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ABC Social Studies Resources

These are a "few of our favorite things" and are offered as a place to start looking for resources for daily instruction.

 

Free downloads:

50 Core Documents that Tell America's Story

African and African American History: A Resource Guide for Arkansas Teachers

Arkansas African-American History Makers Coloring Book

Freedom - A History of US Teacher Guides

Social Studies Task Cards

 

 

Favorite websites:

100 Milestone Documents

A Chronology of US Historical Documents

Alexandria Plan

America in Class

America’s Library

Annenberg Learner

Arkansas Council for the Social Studies

Arkansas Geographic Alliance

Avalon Project

 

Ben's Guide To U.S. Government for Kids (K-12)

Best of History Web Sites from EdTechTeacher

Beyond the Bubble

Bill of Rights Institute

 

C-Span Classroom

C-Span’s Presidential Libraries

Center for Civic Education

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Common Core Conversation

Congress for Kids

Council for Economic Education

 

Discrepant Event Inquiry

 

Economics & Personal Finance Resources for K-12

Economics Arkansas

Exploring Arkansas AETN

Exploring Arkansas YouTube Channel

 

FedFlix

Flag Program - Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs

Freedom - A History of US

 

Google Art Project

Google Earth Teaching Tips

Google Cultural Institute

Google Historical Moments

Google Maps for Education

Google World Wonders

 

Historical Scene Investigations

Historical Thinking Matters

History Engine

 

iCivics 

Interactive Globe

Kid Guide to the Bill of Rights

Liberty's Kids

Liberty's Kids YouTube Videos

Library of Congress

Library of Congress Education Resources

 

Mega Maps

Mission US

Museum Box $

 

National Archives

National Archives Digital Vault

National Archives Docs Teach

National Constitution Center

National Council for Geographic Education

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

National Geographic

National Geographic Interactives

National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Young Explorers eBooks

National Park Service Multimedia

Newseum

Newsela

 

Ology at American Museum of Natural History

 

Primary Sources National Archives

 

Reel American History

 

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Smithsonian's History Explorer

Smithsonian Interactives

Smithsonian Virtual Tour

Stanford History Education Group: Reading Like a Historian

State-by-State Comparisons

 

Teaching American History

Teaching History

Technology Tools for Social Studies

The Big History Project

The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

The Getty Museum

The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History

The National WWII Museum (New Orleans)

Then There Was Arkansas Facebook Page

 

U.S. Mint (K-6 Lesson Plans)

Usborne Quick Links for Geography

Usborne Quick Links for History

Usborne Quick Links True Stories

 

Virtual White House Tours

Virtual Field Trips

Virtual Tours and Panoramas

 

World War I Primary Sources

 

 

Cool APPS:

Augmented Reality Freedom Stories

 

 

 

 

 

 

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