Appropriate Web Sites:

Blue Webn This is another one of those "all inclusive" types of websites that has sooooo much valuable information for teachers! There are projects, web-based activities and tutorials, lessons, more resources than one person can sift through in their life and much more! A must on your list fo resources!

EMints WebQuests This page was actually created for the teachers in Missouri, but there are so many really neat webquests here that I thought it was worthy of drawing your attention to it.

TLC Kids/The Learning Company/TheKids Zone Free online activities for the kids!

 

Example Lesson Plans:

Made in the USA This is a simple little lesson that sounds fun and creative for your students. They bring in products with labels that tell where the product was made. (They have to be things made in the USA.)

EdHelper.com This site includes numerous lessons for social studies in the upper elementary grades. They offer geographic vocabulary, country and continent themes and a USA theme unit. A Panel of Survivors has kids writing mini-biographies. Creating Stories Using Pictographs incorporates Native American history, culture, and philosophy.