Internet resources
Please give us your feedback about any resources or lesson plans that you have found to be especially useful or disappointing.

• Online reference material:
  • Academic Info, education resources
  • American Historical Association, articles & services
  • Bartleby.com books online: reference, fiction, non-fiction, Includes Stearns' Encyclopedia of World History
  • Columbia Encyclopedia, concise, useful and online
  • CIA World Factbook, country information
  • Education Week Online, news about education
  • Encarta encyclopedia, access to some articles is restricted
  • Geography & history resources, from an online friend
  • Humanities Internet resources, Strathclyde Univ, Glasgow
  • Internet History Sourcebooks, astounding collection of primary source materials
  • Library of Congress, area/country handbooks
  • Map fundamentals, from Natural Resources of Canada
  • National Geography Standards
  • Newspapers Online, national, international and TV news
  • National Standards for History
  • Virtual Reference Desk, access to experts
• Online lessons:
  • Gateway to Eductional Materials, U.S Dept. of Education
  • Marco Polo guide to Internet content for teachers
  • WebQuest inquiry-based Web learning activities
  • BigChalk lesson plan archives
  • Ed sitement lesson plans
  • Ed Universe.com lesson plans
  • Teacher's net lesson plans
  • The lesson plans page
  • Social Studies School Service: history, geography
  • Sites for teachers
  • Apple: lessons
  • Education World history planning center
  • Intel: ACE lesson plans
  • Schools of California lesson plans
  • LessonPlansSearch.com
  • National Geographic lesson plans search
  • Encarta: lesson plans
  • Microsoft: lesson search, lessons
  • AskEric: social studies lesson plans
  • Public Broadcasting System Teacher Source
• Videos:
  • History Channel, lesson guides available
  • Public Broadcasting System, lesson guides available
  • Social Studies School Service
  • Teacher's Video Company
• Films:
  • amazon.com
  • Social Studies School Service
• Teaching Materials:
  Social Studies School Service
  This mail order store sells all kinds of social studies materials including books, videos, posters, activities, etc. They also have on-line lesson plans and printed catalogs. To view curriculum materials recommended by studentsfriend.com click here.