A sampler of links/lessons
Unit I: Current problems/Government/ Economics Current Problems Links:
Internet Public Library News and Current Event Links/Resources
CNN: News for Students, resources for teachers
Teaching Current Events via Newspapers, Magazines and Television
Government Links:
Teengov.com Flash interactive site where teens can learn about government and participate online
The Economics of Voting Why do so many voters stay away from the polls on election day? This is a puzzle to many people interested in the well-being of our democratic system. Economists try to explain this outcome...
Must Candidates Fight? Understanding Political Campaign Strategies. A lesson plan for high school social studies classes that incorporates information contained on the World Wide Web. Developed by Dan Dana and Susan Zieha-Dana, students will use the Web and be helped to see through the disinformation and campaign propaganda to recognize what a candidate really stands for.
National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis
What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of the Grand Canyon and the redwoods of Northern California? Or do you picture the patriotic splendor of the monuments in Washington, D.C.? Behind these beautiful images, unfortunately, the National Park System faces some ugly issues. The enormous number of visitors and the constant threat of development present the national parks with a variety of problems.
'Be All You Can Be'...For Minimum Wage? The economics of government military service
Income: It Isn't Where You Start, It's What You Got, and Where You End Republicans and Democrats differ on how the benefits of our economic prosperity should be distributed. Particularly, they differ on what should be done with current and future budget surpluses. What do the income distribution data show? Can we infer from the data that the wealthy are benefiting relative to the less wealthy? Who has benefited from the recent economic expansion? Who has not benefited? Why? These are among the questions regarding the effects of the current economic expansion that are examined in this lesson.
Constitutional Rights Foundation On-Line Lessons
Foundations of Our Constitution
Economics Links:
EconEDLink : General database of online lesson plans for economics. some specific lessons for Essential Social Studies:
Data Links: Find out here the current status of the key economic indicators for the United States. Explore links that cover a wide spectrum of economic concerns, from the National Debt to Exchange rates and so much more.
The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher or lower standard of living than the average American of a generation ago? Will the next generation have a higher or lower standard of living than today's generation?
Economic Indicators How do economists make their forecasts about the U.S. economy? What are the economic indicators that help forecast economic activity and business cycles? In this lesson you will be able to retrieve up-to-date, key economic statistics which will provide valuable hints about the state of the future economy. http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM131
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I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich In an interesting lesson on supply and demand, figure out why bluefin tuna goes for tens of thousands of dollars, while a can of its cousin is available at the supermarket for $1.99 |
A Case Study: Gross Domestic Product Understanding the Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The Economics of Recycling We all want a clean environment; just how clean is often a matter for debate
Unit II: Geography/Charts Graphs/World Cultures Geography:
Five Themes of Geography and Current Events
Plotting a Hurricane Using Latitude and Longitude
The Internet Public Library Geography Links/Resources
Geography Games Online More than 20 online geography games for middle and high school students.
More Online Geography Games A site that uses interactive maps, games, and quizzes to teach about world geography
What is the capital city of...? contains lists of capital cities for all countries of the world and the 50 U.S. states with more than 1200 quizzes for students in middle and high schools to test their knowledge.
Charts and Graphs:
Learning about Charts and Graphs
Unit III: Critical Thinking/ Reading/Writing /Historical Perspectives
How to Write a Thesis Statement
Paragraphs and Topic Sentences
LEO: Literacy Education Online:
The Middle Ages: Webbing, Outlining and Summarizing
Library of Congress Learning Page for Primary/Secondary Sources
You Be the Historian. An online activity where students examine primary sources to determine what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas and Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware.
What Portraits Reveal This lesson is designed to help students recognize that portraits, whether paintings or photographs, can tell us more about people of the past than just what they looked like. |
Evaluating Eyewitness Reports This lesson offers students experience in making historical meaning from eyewitness accounts that present a range of different perspectives
Reading comprehension/summarizing: General outline of skills and techniques
World Population Growth: Reading comprehension/graphs activity