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Holocaust Survivors
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/
This site is wonderful because it uses first hand accounts of some who survived the horrors of the Holocaust. It is a place where these individuals can share what they went through and help to educate future generations of how Germany got to a place where it was killing a population of it's own people. This is a wonderful way to peak interest and tell true stories from the time.

HippoCampus History & Government
http://www.hippocampus.org/HippoCampus/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=36FF1B1A64AABD0100C93E456231B4E7
This website is great because it offers educational videos on all topics, but many cover US history. The videos are to the point and easy to watch. They could easily work as a review or an introduction to a history topic to get the class excited to learn about the topic at hand. Most of the videos  are organized by date/time frame which makes things easy to find if they are available.

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Chicago Field Museum
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyo2Th5uT1QIVFkwNCh22sQiTEAAYASAAEgLh3_D_BwE
I like this site because it could be used as a field trip online or even if money was available to go and visit. The site has learning resources divided by grade The museum site could be used for History, Geography, and Social in some places dealing with cultures.
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
This cite has resources for Geography and Diversity and History and Conservation. I like this site also because it has maps. The only subject for social studies I had a hard time finding that wold be good for students is Economics.

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Youtube Channel Crash Course (https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse/playlists) - Author John Greene and his brother create short-ish videos on a variety of topics including U.S History, Economics, and Government and Politics. This would be a great resource for upper elementary and middle school students. I even watched several videos to help brush up my skills prior to taking the MTTC Social Studies exam.

Mission US (http://www.mission-us.org/) - I like the idea of interactive games like this (thinking back to my time playing Oregon Trail as a student) and think it could be a fun supplement to a unit. I thought there was a good mix of events to "participate" in and I like that students would need some background knowledge before playing.

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The World Almanac for Kids seems like a really good overall topic informational site. I have seen magazines, perhaps even this magazine, like this before and they are very kid friendly. They also have enough information to create a good overview of various topics. I like that this is an online magazine because students will be able to look up information quickly without having to go through piles of magazines.

http://www.infobase.com/product/schools/the-world-almanac-for-kids-online-2/

I like iCivics. It is a website created with help by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and teaches students about citizenship. It has games for kids to learn about history, government and laws. The site also had free lesson plans for teachers. The site is user and kid friendly.

https://www.icivics.org/

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Learning Geography: Online Setera- http://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3049
I took an international literature class at the undergraduate level that utilized interactive maps such as this to help us learn geography. I learned more geography than I ever had before using interactive visuals like this. It was also helpful to learn maps related to literature we were studying and current events.  Personal connections with these places also made memorization of geography worthwhile and enjoyable. I would like to do the same with my students.

Video History Resource: Cool School -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9aGW3YNajE
Taken with a grain of salt and a critical mind, youtube has some pretty great entertaining and yet informative history resources. Even if you do not use the particular videos themselves, I think resources like this help teachers to think about more technically adept ways of sharing content and engaging students.

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Museum Box
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

I found this resource as a show and tell kind of activity though online. It can fit into much social studies content with sharing about an event or topic. The museum box itself is historical relevant to the slave trade. Student can see historical artifacts and traditions can carry out into modern times.

Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

The website has an interactive timeline which is divided into eras of American History to access content for grades K-12th. These resources include inquiry-based interactive modules and for teachers learning modules. This can be used as online supplement for lessons on history.

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I like the PBS Kids: You Choose website, which is a fun social studies resource for younger students. My favorite piece is a video called "Presley Visits Washington, D.C." This four-minute video features a girl touring monuments on the National Mall. She is really excited about the different monuments and talks about them in a kid-friendly way. I think this would be a great introduction to a lesson about one of the historical figures represented by the monuments. I also think having a young person present the information offers a great role model for them on how they can talk about social studies topics with their peers and how they can be actors in the realm of social studies.

I really like physical items that students can interact with, so I find National Geographic's MapMaker Kits really exciting. I would likely use the site to print standard, customizable 1-page maps of the United States and Michigan, that my students could fill in as we learn about the regions. (E.g., label points of interest as we move through a unit on Michigan history.) What excites me most about their collection of maps, though, are the 12' x 8' printable world and continent maps. I would have students work in groups to assemble these maps, highlight their physical features, track the paths of explorers, represent data, and/or add images to help make the locations of current events more concrete. I think their size would peak students' interest as well as offer an opportunity to further their understanding because of the increased detail and physical interaction.

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Stephanie Gamble's Social Studies Resources

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Stephanie Gamble's Social Studies Resources

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http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cwfrm.htm
I love using primary accounts when talking about history. It puts the students in the shoes of someone who witnessed the events first hand. I find that it's an engaging way to teach kids about history, often from a perspective they may not have been exposed to before. It also creates another research opportunity, as kids consider what life for this individual may have been like.

https://www.si.edu/kids
One of my go-tos in finding resources for classroom activities is museum websites. The Smithsonian Kids website offers different learning activities that take kids into prairie life, the coral reef, and cultures from around the world. The different links from this page provide options for students and teachers to engage with social studies, art, and science. It's a useful resource and a great starting point.

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Scholastic News Online: http://magazines.scholastic.com/
I imagine this website would be a really great resource for use in the classroom. It includes daily news and current events, specifically written for kids, as well as video highlights of news events to assist visual learners. Additionally, the site encourages kids to become a part of writing and telling the news. It has a section called News for Kids by Kids in which all of the articles are written by students, as well as a Kid Reporters' blog. This could be a great resource for motivating students to take part in learning and writing about current events.

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http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
National Geographic for Kids
This website is great resource for teaching children about the geography.  Geography is not just the physical location of a place, but involves social and cultural aspects as well.  Kids National Geographic provides articles, games, videos, and other resources for kids to learn about geography.

http://www.michigan.gov/mde
Michigan Department of Education
This website is a great resource for teachers because it provides various resources for teachers to succeed and have their children succeed. I really like that it provides the proposed Michigan Social Studies Standards because I can use them when creating unit and lesson plans.

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Best of History Websites
http://besthistorysites.net/
This website is a great resource! It touches on such a wide range of historical events! Students are able to click on the historical event/time period that they are interested in and it lists numerous websites specific to that topic.  This resource would be great for teaching any period of history! Students doing a research project could access primary and secondary sources such as official documents as well as personal diaries and accounts.

Muskegon Area District Library
http://madl.org/
MADL is a great resource for students and teachers! There is a Kids online resources section that offers so many fun resources.  For example, there is a section under Curator's Choice on the Henry Ford Museum where students can see pictures of the different artifacts in the museum.  This would be a great resource to use for a virtual field trip.

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Holocaust Survivors
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/
This website features recorded accounts from Holocaust survivors. The website also includes photographs from this era. This website would be useful for students during a WWII and Holocaust unit because it brings this distant (to students) piece of history to life due to the recorded narratives from real-life Holocaust survivors. The website offers a mulit-dimensional view of history that can be used to supplement a text.

Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/
This website offers lesson plans, professional development, and student-friendly magazines all centered around the theme of promoting tolerance. The magazines are free and printable and would make a great addition to an upper-elementary classroom looking to discuss topical events and issues. The lesson plans are are tailored for grade level which is a great way to keep certain topics age appropriate.

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Stevee Tompsett's Social Studies Resources! 

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Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins

https://www2.ed.gov/PDFDocs/geography.pdf

This website provides a wide range of activities that can be used with children aged two to five to help them learn some geography concepts. One activity I particular enjoyed from this website was encouraging students to create their own maps both on paper, as well as three dimensional maps with many different objects that are available.

Teaching Basic Map Skills to Young Children

https://www.geolounge.com/teaching-early-map-skills/amp/

This website provides a few different and useful resources for teaching map skills to young children. There is a good book idea to introduce the concepts of maps. The website also includes a fun game by PBS that allows students to create a map with The Cat and The Hat. Finally, it includes a list of some book ideas about maps.