Please note: While the following sites have been identified as containing quality information for social studies education, teachers need to review individual materials for content quality and alignment.
About Geography
Includes geographic information and maps about every country and state as well as a vast resource for students and others interested in geography.
ADOT "Don't Trash AZ" Materials
Worksheets designed to align with Strand 3 of the Social Studies Standard for Arizona's fourth graders. This information will provide a foundation to begin discussions about the responsibilities of good citizenship in our state and how our individual actions impact our environment.
The American Promise
Lessons and teachers' guides on American democracy aligned with PBS videos. Both elementary and middle/high school versions available.
Arizona Council on Economic Education Lending Library
ACEE offers text and video resources for teachers of grades 6-12 or for teacher reference, available on loan at no cost (return mailing provided). All videos include a student viewing guide and many text resources include reading guides.
Arizona Geographic Alliance GeoLiteracy Program with ELL Adaptations
The GeoLiteracy Program offers over eighty K-8 Geography lessons with Ell adaptations which are aligned to the Arizona Social Studies Standard. Each lesson integrates reading and writing skills, also aligned to the Arizona standards.
Arizona Geographic Alliance Maps
The Arizona Geographic Alliance and ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences have collaborated to produce outline and thematic maps and provide them to teachers for classroom use without any copyright restrictions.
Arizona Historical Society
The Arizona Historical Society contains the world's largest collection of Arizona history artifacts, documents, and photographs. It also has information about research, educational programs, and tours.
The Arizona History Convention
Information about the annual Arizona History Convention.
Arizona Humanities Council
Information about the Humanities Council Book Festival, speakers, and grant program.
Arizona State Parks
Provides a list of and links to Arizona State Parks.
The Avalon Project: Yale Law School
This site offers full text documents of American law, history and diplomacy.
The Bill of Rights Institute
Free lessons and resources about America's founding principles.
The Center for Latin American Studies
The Center for Latin American Studies offers a variety of materials, including curriculum units, videos and books, available on loan to K-12 Educators. In addition, the Center continues to develop an online curriculum resource center.
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies offers K-12 outreach activities, including workshops and travel opportunities to enhance knowledge of the region and its peoples, and provide teachers with resources and materials for classroom use.
Center on Congress at Indiana University
Learn about Congress through a variety of resources.
The CIA World Fact Book
Lists population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Online lessons on issues related to the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Digital History
Digital resources to enhance the teaching of American history.
Dirksen Congressional Center
This non-partisan organization has two educational programs: Congress for Kids and Congress in the Classroom Online.
Education World
September 11 lessons (K-12) and resources for classroom teachers.
EconEdLink
A source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and students.
Facing the Future
Classroom activities and lesson plans for teaching about global issues and solutions.
Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies
All federal resources linked to a single site; divided into subjects, including History and Social Studies.
GEOEarthKAM
Provides a listing of presentations and supplementary documents developed to support dissemination of ISSEarthKAM and geography education.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Includes modules on American history. The modules cover more than twenty topics that correspond to the major periods in American history.
Globalization101.org
Free high school lesson plans on globalization.
The Green Frog News
Resources for K-12 Educators with special offerings for Arizona classroom and home educators.
History and Politics Out Loud
A searchable archive of politically significant audio materials for scholars, teachers, and students.
Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
A searchable archive of politically significant audio materials for scholars, teachers, and students.
Human Rights and Human Diversity
A resource for teaching human rights.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
Jamestown – Journey of Democracy
The official education curriculum website of "America's 400th Anniversary" marking the founding of the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown in Virginia in 1607 includes K-12 lesson plans and educational resources.
Kids Voting, Arizona
Register your class for Kids Voting and find lessons designed for Arizona voting. You can also connect to Kids Voting, USA for K-12 instructional materials to be used throughout the school year. Students learn about democracy; their rights and responsibilities as citizens; how voting empowers citizens; and how they can get involved and participate.
LawForKids.org
Law-related information and sources for elementary students.
The Library of Congress
Designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. It offers tips and tricks, definitions and rationale for using primary sources, activities, discussions, lesson plans and suggestions for using the collections in classroom curriculum.
Linking Early U.S. History to World Geography
National Geographic Society sponsored project of educational materials linking U.S History with geography.
Maps ETC.
A collection of over 5,000 historic maps for students and teachers. A friendly license allows teachers to use up to 25 maps in non-commercial school projects without further permission.
Mission Geography
Provides curriculum support materials that link the content, skills, and perspectives of the National Geography Standards with the missions, research, and science of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Museum Association of Arizona
Provides links to the Central Arizona Museum Association and the Tucson Museum Association and their educational programs and displays.
National Anthropological Archives
Online exhibits include photos, research reports, field notes, journals, manuscripts, correspondence, and records from sources such as the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian anthropologists, and other preeminent scholars.
The National Archives
Lessons and information about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
National Center for Constitutional Studies
Contains the Teacher’s Guide to the video, “A More Perfect Union,” distributed to Arizona schools in recognition of Constitution Day
National Geographic Society
Lessons, activities, and maps about geography and culture around the world.
National History Day
National History Day helps teachers meet educational standards; disseminates high quality curriculum materials; and sponsors challenging contests that teach students critical skills for the 21st century.
National Museum of the American Indian
Resources and lessons (4-8 and 9-12) on the indigenous geography of the Americas.
National Parks and Monuments
Provides a list of and links to Arizona's National Parks and Monuments.
Native American Sites - Multnomah County Library
Provides an extensive list of links to Native American sites.
PBS Kids - The Democracy Project
Lessons and activities for grades 3-6 on the structure and duties of local, state and federal government; how government affects our everyday lives; the duties of the U.S. president; and the history of voting rights in America.
PBS NewsHour
High school lessons, activities and links from the NewsHour Program.
Primary Source Learning
Primary Source Learning, created through a Library of Congress grant, contains K-12 resources and learning experiences based on primary source documents.
The Smithsonian Institute
Lessons and resources on culture and history from the Smithsonian Institute.
United States Memorial Holocaust Museum
The U.S. Holocaust Museum offers materials, resources, online training, workshops, conferences, and fellowships for teaching about the Holocaust.
ushistory.org
Revolutionary Period resources from The Independence Hall Association (IHA).
U.S. Mint – H.I.P. Pocket Change
H.I.P. Pocket Change provides lesson plans and resources to teach financial literacy and U.S. history to elementary students.
The White House
Introduces the White House and American history to younger children.
White House for Kids Teachers Guide
This guide gives teachers ideas on how to use the site Whitehousekids.gov in the classroom.
WorldImages
This site provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains over 60,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes.
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