Social Studies Roundtable

Important Resources

Tonight’s Resources and More for SS may be Found at:

• http://delicious.com/dembe01/ss

• http://slideshare.net/kbrooks

• http://www.karenbrooks.wikispaces.com

• http://www.karenbrooksucboces.blogspot.com

A Plethora of Technologyhttp://plethoratech.blogspot.com/2007/10/historical-my-space.html

Historical My Space

Locally Similar

• http://www.newpaltz.k12.ny.us/1563201114112624660/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=57232

What Might Be Funhttp://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/modelun/index.asp

• http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/category/social-studies/

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/archives/1325

Library of Congress Photos on

There are currently two pilot sets on Flickr:

• 1930s-40s in Color http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/

• News in 1910 http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603624867509/

History Techhttp://historytech.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/digital-vaults-social-networking-for-primary-sources/

Digital Vaults - http://www.digitalvaults.org/

http://historytech.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/digital-vaults-social-networking-for-primary-sources/

Web Cams from Around the Worldhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318306,00.html

http://www.cornpalace.org/newpages/webcam.htmlhttp://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htmhttp://www.paris-live.com/http://www.123-cams.com/live-webcam.php?var=6051&site=http://www.pyramidcam.comhttp://www.123-cams.com/live-webcam.php?var=1326&site=http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Webcam_Rocks_Viewing.htmhttp://www.123-cams.com/live-webcam.php?var=6407&site=http://www.vivendamiranda.com/webcam/webcam-general.htm

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.htmlhttp://www.pikespeakcam.com/http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/statueofliberty/ http://rhwcam.markant.at/http://www.mmdfactory.com/webcam/Israel/Western_Wall__Jerusalem_Webcam.htmlhttp://www.sdpb.org/dakotacast/webcam/rushmore.asp

http://www.electoralcompass.com/language/en

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/timeline.swf

Panoramic Maps Collection at the Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html

Rethinking Schools Interactive Maps

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

National Archives on Google Video

http://video.google.com/nara.html

Clickable Poemshttp://www.clickablepoems.com/

Iknowthat.com - http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_SocialStudies

Name all the US Presidents - http://www.sporcle.com/games/presidents.php

Citizenship Test - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19552808/

Online Primary Source Historical Map Resource -

http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/category/social-studies/page/2/

Center for History and News Media - http://chnm.gmu.edu/

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/socialstudies/

Don’t forget these valuable tools

• Power Media Plus• http://www.powerme

diaplus.com/

• Liberty Kids Videos

• United Streaming at • http://streaming.disc

overyeducation.com/index.cfm

Cyber School Bus - United Nations - http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/

Internet History Sourcebooks Project - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

Video Conferencinghttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/directory.cfm

Don’t Forget!

• The Ulster BOCES Video Conference Catalogue for 2008-2009 School Year will be available in May.

Other Great Web 2.0

Resources

http://ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html

American Revolution WebQuesthttp://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html

http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Archiving Early America

Discovering Lewis and Clarkhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/

Documenting the American Southhttp://docsouth.unc.edu/classroom/

Place the Statehttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

On This Dayhttp://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

Ancient Egypt through Google Earthhttp://www.egyptancienthistory.com/

Digital Storytelling in SShttp://web2-and-you-2.pbwiki.com/Digital%20Storytelling%20in%20Social%20Studies

Interactive Ancient Mediterraneanhttp://iam.classics.unc.edu/index.html

So Little Time and So Many More Sites

• CaliSphere - http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ • Vintage Photos of US cities -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=142692 • Growth of a Nation – Animated - http://animatedatlas.com/movie.html • Global Island Game -

http://www.globalisland.nu/pages_intro/en/index.php?lang=en• Basic Skills Games for SS -

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html• Federal Reserves for Educational Excellence http://www.free.ed.gov/displaydate.cfm• Live World Clock - http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf• World Religions Map - http://www.boredstop.com/atlasfaith.htm• Presidential Classroom - http://www.presidentialclassroom.org/• AskAsia - http://www.askasia.org/• Asia for Educators - http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/• American Labor Studies Center - http://labor-studies.org/

• Thinkfinity Interactive Social Studies - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/SearchResults.aspx?subject=all&partner=all&resource_type=all&grade=all&q=social%20studies&area=teacher

• Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons - http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm

• 100 Milestone Documents - http://ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone

• PowerPoint Palooza for SS - http://www.pptpalooza.net/

• Mapping of the Holocaust - http://www.pptpalooza.net/

• Herblock’s History Political Cartoons• http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/• Adobe -

http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/

• WW2 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/• Historic Figures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/• http://www.landmarkcases.org/• Blogs for History Junkies - http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/09/10/100-

awesome-blogs-for-history-junkies/• Top 100 Speeches - http://americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html • Time Tube - http://www.dipity.com/mashups/timetube• Electing a President in Plain English - http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=ok_VQ8I7g6I&feature=user• Picturing America - http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/• Build a Flag - http://pbskids.org/buster/games/flag/index.html• Puzzled States - http://www.scholastic.com/play/prestates.htm• http://www.sparknotes.com/home/history• http://oldbluewebdesigns.com/mybeautifulamerica.htm• National Museum of crimes - http://www.crimemuseum.org/• Wolf Quest - http://www.wolfquest.org/• Junior Achievement – CEO Simulation - http://titan.ja.org/• SS online K-8 - http://classroom.jc-schools.net/SS-units/ • http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/Chapter.aspx?Id=61• Million Dollar Citizen Game - http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/MDC/index.htm• http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/obama_announces_organizing_for.html

• http://www.stimuluswatch.org/• http://www.usaspending.gov/• http://www.slideshare.net/timoreilly/gov2-senate

• More at http://www.delicious.com/dembe01/ss

• Presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/kbrooks

Contact

Karen BrooksKbrooks@mhric.org