Social Studies
AMHS Databases
American Civil War Reference Library e-book
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Americans Revolution Reference Library e-book
click here |
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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
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
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