Social+Studies

__ **Political Corruption:** __ [|**10 Worst Political Scandals**] - from Newsweek Magazine[|**America's 50 Most Scandalous Political Scandals**]- some are a bit racy[|**Articles About Political Corruption**]- N.Y.Times[|**The Battle Over Reconstruction**]- three lessons [|**Bartelby.com**]- search "political corruption" and you'll get results from all over the world [|**Chicago Times Articles on Political Corruption**][|**Daryl Cagle's Political Corruption Cartoons**]- many cartoonists represented here from all over the country [|**Government Statistics**]- chart shows corruption by country [|**Infoplease Encyclopedia**] [|**Newsweek Magazine**]- articles on political corruption [|**N.J. Corruption**]- my state has been in the news a lot lately... [|**Political Cartoons**]- democracy and corruption [|**Political Cartoons from Nixon's Presidency**]- Watergate [|**Political Corruption in American History**]- this timeline covers 1760-2010[|**Political Corruption Lesson Plans**]- from the Lesson Planet [|**Presidential Scandals**] [|**Rage Against the Machine**]- N.Y.Times lesson plan compares Blagjovich scandal with a Times article about machine politics from 1876. [|**Rod Blagjovich**]- Illinois Governor who was impeached for trying to sell Obama's vacated senate seat[|**TeacherVision Resources on Political Corruption**][|**Time Magazine**]- articles on political corruption [|**Timeline for Scandals in American History**]- from Google; covers 1900-2009 [|**Ulysses S. Grant: Savior and Blunderer**] __ **World War I** __ [|World War I] (NEOK12) - contains videos, games and quizzes

__ **World War II** __ [|World War II] (NEOK12) - contains videos, games and quizzes Destiny Catalogue

__** South Carolina Day Resources: **__ (Celebrated in March) [|SC Day 2012.pdf]

__ **Current Events:** __ [|Newsmap] - You can choose from 15 countries [|**BBC News Online**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**CNN**]- news clips, video clips; excellent site

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**The CNN Challenge**]- take an interactive quiz to see how much you know about current events

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Current Events Printables**]- from TeacherVision; by grade level

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**FOX News**]- known to be more conservative

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Frontline**]- PBS program

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Google Directory**]- with 8 categories to search, including natural disasters, politics and breaking news

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Google News Archive Search**]- search the world or by country

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Guzzle**]- customize your page to receive hundreds of feeds

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**HeadlineSpot**]- comprehensive listing for all types of news

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Issues and Causes**]- from the Yahoo! Directory; long list includes climate change, race and racism

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Izzit.org**]- lesson plans for current events are updated daily

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Mapeas**]- world news on a map

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Morning Rush!**]- Top 5 morning show moments are updated daily

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**National Hurricane Center**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**News Currents**]- covers grades 4-12

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**News in Pictures**]- list of close to a hundred sites of news galleries, including ABC News, MSNBC and Reuters

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Newseum**]- "814 front pages from 78 countries"

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Newsmap**]- visual display of daily news shows larger type for more important stories; choose from 15 countries

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**NewspaperMap**]- choose your language from a world map; directly link to the website for that paper

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Student News Daily**]- wonderful site

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**This Day in History**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Time for Kids**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Time Magazine**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**USA Today**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**The Washington Post**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**Weather.com**]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|**The Week in Pictures Archive-**] from MSNBC

__ **Geography Sites:** __ [|Animaps] - create and view maps

[|Google Earth "Cool Places"] - weird and beautiful places

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Library of Congress Map Collection] - The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which //Map Collections// represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|National Geographic Maps] - Lesson Plans, activities and other resources for educators

[|King Center Archive] **-** The King Center in Atlanta recently announced that this year’s commemoration of Dr. King’s birthday will also mark the launch of this new site. This project will have thousands of never-before-seen images connected to Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.
 * __ Black History Month __** (Celebrated in February)

[|NAACP] - Black History Month topics

[|History Channel] - Black History Month topics

[|SC African-American History Calendar] - local African-American people from SC

[|Biography Channel] - Black History Month topics

[|Southern Cultures] - Award-winning and peer reviewed quarterly from UNC's Center for the Study of the American South, is celebrating African American History Month

__ **2012 Election Resources:** __ [|Primaries and Caucuses] - is a detailed lesson plan offered by C-SPAN Classroom. The lesson plan outlines a set of vocabulary terms, a case study, and links to video clips that illustrate and explain the ideas behind the caucus and primary systems

[|Road to the White House] - is a lesson plan less focused on the minutia of the caucus and primary systems than it is on the overall presidential election process.

[|Presidential Candidate Research] - is a lesson plan that provides students with a framework for evaluating the candidates.

[|Scholastic:Election 2012] - Features stories written by Scholastic News editors and reporters who will cover the candidates campaign stops as well as the primaries and caucuses from across the country.

[|Ease History] - Features candidate campaign ads

[|PolitiFact] - political campaign ads

[|TruthSquad] - Fact Check your campaign ads

[|AdWatch] - Making sense of campaign ads

__** Constitution Day Resources **__ (Celebrated in September) [|Constitution Day 2011.docx]

__ **American Revolution War** __ [|The Chronicles of Revolution] - provides a timeline of events that contributed to the start of the American Revolution. Students can read newspaper accounts as they go through the chronicles.

[|The Road to Revolution] - online quiz/game with questions from The Chronicles of Revolution.

[|American Revolution] (NEOk12) - contains videos, games and quizzes

[|Freedom Riders] - two-hour story of civil rights activists who in 1961 banded together to challenge segregation laws and practices in the south.
 * __ Civil Rights: __**

[|Civil Rights Movement] (NEOK12) - contains videos, games and quizzes

__**Statistics and Data:**__ [|City Data] - is a free directory of statistics about US Cities. The type of data sets includes all the typical information you'd expect to find like housing prices, demographic data, and job data. It also provides information about things like cell phone coverage, quality and availability of public transportation, and air quality. The data is arranged in list form, in graph, and chart form.

[|Running for Office] - is an online exhibit of the political cartoons
 * __ Political Cartoons: __**

[|The Living Room Candidate] - is a great resource for teaching lessons about the role of media and advertising in political campaigns.

[|Cartoons for the Classroom]

[|America in Caricature: 1765-1865] - This online exhibition highlights selections of political cartoons in the Lilly Library.

[|American Political Prints] **-** covers 1766-1876; some cartoons are colorized

[|Cartoon of the Day] - from HarpWeek; search by theme: TOPICS, PEOPLE, PLACES; excellent!

[|Dr. Seuss' WWII Political Cartoons]

[|Historical Politcal Cartoons]

[|Current Events Political Cartoons] - from the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists; international, national and local

**__Pearl Harbor Resources:__** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> " [|Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After] - you tube documentary <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Education Guide: [|__http://www.history.com/images/media/pdf/PearlHarbor.pdf__]