Through the study of history, government, geography, and economics, students develop the knowledge and skills that will help them to become active and informed citizens.          

Teacher Resources

Grade 6  2011-2012 PASS Crosswalk Document
Standards (2011 revised)         
Support Document (2011 revised)      
6th Web Based Resources to Support the 2011 Curriculum Standards
S3 Curriculum            
Curriculum Map                
Advanced Curriculum Map                  
Advanced Curriculum Map Addendum                  
Pass Examples (*nonexemplars deleted from the test bank)               

Grade 7    2011-2012 PASS Crosswalk Document
Standards (2011 revised)               
Support Document (2011 revised)  
7th Web Based Resources to Support the 2011 Curriculum Standards
S3 Curriculum               
Curriculum Map                
Advanced Curriculum Map                  
Advanced Curriculum Map Addendum                  
Pass Examples    (*nonexemplars deleted from the test bank)             

Grade 8    2011-2012 PASS Crosswalk Document
Standards (2011 revised)                
Support Document  (Newly Revised) 
8th Web Based Resources to Support the 2011 Curriculum Standards
S3 Curriculum             
Curriculum Map                
Advanced Curriculum Map                 
Advanced Curriculum Map Addendum              
Pass Examples     (*nonexemplars deleted from the test bank)           
Pass Blueprint

Modern Global Studies                  World Geography       
Standards (2005)                                  Standards    (2011 revised)  
Curriculum Map                                  Pacing Guide                                                              
Syllabus                                              Support Document (2011 revised)

Government                                                 Economics 
Standards (2011 revised)                    Standards  (2005)     
Curriculum Map                               Curriculum Map       
Support Document (2011 revised)    Support Document  (2005)
Government Web Based Resources to Support the 2011 Standards
Economics Web Based Resources to Support the 2011 Standards

Survey of American History         US History & Constitution       
          2011-2012 EOCEP Crosswalk Document
Standards (2011 revised)                       Standards (2011 revised)    
Curriculum Map                               Curriculum Map       
Support Document                          Support Document       
                            EOCEP Blueprint                           
   EOCEP Examples    (*nonexemplars deleted from the test bank)            
     USHC Web Based Resources to Support the 2011 Standards       
           USHC Default Curriculum Guide (SCSDE)
                              S3 Curriculum

 
Teaching American History Grant for Olde English Consortium - Curriculum and Resources
PACT Sample Questions-Elementary                   
PACT Sample Questions-Middle & Middle continued
South Carolina Council for Social Studies
National History Day  

Shortcuts to links listed below: 
Primary Source Materials        DBQ Websites        DBQ Teacher Resources        Election Resources

Primary Source Materials  
Ad* Access  - A database of information for advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. 
American Memory - The Library of Congress' Historical Collections for the National Digital Library 
American Museum of Photography - The face of slavery and other early images of African Americans. 
Archiving Early America - Historic documents from 18th century America. 
Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars - Correspondence from over 200 years of American conflict - from the Revolution to the war in Iraq. 
Civil War Documents - Includes diaries, letters and personal documents. 
Digitized Primary American History Sources - Links to libraries, universities and other repositories of digitized sources. 
Dr. Seuss Went to War - Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss. 
EuroDocs  - Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations for Western Europe
Explore The Amazing World of Early America - Links to newspapers, magazines, letters, documents, maps and portraits. 
EyeWitness - History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It - Links to documents, images and audio files for varied time periods, including: The Ancient World, Middle Ages, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. 
Eyewitness Accounts - Eyewitness accounts of historical events. 
Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt - A selection of FDR's fireside chats, from 1933 to 1944. 
Gopher Menu - Primary source texts related to history. 
History of Ireland - Primary Documents - The site provides links (some of them annotated) to primary documents on Irish history. 
Holocaust Photos - Graphic images from the Holocaust. 
Internet Medieval Sourcebook 
Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences, and Manuscripts of New York Soldiers and Nurses   
MC322: International Law and Organizations - Primary sources including charters, agreements and statutes, acts and treaties. 
Museum of Tolerance Online - Special Collections - Documents related to World War II and the Holocaust, in German, English, Hebrew and Polish. 
NYPL Digital Schomburg - Images of African Americans from the 19th Century - Search for images from categories including the Civil War, Politics, Education and Religion. 
New Deal Network - A research and teaching resource devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal, with a database of photographs, political cartoons and texts (speeches, letters and other historical documents from the New Deal.) 
On-Line Nineteenth Century Documents - View official documents, letters and diaries, illustrations, song sheets and miscellaneous documents from the civil war era. 
Online Gallery - Turning the Pages - This British Library's site allows you to leaf through 15 great works including the First Atlas of Europe, The History of England in Jane Austen's own hand and the Original Alice by Lewis Carroll 
Ourdocuments.gov - Explore 100 milestone documents of American History. Also links to teacher tools and tips for integrating the site into the classroom. 
Photographic Archives - Map of Middle East with links to archive photographs. 
Photographs of the American West 1861-1912 - Select audiovisual records from the National Archives and Records Administration. 
Photographs of the Great Depression - Images divided into categories such as: Migrant Workers, Farms for Sale, Unemployed, Breadlines and Soup Kitchens, etc. 
Popular Songs in American History - Tunes(midi files), lyrics, information and historical background of American folk and traditional music. 
Powers of Persuasion - Poster Art from World War II. 
Primary Sources and Activities - This page contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections. 
Repositories of Primary Sources - A listing of over 4000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Near East. 
Science Service Historical Image Collection - A Smithsonian collection that represents twentieth-century scientific research consisting of images and original captions as they appeared in period publications. A 40 year random sample of innovation and invention is provided; which is specific to the subject of electricity. 
Selected Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, ca 18880-1920 - Images from the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division. 
Spy Letters of the American Revolution - From the Collections of the Clements Library - Letters, stories about the spies and links to more information. 
TeachersFirst.com - Original Documents - Key documents and collections of original text documents dealing with American History. 
Texts - Primary source documents and transcripts from the Magna Carta to Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech. 
The 1900's - America's news and lifestyle headlines from 1900 to 1999 ...plus a century of sound, including songs, speeches, and radio/television broadcasts. 
The American Colonist's Library - A Treasury of Primary Documents - Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History - An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals. 
The Authentic History Center - A collection of authentic primary history sources from American culture, from colonial days through to the 1990s. Included are text and audio documents such as: letters, diaries, political cartoons, and speeches 
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - Documents in law, history and diplomacy. 
The History Place - Child Labor in America 1908-1912 - Photographs, and the original photo captions, of Lewis W. Hine. 
The National Archives Experience - Digital Vaults - Build your own online collection; keep a running list of things you have seen; take a Pathways Challenge; search for records; create your own movie or poster 
The Qumran Library - Fragments and translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 
The University of Oklahoma Law Center - A Chronology of US Historical Documents. 
The World War I Document Archive - Links to treaties, official papers, personal reminiscences and images categorized by topic and by year. 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections & Archives - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives’ online catalog provides a means for searching and retrieving information for collections in its current holdings. 
Voices of the Twentieth Century - Sound clips include Robert E. Peary describes planting the American flag at the North Pole and a radio reporter giving an eyewitness account of the the Allied invasion of Europe. 
WW1 Memoirs & Rembrances - Links to letters, articles, interviews and books from the period of the first world war. 
DBQ Websites 
'Been Here So Long' - A lesson for generating a student-created Document Based Question. 
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy - A primary source document lesson for High School students. 
AP Advanced Placement Program - Study Skills: Improving Your Writing Skills - Suggestions for writing a good response to a Document-Based question (DBQ) or free-response essay question. 
DBQ Project Page - DBQs created by high school students. 
DBQ/Teaching with Documents - A site with links to sample DBQs, resources and guides to writing and answering DBQs. 
Document - Based Questions aka DBQs - Links to description, samples, lesson plans, assessment and primary sources. 
Document Based Question: Berlin Wall - DBQ for high school grades. 
Document Based Question: Erie Canal - Fourth grade DBQ created for the Bethpage School District. 
Document Based Question: Origins of the Cold War - DBQ for high school grades. 
Document Based Questions - A selection of sample essays and essay questions, using the new testing formats, to help meet the new NYS standards for Social Studies, maintained by Scott McAuley. 
Document Based Questions DBQs Dos and Don'ts - Strategies for successfully answering a DBQ, and links to 3 past A.P. DBQs: Women's Rights 1890-1925; Jeffersonians and Strict Constructionism and Colonial Attitudes Prior to the American Revolution. 
Guide to the New Standards - Minding Their DBQs - New York Teacher's tips to help students master Document-Based Questions. 
New York Teacher - Minding Their DBQs - An article with tips to help students cope with document-based questions. 
Primary Source of the Month - CyberBee's monthly selection varies to provide a range of documents for students to examine. 
Student Created Document Based Questions - To teach students how to ask, answer and evaluate higher level of thinking questions, for grades 2-4, and for the middle school.