Social+Studies+Resources

Here are some blogs to check out for daily PD: This is a great resource for teachers to use. It includes instructional aides as well as strategies for you to use, whether or not you have lots of technology or you only have a chalk board. www.freetech4teachers.com

This blog is a place that American History teachers pool their ideas and resources. It is a great resource for 8th Grade Social Studies teachers. http://ushistoryeducatorblog.blogspot.com/

These are some useful websites for getting lesson planning ideas, as well as other classroom resources.

www.mrdonn.org

www.mrdowling.com

This is a great place to gather resources for ancient history. www.kidspast.com

Here is a fake website that looks real for use in teaching kids that everything on the internet is not as it seems. www.allaboutexplorers.com

The following web resources are from the blog "The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness."

[|The History Teachers Channel] on YouTube takes popular songs and changes the lyrics to teach various content in history. Interesting use of music, and a great way to show students what they could do for a project.

These are some fun online geography games courtesy of Richard Byrne at freetech4teachers.com

This is a site for 6th and 7th grade teachers from freetech4teachers.com

Here are some relevant VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS to use with students.