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Economics Connections

Economics Is Fun

https://members.tripod.com/cindysparks

VDOE—Economics Connections for the Elementary Strand

Click on link and the Adobe Acrobat file will open the materials

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/Elem_M/histk8.html

Innovative Classroom

Lesson ideas, activities for students, time management in the classroom.

Great set of certificates to use with students (go to Archive,

Certificates).

http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/

Gateway at Cornell University

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/ArtSocGatewat/economics.html

Elementary Economics SOL/Literature Connections

Excellent site with links to lessons that integrate literature and the economics strand of the Virginia Standards of Learning

http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webunits/economics/lessonplans.html

Economics/Literature Connections

The Goat in the Rug

http://ecedweb.unamaha.edu/lit_goat.htm

Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?

http://www.mcps.k12.ms.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Cant_Behave.html

Make Way for Ducklings

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade1/Make_Way.html

Novels with Literature connections

http://members.aol.com/DonnAmCiv/Literature

Connections for 32 books to the Economics Strand

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html

Education Planet—gateway to lesson plans, activities, games, and ideas

http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Economics_and_Business

EconEdLink

http://www.econedlink.org/

California TeachNet Web Links for Economics

http://www.teachnet.k12.ca.us/Subdisciplines/econ.htm

ProTeacher—Especially for the Elementary Teacher

http://www.proteacher.com/

http://www.proteacher.com/090041.shtml

Connections+  Lesson Plans and Ideas

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/plus/index.asp?option=404

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/plus/index.asp?option=404#econ

EduPlace—Economics Ideas and Lessons

http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/ss/autoact/ss_4.html

Maryland Online Teacher Resource—economic indicator, activities, literature connections, lesson plans

http://www.towson.edu/coe/ssmd/ECONK3-4.htm

Grade 1 Links Page from Shoreline Social Studies Curriculum

http://www.shorelin.wednet.edu/Lake_Forest_Park/SocialStudieswebpages/gradeone.economics.html

Knowledge Network Economics Links—K-12 Resources

http://www.nhptv.org/kn/vs/soclab6f.htm

Economic Lesson Plan Links to Resources

http://www.ss.uno.edu/SS/Links/EconLp.html

Texas Links to Governmental Agencies that deal with Economic Issues

http://www.library.unt.edu/GovInfo/k-12/econ.html#top

Access Indiana Lesson Plans

http://tlc.ai.org/lessons/buyacar.htm

Civics Connections

Ben’s Guide

Civics web site full of ideas, lessons, activities.  Fully teaches the

branches of government.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Knowledge Adventure Home Page

Lesson ideas, games, and activities.

http://www.adventure.com/

School Net

Gateway to lesson plans, units, activities in various subject areas.

http://schoolnet.connect.com

Thematic Units

Connecting Students--units in various subjects

http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.htm##LessonPlans

http://smplanet.com/

http://people2.clarityconnect.com/webpages/kdarsons/oconunit/index.html

Bill of Rights Rap

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3416/socialstud.html#Government

Virtual tours--index of sites

http://www.virtualfreesites.com/us-gov.html

Sites for Kids

http://www.surfnetkids.com

http://www.smplanet.com/kids/history.html

Biography Maker

http://www/bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker2.htm

Lesson plan sites for Social Studies/History

http://www.smplanet.com/teachers/hotlists.html

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/k-12.html

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Links to History and Government sites

http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/American.html

http://www.clearvue.com/rsocial.html

https://members.tripod.com/~RWallsTeacher/index-3.html

Documents of Freedom

http://ushist.org/documents/index.html

Sole mates:  The History of Shoes

http://www.centuryinshoes.com/intro.html

Teaching Strategies

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html#TeachingStrategies

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/onlineactivites.html

NYC Tenement Museum

http://www.wnet.org/archive/tenement

National Kids Trust

http://www.trustkids.org

National Archive of Speeches through American History

http://douglas.speech.nwu.edu

American Memory

http://rs6.loc.gov

The History Place

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/

Liberty:  The American Revolution (PBS Series)

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

Marching Tour of the American Revolution

http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html

The Underground Railroad

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

Journey thru Slavery:  Africans in American (PBS Series)

http://www.pbs.org/wghh/aia