SOCIAL+STUDIES+Literacy

RESOURCES FOR ANY CONTENT
[|Edutopia]Project Based Learning with VIDEOS:-)! [|Larry Ferlazzo']s Plan a virtual FIELD TRIP. Great for these budget-conscious times. [|NC WiseOwl]  - focused on non commercial information, organized by grade level, provides special tools to help students research more effectively, all photos and sites have citations built in, searchable by lexile, tool provided that teaches students how to narrow their search [|SCOPE by Scholastic] - magazine/student for $, but there's free interactive whiteboard activities, shared reading PDFs, VIDEOS! for science and social studies, digital lessons integrated to the Common Core [|Teen Ink Today's] Best Nonfiction written by teens.
 * [|MY SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES PINTEREST BOARD] **
 * [|ReadWorks.org] **** - FREE nonfiction reading passages and lessons classified by skill and grade level. Lexiled . Added 3/22/13 **
 * [|Primary Sources] ** for Elementary Classrooms - even Kindergarten. Library of Congress. Added 3/13/13.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|InstaGrok:] **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> THE BEST RESEARCH SITE Check it out. Put in any topic and the site will pull up videos, readings, sites for further research, etc. Students write any word in the search box. They get a list of articles to read and videos to watch.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|What Really Matters? What is unfair?] Global awareness. Personal discovery of issues about which students care deeply. [|Keep It Or Junk It] - Sort what's important from what's not when reading social studies or science texts. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Revolution, Reaction, Reform] 4th graders constructing understanding of complex vocabulary. Quick Write, Table Teams, Photos, THINKING! <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Supporting Older Students in Reading Content] Educational Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">LESSONS **

<span style="color: #ff4500; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">SOCIAL STUDIES
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Top Resources] for Aligning Social Studies to Common Core, ASCD <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|AniMaps] Create and view beautifully informative animated maps, for free! 53 Social Studies [|Read Works] passages posted 1/13/14
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|DPI Social Studies Wiki] **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|Antique Roadshow] - Kindergartners bring in anything older than them! Watch the video. (added 2/2/13) <span class="gmw_">[|Boatlift] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">And untold story of resilience, the greatest boat rescue occurred on 9/11. Narrated by Tom Hanks. 11 minutes. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Flying Over America]<span class="gmw_"> - very cool video; <span class="gm_ gm_9c3bd0a2-7c89-e054-06ae-5147ecf692f9 gm-spell">Disneystyle ; take a plane over the US <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|The Kindergarten Social Studies Experience] Teacher Channel (added 1/29/13) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|TCI Transforming Social Studies Instruction] This site is written by teachers for teachers. It's filled with videos, suggestions, articles, and lots of visuals to help teachers move their instruction into this century. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Stories Change You and Change History:] “Novels have helped shape the minds of leaders across history, and thus, have shaped the actual course of history... What story will you try on next?" See the 4-min VIDEO
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">VIDEOS **


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Interactive Notebooks] **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> for social studies - examples and explanation

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Links working as of 3/22/13