Social Studies Department Textbook List

Modern World History I/II (Grades 9/10):World History & Geography: Modern Times (2014), McGraw-Hill

United States History (Grade 11): United States History & Geography (2014), McGraw-Hill

AP US History (Grade 11): The American Pageant: AP Edition (2018), Cengage

AP Human Geography (Grades 10-12): The Cultural Landscape (2016), Pearson

AP European History (Grades 10-12): Western Civilization: Since 1300 (2018), Cengage

AP Psychology (Grades 11-12): Myers’ Psychology for AP (2018), BFW

College History (Grades 11-12): A History of the Modern World (2007), McGraw Hill

Introduction to Law & Civics (Grades 10-12): Street Law (2009), Glencoe

Introduction to Psychology (Grades 11-12): Psychology: Principles in Practice (2010), Holt McDougal

Social Studies Resources of Interest:

1. Choices Program | History and Current Issues Curriculum for the Classroom

2. Stanford History Education Group

3. Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

4. Internet Modern History Sourcebook from Fordham

5. CommonLit | Free Reading Passages and Literacy Resources

6. https://newsela.com/

7. Digital History: UH

8. Articles from NYT UpFront Magazine

9. iCivics

10. EdSitement

11. Library of Congress

Here are the paid databases that we have that pertain to SS (you can get a full list of databases and at-home passwords here - some paid, some free on this list):

Britannica School Edition

Gale Cengage Databases (full list of Gale Resources here)

Biography in Context

U.S. History in Context

World History in Context

Gale ebooks/GVRL (this is a personalized database where you can curate your own collection of reference ebooks)

Opposing Viewpoints

Psychology Today

Infobase Databases

Modern World History Online

African-American History

ProQuest CultureGrams

JSTOR

NOTE: There are also a number of resources available (via the State of CT Library) at ResearchITCT.org