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= KCCSS History, Government, Social Studies Standards & Resources =

Standards Documents & National Associations
Kansas College & Career Ready Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies (HGSS) National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (NCSS) C3 (College, Career, & Civic Life) Framework for Social Studies from NCSS Social Studies Related Organizations Kansas Heritage Center

Social Studies Resources & Websites:
Lori's HGSS WIX site Resources from KSDE @http://www.kidsdiscover.com/ www.mrdonn.org @http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1 @http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ - History through the eyes of those who lived it @http://historyexplorer.si.edu/home/ - Smithsonian's History Explorer @http://pbskids.org/democracy/parents-and-teachers/ The Democracy Project (Grade 3-6) lesson plans & activities that relate to the American democratic process Social Studies videos, lessons, & interactives from PBS LearningMedia K-12, searchable by grade and topic Thinkfinity lessons & digital resources for K-12, searchable by standards and grade level U.S. History Lesson Plans Primary and Secondary Sources - lesson plans on George Washington 5-9 Social Studies Central - Great teaching and tech resources from Glenn Wiebe Social Studies Resources - Links to g reat online teaching resources complied by Tammy Worcester 101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class -- Essential sites for teachers of history, government, civics, economics, and social studies.

Literacy in Social Studies:
The ability to read historical documents including contemporary explications about societal, economic and political issues provides a direct link to literacy as preparation for citizenship. As in the other disciplines, schools are unique sites for youth across class and ethnic boundaries to learn to read such documents and to develop the skills to engage in such reading for college and career success.
 * Common Core Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies (6-12)
 * Engaging Students with Primary Sources and Primary Source Collection and Teaching with Primary Sources
 * Tools for Analyzing Primary Sources and Close Reading
 * Reading Like a Historian
 * Writing to Learn History - Annotations and MiniWrites
 * Social Studies Literacy Q & A  and Lesson Plans  from the CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Toolkit
 * CC-aligned Lessons for Grades 6-12
 * CC-aligned Classroom Videos for Grades 6-12
 * Close Reading Text Studies for US History and World History
 * What Makes a Good History Essay? - Writing historical arguments
 * Building the Bridge - Connecting Social Studies and CCELA-Literacy

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The New York Times Learning Network
Reading Like a Historian The Library of Congress section on American Memory The United States Memorial Holocaust Museum [|Time For Kids] Docs Teach Gilder Lehrman Institute Digital History NROC(National Repository of Online Courses) Teaching History EDSITEment DBQ and Thematic Essay Eye Witness to History Pearson Hall [|Discovery Learning] [|How Stuff Works]
 * The New York Times has professional educators who create weekly lesson plans incorporating news articles from the paper. [|This page] provides teaching and learning strategies you can use before, during, and after instruction.
 * A curriculum that engages students in historical inquiry. The Standford History Education Group produced over 75 Lesson Plans based on primary documents and activities to engage your students in the study of United States History. Asks students to form an opinion, and debate primary source materials: meaningful historical inquiry.
 * An indispensable archive from the Library of Congress section on American Memory. Download historical pamphlets from the African American pamphlet collection, or three centuries of broadsides, including invitations to pioneers to get their land grants. Look at photographs from the Depression, or from the American West. Subheadings lead you to the archives of collections. You can print from the online image.
 * One of the greatest and most accessible resources for any study of the Holocaust. Print photographs, letters, diary entries. Access historical summaries. Don’t miss the Education department, which provides resources for teachers.
 * Time Magazine's kids friendly articles.
 * Over Four Thousand primary documents from the National Archives; tons of resources and ready to use tools to enhance your instruction
 * A massive variety of resources to assist teachers and students; provides documents and exercises for classroom use, and encourages excellence in student writing with essay prizes.
 * Plenty of useful materials such as an alternative textbook, teaching ideas, primary documents, learning modules, and media rich lessons.
 * The National Repository of Online courses: provides teachers with video clips on every unit, key readings, and so much more.
 * Designed by the National History Education Clearinghouse. Offers history materials from “Ask a Historian" and other best practices.
 * From the National Endowment from the Humanities. This website offers free resources and over 393 history lessons for teachers. These lessons stress primary source documents, critical thinking, and other common core skills. The website is extremely easy to navigate and it has a plethora of valuable and easy to implement lessons.
 * Greece Public Schools in Greece, NY has collections of Document Based Questions and Thematic Essays. Many come from New York State exams
 * This site incorporates primary sources such as first-hand accounts, vintage photographs, and radio broadcasts into the classroom.
 * Online educational materials FREE for educators such as vocabulary building activities, review games, interactive links, and assessments.
 * Discovery Education supports teachers in accelerating student achievement, bringing the world of Discovery into classrooms to ignite students' natural curiosity.
 * Explanations of just about everything.

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**Just for Fun!**
5 year old geography genius and presidential expert Arden Hayes (Jimmy Kimmel video clip)

// Is our curriculum fully aligned? How will we integrate social studies and ELA? What are our goals for this year? //

 * HGSS Wix Standards
 * Videos -Integrating SS and ELA
 * Star-Student of the Day (video)
 * Keep It or Junk It (video)
 * Organizing Your Thinking to Critically Analyze Text (video)
 * HGSS Alignment Resources
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