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Social Studies

General	Government	People	Economics	Texas	Veteran's Day
United States	Holidays

General

ProTeacher! Social Studies Lessons http://www.proteacher.com/090000.shtml	ProTeacher is a directory for websites that have lesson plans for primary through high school in various content areas. Each link will direct you to a site with great lessons for the particular area you are looking at. Explore a few and look at the ideas. The site also contains blogs and discussions on the content area.

Government

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Ben's Guide: Parents and Educators http://bensguide.gpo.gov/pt/index.html

Facts about Benjamin Franklin
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/index.html

Provides learning tools for K-12 students to learn how our government works, information about Benjamin Franklin and his inventions, games and activities, maps, and links to U.S. government web sites. The site is divided into grade levels K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.

Use Ben's Guide as a Learning Tool, U.S. Government Publications for Sale: Parents and Guardians, Teachers and Educators, Learn about GPO Access, Curriculum Links, Link to Ben's Guide, U.S. Government Web Sites for: Kids, Parents and Educators, U.S. Government Information in Libraries

Learn about Benjamin Franklin and his inventions.

People

Johnny Appleseed Powerpoint http://themes.pppst.com/apples.html	PowerPoint slide shows about Johnny Appleseed. Scroll down to find the one you want. Click on the PowerPoint and then click "Save" to save it to My Documents or click "Open" to watch the PowerPoint presentation. Several PowerPoint's about Johnny Appleseed are available at this site.
Johnny Appleseed links http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/apple/primary.htm	Lots of links to various pages, including some with worksheets and activities.
Christopher Columbus http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml	This BBC Famous People site is a wonderful site for lower elementary grades. First click your way through Learn for a slide show of Columbus facts. Then test your knowledge with the four-question illustrated multiple-choice quiz. For more Columbus, mouse over to Journeys in the left-hand menu. Other Famous People to explore include Henry VII, Pocahontas, and Florence Nightingale.

Economics

Jobs-What Do You Want to Be? http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM207 What Do Other People Want to Be? (graphing) http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM212&page=teacher	What Do You Want to Be? In this lesson you'll learn about several types of jobs and have the opportunity to decide which of these you might want to be when you grow up. What Do Other People Want to Be? In this lesson, students will graph people's job choices and identify which jobs would have the most competition based on the data.
EconEdLink http://www.econedlink.org/	Economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students. Over 472 lessons to choose from.
Goods and Services Build Your Community http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM285&page=teacher	Students will learn about a variety of businesses and the service they provide to a community. They will build a town selecting seven business they feel would be the most important to have in order to live in this community. Students will: Identify businesses that provide goods and services of the sort that people in most communities want to have. Create a collage representing goods and services that their families consume. Give one reason why they selected each business in their community and tell what good or service each business will provide to the community.

Texas

Texas State Unit Study-Geography, State Symbols & Facts
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/a/sustx.htm?p=1

Texas-A Mini Unit Study
http://www.gardenandhearth.com/Homeschool-Activities/Geography/States/Texas-Unit-Study.htm

Pre-Kindergarten Western Unit
http://www.pre-kpages.com/texas.html

Texas Symbols
http://www.nisd.net/galm/internetlessons/4thgrade/Texas/texas_symbols.htm

Free Pictures-Texas Symbols
http://austin.about.com/cs/photogallery/l/blpd_texassym.htm

Texas State Symbols
http://www.srttexas.org/symbols.html

SenateKids
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/Matching.htm

TPWD Kids: Texas Symbols
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/about_texas/symbols/

Texas State Symbols
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tx_symb.htm

Texas State Unit Study-lots of good info on the state.

Texas-A Mini Unit Study gives worksheets on various personalities as well as other Texas history information.

Pre-Kindergarten Western Unit-scroll to the bottom of the page for activities and other links.

Texas Symbols gives detailed info on all symbols and plays Texas Our Texas.

Free Pictures-Texas Symbols has free clip art of some Texas symbols.

Texas State Symbols has lots of info on the symbols and, if you click on Texas Our Texas, it will give you the words and the tune to the song.

SenateKids has an online matching game for the symbols.

TPWD Kids: Texas Symbols gives info about the symbols as well as coloring pages you can print.

Texas State Symbols has beautiful full color photographs of the symbols as well as info about when each was adopted.

Veterans Day

Veteran's Day-VA Kids, K-5th http://www.va.gov/kids/k-5/index.asp	A site designed to help students learn about Veteran's Day. The site is developed by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs.
Veteran's Day Coloring Sheets http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/veterans-day	You can color pictures online and print or print the black and white version and color in class.
Veteran's Day Crafts, Projects, Worksheets, etc http://members.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/veterans/	Membership required to www.enchantedlearning.com Craft ideas, projects, worksheets and more to assist children in learning about Veteran's Day

United States

Postcards from Buster http://pbskids.org/buster/games/flag/index.html	Grade Range: Pre-K, K-2 Use interactive tools to create a flag that describes you.

Holidays

Thanksgiving
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Virtual Field Trip of the First Thanksgiving

Christmas

Christmas Traditions Around the World
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

St. Nicholas Kids
http://stnicholas.kids.us/

Video Clip of St. Nicholas
http://www.pauline.org/store/audiosamples/nicholas.ram

The Customs of Christmas
http://www.customsofchristmas.com/

The Life Story of Santa Claus
http://www.thelifestoryofsantaclaus.com/

Sites that explore various customs and timelines about Christmas and December celebrations.