Social Studies Resources

EDUC_382_Fall_2011.docx

Internet Resources - Washington:

Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive

Education World: Social Science Center - searches and reviews websites

Frenchtown Historic Site

HistoryLink.org - The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History

Historic Newspapers in Washington

NAD Teacher Bulletin volumes 1-9

NAD Teacher Bulletin volume 10

Whitman Mission National Historic Site


Links to other sites do not necessarily constitute endorsement of the organizations linked to.

Internet Resources - Taiwan

Bible Gateway  You may choose Chinese Union Version - traditional or simplified.  Go to the bottom of the language list.

Chinese Children's Religious Songs

Chinese Seal Generator

    (Adult supervision is recommended, as some aspects of this site are inappropriate.  An alternative site you could use is: 

                         http://hktv.cc/yz/chinese-seal-chop/

    1.  Choose a family name

    2.  Get phonetic characters for your first name.

        or

       Use Babelfish to get characters for the meaning of your name.  Note: Chinese - simplified is used in mainland China.  Chinese - traditional is used in Taiwan.

    3. Copy and paste family name and given (first) name, in that order (no more than four characters), into the Chinese Seal Generator.  You may choose different fonts, sizes, and a negative or positive carving.  When done, save the image to a file that you can add to your letters and art work.

CIA - The World Factbook

CyberSleuthKids:Taiwan

Digital Taiwan

     Here are just a couple of the searches that can be done:

     Clothing Search

     Zoology

Glance at Taiwan

Go2Taiwan

Google Maps

Learn Chinese, Taiwan Travels: HighlightsKids.com

New Taiwan Ilha Formosa

Holidays in Taiwan

Republic of China (Taiwan) Government entry point

Taipei 101 tower

Taipics - vintage pictures of Taiwan

Taiwan, Government Information Office

Taiwan Tourism Bureau

Taiwanese Children's Songs

Wikipedia Republic of China


Links to other sites do not necessarily constitute endorsement of the organizations linked to.

 

Curriculum Library Resources

     Bibliographies:

     China/Chinese

     Civil Rights Movement

     Economics

     Great Depression

     Pacific Northwest

     Sustainability

     Taiwan

     Underground Railroad

     Washington History

     World War II


     Professional literature 372.83

     Interact Simulations

     Textbooks 372.83, 372.89, and 900's for social studies, geography and history. 

                            372.87 for music of different cultures or themes.

     Magazines

     Teacher Bulletin Units

     Reference -  especially the Bibliographies books

     Children's literature, especially the 900's and Biographies

     File folder games

     Map file

     Puppet scripts

     Room 306 small kits in 372.83, curriculum guides

     Room 308 big kits

     Room 310 posters and die cutter and dies.

     Room 312 picture file

     Publishing station, create professional looking games and booklets.

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Last update on September 30, 2011