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Amityville Memorial
High School

250 Merrick Road
Amityville, NY 11701
631-598-6550
Grades 10-12

 

Social Studies

AMHS Databases


American Civil War Reference Library e-book
click here
Americans Revolution Reference Library e-book
click here
History behind the Headlines e-book
click here
Issues and Controversies in American History
-Puts researchers in the middle of the great debates of American History.
click here
Lands and People
-Country info, part of Grolier on Line
click here
Major Acts of Congress e-book
click here

 

Teacher Resource Center


http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/socialstudies/
http://www.archives.gov/ (national archives)
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/ (teaching with documents)
http://www.literacymatters.org/content/socialstudies.htm
http://people.uncw.edu/sherrilld/edn356/notes/vocabulary_Strategies.htm
(Vocabulary strategies)
http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm (graphic organizers)
http://families.owc.edu/Children/Social_studies.htm (literacy cyberspace)

 

Introduction to NYSED's VLS, Thinkfinity NY and Thinkfinity National

NYSED's VLS instructions:
Log on to: http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls

To drill down to lessons, go to:
1. Social Studies Home Page tab
2. Click on “Explore Standards Explore Resources” banner
3. Choose a level of education and click on the button
4. Choose a learning standard and click on the box
5. Choose a key idea and click on the box
6. Choose a performance indicator and click on the box
7. Go to Learning Resources box and click on Lesson Plans
8. Choose one of the lesson plans listed – this will bring you to the Thinkfinity lesson plan


Thinkfinity NY instructions:
Log on to: http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/

To drill down to lessons, go to:
1. Click on Social Studies button
2. Choose a Standard and level of education
3. Choose a Performance Indicator and associated lesson
4. Click on the lesson plan – this will bring you to the Thinkfinity lesson plan


Thinkfinity National instructions:
Log on to: http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx

Register for training session:
1. Click on brown box – Professional Development
2. On the left side, click on Training Attendee Forms
3. Under Attendees, click on Sign In on the Roster
4. Under session date, December 5, 2007, click on the Amityville training & register as an attendee

Areas to explore on Thinkfinity National:

1. On Home page: The partners
2. On Home page: New Resources
3. On Home page: Calendar
4. On Home page: Thinkfinity Literacy Network
5. On Home page: Literacy Partners
6. On Home page: Search
7. Start Exploring – SAVE THE URL for each site visited.


Training Survey:
1. Click on brown box – Professional Development
2. On the left side, click on Training Attendee Forms
3. Under Attendees, click on Taking the Training Survey
4. Choose the Amityville Training Session and complete the form