SJSU Research Guides: Social Sciences Resources for Teachers: Teaching Social Studies

Resources for Educators

This guide is designed to provide some sources with the Social Sciences. If you find any broken links or know of a source that would be a good addition, please let me know.

The sources provided on this page were compiled by Teresa Slobuski. Other related guides created by her are:

Children's and Young Adult Literature - Your guide to finding information about youth literature.

Education (General)

Educational Resource Collections - Gives an overview of education collections in the Dr. MLK Jr. Library as well as online resources.

Elementary Education

History Resources for Teachers

Social Work - Social Work Library Resources

Special Education

General Resources

SCORE Resources & Lessons
The Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) is recommended as the first place to start. Lessons by grade level are organized by the California Frameworks and Standards.
Teacher Resources at the Library of Congress
This Web site is designed to help teachers use the American Memory digital collections of the Library of Congress. Contains vast amounts of primary source materials for class projects.
Teacher's Resources at the National Archives
Provides materials from the United States National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources.
Picturing Modern America 1880-1920
Includes historical thinking exercises for middle and high school students using visual sources. Created by the Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center.
Smithsonian Education
Contains hundreds of lesson plans for a variety of age groups -- all dealing with a number of topics, such as language arts, science, and history. Search by document type, keyword, subject, and grade.