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.
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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
24. Bobble Head George History Videos
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
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A. Pinterest
1. Weapons of World War One(opens in new tab)
2. World War One(opens in new tab)
3. WWI Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
4. The National World War One Museum(opens in new tab)
B. Other Links:
2. New World Encyclopedia: World War One(opens in new tab)
3. The History Channel.com: World War I(opens in new tab)
4. BBC: World War One(opens in new tab)
5. PBS: The Great War(opens in new tab)
6. Legends and Traditions of the Great War(opens in new tab)
8. The National World War One Museum(opens in new tab)
9. World War 1 Resources(opens in new tab)
IV. World War II
Teaching World War II? Save hours of prep with our complete History Simulations(opens in new tab) WWI units.
A. Pinterest
1. Weapons of World War Two(opens in new tab)
2. World War Two(opens in new tab)
3. WWII Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
B. Other Links:
1. The History Channel.com: World War II(opens in new tab)
2. Women and The Home Front During World War II(opens in new tab)
3. Hitler's Nazi Architecture(opens in new tab)
4. The National WWII Museum(opens in new tab)
5. Enigma Machine Simulator(opens in new tab)
6. U-Boat.Net(opens in new tab)
7. World War II Machines History(opens in new tab)
8. The National D-Day Memorial(opens in new tab)
9. The Voices of World War Two(opens in new tab)
10. D-Day Picture Collection from France(opens in new tab)
11. Interactive World War II European Theater(opens in new tab) (National Geographic)
12. The World War II Multimedia Data Base(opens in new tab)
13. The only known color film of the Japanese Surrender in 1945(opens in new tab)
14. Color Film of D-Day & Days After(opens in new tab)
15. World War 2 Resources(opens in new tab)
V. The Cold War
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A. Pinterest
1. The Cold War(opens in new tab)
2. Cold War Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
B. Other Links
1. The Harry S. Truman Library(opens in new tab)
2. The History Channel.com: The Cold War(opens in new tab)
3. Documents Relating To American Foreign Policy: The Cold War(opens in new tab)
5. The Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
6. The John F Kennedy Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
7. The Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
8. The Cold War Museum(opens in new tab)
9. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
10. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
11. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
12. The Gerald Ford Presidential Library(opens in new tab)
13. The BBC Cold War Page(opens in new tab)
14. Digital Archive of the Cold War at The Wilson Center(opens in new tab)
15. Origins of The Cold War: Edsitement(opens in new tab)
16. Cold War: A Brief History, Atomic Archive
17. ABC's "Viewpoint" Panel discussion on the movie "The Day After"(opens in new tab)
18. The Cold War Conversations Podcast(opens in new tab)
19. Cold War Resources(opens in new tab)
VI. The American Civil War
Teaching the American Civil War? Save hours of prep with our complete History Simulations(opens in new tab) WWI units.
A. Pinterest
1.The Civil War(opens in new tab)
2. Civil War Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
B. Other Links:
1. Civil War Trust(opens in new tab)
a. Gettysburg Battle: Animated Map(opens in new tab)
2. The American Civil War Homepage(opens in new tab)
3. A History of Illinois In The Civil War(opens in new tab)
4. The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns PBS(opens in new tab)
5. The History Channel.com: The American Civil War(opens in new tab)
6. Civil War and Reconstruction(opens in new tab)
7. Son of the South: Civil War Links(opens in new tab)
9. Medicine In The American Civil War(opens in new tab)
10. TeachThe CivilWar.com(opens in new tab)
11. Clara Barton: Civil War Nurse(opens in new tab)
12. Civil War Resources(opens in new tab)
VII. The American Revolution
Teaching the American Revolution? Save hours of prep with our complete History Simulations(opens in new tab) WWI units.
A. Pinterest
1. American Revolution Hollywood Movies(opens in new tab)
2. American Revolution Resources(opens in new tab)
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