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High Quality Teaching Tools

• STEPS - Oklahoma Dept. of Education

• 250+ Influences on Student Achievement

• Tips and Ideas

• How to Analyze a Document

• Social Studies Collaborative Drive - Something for everyone!!!!

• OmniAtlas - Exceptional resource for historical geography

• Hyper Docs - A variety of resources to deliver a lesson on any topic

• Merlot II

• PBS Learning Media

• OER Commons

• Room 325's Weebly Site

• Best of History Web Sites

• The National Archives

• The Annenberg Foundation - Learner.org - Resources

• General Concept Templates for Google Drive

• Social Studies Integration Websites

• Student Centered Strategies for Social Studies - STEPS

  • Whip It Around

• The Library of Congress

• Quizlet.com - Excellent tool for vocabulary work

• Powerpoint Palooza -- From Sue Pojer (patron saint of secondary social studies teachers)

• Teaching with Documents -- From the National Archives

• Debatepedia -- Excellent Debate topics with valuable documentation

• Digital History Reader -- From Virginia Tech -- Excellent for U.S. and European Hist.

• Archive.com 

• Social Studies Help Center

• Project Gutenberg - Electronic Books

• New and Used Books, Textbooks, Rare and Out of Print Books

• A Handbook for Using Historical Documents  to Improve Student's Thinking Skills at the Secondary Level

• The Center for Learning

• Online Map Bank

• Very Simple Outline Template

• Digital History - A Quality Source of Primary Documents.

• Taxonomy of Socratic Questions  - for teachers who use the Socratic Method

• Thematic Approach to Teaching

• Blank Blackline Maps

• http://filmsite.org/

• The Center for Learning

• How to Write a News Story

• The DBQ Project

• NWOi3 Project

Special Days

• Constitution Day

• Veterans Day Lesson Ideas

United States History

• Teaching Sectionalism in U.S. History - Missouri Compromise and the Nullification Crisis

• U.S.  Historical Eras - Search

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Podcasts and other great resources

• U.S. History Powerpoint Presentations  by Mr. Richard Houston of Harwich High School, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

• Maping United States History

World History

United States Government and Politics

• 60 Second Civics Topic Grid

• Constitutional Rights Foundation  Lesson Plans on Constitutional Issues

• Unit on Special Interest Groups - National Conference of State Legislatures

• Interest Groups

Applications

• Quizlet

• Challonge (Bracket / Tournament Maker)

• Online Timer

•  Seterra Geography

• QuizStar

• Puzzlemaker - A variety of formats

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College Prep Tools

• ACT College Checklist

• Ten Steps To Picking The Right College

• Finding Your College Fit

• 36 Questions to Ask on a College Visit

• The Essential Campus Visit Question List

Misc.

Transcribing Interviews

School Districts of Ohio

Doers

Doers - Rosie the Riveter

Doing Wasn't So Easy

A.I. Sign Out Sheet Template