Transforming Education
Self-Efficacy Strategies
Scholars with high levels of self-efficacy perform better in school. Instructors review a list of strategies for enhancing self-efficacy skills. They discover how to teach learners to appropriately define success, celebrate progress, and...
Other
Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies
Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...
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University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Wilmington: J. Price: Socialization [Pdf]
Find the definition, influences, agents, and reality of socialization research in this concise document.
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University of Iowa
Ui: Sociological Theories of Deviance: Definitions and Considerations [Pdf]
In this lesson, students participate in a jigsaw activity to learn about the major theories of social deviance - anomie theory, control, differential association, and labeling. They then examine the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 while applying...
Other
Social Anxiety Association: Social Anxiety Fact Sheet
This resource contains comprehensive facts and information on social phobia/anxiety, as well as specific real-life examples of phobias experienced by individuals suffering from SAD. Direct links to additional resources, news, and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: 8 Strands of Social Studies
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this 2 page flipchart students will learn the definitions of the eight strands of Social Studies.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Natural Law
Review this site for the definition of "natural law" based on varying theories with respect to morality in determining the authority of legal norms. Contents of the writing cover Two Kinds of Natural Law, Conceptual Naturalism,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Definition of Cool
Talk with your children about what it means to be cool. Encourage them to realize that being cool means feeling good about your actions and yourself.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Egyptian Social Structure
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Other
Sage Publishing: Play and the Learning Environment
Play is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation as well as promoting language, cognition, and social competence. This chapter discusses the definition of the physical environment and play, the defining characteristics of...
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: Basic Economic Concepts
This list of basic economic terms and concepts includes definitions of value, utility, and wealth.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Epistemology of Perception
This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides a well-written, easy to understand definition of perception, as well as small mention of some of those who first introduced the concept.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Katherine S. Carper, "Difficulty of Studying "Immigrants" in Early 19th C"
This article focuses on the study of immigrants in the early 19th century before the Civil War. Migration policy was primarily under state rather than federal control, and as long as slavery existed, there was no national definition of...
Central Home
Central Home: Social Dancing
This site describes the debate in the definition of social dance: recreation or sport.
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba: Kinship and Social Organization
This site contains links to in-depth information on kinship fundamentals such as marriage customs and residence rules. It also provides definitions and links to differing systems of descent and marriage among several groups - the...
Vroma Project
V Roma Project: Notes on Roman Politics
An overview of several aspects of Roman politics, including terms and definitions of social classes. This page was created by Barbara F. McManus of The College of New Rochelle.
PBS
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Is race for real? Learn about what "race" really is and how society has shaped its own definition. See if you are able to identify people according to they way they view themselves and look at a timeline about how ideas of race has changed.
Other
Wikia: Human Science: Law, Principle, Theory, Rule
Law, principle, theory, and rule are the four stages necessary in the evolution of social change. Dive into the depths of how each plays their role in the change. Find examples listed to aid in comprehension of each stage, definitions,...
Other
What Is Social Anxiety?
This site explains what social anxiety is and how it is treated. It gives some case studies of people with social anxiety for a better explanation.
Other
Jake Biddington/ash Can School
This is a brief definition of the Ash Can School, a group of American urban realist painters of the early 20th century.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Memoirs: Learning Social Vocabulary in a Menoir
After discussing the picture book Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, young scholars brainstorm the meaning of teacher-selected words. Once the students have a clear understanding of the words, they create a...
Library of Economics and Liberty
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Henry George
A good discussion of the economic theories of Henry George. He had definite ideas of how to tax property, and the value of free trade.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Information Age
This exhibition surveys the history of information technology and its relation to society from the origin of the telegraph to the present. Its emphasis is as much on social as technical change. This support page contains background...
Stanford University
Gendered Innovations: Race & Ethnicity
Explains the definitions of race and ethnicity, and how the terms have been used. Also lists several problems with labeling people or groups as a particular race or ethnicity.