Great Places to Find Resources for the Social Studies Classroom
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Video/Audio
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PBS
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History Channel
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Discovery Channel (A&E)
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HBO
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Showtime
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Amazon.com
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Youtube
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http://www.youtube.com/user/HistoryFeed?feature=watch
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Google Videos
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Google Search (message boards)
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Annenberg Media
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HIstory Channel – America: The Story of US
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How Stuff Works History – http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history
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http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/hsw-shows/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class-podcast.htm
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Crash Course Videos
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Funny or Die (may not be appropriate)
- Drunk History (may not be appropriate)
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http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=3515
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Democracy Now!
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VPR
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NPR
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Primary Sources
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Text
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Digital History UH
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iPad American History Book
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Teaching Tolerance
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History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World…
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Military History (great for patriotic versions)
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Photos/Art/Music
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Lessons/Activities
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Rethinking Schools
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Edutopia
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http://web.wm.edu/hsi/?svr=www (CSI Style Historical Investigations)
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Teaching Tolerance
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Zinn Project
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Choices Program (Brown University) – http://www.choices.edu/index.php
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http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/index_soc.html?print