Edmond Public Schools' teachers are encouraged to join their state professional organization,
the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies. It serves as a link to other outstanding professional groups, such as OKAGE, OCEE, NCGE, and NCHE, (etc.) who offer resources, training, and conferences aimed at improving social studies curriculum and instruction. In addition, the OCSS website is the most current listing of new materials, opportunities, etc. for Oklahoma's teachers. Access its online resources at www.okcss.org.
For another extensive listing of websites offering resources (in the form of lesson plans, original documents, technology-based activities, assessment ideas, etc.) use the National Council of Social Studies wonderful collection. Use their data bank to search at http://databank.ncss.org/links.php
General Social Studies Sites and Professional Organizations:
http://www.ncss.org (National Council of Social Studies)
http://www.ed.gov/free/s-social.html
(clearinghouse for free social studies materials and websites)
http://www.marcopolosearch.org
(search engine for all levels and social studies courses)
http://title3.sde.state.ok.us/pass/home.asp
(PASSPORT links to State Standards and correlated lessons)
http://title3.sde.state.ok.us/socialstudies/
(Oklahoma State Department of Education, Social Studies webpage)
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp?option=404
(McRel social studies lessons, research and education articles)
http://edsitement.neh.gov (National Endowment for the Humanities)
http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.htm (resources for all levels and subjects)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm (Scholastic Resources for the Classroom)
http://www.thegateway.org/ (Gateway Education Resources for Teachers)
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/ (ERIC datbase of online lessons)
Contemporary News Events and Government/Politics:
http://oyez.nwu.edu/ (vitual Supreme Court website)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ (White House website and links to current events)
http://www.newseum.org (contemporary lessons and historic news resources)
http://www.freedomforum.org (lessons and materials on the First Amendment)
http://www.abanet.org (American Bar Association)
http://www.crfc.org (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/teachers.ednews/ (CNN News Center for Educators)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/index.html
(historic and contemporary news stories and lesson plans)
http://cagle.slate.msn.com (national and international political cartoons)
http://thomas.loc.gov (Library of Congress historic and contemporary legislation)
http://www.fpa.org (Foreign Policy Organization)
http://www.closeup.org (Close-Up Foundation, Washington, D.C.)
http://www.timeforkid.com (weekly update news site for students)
http://www.southerncenter.org (Southern Poverty Law Center)
http://www.civiced.org (Center for Civic Education)
http://www.congresslink.org (daily update guide to national legislation)
http://www.supct.law.cornell.edu:8080/supct
(historic and contemporary Supreme Court cases)
http://www.econedlink.org (National Council for Economic Education)
http://www.govspot.com
(main website with links to all agencies of U.S. government)
http://www.streetlaw.org (contemporary legal issues and lessons)
http://www.newsweekeducation.com/ (Newsweek educators’ site)
http://www.fte.org/ (Foundation for Teaching Economics)
http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html
(TeachingTolerance Center)
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
(historic and contemporary Supreme Court cases)
http://www.streetlaw.org/ (Street Law online newsletter)
http://www.dirksencenter.org/ (Dirksen Congressional Center)
http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html
(ABS News For Kids Weekly editions)
http://intheclassroom.org/ (ABS News online)
http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/index.html
(Wall Street Journal classroom edition)
World Geography:
http://www.state.gov/kids/
(U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs for Students page)
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (World Fact Book)
http://64.227.22.235/links/news/ (World Newspapers)
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/
(Maps and related geography lesson ideas)
http://geography.miningco.com/mbody.htm?SearchString=geography&siteid=&ShowSearch
=Y (collection of lessons, teacher resources, and free materials)
http://www.edgate.com/discovery.html (Copernicus Education Gateway)
http://www.usgs.gov/education/index.html
(U.S. Geological Survey Learning Page for Students and Teachers)
http://pages.yahoo.com/nhp/regional (teacher-created links to resources for national and world geography)
http://www.greatestplaces.org (Science Museum of Minnesota)
http://www.indiana.edu/~japan (clearinghouse for Japanese studies)
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov (NASA satellite and shuttle images of the earth)
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
(U.S. Geological Survey - earth’s environmental issues and satellite images)
http://www.ncge.org (National Council for Geographic Education)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
(National Geography Standards and sample lessons)
http://www.census.gov (U.S. Census information and lessons)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education (National Geographic Society)
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/ (Peace Corps online resources)
http://www.wn.org/ (World Neighbors teacher resources)
http://www.brainpop.com/ (video collection of the earth’s physical processes)
http://www.ou.edu/okage/okage.html
(Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education)
http://www.wmoen.com/aatlas/search.htm (World Atlas online)
http://popplanet.org/PopPlanet/
(world population and resources information and lesson plans)
http://www.pbs.org/tal/un (United Nations fieldtrip)
http://www.globe.gov (environmental reference materials)
http://www.odci.gov
(Central Intelligence Agency’s information on the world’s nations)
http://menic.utexas.edu (International Network Information Center)
http://www.mapquest.com (all types of interactive maps)
United States, Oklahoma and World History:
http://www.nwhp.org/ (National Women’s History Project)
http://www.ushmm.org/ (U.S. Holocaust Museum)
http://www.aande.com/class/ (Arts and Entertainment Channel)
http://oklegal.onenet.net/ (Oklahoma Constitution, statutes, and court cases)
http://www.oklahomaheritage.com/ (Oklahoma Heritage Association)
http://www.biography.com/ (The Biography Channel)
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
(collection of Black history and information)
http://fivetribes.com/ok_links.htm (Five Civilized Tribes Museum)
http://www.educonnect.com/KeyOk/ (Oklahoma History teacher materials)
http://www.thehistorychannel.com/ (The History Channel Teacher Resources Page)
http://www.pbs.org/ (PBS links to resources and video collections)
http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us (Oklahoma Historical Society)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today
(Library of Congress American Memory Program-online primary sources)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits (Library of Congress online exhibits)
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com
(search engine for social studies-related lessons online)
http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm
(National Gallery of Art- History Through Art collections)
http://socialstudies.com (Social Studies School Service)
http://www.asian-nation.org (History of Asian-Americas)
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
(National Archives online primary source collections)
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs (National Council for History in the Schools)
http://www.history.about.com
(the History Net collection of materials, multi-media collections, etc.)
http://www.worldandi.com (World and I publication online)
http://www.oah.org (Organization of American Historians)
http://www.harpweek.com (Harpers’ Weekly articles and lesson plans)
http://www.crf-usa.org/ (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
(Teaching with Historic Places, National Parks Service)
http://www.historyalive.com/default.asp (sample units and teaching strategies)
http://www.scholiast.org/history/ (materials from major world history eras)
http://www.historylink101.com (world cultures and history links)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu
(gateway to web sources for secondary history teachers)
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu (Smithsonian Institution’s history sites)
http://www.theweboftime.com
(online library of American history sites and links to exhibits and
museum collections)
http://library.thinkquest.org (learning sites created for students by students)
http://www.latimes.com/extras/tie (Los Angeles Times Educators’ site)
http://www.americansall.com (People of America Foundation)
http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html
(American Indian Library Association)
http://www.women.eb.com (encyclopedic site for women’s history)
http://www.historycentral.com
(information and links for all periods of U.S. and World history)
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha (Native American sites)
http://pages.yahoo.com/nhp/government___politics
(Geo-cities teacher created lessons)