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**Social Studies General Resources:**

 * 1) [[file:NYC Soc Stud Scope Seq K-8.pdf]]- new Social Studies curriculum units
 * 2) SS Lesson Plan template [|Social Studies Lesson Plan Template.doc]
 * 3) SS Revised Lesson Plan template - dual column [[file:Rev SS Lesson Plan Template.doc]]
 * 4) Goal Setting for Students Template [[file:Student Goals Template.doc]]
 * 5) [[file:Using Primary Sources.pdf]]- lesson plans and materials for working with primary sources
 * 6) [[file:Assessment and Advice Forms.pdf]] - set of printable resources that can be used in student SS portfolios.
 * 7) RAFT connections for Social Studies

**Unit Assessments**

 * ===Grade 6===
 * ===**Grade 7**===
 * ===**Grade 8**===

**Lesson Plans**

 * 1) General Lesson Plans >
 * 2) SS Lesson Plans by Themes

**Primary Sources**

 * 1) Primary Source Links
 * 2) [|From Revolution to Reconstruction] - A comprehensive set of primary sources that runs from before 1400 all the way up to 2001

**Literacy Skills and Differentiation of Instruction for Social Studies**

 * 1) Article: //[|Differentiating Instruction in the SS Classroom.doc]//
 * 2) Resource: [[file:Bloom's Taxonomy for SS.pdf]]
 * 3) [|Literacy Matters] - Literacy Skills for the Social Studies Classroom
 * 4) [|Reading Strategies] - collection of instructional strategies to use in the SS and/or ELA classroom
 * 5) [|Reading Quest] - a website designed for Social Studies teachers who wish to more effectively engage their students with the content in their classes.
 * 6) [|Treasure Chest] - a Social Studies and Lang Arts activity that guides students through an analysis of primary sources.

**Grade 6 Resources:**

 * 1) **The Iron Age**
 * 2) **Ancient Greece**
 * 3) **Ancient Egypt**
 * 4) __**Ancient Rome**__
 * 5) **Ancient Mesopotamia**
 * 6) **Ancient India**
 * 7) **Mayan Civilization**
 * 8) __**The Vikings**__
 * Curriculum Connections - Lesson Plans by Topic
 * [|BBC Ancient History] website - links to many of the ancient civilizations, some with interactive videos
 * [|Dig Deeper Quiz] - interactive quiz that tests student knowledge of ancient history and archaeology
 * [|Hunt the Ancestor] - interactive game where students role-play being an archaeologist
 * [|A Walk Through Time] - a BBC website for students with many interactive games and visuals

**Grade 7 Resources:**

 * 1) Curriculum Connections by Topics
 * 2) Lesson Plans
 * 3) Grade 7 - Unit 3 - A New Nation - Assessment CRQ's
 * 4) Trade Books Sets - Curriculum Info
 * 5) Literacy and Social Studies
 * 6) [|The History of US] - link to website that features the Joy Hakim U.S. history series. Downloadable episodes and video clips available.
 * 7) CRQ Set Video Clips
 * 8) [|From Revolution to Reconstruction] - extensive set of primary sources

**Grade 8 Resources:**

 * 1) Curriculum Connections by Topics
 * 2) Grade 8 - Unit 4 - The U.S. between Wars
 * 3) [|The History of US] - link to website that features the Joy Hakim U.S. history series. Downloadable episodes and video clips available.

**History Websites:**

 * 1) World History Websites
 * 2) U.S. History Websites
 * 3) The [|Bill of Rights Institute] - teacher and student resources on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
 * 4) [|History Now]- HISTORY NOW is a quarterly online journal for American history teachers and students, launched in September, 2004. All issues are available through this link. Each unit has lesson plans and primary sources.
 * 5) [|Mr. Donn History Site]- comprehensive set of Social Studies Lesson Plans for all grades
 * 6) [|Best of History Website]- links to over 1000 History websites with hundreds of lesson plans
 * 7) [|Eyewitness to History]- extensive primary source collection across all periods of history
 * 8) [|American Memory] - outstanding collection of primary sources on American History arranged by topics
 * 9) [|American Centuries] - explore American history with hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents, and artifacts. Great resources for SmartBoard use.
 * 10) [|History Detectives] - PBS wewbsite that has a connection "For Educators"
 * 11) [|New York Times Learning Network] - excellent collection of Social Studies lesson plans
 * 12) [|Teaching with Historic Places] - over 130 lesson plans using historic places - grouped using the Social Studies National Standards

**General Websites:**

 * **[|Google for Educators]**
 * **[|Google Education Resources]**
 * **[|Time for Teachers]- printable worksheets, many with a Social Studies content**
 * **[|BBC Learning] - sites that has resources that reach across content and grade levels**
 * **[|New York Public Library]** - visual and text resources from the NYPL collections