Article provides excellent tips and strategies for building comprehension and critical thinking skills in Social Studies. It describes some of the challenges students have with reading and understanding their textbooks.

National Council for the Social Studies has grown to be the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education. NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies. This resource...

A great discussion on taxation is found here. Explains what a "good tax" is, the two principles of taxation, the three types of taxes, and taxes as a source of revenue.

What do national holidays represent and how do they come to be? Using Martin Luther King Day as an example, follow how congress establishes the holiday and the president signs it into law. Primary sources included are memos to President...

Discussion of the critical reading skills needed in Social Studies, although the skills discussed can apply to a variety of areas. This is part of a larger site containing numerous lesson plans for Social Studies, and this page is really...

In much of the social studies-especially courses focused on world history, geography, and culture-there has been a long-standing awareness that the experience of women has been left out of the narrative. Recent changes in state,...

I want my students to realize that numbers are everywhere and math is applicable to almost all other subjects. Geography offers a perfect opportunity for students to make this connection.

An article briefly describes the impact the Industrial Revolution had on both consumers and the factory workers.

An explananation of the Reagan Deregulation Program and the effect of deregulation on the savings and loan industry.

A biography of Huey Pierce Long (1893 - 1935). Includes information about his proposed "Share the Wealth" program, a timeline of his life, and an account of his assassination.

This site from PBS provides enlightening lesson plans intended to facilitate students' learning of the blending of socialism and capitalism in China's economy. Contains wonderful resources and activities for the study of economics.

Discusses social learning theory in the context of criminology. Includes information on a famous study known as the Bobo doll experiment. Also includes biographical information on Albert Bandura.

Learn how to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a Social Studies passage.

Students meet both language arts and social studies objectives in this interdisciplinary unit on customs and cultures. In part 1 of the unit students practice research and writing skills to create a slideshow. In part 2 of the unit...

Discusses what caused the Civil War, including a section on the political parties of the mid 1800's.

This page helps the student put the grandfather clause (and poll tax and literacy test) in the perspective of the reconstruction time period.

Discover the effectiveness of Presidents Washington and Hamilton's domestic policies.

A comparison between Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.

Learn how the President of the United States is elected. Read how we choose candidates, how they campaign, how they are nominated, and what role the Electoral College plays in our elections.

The story of Malcolm X, a powerful civil rights leader in the 20th Century.

The President of the United States has extraordinary power over the shaping of federal laws. He or she can veto any law passed by Congress.

Thurgood Marshall successfully convinced the Supreme Court to rule that segregation was illegal in Brown v. Board of education, then later served on the Court itself. Find out more about this famous lawyer.

Born into slavery and never able to read or write, Sojourner Truth nonetheless was a tired and famous advocate for both abolition and women's voting rights.

This study resource for the MCAT explores the topic of "social groups" and "social networks" in society.