - 4 Spanish milled Dollars in various
pieces Coins Blacks in Whaling booklet (Cobblestone) Growing Up In The American Revolution booklet (Cobblestone) Plimoth Plantation Video Colonial Life for children 23 min. French & Colonial Quebec Video Colonial Life for children 23 min. The Spanish & Colonial Santa Fe Video Colonial Life for children 23 min.
SIXTH GRADE
Number Title Type 6.00 GENERAL book What your 6th Grader Needs to Know book Cultural Connections: A teacher resource book for middle
and upper grades book Everything is Somewhere book Everybody Cooks Rice book (paperback) Crafts of Many Cultures book Basic Skills: World Cultures/World History book The Human Adventure: Four World Views (2 cc) book Teaching the Five Themes of Geography book Cultures workbook: Teacher's anotated edition book Geography: The world and its people Vol.1 & 2 book (National Geog. texts) The Whole Earth Geography Book book Africa, Europe & Asia: Interdisciplinary Lessons
& Activities book Mosaics: Folktales from Around the World magazine World Cultures & Geography spiral binder w/40 lessons Supplementary unit on Major Religions spiral binder 180 Days around the World: learning about countries &
cultures through research & thinking skills Activity book To See A World: World Cultures & Geography (Houghton
Mifflin) T. E. A Message of Ancient Days (Houghton Mifflin) Textbook Writing a Country Report Activity Book Arabs & Israel for Beginners Prof. paperback 6A AFRICA African Names: People and Places book The Egyptians Knew book Tutankhamun: His tomb and its treasures book Ancient Egypt book Eyewitness Books: Ancient Egypt book Into the Mummy's tomb book Egypt (New true book series) book, 2 ccs. Look What Came from Egypt picture book Lessons from Africa Supplement to middle school courses in World Cultures,
Global Studies, and World Geography Our Global Village - Africa Cultural Resource Guide preK-3 Ancient Egypt: Literature-Based Activities for Thematic
Teaching activity book Ancient Egypt Full color transparency book Africa: One continent. Many worlds activity book History Atlas of Africa prof. book (under 5 general) 6B ASIA Chinese Cultural Activities, Vol. 2 book The Indian Subcontinent (3 cc) book Feeding a Hungry World: Focus on Rice in Asia and the
Pacific book Letters from Chengdu book Traditional Chinese Celebrations: Continuity and Change
in Taiwan book China - Learning center TE book Demystifying the Chinese Language book China Mosaic: Multidisciplinary Units for Middle
Grades book Count Your Way through the Arab World Chinese American Forum Magazine Mag - issues Vol XIII #s 2 & 3, issues XIV #2-4 Aramco World - the Dhow of Racing Mag Asian Powers of the Pacific Rim Binder - course notes Our Global Village - China Cultural Resource Guide preK-3 China Then & Now Indep. Learning Unit 6C LATIN AMERICA Geography, Culture, History, Politics of Latin
America (binder) Caribbean Connections: Puerto Rico book Caribbean Connections: Overview of Regional History book Caribbean Connections: Jamaica book
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE
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6-7.01 |
Mysteries of the Ancient World |
Book |
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6-7..02 |
Cultural Conflicts: Case studies in a world of change |
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SEVENTH GRADE
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7.0 |
A Passion for the Past: Creative Teachng of U.S. History |
Book |
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Beyond the Textbook: Teaching History Using Primary Sources |
Book |
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7.1 |
EUROPE |
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Hello Europe |
CD - Rom (for PCs) |
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Eurodisc 99 |
CD-Rom (pcs or macs) |
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7.3 |
Westward Movement |
Kit - CD-Rom, transp.,maps, T.G. |
EIGHTH GRADE
Number Title Type 8.0 A Passion for the Past: Creative Teaching of U.S.
History book (w/7th grade) Beyond the Textbook: Teaching History Using Primary
Sources book (w/7th gr) 8.01 Opposing Viewpoints: Environment 8.2 Industrialization, Urbanization and
Immigration From There to Here: The Immigrant Experience book of readings & Teacher guide 8.? American Heritage History Collection: World War I Video: 70 min 8.7 World War II Holocaust Directory of Holocaust Resource Centers, Inst., &
Orgs. in North America 1985 book Commemorative Observances for days of Remembrance book Tell Them We Remember: Story of the Holocaust book Smoke & Ashes:Story of the Holocaust book Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary book Nightmare in History: Holocaust 1933-45 book Hitler book Rescue: the story of how Gentiles saved Jews in the
Holocaust book Shrinking Circle: Memories of Nazi Berlin 1933-39 book Hide & Seek book - fiction Journey to America book - fiction Friedrich book - fiction Kindertransport book What was it like in the Concentration Camp at Dachau? book Raoul Wallenberg book-biography Grace in the Wilderness book - biography So Young to Die: story of Hannah Senesh book - biography Assignment: Rescue book - autobiography Night (by Elie Wiesel) book - autobiography Anton the Dove Fancier & other tales of the
Holocaust book-fiction Escape from Warsaw book-fiction Rabbi Sternberg, parts 1 & 2 videos (2) Leo Wolfe: Holocaust Survivor video Daniel's Story video 14 min. US Holocaust museum 8.8 COLD WAR CNN's Cold War Documentary: Issues and Controversy book