US Federal Resources and Lesson Plans - Social Studies
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Great Websites for Kids, History and Biography, is a compilation of exemplary websites aimed at children from birth to 14, and is sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
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iCivics provides students with the tools they need for active participation and democratic action, and teachers with the materials and support to achieve this.
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Great Websites for Kids, Social Sciences, is a compilation of exemplary websites aimed at children from birth to 14, and is sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
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The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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Admongo teaches kids how to identify advertising and understand both their explicit and implicit meanings and influences. The Federal Trade Commission aims to educate kids ages 8 to 12 about advertising so they can become more discerning consumers of information.
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Classroom Materials created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction.
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Primary Sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study.
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Lesson Plans: Teacher-created, classroom-tested lesson plans using primary sources from the Library of Congress.
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Presentations and Activities look across the American Memory collections to investigate curricular themes. They include historical background, helping to tell the story behind the theme.