SOCIAL STUDIES WEBBASED RESOURCES WHERE DO I FIND

SOCIAL STUDIES WEB-BASED RESOURCES

WHERE DO I FIND SOCIAL STUDIES WEB-BASED RESOURCES? Galileo Britannica School Edition Digital Library of Georgia SIRS Discoverer Cobb Virtual Library World Book Kids Pebble Go Culture Grams Georgia’s Virtual Vault Other Library of Congress- Digital Collections Picture History Teaching History PBS Teachers K-2 Social Studies

GALILEO Explore the following websites on Galileo Britannica School Edition - http: //www. school. eb. com. proxygsu- scob. galileo. usg. edu/elementary Digital Library of Georgia - http: //dlg. galileo. usg. edu/ SIRS – Discoverer - http: //discoverer. prod. sirs. com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage Now for each one I want you to find one item of information about the following topics: Grade K: Bald Eagle Grade 1: Theodore Roosevelt Grade 2: Mary Musgrove Grade 3: Paul Revere

BRITANNICA SCHOOL EDITION 1 st Grade Example: Theodore Roosevelt Britannica School Edition provides articles and images about different subjects. When the search results are displayed you can chose either article or images.

DIGITAL LIBRARY OF GEORGIA 2 nd Grade Example: Mary Musgrove Here you can find digital images of famous Georgians. There also legal documents and newspaper articles. Many items link to the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

SIRS DISCOVERER 3 rd Grade Example: Paul Revere SIRS Discoverer lists different articles about Paul Revere It also gives the Lexile number so you can find resources on the reading level of the students.

COBB VIRTUAL LIBRARY Explore the following websites on the Cobb Virtual Library: World Book Kids Pebble Go Culture Grams Georgia’s Virtual Vault Now for each one I want you to find one item of information about the following topics: Grade K: U. S. Money Grade 1: George Washington Carver Grade 2: Jimmy Carter Grade 3: Mississippi River

WORLD BOOK KIDS 3 rd Grade Example: Mississippi River On World Book Kids, students are able to information about many different topics. For each article the students can listen to the article be read out loud. The Lexile information is given for each article. This resource also provides photographs and maps.

PEBBLE GO 2 nd Grade Example: Jimmy Carter This is a great resource for finding information about people. There is a time line and video for each person. Their life is broken up into five different tabs that explain about their life. For teachers, there is an activity worksheet to help the students take notes.

CULTURE GRAMS K Grade Example: U. S. Money Culture Grams gives information about countries and states. It shows what different countries look like through pictures and videos. One interesting feature is that it gives recipes from different countries. Also gives information on history, lifestyle, society and culture for a country.

GEORGIA’S VIRTUAL VAULT 1 st Grade Example: George Washington Carver Provides photographs of different people that influenced Georgia. It provides manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records from 1733 to the present.

OTHER RESOURCES Library of Congress- Digital Collections http: //www. loc. gov/index. html Picture History- www. picturehistory. com Teaching History - http: //teachinghistory. org/ PBS Teachers K-2 Social Studies http: //www. pbs. org/teachers/classroom/k-2/socialstudies/resources/ Now for each one I want you to find one item of information about the following topics: Kindergarten: White House 1 st Grade: Thomas Jefferson 2 nd Grade: Jackie Robinson Third Grade: Ancient Greece

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1 st Grade Example: Thomas Jefferson The Library of Congress Digital Collection includes all types of information in a digital format. There are videos, pictures, maps, manuscripts etc. to view on this website.

PICTURE HISTORY K Grade example: White house Picture History is a website that provides images of different time periods, buildings, people, etc. in history. The pictures are all primary sources of information.

TEACHING HISTORY 2 nd Grade Example: Jackie Robinson This website gives teachers materials, content and best practices. There are videos, lesson plans, and photographs.

PBS TEACHERS 3 rd Grade Example: Ancient Greece PBS Teachers offers a variety of lesson plans, videos, and online activities for students and teachers. There articles with photographs and videos from television programs such as NOVA and Nature.

INTEGRATION How do you integrate these sources into your lessons? Here is a second grade example: Standards: Social Studies SS 2 HI. a Identifies and describes historical figures and their contributions Identifies and describes the contributions of James Oglethorpe, Mary Musgrove, and Tomochichi English Language Arts ELACC 2 RI 1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. 21 st Century Learner (AASL) 1. 1. 4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. National Technology Standards for Students and Teachers 3 d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning

INTEGRATION While studying your important figures, use web-based resources to have students ask and answer WH questions. In a pair, have students go to two different web-based resources on each person. Have each student write a who, what, where, when, why and how question from the information on that page. Then have the students switch questions and have the students answer their partners questions. In addition you can incorporate writing by having them write a paragraph about each person.

INTEGRATION RESOURCES James Oglethorpe Britannica School Edition - http: //www. school. eb. com. proxygsu-scob. galileo. usg. edu/elementary/article? article. Id=345472#254662. toc Digital Library of Georgia - http: //dlg. galileo. usg. edu/cgibin/meta. cgi? userid=public&dbs=meta&action=retrieve&recno=1&rset=003&format=dlg&h 2=zlgb SIRS Discoverer http: //discoverer. prod. sirs. com/discoweb/disco/do/article? urn=urn%3 Asirs%3 AUS%3 BARTICLE%3 BART%3 B 0000291921 World Book Kids - http: //www. worldbookonline. com/kids/article? id=ar 836329&st=james+oglethorpe Pebble. Go - http: //www. pebblego. com/content/biographies/pgo_player. php Library of Congress: http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/2005688536/ Mary Musgrove Digital Library of Georgia - http: //dlg. galileo. usg. edu/cgibin/meta. cgi? userid=public&dbs=meta&action=retrieve&recno=1&rset=004&format=dlg&h 2=ngen World Book Kids - http: //www. worldbookonline. com/kids/article? id=ar 839108&st=Mary+Musgrove Pebble. Go - http: //www. pebblego. com/content/biographies/pgo_player. php Teaching History - http: //teachinghistory. org/history-content/website-reviews/23362 Tomochichi Digital Library of Georgia - http: //dlg. galileo. usg. edu/cgibin/meta. cgi? userid=public&dbs=meta&action=retrieve&recno=2&rset=005&format=dlg&h 2=ngen World Book Kids- http: //www. worldbookonline. com/kids/article? id=ar 839175&st=james+oglethorpe Georgia Virtual Library http: //cdm. sos. state. ga. us: 8888/cdm 4/item_viewer. php? CISOROOT=/cac&CISOPTR=129&CISOBOX=1&REC=4