Social Studies and Fine Arts Educator Resources

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A source for primary documents from all over Massachusetts. Photos, documents, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and much more.

Uses new technologies to enhance teaching and research. Contains primary sources, interactive timeline, virtual exhibitions, and multimedia including flash movies, historical music, and e-lectures.

Video and interactive resources for teachers on China, Japan, and WWII studies. Created by Stanford University.

Look for interactive resources from content partners such as the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic.

Rich collection of classroom activities and lessons on the industrial revolution in Massachusetts.

Interactive map games and puzzles for practice with continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments.

PBS-created lesson plan, from PBS LearningMedia.

Wilson and Ditch are two gophers in this PBS program - they travel all around the US, filling viewers in on facts about the places they visit.

Part of the Thinkfinity community of standards-based resources.

For secondary grades