Social Studies Education Resources

The following sites were compiled by the advisors and faculty of UD's Social Studies Education Program to assist our pre-service and current teachers to assist them in the classroom. There are both content rich sites, as well as sites addressing pedagogy. If you have sites to suggest, please contact Kristen Taggart.

Content Resources:

Teaching Social Studies in DE:

• Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship at UD
• Delaware Geographic Alliance
• Delaware Social Studies Education Project
• Democracy Project at UD
• Education Resource Center (ERC) at UD
• History Media Center at UD
• Social Studies Coalition of DE
• UD Teaching American History

Standards

• DE DOE Standards
• UD Social Studies Education DE Abbreviated Standards
• NCSS Standards

Anthropology

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• National Archives
• Women & Social Movements, 1600 - 2000 (SUNY Binghamton)

Civics / Political Science

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Avalon Project (Yale Law School)
• Delaware Public Archives
• Democracy Project at UD
• National Archives
• OYEZ project (US Supreme Court Cases)
• Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900
• There She Is: A History of Miss America (PBS)

Economics

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship at UD
• Delaware Public Archives
• National Archives
• National Geographic
• On the Homefront
• Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900
• Women & Social Movements, 1600 - 2000 (SUNY Binghamton)

Geography

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Delaware Geographic Alliance
• Delaware Public Archives
• Mapping History
• Mapping My Spot in History
• Mathematics of Cartography
• National Archives
• Nature's Fury
• On the Homefront
• Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900
• St. Louis Virtual City Project (Univ of Missouri - St. Louis)

History

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Best of History Web Sites
• Delaware Public Archives
• Digital History (Univ. of Houston)
• History Channel Classroom
• Mapping History
• Mapping My Spot in History
• National Archives
• National Park's Service, Link to the Past
• Nature's Fury
• On the Homefront
• OYEZ project (US Supreme Court Cases)
• Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900
• Reporting America At War (PBS)
• There She Is: A History of Miss America (PBS)
• UD Teaching American History
• Virginia Center for Digital History
• Women & Social Movements, 1600 - 2000 (SUNY Binghamton)

Psychology

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Delaware Public Archives
• Introductory Psychology Teacher Resources
• National Archives
• On the Homefront
• School Psychology Teaching Resources
• Teaching Resources (Compiled by APS)
• There She Is: A History of Miss America (PBS)
• Women & Social Movements, 1600 - 2000 (SUNY Binghamton)

Sociology

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Delaware Public Archives
• National Archives
• On the Homefront
• There She Is: A History of Miss America (PBS)
• Women & Social Movements, 1600 - 2000 (SUNY Binghamton)

Pedagogical Resources:

Graphic Organizers

• Region15.org Graphic Organizers

Technology in the Classroom

• HIST492: Lab Problems in Teaching History & Social Science
• TechLearning

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