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Childnet International: Digizen: Social Networking Detective

For Students 9th - 10th
This social networking profile has been created to stimulate discussion about safe and potentially unsafe practices and features on social networking sites. Together with the accompanying questions, it has been designed to highlight ways...
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Enki Village: Social Issues in America: Top 10 Social Issues in America

For Students 9th - 10th
An article addresses the ten primary concerns in the United States from obesity to illegal immigration when discussing social issues.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Social Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia entry looks at social science as a study of relationships between people. It explains the various branches within this category and the methodology and theory of research in the social sciences.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: History/social Studies: Adapting and Modifying Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This interactive demonstrates how a piece of primary source text can be adapted or modified for readers at different levels of proficiency in order to ensure their understanding.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: What Can I Do With a Major In

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to explore possible career paths based on a college major? Explore possible career titles, major skills and characteristics, and websites related to your choice of college major.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wqed Education Programs: Clifford the Big Red Dog Programming

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This collection of resources has been designed to help teach character development and social-emotional skills to children ages four to seven. Each lesson follows a similar format, in which children can watch (watch video), read (read a...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Did Fake News Influence the Outcome of Election 2016?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Don't believe everything that is read on the Internet! So many people around the world follow the news, all news, that they find posted on social media. Some news is real, some news is fake. How much of the fake news might have...
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American Public Health Association

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Public Health Association brings together researchers and other health professionals for "communication, study, and action." You can find the results of these studies and the current status of their actions here. Watch for...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Dorothea Lange Curriculum

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An incredible Dorothea Lange resource, this site has it all. It contains lesson plans, an image bank, a biography, a timeline, and even a set of guidelines for discussing photography.
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Center for Social Media: Case Study: Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the work of American historian Angie Debo, who worked to help Native Americans preserve their civil rights.
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Appalachian State Univ.: Journal Reprint: Internet and Blog Publishing [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Information, ideas, and examples of how technology can be used in a Social Studies classroom. Although designed for a fourth-grade classroom, many ideas in this article are applicable and adaptable for various grade levels and other...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: The High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The social and economic implications of America's high dropout rate are staggering. In addition to the waste of human potential, the costs of dropouts include lower tax revenues from lower paying jobs, higher crime rates, higher demand...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Next

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Millions of today's adolescents lack the reading skills demanded by today's world. The impending crisis - millions of under-literate young people unable to succeed economically and socially - requires an immediate response. This report...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

Fas: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about a 1996 study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Learn about how FAS is caused and detected, and how this disease can affect one's physical and cognitive development. Included, are recommendations for preventing FAS through...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Second New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the programs and reforms launched in the period of the Second New Deal that provided for social and economic legislation to benefit the mass of working people.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Escritura Basada en Los Estandares Para Estudiantes Ell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Escribir es comunicacion, creatividad y colaboracion. Escribir es un proceso social para los estudiantes ELL, igual que para cualquier otro escritor. Para los estudiantes que estan aprendiendo ingles lograr el equilibrio entre escribir...
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George Washington University

Communitarian Network: The Monochrome Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion about the shift in demographic numbers that has been predicted: the end of the white majority in the United States and a majority of minorities.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: A Splash of Mink Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In the animated 11-minute story "A Splash of Mink," from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, Molly and Trini must find a remedy after being sprayed by a mink. Despite getting advice from various sources about how to get rid of the...
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Philip Mc Rae: Growing Up Digital (Gud) Alberta (2016) Enhancing/distracting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this study, researchers tried to better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, nutrition, and...
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Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Power Pointing Your Way Through the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This impressive lesson plan has students working together and creating a PowerPoint presentation about a specific Civil War topic.

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