Social Studies Resources
Standards
Adventist Education Elementary Social Studies Standards
NAD SoS.M.A.R.T. (Social Studies Management and Resource Tool)
National Council for the Social Studies
Washington State OSPI - Social Studies
Internet Resources*
Children's Book Council - Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Circle.Adventist.org - SDA curriculum and resource links
Colonial House - PBS site about living in America in 1628
Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive
Education World: Social Science Center - searches and reviews websites
Ereferencedesk.com
Free test prep for WEST-B and NES
GoNorthwest Pacific Northwest History Web
HistoryLink.org - The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
Historic Newspapers in Washington
iCivics - games to learn about government. After using the site's games for six weeks, the Crittenden Middle School in Newport News, Virginia had a pass rate on the state-mandated civics test of 96%, compared with 5% the previous year.
Leaving Independence - David Vixie, WWU graduate, takes his class on a 120 mile wagon train simulation field trip.
Legacy Washington - history pages from Washington Secretary of State office
Living in Washington, Celilo Falls - OSPI Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum for the Social Studies: unit of study on native life in Celilo Village before the dam was built
PBS-The West - Profiles men and women of the West
Smithsonian Learning Lab - access images, recording, and texts from the Smithsonian museums.
Teacher Bulletin - "The Teacher Bulletin is created by teachers, for teachers. It is our mission to present classroom teachers with creative and resourceful ideas integrating Christian principles with cutting-edge technology, contemporary theories and trends."
Washington State Historical Society
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
*Links to other sites do not necessarily constitute endorsement of the organizations.
Interlibrary Loan
Research Central - Instructions for finding and borrowing items from other libraries.
Curriculum Library Resources
Professional literature 372.83
Interact Simulations IM/PL 372.83 In8
Textbooks 372.83, 372.89, and 900's for social studies, geography and history.
372.87 for music of different cultures or themes.
372.83 M178 McGraw-Hill Networks (SDA recommended series)
Magazines
Cobblestone, National Geographic Kids, Saudi Aramco World, Time for Kids
Reference - especially the Bibliographies books
Children's literature
300's social issues
400's foreign languages
600's ethnic cookbooks
700's music
812 history reader's theater
900's history and geography
B's biographies of historical figures
File folder games
Map file
Room 306 - Small kits in 372.83, curriculum guides. and die cutter and dies, publishing station.
Room 308 - Big kits
Room 310 - Posters, cardboard "puppets", over-sized textbooks
Room 312 - Globes