The Social Studies Page

    Social Studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary
for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy. 

Election Resource from Google  At this site you'll find links and lessons to help your students participate and learn about American political elections with online tools from Google. Explore ways to infuse 21st Century Google tools into your classroom during the election season and beyond. Then set up your own participatory Google Site for your students.
 

Iowa Pathways, New Resource about Iowa from IPTV

Holding Politicians accountable?  Visit FactCheck.org.  We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is making primary-source documents and educational resources from all eras of American history available free of charge on its web site.  Visit www.gilderlehrman.org or www.historynow.org . 

Iowa Resources Southwest Iowa Resources	Loess Hills
U.S. History Resources
World History Resources
Economics Resources
Geography Resources	Wall Street
Government Resources NEW Links
Sociology Resources
Psychology Resources
Primary Resources	Capital Building
Native American Resources
Lesson Plans Visit Iraq Lesson plans for lessons on the War
National Standards/Benchmarks

For suggestions and/or comments please contact:

Connie Richardson
 AEA13 Social Studies Consultant

This page is maintained by:
Maryann Angeroth
AEA13 Technology Consultant

Last Updated: 05/08/09