Technology+and+Social+Studies


 * Technology and Social Studies**

[|National Anthropological Archives]Archive that preserves various types of Anthropological documents and video.
 * Anthropology**

[|American Anthropological Association] This is the website that acts like a hub to many Anthropological resources and professional development.

[|Annual Review of Anthropology] This is an annual free Anthropology journal.

[|CIA Fact Book] This website contains basic information on a country such as population demographics and GDP.
 * Geography**

[|Google Earth] This is a free website that allows you to access a variety of different types of maps of different countries.

[|Google Map Maker] This website allows you to create your own specialized maps using google maps.


 * American/World History**

[|Internet Archive] Website that provides a backup to internet articles that may no longer be available, and media related works in the public domain.

[|National Archive] This is a website similar to the Internet Archive, but focuses more on government documents.

[|Jstor] This website is a subscription-based website that allows one access to thousands of journals within all areas of social studies with a heavy focus on history.

[|Wikipedia] While not a reliable source this is a good starting point for ideas for a topic.

[|Teaching History] Website that provides views on content, teaching methods, and current research in the field of history teaching.


 * Economics**

[|Freakanomics Blog] This is a blog ran by the authors of the Freakanomics book. They approach viewing economics from an angle not normally thought of.

[|Planet Money Blog] Blog ran by the producers of the NPR show Planet Money. They break down current economic events in more common jargon.

[|Teaching Economics] This websites provides some economic based activities to aid ideas brought about in the two blogs above.


 * Sociology**

[|American Sociology Association]Non-profit organization decided to providing resources to advance sociology.

[|Teaching The Social World] Blog similar to the economics above, this provides a fresher view on ways to teach economics.

[|The Society Pages] This is a hub to many blogs that focus on sociology and topics associated with it.


 * Political Science**

[|The American Political Science Association] Website that contains journal articles about political thought, and other resources to teachers.

[|Supreme Court] This is the Supreme Court's website. On it contains recent court rulings.

[|State of Missouri] This is the state of Missouri's Website that about our states government.


 * Psychology**

[|Encyclopedia of Psychology] This is a hub website with access to many different Psychology teaching links.

[|Association for Psychological Science] This is another hub website with various other Psychology teaching based websites. This site does break the websites into categories that one might teach.

[|TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY] This is a blog put together by a group of High School Psychology teachers that provide different resources and how one could use them in the classroom.


 * Current Events**

[|NPR] This is the website for National Public Radio.

[|Huffington Post] This is a left leaning political news blog.

[|Hot Air] This is a right leaning political news blog.

[|MSNBC] This is a left leaning cable news outlet.

[|Fox News] This is a right leaning cable news outlet.

[|Google News] This is a website that uses their algorithms to compile news stories in a readable fashion.

The most common form of technology used in the classroom. An oldie but a goody. [|Kick Butt Powerpoints] Even Powerpoints get boring really fast, so this website will help you make more entertaining ones These can be used to present information much like a PowerPoint presentation, except it's BETTER. You just need to play around with the software to understand the program, because it can be confusing at first. [|Smartboard Hints] This website will give you helpful hints on how to use a SMARTboard Want to entertain your students while informing them at the same time? You've met your match. [|8 Ways to be Awesome at Digital Storytelling] Let these 8 guidelines help you tell your history story in an effective way that won't put students to sleep
 * Different Technology Tools to Use to Incorporate Technology into the Social Studies Classroom**
 * Powerpoint**
 * SMARTboards**
 * Digital Storytelling**