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Elementary Social Studies Resources

Website Resources:

The Digital Classroom

An excellent site that gives teachers access to documents and primary sources from the National Archives, with suggested uses in the classroom.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

A fabulous, child-friendly website organized according to grade levels that provides a wealth of information about the U.S. government (historical documents, national symbols, governmental organization, historical monuments, games & activities, and a link to government websites for kids.)

Kathy Schrock's History and Social Studies Site

Just click on her site for either "General History", "American History", or "World & Ancient History". This site has a search engine where you can find information about a specific social studies topic.

Scholastic Online Activities for Social Studies

Multi-grade online readings and activities.

Scholastic Web Guide of U.S. History Topics

Research tools for finding information on "Civics/Government", "Geography/Maps",
"States/Towns/Cities", and "History".

Edsitement

Grade specific site that has websites, subject catalog, and lesson plans.

New York State Fourth Grade Web Site of Increase Miller Elementary School

Links to a variety of NYS history topics

Erie Canal Resources

Links to Resources about Erie Canal

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

Carol Hurst has taken subjects such as MATH and HISTORY and integrated them with the language arts and other areas of the curriculum. Here you'll find recommended children's books, activities and approaches for the curriculum areas. (For more professional topics see the Professional Resources section below.

Montgomery County Public Schools

Economic and Geography Lessons for 32 Children’s Books. Developed by Patricia King Robeson and Barbara Yingling, and sponsored by the Council on Economic Education in Maryland and the Maryland Geographic Alliance, the site provides lesson plans suitable for grades 1 through 5. Included are objectives, vocabulary,materials, and teacher background.

History Lesson Plans/Activities:

Construct a Native American Board Game
Early American Leaders
Ben Franklin Timeline
Scholastic Lesson Plans and Reproducibles
Virtual Exhibit of NYS
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index
The National Geographic Society’s Geography Education Program works with educators all over the country to produce lessons, units, and activities designed to bring good geography into the classroom.
Five Times Five: Five Activities for Teaching Geography's Five Themes
NY State Dept. of State "Get The Facts" This site contains student friendly activities involving New York State History
Scolastic's Immigration activity (teacher resource)

Worksheets that students can use to:

Teacher Resources:

Bibliography of publications that may be purchased

Presidential Libraries

Social Studies Clip Art Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery

Rubrics:

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics

Compiled by Susan Van Vlack, Catherine Menconeri, and Theresa Langer at Dutchess BOCES

For more information about this page or if you would like to contribute resources please contact:
Paul Rubeo prubeo@beta.dcboces.org

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