Social Studies Skills
Social Studies Skills Tutor from Prentice Hall: This website gives students the oppurtunity to learn about, practice, and apply skills used in social studies & on the NYS Global Regents Exam. Skills in the areas of geographic literacy, visual analysis, critical thinking/reading, & communication/writing are covered in this interactive website.
Identifying Historical & Cultural Contexts of Sources from Annenberg Learner: This interactive website takes students through an investigation of various sources in order to identify their historical/cultural contexts & other sourcing information. Students are required to make inferences, analyze, interpret, & make judgements based on their analyses of the sources while using their knowledge of social studies in order to respond to the guiding questions.
Analyzing Sources Guides from the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University: This website includes guides on how to analyze multiple types of primary sources. Each guide includes an introductory essay, a list of questions to ask when working with a particular type of evidence, interactive quizzes called "You be the Historian!", a sample analysis of one source, an annotated bibliography, and an annotated list of relevant websites.
Analyzing Demographics & Demographics Simulator Activity from Annenberg Learner: This resources explains the concepts of demographic transition, population momentum, & the social impacts of demographic change, gives students the oppurtunity to practice analyzing demographic/population graphs, & includes a simulator allowing students to explore what if questions related to population growth.
Examining Media Bias from Annenberg Learner: This interactive resource shows how point of view can be shaped by biases in sources. It also explains to students the benefits & negatives of relying on various types of sources for information.
Social Studies Content
Global History & Geography Regents Review Packet from John Russo at White Plains High School: This Google Doc summarizes the vocabulary, events, concepts, & people covered on the NYS Regents Exam in outlines organized into units, or eras. Students can access these outlines by clicking on the links to the units they want to study (descriptions are provided).
Note Taking Study Guides from Prentice Hall: This website provides "Note Taking Study Guides" that summarize main concepts from world history organized by era/time period. Each study guide includes multiple graphic organizers, review questions, and bolded vocabulary terms that correspond to passages on each topic for independent study.
Ms. Napp at White Plains High School's Global History & Geography Website: This website offers students multiple content resources to use to study for the NYS Global Regents Exam. The links to this website's PowerPoint Theater Global I, PowerPoint Global Theater Global II, Packets for Practice Global I, Packets for Practice Global II, & Key Words, Key Connections offer students PowerPoint presentations & packets to review content that is covered the NYS Global Regents Exam that are especially useful.
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Classroom History Wiki: This wiki comprehensively covers the content of global history. For students preparing for the NYS Global Regents Exam the links to this website's Geography Review, Turning Points Review, Global History Review Packet, Word Roots, History Timeline, & Global History pages are essential.
9th Grade Global History & Geography & 10th Grade Global History & Geography from Mrs. Panepento at Oakland-Alabama Central School District: These websites offer overviews Global History topics, vocabulary lists, PowerPoints, & Jeopardy Review activities. Use the left-side navigation menu to find your chosen area of study.
Interactive Timelines from Prentice Hall: This website provides "Interactive Timelines" that note key events that took place in world history organized by era/time period.
Interactive or Audio Guided Map Tours from Prentice Hall: This website gives students the oppurtunity to explore interactive maps and or listen to guided map tours. Students need to click on the link of their chapter of interest, click on their section of interest after examining the chapter outline, & then click on "History and Geography Interactive" to access these resources.
Macrohistory - World History website by author Frank E. Smitha: This website, originally created by world history author Frank E. Smitha, provides summaries of specific eras of world history as well as the summaries of the histories & current social, political, & economic aspects of specific countries.
The World Factbook from the Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. government (CIA): This website offers information on the countries of the world, including information about their systems of government, demographics, histories, & international involvements.
History for Music Lovers YouTube Playlist by Amy Burvall aka "HistoryTeachers": This playlist on YouTube has an excellent collection of catchy songs about a wide array of topics in global history set to modern musical numbers.
Self Tests
Assessments from Prentice Hall: This website gives students the oppurtunity to self test on various world history concepts/time periods. Students need to click on the link of their chapter of interest, click on their section of interest after examining the chapter outline, then click on "Assessments", & then choose the interactive ("Know It? Show it") format or the traditional multiple choice ("Progress Monitoring Online") format.
Global History & Geography Quizzes from EduSolutions: This website offers multiple multiple choice quizzes on global history & geography to help students prepare for the NYS Regents exam. Students need to scroll down the page & choose a quiz in the "Global History & Geography" category by clicking on a quiz number. Quizzes can also be chosen by topic by clicking on the link entitled "Click here for more quizzes".
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Quizzes for Global History: This wiki offers students self-assessments on Global History & Geography content knowledge. Students can access these self-assessments by topic ("Topic Quizzes - Track A or B") or by mixed topics ("Mixed Topic Quizzes"). Students also have the ability to take quizzes in order to determine their strengths and weaknesses by topic, in order to know which area they need to study the most ("Diagnostic Quizzes") or to take past Regents Exams ("Complete Multiple Choice Regents Exams").
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Vocabulary Review: This wiki offers students self-assessments on Global History & Geography vocabulary. Students can access these self assessments by clicking on the Quizlet Flash Card sets or by working through the Vocabulary Activity Worksheet/Vocabulary Exams (however a few are inaccessible to the public).
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