Websites of A.C.S.S. Affiliated Organizations & Classroom Resources

[These resources and links are listed for classroom teachers and social studies specialists to use in support of what they may be teaching. Any products or services for sale by any of these groups are not endorsed by ACSS. If you know of a website that would be of interest to social studies teachers, please contact ACSS through our website e-mail using the link in the column to the left.]

Africa.com
An excellent online resource recently developed to provide extensive information and data for curriculum development and courses that focus on Africa. The website Africa.com contains current and historical information for students interested in one or more of the fifty-three countries on the continent. Examples of topics for each country include the following items:
· Short videos that allow students to “visit” the country they are studying
· Up to date facts and figures about people and places
· Current news, maps and geography
· Cultural aspects, literature, music, and art
· Economics, finance, and political conditions

America in the 1930s
Numerous resources on this era from print, film, and radio. Includes an impressive timeline for your student's use.

American Red Cross, Grand Canyon Chapter
The American Red Cross organization is dedicated to educating people about International Humanitarian Law and the principles it embodies. The Grand Canyon Chapter in Arizona is proud to be a part of engaging teachers in a program of study that helps our youth understand the necessity of humanitarian norms, and develop an interest and responsible involvement in local and international events that affect their lives. Educators may also request an in-service workshop by contacting international@arizonaredcross.org.

American Studies at the University of Virginia
This site was actively supported from 1995-2005, and while it is not fully supported now, the wealth of materials and websites still available is unbelievable. Visit it and see what you think. You're bound to find something there of great value for your classroom use.

Arizona Asian American Society
The Arizona Asian American Association (AAAA) is a non-profit organization comprised of at least 13 Asian communities dedicated to helping spread cultural diversity. One of the goals of the AAAA is to build a bridge between you and the Asian communities in  Arizona. Teachers will find links to the various ethnic groups and cultural events.

Arizona Association for Environmental Education
The Arizona Association for Environmental Education released it's new website in April, 2010. The website is designed to provide AAEE members and the environmental education community the tools and resources to stay connected to AAEE Projects and provides for great networking opportunities. AAEE has a new funding partnership for educators - click here to get more information and download the forms.

Arizona Capitol Museum
The Arizona Capitol Museum brings history to life every day through exhibitions, special events, and tours. More than 20 exhibits tell Arizona's story from territorial days to the present. Park free at Wesley Bolin Plaza east of 17th Avenue and top off your day with a visit to the award winning museum store.

Arizona Council on Economic Education
Keep in touch with the ACEE, Arizona's premiere source for professional development opportunities, curriculum development, and student programs in economic education. Find the most updated ACEE Calendar of Events, download program registration forms online and learn more about the programs offered.

Arizona Courts
This site can help you become better acquainted with Arizona’s judicial system. It describes how the courts are organized, the special functions of the courts and how court cases are processed in our legal system. Here you will also learn about the roles of the people who work for the courts, how judges are selected, and how we evaluate court employees and individual courts to make sure they are working properly.

Arizona Department of Education
The Arizona Department of Education provides information about teaching social studies and links to Social Studies Resources through the ADE Social Studies Resource Page. http://www.ade.state.az.us/sa/sdi/socstudies.asp In addition, K-12 curriculum support materials in Social Studies, created by ADE Content Specialists, are available through IDEAL. https://www.ideal.azed.gov

Arizona Department of State - Office of Secretary of State

Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education
Keep in touch with AZFLSE, the charitable arm of the State Bar of Arizona, and a leader in civic education statewide. Here you can find information about their many educational programs, including We the People, Project Citizen, Mock Trial, Law Related Education Academies, and a Resource Lending Library for educators. You can also register for email updates and learn more about AZFLSE's awards programs.

Arizona Game and Fish Department
The struggle to preserve America's wildlife is an amazing tale of national and natural history. It is a story of what we can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal. A new curriculum will help you bring this story to your students. Intended for high school science and social studies classrooms, the curriculum is free. It consists of five interactive lessons set to Arizona academic standards in both science and the social studies.

Arizona Geographic Alliance
Keep in touch with AZGA, Arizona's premiere source for professional development opportunities relating to geography education. On this website, you will find copyright free maps, lesson plans, a calendar of upcoming events, and information about the Alliance's NCLB related projects: GeoLiteracy and GeoMath.

Arizona Geological Survey
The mission of the Arizona Geological Survey is to:
•Serve as a primary source of geologic information in this state to enhance public understanding of the state's geologic character, geologic hazards and limitations and mineral resources.
•Inform, advise and assist the public in matters concerning the geological processes, materials and landscapes and the development and use of the mineral resources of this state.
•Encourage the wise use of the lands and mineral resources of this state toward its development.
•Provide technical advice and assistance in geology to other state and local governmental agencies engaged in projects in which the geologic setting, character or mineral resources of the state are involved.
•Provide technical advice and assistance in geology to industry toward the wise development and use of the mineral and land resources of this state.

American Heritage Education Foundation
AHEF is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the understanding and teaching of America's factual and philosophical heritage to promote constructive citizenship and Freedom, Unity, Progress, and Responsibility among our students and citizens. AHEF accomplishes this patriotic mission by writing, producing, and distributing FREE K-12 lesson plans to teachers, students, and families in all 50 states and through additional initiatives, programs, and partnerships.

Arizona Historical Society
AHS is Arizona's oldest cultural organization, charged with preserving Arizona history for the present and future. There are seven terrific AHS museums in our state, located in Flagstaff, Tempe, Tucson, and Yuma. Through this portal website, you can link to the museum closest to you and find information about museum tours, classroom presentations, and resources. AHS has an outstanding education department willing and able to work with Arizona's classroom teachers. The Arizona Historical Society is the institutional sponsor and state coordinator for the National History Day education program in Arizona.

Arizona League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Leagues in communities across the nation are known for providing voters with factual, nonpartisan information on candidates and ballot issues, whether through voter’s guides, candidate forums, town meetings or debates.  The League is most widely known for the Presidential Debates in 1982 and 1986.  Locally, the League of Women Voters of Arizona has held debates for numerous state and local races and printed ballot guides.

Arizona State Board of Education - Academic Standards in Social Studies

Arizona State Library and Archives and Public Records
This website enables you to make archival research requests via email, including selections from a vast selection of historical Arizona photographs.

Arnold-Liebster Foundation
Provides comprehensive resources and curriculum materials on the Nazi persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses, including online and downloadable study guides and lesson plans, survivor memoirs and online testimonies, traveling exhibits, interactive Skype conference with survivor, primary documents and more.

Ashland University
The courses in the master's program are residential summer courses open to degree and non-degree students. Students may pursue the Master of American History and Government degree or they may take individual courses as continuing education coursework. The courses offered as a part of the master's program are intensive one-week seminars. Each week-long course is offered for two semester hours. There are six one-week sessions scheduled in the summer, and students may participate in up to four sessions each summer.

Asia for Educators
An invaluable and informative website from Columbia University with resources for teachers of all ages and levels.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 160,000 members in 148 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas––superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members. Our nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association provides expert and innovative solutions in professional development, capacity building, and educational leadership essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.

ASU Center for Civic Education and Leadership
The Center for Civic Education and Leadership (CCEL) is an initiative of Arizona State University’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership. Through partnerships with university, community, and civic organizations throughout the region and world, CCEL hopes to increase civic engagement through research and education. CCEL was created to address the need for inquiry and action in order to increase the quantity and quality of participation in a civil society. Great opportunity for 3rd through 8th grade students in summer: Civic Engagement and Leadership Camp ASU Downtown Phoenix. Apply NOW.

Avalon Project
Documents in law, history and diplomacy from 4,000 bce to the 21st century!

BBC History Interactives
Bring history (ancient, British, world, recent) to life with animated maps, movies, games, picture galleries, virtual 3D tours and program clips.

Best of History Websites (Games and Animations)
Fun history games and animations organized around broad historical periods. Aimed at students ages 10-16.

Bill of Rights Institute
This site, dedicated to awareness and teaching of the American Bill of Rights, is a treasure trove of information for civics teachers. It features FREE online lesson plans and printable copies of primary documents relating to the Bill of Rights. You can also enroll to receive daily "Bill of Rights in the News" headlines and electronic newsletters which will inform you of upcoming events in your area. You will also find The Bill of Rights and You: Online Teaching Guide.

BizWorld Foundation
A non-profit organization that uses project-based curriculum designed to make business fundamentals come alive in the real world context while integrating core subjects such as Math, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Economics.

Black History Month
In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Rev. Jesse E. Moorland co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). Their goal was to research and bring awareness to the largely ignored, yet crucial role black people played in American and world history. The following year, Woodson published and distributed his findings in The Journal of Negro History. He founded the publication with the hope that it would dispel popular mistruths. He also hoped to educate black people about their cultural background and instill them with a sense of pride in their race. Black History Month is now recognized and widely celebrated by the entire nation on both a scholarly and commercial level. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History continues to promote, preserve and research black history and culture year-round.

Bracero History Archive
The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964. Millions of Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America.

Center for Civic Education
The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in civic life by citizens committed to values and principles fundamental to American constitutional democracy. The Center specializes in civic/citizenship education, law-related education, and international educational exchange programs for developing democracies. Programs focus on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; American political traditions and institutions at the federal, state, and local levels; constitutionalism; civic participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Center for Teacher Success
Mission of the Center for Teacher Success is to improve the academic achievement of Arizona students by elevating the professional performance of their teachers and education leaders. Very successful and powerful programs presented throughout the school year. Check out their K-12 resources and programs on global climate change.

Central Arizona Museum Association
This organization is dedicated to the promotion of museums in the Phoenix metropolitan area and in the surrounding communities of Apache, Maricopa, and Pinal. You can download the Museum Ed-Ventures Resource Guide. This tool is to help bring schools and MECA (Museum Educators Council of Arizona) together to integrate MECA programming and experiences into classroom learning.

Constitutional Rights Foundation
CRF seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and educate them to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country's future by investing in our youth today.

Desert Botanical Garden's Digital Learning
The Desert Botanical Garden’s Digital Learning website is designed for K-8 teachers, students and their families throughout Arizona. This interdisciplinary curriculum is aligned with Arizona Academic Standards with specific emphasis in the life sciences. The design of this curriculum is intended to provide students and teachers the opportunity and resources for conducting plant-based investigations and to encourage outdoor exploration using science and technology. 

Dirksen Congressional Center
The Dirksen Congressional Center's Communicator is a free web-based e-newsletter providing educators with news and ideas to improve the understanding of Congress.

Docs Teach
Teach historical thinking with the assistance of the National Archives and 3,000 documents! Make U.S. History Come Alive for Students! DocsTeach.org offers teachers new tools to excite students interest in U.S. History, using documents and photos from the National Archives. Students are guided through various analytical and interpretive methods to better understand U.S. History. The lessons actually invite the student to go deeper into thinking about what they know, making history come alive.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Great Depression Curriculum materials and a wealth of other resources on economic history.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Free teaching and learning resources from federal agencies. You owe it to yourself to check it out. For U.S. and world history only, check out this site: History

Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
FFVF is a national, non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian educational organization. Nationwide there are 29 chapters of volunteers dedicated to passing on our precious heritage to succeeding generations. This is done in partnership with educators, parents and the national headquarters at Valley Forge.

Our mission is to help preserve the ideals and principles upon which the United States was founded and to inspire Americans, especially young Americans, to become informed, responsible and active citizens in the social, political and economic life of our nation, states, and communities. Volunteers of the Phoenix Chapter bring Living History Programs to schools and organizations in Maricopa County. These volunteers are from a broad range of professional backgrounds. Programs are free to all private, parochial, public and charter schools.

The Genocide Education Project
A nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that assists educators in teaching about human rights and genocide, particularly the Armenian Genocide, by developing and distributing instructional materials, providing access to teaching resources and organizing educational workshops.

The Great Depression - The Stock Market Crash and Beyond
Some good information and resources for history and economics teachers, albeit some commercial links.

Hispanic Heritage Month
In September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week. The observance was expanded in 1988 to a monthlong celebration (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15). America celebrates the culture and traditions of U.S. residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Sept. 15 was chosen as the starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respectively. (Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau)

HistoryBuff.com
This site, associated with the Newspaper Collectors Society of America, is a terrific resource for primary accounts of historical events. The site maintains online newspaper archives and a History library, making it very user-friendly.

iCivics
iCivics is a free, interactive, web-based program totally re-designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation and that civics teachers need better materials and support. On this site, you will find information and useful teaching resources for an engaging civics curriculum.

International Society for the Social Studies
The International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) is a non-profit, professional society devoted to the social studies. ISSS is an international interdisciplinary society for individuals striving to promote and enhance the importance of social studies education across the world.

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation was established by Congress in 1986 for the purpose of improving teaching about the United States Constitution in secondary schools. The Foundation is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the federal government. Funding for the Foundation’s programs comes from Congress and generous contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The Foundation has a Board of Trustees and its daily operations are directed by a president and a small staff. The Foundation’s office is located in Washington, D.C. For additional information, you may contact Arizona Senior Fellow (1998) Ken de Masi.

Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs)
The Keizai Koho Center in cooperation with the National Association of Japan-America Societies has sponsored a ten-day fellowship to Japan eery summer for ten educators in the U.S. and Canada, to learn firsthand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives.

Korea Academy for Teachers
The Korea Academy for Educators (KAFE) is a private, non-profit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to informing educators about Korea’s history and culture and the Korean American experience in order to promote cross-cultural understanding. KAFE is the only national organization that presents opportunities for K-12 educators of all disciplines to learn about Korean history and culture, Korean American students, and their families. KAFE offers Saturday workshops, five-day summer seminars that include a fellowship program, and free district professional development programs.

Law for Kids
Educator links and resources for students and teachers.

Mr. George Sabato's Supersite
If you have not visited the Best of the Web for Education site, then you are missing out on one of the great resources for everyone involved in classroom education. Teacher and student resources galore.

Musical Instument Museum in Scottsdale
The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) invites you to explore the musical instruments and music of the world and to use MIM's collection and exhibitions as a foundation for teaching and learning. Our Education Department seeks to inspire learners of all ages and abilities by offering a wide range of educational programs—from school group visits and museum tours to artist residency programs, from lectures and classes for adults to workshops for children, and much more! Through thoughtful interpretation, innovative program development, hands-on musical encounters, and strategic partnering, MIM is committed to providing a world-class educational experience for every guest who visits.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is leading the way in making teaching a profession dedicated to student learning and to upholding high standards for professional performance. We have raised the standards for teachers, strengthened their educational preparation through the standards, and created performance-based assessments that demonstrate accomplished application.

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)
Funded by the Freeman Foundation, is a multi-year initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about Asia in world history, geography, social studies, and literature courses.

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
The premier (and largest) organization in the world for information, resources, and support in the social studies for all levels from pre-K through university. Arizona educators have been well represented and highly respected at the national level in the NCSS. Opportunities for professional development and travel, summer workshops, national conferences, grants and scholarships, awards, leadership roles and advocacy, resource libraries, award-winning educator journals, and more all are part of what membership in the NCSS offers.

NCSS-Affiliated State and Local Social Studies Councils
Affiliation with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is open to groups with similar purposes and goals as NCSS. NCSS does not encourage duplication of state or local councils within the same geographic region.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Teacher Institutes and Seminars
Each year the NEH’s Division of Education Programs offers teachers opportunities to study a variety of humanities topics in NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes.  Please contact the specific projects listed below for more information about the programs and the application process.

National History Club
The National History Club Inc. (NHC) inspires students and teachers to start history club chapters at high schools, middle schools, and within other student and community programs. Members of local history club chapters participate in local and national programs, and create their own projects and activities. The NHC also provides chapters with resources and services that will help them increase the activity and impact of their history club. To date, the NHC has founded history club chapters at more than 400 high schools and middle schools in 43 states. We do not limit the scope of activities that a chapter may participate in---each club is allowed to navigate its own course. This allows for a wide-range of really interesting activities that are displayed in each Newsletter and on our website. The NHC also co-sponsors multiple award programs to recognize outstanding student members, Advisors, and chapters.

National History Day
The NHD program helps students not only with history content, but also improves reading, interpreting, analyzing, and writing skills that eventually transfers to other subject areas.  The rigorous program helps prepare students for college classes and guides them to be informed citizens.

National History Education Clearinghouse
The National History Education Clearinghouse offers a unique website with teaching materials, history content, best practices information. Includes quick links for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.

National Student/Parent Mock Election
The National Student/Parent Mock Election seeks to turn the sense of powerlessness that keeps young Americans and their parents from going to the polls into a sense of the power of participation in our democracy. One of the most important ways to increase students' sense of significance – and power – is to use the Mock Election to take them out of the classroom and into the real world. The National Student/Parent Mock Election receives support from numerous organizations, including the National Parent Teachers Association, the National School Boards Association, and the National Council for the Social Studies.

National Teacher Training Institute
For those of you looking to integrate more technology into your teaching, this site is for you! "Transforming the way teachers teach and students learn", this site features streaming video "TV shows" on monthly topics. There is also a database of media-rich lesson plans which includes Internet teaching tips and video teaching tips. You can also subscribe to a monthly e-newsletter.

The New Deal Network
The New Deal Network, an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s, is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Development of the NDN was funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

News-Basics
News-Basics is different from other news-related sites: its purpose is not to report the latest events, but to provide background so students can make sense of the news at it unfolds. Unlike Wikipedia entries, each article can be read in a few minutes.

Old Spanish Trail Association
A great resource with interactive maps for teachers working with Arizona and Southwest history. The Old Spanish Trail became the fifteenth national historic trail when Congress adopted S. 1946 in November and President George W. Bush signed the bill early in December 2002. The Old Spanish Trail linked two provinces of Mexico separated by such difficult topography and climatic extremes that, despite attempts beginning as early as 1776, a route was successfully opened only in 1829. In that year Antonio Armijo, a merchant from Santa Fe, led 60 men and 100 mules on the known trails blazed northward by trappers and traders with the Utes, and backtracked along the route Spanish padres Dominguez and Escalante recorded as they returned to Santa Fe from southern Utah more than fifty years earlier. For more information, explore http://www.oldspanishtrail.org/trail_history.php

ONEBOOKAZ
Brought to Arizona in 2002, ONEBOOKAZ is an exciting program that brings communities together through literature. Beginning in April every year, this program encourages communities across the State of Arizona to read the same book at the same time and participate in discussions and programs centered around that book. One title is chosen for adults to read, and one title is chosen for kids. The goals of ONEBOOKAZ are:

• To celebrate literature in the State of Arizona by encouraging the reading and exploration of a book.
• To foster a sense of community through the shared experience of reading the same book, discussing themes and involving participants in the statewide events connected with the book.
• To bring people together through public programs such as book discussions, author readings and signing events, panel discussions, traveling presentations, and special events.
• To nurture partnerships between libraries, schools, museums, other allied institutions, the media, commercial vendors, the authors and the public.

Outreach World: A Resource for Teaching Kids About the World
Outreach World is a growing online community of educators dedicated to showcasing the achievements of its members and strengthening vital links across the education spectrum, and between the United States and the world.

Phoenix Art Museum
Reserve a date for your students to experience original art objects, ask questions, discover new ideas, and build knowledge of their community. Docents (volunteer teachers) facilitate in-gallery discussions customized to make social studies curricula come alive!

Salt River Project (SRP) Education Resources
SRP is pleased to offer an array of complimentary educational resources in support of Arizona educational standards. Complete the order form or call (602) 236-2484 to request these materials. You may also download our complete Resource Guide (PDF), which includes grant information as well as professional development opportunities provided by SRP and our partners. In addition to the resources below, SRP provides in service training for educators who wish to address water, electricity and renewable energy-related topics.

Smithsonian Institution for Educators
The Smithsonian seeks to bring content experts and educators together to help strengthen American education and enhance our nation’s ability to compete globally. The Smithsonian serves as a laboratory to create models and methods of innovative informal education and link them to the formal education system, thereby increasing the Smithsonian Institution’s impact as a national educational organization. Great teaching materials and online resources aligned to state standards of learning.

Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) "Got CALICHE?" Newsletter
Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Free newsletter archives with stuff on AZ and all areas of history, etc.

The Social Studies Center
Founded in 2000, is the successor to the Social Studies Center for Educator Development, which was funded by the Texas Education Agency from 1997 - 2000. The Texas Education Agency awarded a grant to Educational Service Center Region VI in Huntsville, in collaboration with Texas A&M University in College Station and Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, to create a social studies center for professional development in curriculum and assessment.

Social Studies Resources for Educators
Resources for educators in the social studies, including general links, reference materials, literature and lesson plans.

Teaching with Historic Places (National Park Service)
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.

Treasures 4 Teachers
Treasures 4 Teacher's mission is "to promote earth-friendly education and ensure that students and classrooms across Arizona have the tools for learning by transferring the community's surplus materials into the hands of educators and students, regardless of economic status." On average, every year teachers in America spend $500 to $1,200 out of their own salaries on school supplies for their students, sometimes even as much as $4,000. Students cannot learn and become productive members of society without the basic essentials for learning, such as paper, pencils and other basic school supplies.

In Arizona, over half of all K-8 students cannot afford lunch, much less basic educational tools and supplies.

• Students cannot succeed when they lack the basic tools for learning.
• Our school systems have shifted the burden of providing supplies to teachers.
• On average, Arizona schools budget less than .5 cents per student daily for supplies.
• Businesses have huge amounts of unwanted and surplus supplies that often end up in a landfill that teachers could desperately use.

Treasures 4 Teachers bridges the gap between the great need of teachers and resources available in the business community.

True Size of Africa
This site is great to realize just how big Africa is!

Tucson Water (Teacher and Classroom Resources)
Tucson Water's Educational Outreach Program is aimed at promoting water conservation through a variety of interactive methods. All of our programs are free of charge. For additional information and for scheduling the following presentations and tours, call the Tucson Water Public Information Office at (520) 791-433.1

University of Texas (Map Library)
Extensive collection of on-line maps and map resources for educators in the social studies at the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. One of the best sites available.

What is the Fed?
The San Francisco Fed's recently completed new online resource discusses who they are and what they do, in six short pages and in "normal" English. At the moment, it is a static reference website, but they are building interactive curriculum around it that teachers will be able to use in their classrooms.

Women's History Month
Before March became Women's History Month, it was a single day, March 8th. In 1975, The United Nations began sponsoring International Women's Day to honor women around the world, particularly working women. By the 1970s, March 8th was on the national calendar, although often the working class, socialist, grass-roots underpinnings of the holiday fell away and the focus in the United States largely became the achievements of individual women. International Women's Day became broader in scope and official in nature. In 1981, the new National Women's History Project in Northern California, among other groups, successfully lobbied Congress to declare a national Women's History Week in the days around March 8th. By 1987, by presidential decree, the week became a month.