Social Studies Resources
Sumner County Schools Instructional Technology
Online Social Studies Resources
President for the Day
Students discover the requirements for becoming president through this interactive website.
Lexile Framwork
Lexile Framework: Primary & Secondary Sources
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010) emphasize the importance of informational texts for all students in all courses in order to be prepared for college and careers.
Docs Teach
Docs Teach offers free tools that teachers can use to create interactive learning activities based on primary source documents and images. The tools include Finding a Sequence, Focusing on Details, Making Connections, Mapping History, Seeing the Big Picture, Weighing the Evidence, and Interpreting Data.
Sheppard Software Branches of Government
Students learn about the branches of government and the responsibilities of each branch.
Teaching with Primary Source Documents
TPS-MTSU serves educators across Tennessee by improving the way primary sources are used to promote critical thinking in the classroom and across the curriculum.
CK-12 Flexbooks
http://www.ck12.org/teacher/CK-12 Flexbooks
The digital content is the product of the hard work of Tullahoma, TN teachers who have built and Open Educational Resource (OER) aligned with the Tennessee State Standards in Social Studies and History. Grades 3-12.
World Digital Library
The WDL makes it possible to discover, study and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents on one site, in a variety of ways. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films.
Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)
This site engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities.
Historical Thinking Matters
Framework that teaches students to read documents like historians. Students will be able to interrogate historical sources and use them to form reasoned conclusions about the past. Equally important, they will become critical users of the vast historical archives on the web.
The Digital Vault
The Digital Vaults offers good tools that student and teachers can use to create content using images and documents from the National Archives. Teachers and students can create their own quizzes or take advantage of the remade challenges.
ReadWorks
ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educator online - - for free! It includes social studies lessons, units, and novels. ReadWorks is aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
Go Social Studies Go
The content combines humor and facts about the U. S. and World History with a writing style to make any daunting subject more approachable.
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COORDINATORS
Kathy Pryor - Title I
Linda Oliver - Elementary
Ben Bruce - Middle
Rhonda Bruce - High