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Useful Links For This Class
The Privileged Status of Story [|FLDOE Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction: Social Studies] Common Core Standards [|National Council for the Social Studies] [|Florida Council for the Social Studies] [|Florida Teacher Certification Exam (Competencies)] [|Florida Department of Education: Next Generation Sunshine State Standards/Social Studies] Curriculum Standards for Social Studies Ten Thematic Strands [|UCF ESOL Link] [|LiveText Help!] [|Code of Ethics]

Helpful Resources, Etc.


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**Assignments**




Preparing for the Florida Educator Certification Exam
[|Register for the Test] [|FTCE Study Guide, written by 3 UCF Instructors!] [|UCF FTCE Prep Website] [|ThinkTimeInc.com] [|Social Studies Alive Tutorial Site]

Holocaust Education
[|FLDOE Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education Website] [|Resource Manual Grades K-3] [|Resource Manual Grades 4-6]

African American History
[|State of Florida's Task Force on African American History Website]

Noteworthy Websites
Center for Economics Education [|Character Education Partnership] [|CASEL (Social-Emotional Learning)] [|character.org] [|Scholastic Lesson Plans] [|AllAboutMeMuseum] [|ReadWriteThink] [|econedlink.org] [|Smithonian's History Explorer] [|Wonderopolis] [|Using Newspapers to Teach 5 Freedoms of First Amendment] [|Teaching History] [|The White House 101] [|United States House of Representatives] [|United States Senate] [|The Library of Congress] [|Smithsonian Institution] [|Smithsonian Institution: Teaching with Documents] [|Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery] [|Florida Memory] [|Central Florida Memory] [|The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History] [|The Orange County Regional History Center] [|National Atlas] [|NCSS Notable Tradebooks for Young People] [|Reading Quest: Making Sense in the Social Studies] [|Tramline Virtual Fieldtrips] [|Anti-Defamation League] [|Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site] [|Center for Civic Education] [|Center for Economic Education] [|Constitution Day] [|Colonial Williamsburg] [|Conflict Resolution Education] [|Oxfam-Cool Planet] [|Crossroads: A K-16 American History Curriculum] [|Kathy Schrock's Guide for Assessment and Rubrics] [|Federal Reserve Education] [|Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence] [|Kids.gov (Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government)] [|Heifer International] [|Thinkfinity.org] [|The National Archives (archives.gov)] [|National Geographic] [|National Geographic Xpeditions] [|American Bar Association Educator Resources] [|Learn and Serve (servicelearning.org)] [|YouthSite (servicelearning.org/youthsite)] [|National Women's History Museum] [|Newspapers in Education] [|NOVA Teacher Resources] [|National Park Service: Teaching with Historical Places] [|Teaching Tolerance] [|The Giraffe Heroes Project] [|Thinking Maps] [|The History Channel] [|The Jigsaw Classroom] [|Youth at the United Nations] [|Arts in Education] [|Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning] [|Best Websites for Social Studies] [|SCORE] [|C is for Citizenship] [|Social Studies Strategies] [|My Wonderful World] [|Houghton Mifflin Geonet] [|Funbrain] [|Geocaching] [|PBS Teachers Social Studies] [|Sea Turtle Conservancy] [|Economics Lessons] [|iCivics.org] [|A Picture's Worth (Analyzing Historical Photographs)] [|KidsVotingUSA] [|Adopt a Pilot Program-Southwest Airlines] [|Blabberize] [|HistoryPin] [|DoSomething.org]

Link to Summer 2010 Units
1st Grade: Pilgrims 2nd Grade: Native North American Tribes 3rd Grade: Where in America is Elliott the Eagle? 4th Grade: Exploring Florida Native Americans 4th Grade: Early History of St. Augustine 4th Grade: Journey on the St. John's River 5th Grade: Americans Under Sky Bear and Grandmother Moon

Links to Fall 2010 Units
Kdg. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

=Links to Spring 2011 Units= 2nd Grade Immigration (Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island) All About Immigration Influential Women Coming to America Americans From Around the World Immigration3rd Grade: Geography A Discovering Ancient Egypt 5 Regions of the United States From Sea to Shining Sea

4th Grade: World War II WW2 The Civil Rights Movement and Florida Civil Rights Movement

5th Grade Seaworthy Ships Civil War Moving Westward * Our Old New World * Liberty (American Revolution) Rights and Responsibilities The American Revolution

**Links to Fall 2011 Units**
3rd Grade Geography 5th Grade Triangular Trade-Slavery

Links to Spring 2012 Units
K National Wildlife Week 1st Community Heroes 2nd Symbols of America 3rd Geography 3rd 5 Regions of the U.S. 5th Voting 5th Government

Making History Come Alive Showcase
Roaring 20's

Summer 2012 Units
4th Florida History 3rd Economics 5th Government 5th Economics 4th Civil Rights 4th Brevard Pioneer Researchers 2nd Geography/Native Americans 3rd Geography 5th/6th Economics 3rd Ancient Civilizations

Fall 2012 Units
5th Westward ExpansionCharacter Education KayBrit V.Ragone 4th Elections and VotingK.Chamberlin A. Johnson HometownHelpersCharacter Education Florida Tourism stephniashaSSSStudies brittjess 4th St. Augustine 4th CharacterEducation 4th Florida State Government and Voting 4th Florida Tourism