Social+Studies+Resources

__English Language Learners and Social Studies__
Social Studies and U.S. history provide the biggest challenge to ELLs in their content classes. They have very limited background knowledge to activate. Often ELLs lack prior knowledge of U.S. history, geography, and current events. Many students will memorize information for a test, but it has no relevance for them, so the information is quickly forgotten.

The file below contains a list of some of these challenges.



The Library of Congress- A Great website with tons of primary source documents for teachers to use in their classrooms.
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American Memory- part of the Library of Congress, also another great resource for primary sources and other historical information. []

Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library- Includes primary sources on Abraham Lincoln, as well as his assassination. []

National Archives and Records Administration- archives of the historically valuable documents, film, song, letters, speeches, audio, etc. of our American History. []

Interactive Online Elementary Social Studies [|Apples 4 Teacher]

Geography Games for the SmartBoard [|Geography]

Smithsonian - []

WebQuests for Elementary [] [] [] [] []