SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
Mr. Harms posts Social Studies Resources as he comes across them and would welcome any History Resources suggestions to enhance this page. Feel free to email him your suggestions.
I. GAMIFICATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY
II. Social Studies
A. Primary Source Documents
1. Library of Congress Primary Sources
2. Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
3. History By Mail: Primary Source Replica Subscription
B. Pinterest
1. Social Studies
C. Government
1. Comparing the Governments of Great Britain and The United States
D. Other Sites:
1. History & Social Studies Links Page
2. Gapminder: Interactive maps about history, economics, education......
3. Visualizing Economics
4. Active History.com (Interesting activities and lessons)
5. The Classroom (Educational Resources)
6. Maps of the World: Info-graphics for everything!
7. Global Firepower: Compare the military & industrial power of all countries
8. The Armenian Genocide Museum - Institute
9. List of countries by past and future populations
10. History Resource Cupboard- History Teaching Resources
12. Simple History Animated Short Videos
13. Talking Social Studies: Ideas for the 21st Century
14. The Real of History: Online Study of History; fascinating stories/discoveries
15. U.S. History of Wartime Nurses
16. HistoryHitTV
17. The Cunning Teacher: Free History Resources
18. Roots of Reality: A History Podcast "Unraveling 13 .8 billion years that led to you"
19. EdTechTools: Podcast for Social Studies Tech in the classroom
20. Extra Credits: Animated History Lessons
21. HistoryBites: Short topic History Videos
22. 21st Century Skills
23. Social Studies Common Core
E. World History:
- Grey History: Podcast about the French Revolution
2. Art In History Products
3. Ancient World History
a. Ancient Greece History Podcast
b. AncientGreece.org
4. World History Resources
F. American History:
1. AMDOCS: Documents For The Study of American History
2. The Constitution Explained Through Videos
3. History Heroes: Animated amusing videos about American History
4. Periodic Presidents
5. American History Resources
G. History Organizations
1. World History Association
2. National Council For History Education
3. American Historical Association
5. California Council For The Social Studies
6. National Council For The Social Studies
7. Organization of American Historians
H. Social Studies Standards
1. UCLA History: National Center For History in the Schools
III. World War I
A. Pinterest
1. Weapons of World War One
2. World War One
3. WWI Hollywood Movies
4. The National World War One Museum
B. Other Links:
2. New World Encyclopedia: World War One
3. The History Channel.com: World War I
4. BBC: World War One
5. PBS: The Great War
6. Legends and Traditions of the Great War
8. The National World War One Museum
9. World War 1 Resources
IV. World War II
A. Pinterest
1. Weapons of World War Two
2. World War Two
3. WWII Hollywood Movies
B. Other Links:
1. The History Channel.com: World War II
2. Women and The Home Front During World War II
3. Hitler's Nazi Architecture
4. The National WWII Museum
5. Enigma Machine Simulator
6. U-Boat.Net
7. World War II Machines History
8. The National D-Day Memorial
9. The Voices of World War Two
10. D-Day Picture Collection from France
11. Interactive World War II European Theater (National Geographic)
12. The World War II Multimedia Data Base
13. The only known color film of the Japanese Surrender in 1945
14. Color Film of D-Day & Days After
15. World War 2 Resources
V. The Cold War
A. Pinterest
1. The Cold War
2. Cold War Hollywood Movies
B. Other Links
1. The Harry S. Truman Library
2. The History Channel.com: The Cold War
3. Documents Relating To American Foreign Policy: The Cold War
5. The Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library
6. The John F Kennedy Presidential Library
7. The Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library
8. The Cold War Museum
9. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
10. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library
11. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
12. The Gerald Ford Presidential Library
13. The BBC Cold War Page
14. Digital Archive of the Cold War at The Wilson Center
15. Origins of The Cold War: Edsitement
16. Cold War: A Brief History, Atomic Archive
17. ABC's "Viewpoint" Panel discussion on the movie "The Day After"
18. The Cold War Conversations Podcast
19. Cold War Resources
VI. The American Civil War
A. Pinterest
1.The Civil War
2. Civil War Hollywood Movies
B. Other Links:
1. Civil War Trust
a. Gettysburg Battle: Animated Map
2. The American Civil War Homepage
3. A History of Illinois In The Civil War
4. The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns PBS
5. The History Channel.com: The American Civil War
6. Civil War and Reconstruction
7. Son of the South: Civil War Links
9. Medicine In The American Civil War
10. TeachThe CivilWar.com
11. Clara Barton: Civil War Nurse
12. Civil War Resources
VII. The American Revolution
A. Pinterest
1. American Revolution Hollywood Movies
2. American Revolution Resources
VIII. The Holocaust
A. Pinterest
1. Holocaust Movies
B. Other Links:
2. Holocaust Timeline
3. Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
4. Voices of the Holocaust
5. BBC: Auschwitz Interactive Map
6. World War II and The Holocaust Animated Map
7. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
8. USC Shoah Foundation
9. CENTRE FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
XI. The Vietnam War
A. Pinterest
1. The Vietnam War
2. Vietnam War Hollywood Movies
B. Other Links:
1. Vietnam War Web Sources
X. Other Education Related Sites
B. The Classroom
-A great free resource site for students, parents and teachers.
C. Jooble
-Historian Jobs
D. Teacher's Guide to Cyber Security
E. Jobsora: World Wide Education Jobs