World Book
Database for Social Studies
Access the World Book Database from the Library Webpage
World Book is full of teacher resources as well as content for students. Below is a sampling of useful features.
Research and Resource Tab
This is your main menu, where you will find all of World Book's features: Atlas, Behind the Headlines, Educator Tools, Government Websites, Timelines, Today in History, and World Newspapers.
Educator Tools & Lesson Plans
World Book's Educator Tools page provides a range of resources, including correlations from World Book content to state and provincial curriculum correlations, links to external lesson plans and professional education links, and webquests to build foundational knowledge of specific topics.
Behind the Headlines
Explore the world, one headline at a time. World Book Editors break down the news in Behind the Headlines to allow for a deeper understanding of the complex events that shape our world. Each article has accompanying lesson plans and quizzes.
Teaching with Documents
World Book Advanced's Teaching with Documents are lesson plans focusing on one or more primary source images. The Teaching with Documents pieces feature historical background text, enlargeable images, discussion questions, worksheets, and book lists. New lessons are added regularly.
Related Information
Within each article World Book has related information including: audio files, video clips, maps, primary sources, e-books, and vetted websites.
Many articles also have Back In Time articles from past World Book Year Books which present a you-are-there account of the most significant events of each year.