• The National Council for the Social Studies is the primary organization of K-12 social studies teachers and college-level teacher educators.  Every social studies teacher should consider joining NCSS.  They have an excellent Internet Links and Resources page that is a gold mine for classroom teachers who want to use the Internet in their instruction.

  • H-HIGH-S encourages scholarly discussion of teaching high school history/social studies and makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids.

  • National History Day Online - All the information you need to get started on this year's history theme.

  • The National Center for History in the Schools has the full-text electronic versions of several of the "National Standards" written for History.

  • The k12.ed.soc-studies newsgroup is a general "bulletin-board" type system for all social studies interests.

  • For social studies lesson plans the explore AskERIC databases at Syracuse University has about 200 "mini-lessons."

  • Big Sky Social Studies Lesson Plans contains lesson plans for Language Arts, Mathematics Science, Social Studies, and miscellaneous topics. These lessons were submitted by the Big Sky Telegraph and The Columbia Education Center.

  • Encarta Lesson Collection - A growing collection of lesson plans and student activity sheets designed by teachers.

  • Social Studies Sample Lesson Plans - From the "Teachers Helping Teachers" Project.

  • Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChESS) World Wide Web homesite.

  • AlvaradoCyberExplorers (ACE) Created by a group of teachers at New Haven Unified School District, in Union City,CA, this site is full of learning activities and resources for teachers and students.

  • A Social Studies Software Guide is maintained by the Educational Software Institute and gives quick information on relevant titles. Be persistent in trying to connect with their particular server. It has a history of being "down".

  • The World Lecture Hall maintains a list of electronic college courses which change througout the year.

  • Social Sciences, from the WWW Virtual Library, keeps track of leading electronic information sources in the field of Social Sciences. (Australian National University).

  • Social Studies School Service is a commercial provider of books and materials.