University of South Florida
Propel: Social Studies Education Geography
Geography studies the relationships between people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into a spatial context.
Social Studies for Kids
Social Studies for Kids: Latitude and Longitude
A collection of latitude and longitude mapping activities ranging from pin-pointing exact locations on the globe to researching the history behind this basic geography concept.
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]
In this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: How Does the u.s. Free Enterprise System Operate?
Covers explanations of the basic concepts for understanding what free enterprise is and how it works.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Write Now: Case Study: Mc Carthyism and the Cold War
Students are tasked with researching and writing an informative article about McCarthy and the Cold War. The overarching concept is focused around how one person was able to influence the political and social arena during the time of the...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Ridgely Learning Community: A Century of Pride
Ten different lesson plans around the concept of community aimed toward early elementary students can be found here. Each lesson plan contains an introductory activity, contains an assessment rubric and correlates state standards and...
PBS
Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where learners explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Learning
Learning does not take place only in the classroom. Learning occurs naturally, every day! This KET collection uses original animation and wonderful, visual images to introduce basic concepts of math, science, social studies, art, and...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Civil War [Pdf]
For this lesson, 5th graders explore the concept of cause and effect in the context of the Civil War and work in groups to write and deliver speeches articulating a point of view for one of the War's causes: tariffs, state's rights, or...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Map Key
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the purpose of a map, map symbols, and the map key or legend. Activote questions reinforce the concepts.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Map Sense
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the basic components of maps: legend, scale, Compass rose and labels. Clips from United Streaming video are included to illustrate these concepts. Student assessment and a student...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Malala Devotes Second Life to Girls' Rights: Pbs News Hour
"Today you can see that I'm alive," said Malala Yousafzai in her first interview since surviving a Taliban attack that left her with a bullet lodged in her skull last October. "This is a second life," she continued, "And I want to serve....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Companion Curriculum: Girl Rising
Girl Rising tells the stories of nine girls from nine different countries and the power education has to change their lives. The accompanying curriculum provides teachers with a unique opportunity to educate students about the issues...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ocean Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a multi-subject themed primary unit around the concept of oceans. Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies activities revolve around an ocean theme. In Part 5, students work on...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ocean Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a multi-subject themed primary unit around the concept of oceans. Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies activities revolve around an ocean theme. In Part 2, students work on...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ocean Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a multi-subject themed primary unit around the concept of oceans. Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies activities revolve around an ocean theme. In Part 3, students work on using...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Inflation
This online slideshow teaches students about the economic concept of inflation.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: How Many Colors of States Are on a Us Map
Try this data collection and analysis math challenge on map coloring. An interesting approach to analyzing complex data. This one page activity is part of the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.