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Lesson Plans and Instructional Resources

Web pages developed to assist social studies teachers in their classroom instruction. These resources may include collections of lesson plans, specific noteworthy lesson plans, directories, and exemplary reference sites.

General Collections of Lesson Plans

Ask Eric - contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.
Educator resources from the Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory (McRel) - specific lessons in numerous categories in all major curriculum categories.
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers - Dr. Marty Levine (California State University, Northridge) collection of lesson plans and resources from the Internet.
School.Net - links to more than 4000 K12 school webs, school districts, and educational organizations.
Secondary educators guide from About.com - About.com site guide includes resources, articles, and links to lessons.
The Gateway.org - a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial Internet sites.
Virginia Center for Digital History's (VCDH) Educational Modules - a collection of social studies and technology focused educational modules.

Topical Lessons and curricular information

American Memory Learning Page - lessons and activities relating to the Library of Congress' American Memory collections.
PBS Teacher Source - Over 1,400 lessons and activities in five broad areas including arts and literature, health and fitness, math, science and technology, and social studies.
Smithsonian Education page - links to teacher resources (including lesson plans) as well as information about Smithsonian sponsored professional development, an events calendar, and information about Smithsonian exhibits.
The Digital Classroom from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Primary source activities, information about National History Day, information about NARA publications, and information about NARA sponsored professional development.

Individual Lessons

Educator Guide to CNN's Cold War series - multimedia teachers' resource companion for CNN's Cod War television series.

Reference Materials

Internet Public Library Reference Center - reference infrmation relating to the World Wide Web and the Internet.
Referencedesk.com - help on reference questions.
Virtual Reference Desk - help on reference questions.