Using Technology in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom

General Social Studies Links:

Lipscomb's Social Studies Links
Civics and Government Links
Geography Links

Primary Sources:

American Memory
National Archives
National Women's History Museum
History Channel
Valley of the Shadow

Digital Resources Evaluation

Local Sites:

Historic Sites of Greenville County
Historic Columbia
South Carolina Department of Archives and History

Analyzing Photographs/ Digital Images:

Library of Congress
Education World Article
National Archives

Culture Focus

Sound Files/ Music:

Variety Recording/ Library of Congress
iTunes
Gandhi-e-archive

Propaganda:

The Living Room Candidate
Propaganda now Blankets Election Landscape

WebQuests:

Best WebQuests
WebQuest Portal
WebQuests and the Social Studies
Kathy Schrock (Discovery School)

WebQuests about WebQuests (middle, high)

Other Sites of Interest:
The One Computer Classroom
Marco Polo
Know It All.Org (SCETV)
KITE
Space.com
Dr. Seuss Went to War
Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
19th Century Documents Project
History Matters
Dollar Bill Project
Digital History
Document Analysis Worksheet
Historical Scene Investigation
United Streaming
The Mummy Maker
NYSE Lesson Plans
Discus

From Furman Workshop:

 

Lesson Plans (Columbia)

Alexander the Great (6th grade)

Summary Unit (7th grade)

American Revolution (8th grade)

Poltical Cartoons WebQuest (12 grade)

Lessons from Berkeley County Workshop:

Famous Romans (6th)

The Final Solution (7th)

South Carolina and Reconstruction (5th, 8th)

South Carolina and Reconstruction (8th)

Stock Market Crash and Fashion (11th)