Social Studies Resources

Resources:

Dust Bowl: Dust Bowl pictures, interviews, etc.

MLK: MLK TV Interviews in 1950s

Civil Rights: Videos

Current Events: (7-12) Maps, videos, lesson plans, and more.

Various topics: Videos from NBC Learn

Global Awareness and Cultural Understanding: Multimedia and Lessons

US Presidency Resources: Videos and Primary Sources

Project Ideas:

FakeBook- Create fake Facebook profiles of historical characters. (Ad are a bit annoying.)

Museumbox - This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.

Looking@Democracy - A natinoal contest for creative media pieces about strenghtening American democracy.

Enrichment:

Mission US: (5-9) An interactive game that puts historical events into context.