Social Studies

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Contents

Document/Primary Sources
General Sources
New York State
Regents Test Preparation
Special Topics
United States History

Document/Primary Sources

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• Avalon Project at the Yale Law School (Documents in law, history, and diplomacy) - (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm  )
• C-Span in the Classroom - ( http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/ )
• Finding Primary Source in Orbis - (http://orbis.library.yale.edu/)
• History Channel Classroom Web Page -  ( http://www.historychannel.com/classroom )
• HistoryNet - ( http://www.thehistorynet.com )
• Internet Global History Sourcebook - (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/global/globalsbook.html)
• Library of Congress (American Memory) – (http://memory.loc.gov/)
• National Archives and Records Administration: American Originals - ( http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals_iv/introduction.html ) 
• National Archives and Records Administration: The Digital Classroom (Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and Students) - (http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html)
• National Park Service - Links to the Past -  ( http://www.cr.nps.gov )
• Local Documents for Chenango County - ( http://rootsweb.com/~nychenan/ )
• Local Documents for Delaware County - ( http://rootsweb.com/~nydelawa/ )
• National Constitution Center - ( http://www.constitutioncenter.org )
• New York State Archives and Records Administration - (http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml)
• New York State Documents - ( http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/statedoc.htm )
• New York State History Day Program - ( http://www.nyshistoryday.org/ )
• New York Times Learning Network - ( http://www.nytimes.com/learning )
• Project Vote Smart -  ( http://www.vote-smart.org )
• Project Whistelstop - (Harry S. Truman Presidential Library-original source material) – (http://www.trumanlibrary.org/educatio.htm)
• Repositories of Primary Sources -  (http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/other.Repositories.html)
• Rhodes -The Burrow Library (History Resources) -  (http://www.rhodes.edu/public/2_0-Academics/2_5-Library/2_5_2-SubjectGuides/2_5_2_17-History.shtml)
• Search Results for Primary Sources (Yale University Library WWW Site Search) – (http://www.library.yale.edu/cgi-bin/htsearch?method=and&FORMAT=builtin-long&config=htdig&exclude=&words=Primary+Sources
• Smithsonian: National Museum of American History - ( http://americanhistory.si.edu )
• United Nations Web Page - ( http://www.un.org )
• U.S. Historical Documents Archive – (http://www.ushda.org/)
• University of Oklahoma Law Center - A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents - ( http://www.law.ou.edu/hist )
• Western New York Heritage Institute - ( http://wnyheritagepress.org )

General Sources

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• CNN.com - (http://www.cnn.com/)
• Editorial Cartoons: A Teachers' Guide - (http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/)
• Educational Resources for Cartography, Geography and Related Disciplines (U.S. Geological Society -  (http://www.usgs.gov/)
• Facing History Web Home Page – (http://www.facing.org/)
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence in Social Studies - (http://www.ed.gov/free/s-social.html)
• History Channel Classroom Webpage – (http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/index.html)
• History/Social Studies for K-12 resources Teachers - (http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html)
• Lessons and Resources - (http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6223.html)
• National Center for History in the Schools - (http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/)
• National Constitution Center – (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/)
• National Council for History Education - (http://www.nche.net/index.html)
• National Council for the Social Studies - (http://www.socialstudies.org/)
• National Geographic Web Site - (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/)
• National Museum of American History – (http://americanhistory.si.edu/)
• New York State Council for the Social Studies - (http://www.nyscss.org/)
• New York State Education Department (Social Studies) – (http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/social.html)
• New York State Library - ( http://www.nysl.nysed.gov )
• Organization of American Historians - (http://www.oah.org/)
• PBS Teacher Source (Social Studies) – (http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm) 
• The National Park Service (Links to the Past) – (http://www.cr.nps.gov/)
• The New York Times Learning Network – (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html)
• TheHistoryNet - (http://www.thehistorynet.com/)
• United Nations Web Page – (http://www.un.org/)
• United States Department of State - (http://www.state.gov/)
• Welcome to the White House -  (http://www.whitehouse.gov/)

New York State

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• New York History Net - (http://www.NYHistory.com/)
• New York State Government Locator Service - ( http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ils/ )
• Western New York Heritage Institute (Erie Canal) – (http://bfn.org/preservationworks/canal/canal.html)

Regents Test Preparation 

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• Regents Test Preparation - ( http://www.regentsprep.org )

Special Topics

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• Suffragette Banner – (http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail297.html)

United States History

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• American Presidency - (http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html)
• Dred Scott - (http://www.library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott)
• Supreme Court - (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/00slipopinion.html)
• Supreme Court: The Vacancy and Appointment Process - (http://partners.is.asu.edu/~george/vacancy/)
• The Thirteen Originals (Founding the American Colonies) – (http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html)
• TP: Images of American Political History – (http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/)