Social Studies Distance Learning Resources

Attached is a link from the New Jersey Council of Social Studies for online resources for teaching soical studies in grades K-12.

PDF here

Animated History resource

The following site is a great resource for animations and interactive interface for teaching history and social studies.  There are several activities and animations for teaching the American Revolution, including battles, for fifth grade lessons.

Our Documents site

As I continue to look for materials and content to improve and expand my social studies curriculum I a came across the following site.  OurDocuments.com offers documents for students to study the diversity of our country to help learn about our rights and responsibilities as citizens.

To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."

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Animated Maps: A History / Social Studies Resource

Analyzing and interpreting maps is part of the Social Studies learning standards for most elementary and middle school grades.  Mapping History, produced by the University of Oregon, features lots of animated maps illustrating problems, patterns, and events throughout history. Mapping History is essentially a digital atlas of American, European, Latin American, and African history. Each section is divided into modules based on historical themes and eras.

Applications for Education
Mapping History is a resource to bookmark for the next time that you need a thematic map to illustrate a pattern in history. I found that some of the maps will also be useful as question prompts. For example, this map prompts students to evaluate the extent to which the expansion of slavery in the U.S. was connected to the demand for cotton.

EDSITEment Social Studies and Literacy Materials

EDSITEment Social Studies & Literacy Materials

The National Endowment of the Humanities has a great educational resource called EDSITEment, that is an incredible clearinghouse of all things American history, literature, and art. (In fact, their CLOSER READINGS blog is an awesome literacy tool.)

they also have a monthly EDSITEment newsletter that features high-quality content that teachers will love! Here are some social studies highlights for September:

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Back to School 2017 We’ve culled our most popular lessons in history, literature, art, culture, philosophy, and world languages to jump start your class. U.S. History and Social Studies; World History; American Literature; Contemporary American Poetry; World Literature; Folktales, Fairytales, and Mythology; Philosophy; Art History; World Languages

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Constitution Day, September 2017 This year, we’ve updated our portal with over 30 lessons on the origins, ratification, amendments, and impact of the United States Constitution.

Sample Elementary Social Studies Curriculum

The following is a sample of Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Materials to add to your repertoire for your Social Studies class.

The New Jersey Center For Civic Education has an excellent collection of resources for history teachers including an archive of elementary lessons and units! Click on the links below to access their Sample K-4 Curriculum (attached by grade level)

• Sample K-4 Social Studies Framework - Essential Questions
• Sample Social Studies Curriculum for Kindergarten
• Sample Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 1
• Sample Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 2
• Sample Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 3
• Sample Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 4

Plus for 4th Grade teachers, there is an entire archive of New Jersey history lessons. 

Check out their work!