Social Studies

Resources and Useful Links

Museums and other Resources in the Puget Sound Area
Washington State Resources
Federal, National, and International Resources
School Reform and Professional Development

Museums and Other Resources in the Puget Sound Area

Blackpast.org
http://www.blackpast.org/

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/

Children’s Museum of Seattle
http://www.thechildrensmuseum.org/

Daybreak Star Cultural Center
http://www.unitedindians.com/daybreak.html

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
http://www.densho.org/

Festal 2009, Free Cultural Events, Seattle Center
http://www.seattlecenter.org/Festal.htm

Frye Art Museum
http://www.fryeart.org/

Historylink.org
http://historylink.org/This_week/index.cfm

Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/klse

Maritime Heritage Network
http://www.maritimeheritage.net/organizations/organization_select.asp?id=46

MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry)
http://www.seattlehistory.org/

Museum of Flight
http://www.museumofflight.org/Portal.asp?Flash=True

Nordic Heritage Museum
http://www.nordicmuseum.org/

Northwest African American Museum
http://www.naamnw.org/

Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center (Port of Seattle)
http://www.ody.org/

Seattle Art Museum
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/

Seattle Public Schools Library webpage
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/library/stuindex.xml

Washington State Historical Society
http://www.wshs.org/

Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
http://www.wsherc.org/

Wing Luke Asian Museum
http://www.wingluke.org/

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Washington State Resources

OSPI Social Studies page
http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/default.aspx

Secretary of State, Washington Sate
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/

State of Washington
http://access.wa.gov/

University of Washington Center for Communication and Civic Engagement
http://depts.washington.edu/ccce/Home.htm

Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program
http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/civilliberties/default.aspx

Washington Library Media Association (great resources for CBAs!)
http://www.wlma.org/

Washington State Attorney General
http://www.atg.wa.gov/

Washington State Council for the Social Studies
http://www.wscss.org/

Washington State Office of the Governor
http://www.governor.wa.gov/

Washington State Legislature
http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature

Washington State Legislature Students’ page
http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/StudentsPage/

Washington State Legislature Voter Outreach page
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/outreach/

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Federal, National and International Resources

American Historical Association
http://www.historians.org/

Annenberg Foundation
http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/

Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University
http://www.ashbrook.org/

British Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/

BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

Center for Civic Education, We the People Curriculum
http://www.civiced.org/

Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Cobblestone, History Magazine for Kids
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/index.html

Council on Foreign Affairs
http://www.cfr.org/

The Economist Magazine
http://www.economist.com/

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm

Gilder Lehrman Institute
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/institute/index.html

Kayak, Canadian Children’s History Magazine
http://www.historysociety.ca/kayak/

NARA (National Archives Administration)
http://www.archives.gov/

National Alliance for Civic Education
http://www.cived.net/

National Center for History in the Schools
http://nchs.ucla.edu/

National Council of History Education
http://www.nche.net/

National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Princeton University Library History Resources
http://www.princeton.edu/~pressman/history.htm

Public Broadcasting Service
http://www.pbs.org/

PBS Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

Smithsonian Magazine
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/

Teaching American History, Ashland University
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/

Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/

Time Magazine for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

United Indians of all Tribes
http://www.unitedindians.com/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

We the People, National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.wethepeople.gov/index.html

World Affairs Council
http://www.world-affairs.org/

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School Reform and Professional Development

Assessment Training Institute
http://www.assessmentinst.com/

Authentic Intellectual Work, online resources
http://www.thedlcteam.com/DLC/AIW_Books.html

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.nwrel.org/index.php

Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

Small Schools Project
http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/

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