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This is for all you social studies teachers out there!  I taught middle school social studies last year.  Here are some web sites that I found to be extremely valuable in planning my lessons.  Know of a site that I missed?  E-mail me at dramaldy@yahoo.com  I would like to thank Mr. Paul Grant, as many of these web sites are ones that he gave me.  If you find any of these links to be dead, please let me know so that I can remove them.

Black History

The Civil War

General Social Studies Resources

Geography

Government/Civics

Holocaust

Lesson Plans

Presidents

United States History (American History)

World History

Black History

African American Perspectives
African American Women Writers of the 19th-Century
African Americans in History
Africans in America
AFRO-America: The Black History Museum
AFRO-American Almanac
American Studies: Black History and Literature
Black Facts Online
Black History Month
Black Scientists and Inventors on the Web
Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History
Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
The Life and Works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Slave Narratives
US Colored Troops in The Civil War
Who Killed William Robinson?
Writing Black

The Civil War

Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children
American Civil War
American Civil War Maps and Exhibits
The American Civil War Homepage
American Slave Narratives
Antietam -- A Photographic tour
The Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Pickett's Mill
Biographies of Civil War Leaders
The Civil War
Civil War Gazette
Civil War Interactive
Civil War Links
Civil War, Major battles of
Civil War Place
Civil War Songbook
Civil War Women
The Fight for Equal Rights
Flags of the Civil War
Ford's Theatre National Historical Site
Gettysburg Virtual Tour
The History Place -- US Civil War
Lesson Plan -- The Civil War
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page
Slave Voices
Ulysses S. Grant Home Page
Women in the Civil War

General Social Studies Resources

A&E: ESCAPE THE ORDINARY
Activities: History as Story
The American Experience Home Page
The Best Educational Resources
Biography
Cable in the Classroom Online Homepage
Calgary Herald Education Online
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -- Social Studies
History/Social Studies Lesson Plans
History Alive!
History Channel
History House
The History Index
KIDS Report
The Learning Channel
Let's Prepare for a Debate
Museums Hotlist
National Council for the Social Studies
NewsCurrents Online
Newspapers
OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange -- Social Studies
PBS Online
Smithsonian Institution
Words of Wisdom -- Women in World History Curriculum

Geography

CIA World Factbook
Color Landform Atlas of the US
"Do it yourself" Color-Coded State Maps
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia country information
Earth and Moon Viewer
Education World: Five times five -- Five Activities for Teaching Geography's Five Themes
Flags of Countries
Free Lessons -- Intermediate Level
Geography Education -- Grades 5-8
Geography World
Geography World (Maps and Globes)
GeoPictionary
Globe Probe
Graphic Maps
Helping your children learn geography
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth Century Navigation
National Atlas of the US
New Perspectives on the WEST
Online Map Creation
Outline Maps
Quick Maps of the World
The Thesaurus of Geographic Names
The Trail on Which They Wept
US Gazetter
Where am I?

Government/Civics

C-SPAN
CLA: History-Government/Civics
CLA: History-World History
Library of Congress Web Page
The Senate Home Page
Supreme Court Collection
U.S. Constitution
U.S. House of Representatives Home Page
The White House

Holocaust -- I taught a class on the Holocaust to 7th graders one year.  This is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart.

Anne Frank -- The Attic
The Holocaust -- A Learning Site for Students
Holocaust Pictures Exhibition
The Nizkor Project
Rescuers during the Holocaust
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yad Vashem

Lesson Plan Web Sites

American Curricular Exchange -- Elementary
American Curricular Exchange -- Intermediate
American Curricular Exchange -- High School
American Revolutionary War -- Thematic Unit
The Amistad Case
Awesome Library: K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plans
Center for Civic Education Sample Lessons
Crossroads: A K-16 Curriculum
A Day in the Life of Children: Then and Now
Lesson Plan: Age of Imperialism
Lesson Plans: Discovery Channel School
Social Studies: Civics
Social Studies: Geography
Social Studies: Government
Social Studies: US History
Social Studies: World History and Cultures
Web Sites for Social Studies

Presidents

The American Experience -- The Presidents
The American Experience -- Theodore Roosevelt
The Chief Executive Club
Federal Government Resources: President of the United States
Grolier: The American Presidency
List of US Presidents
Presidential Libraries IDEA Network

United States History (American History)

50states.com -- States and Capitals
The American Experience -- Search -- Chronological
American Memory
Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
From Revolution to Reconstruction
The History Place -- Child Labor in America
The Great American Website
Liberty! The American Revolution
The State of Arizona
USA Wars

World History

Alexander the Great
Ancient Egypt
Arcs and Aircraft of World War I
British Propaganda From World War I
Creative Impulse
Eighteenth Century Resources
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Eye Witness -- History Through Those Who Lived It
The Great War
Grolier's Encyclopedia -- World War II
History.Net Archives -- World History
Images of the World
Information Collection 7
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Lesson: Women Suffrage
Living History
Modern World History
Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page
Sacred Sites of the World
World War I
World War I Document Archive
The Underground Railroad
World History -- HyperHistory
World History Lesson Plan Links