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Organizations

• American Association for State and Local History
  http://www.aaslh.org/
  The American Association for State and Local History provides leadership, service, and support for its members, who preserve and interpret state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful in American Society.
  
  
• American Historical Association
  http://www.theaha.org/
  The American Historical Association has a long-standing commitment to teaching and history education at all levels. The Teaching Division oversees various teaching related activities of the association.
  
  
• Association of American Geographers
  http://www.aag.org/
  The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1904. Its 6,500 members share interests in the theory, methods, and the practice of geography.
  
  
• Economics America
  http://www.economicsamerica.org/
  A nationwide, comprehensive program for economic education in America's schools.
  
  
• ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education
  http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html
  This national clearinghouse provides educational information, research, and materials for the teaching of social studies/social sciences
  
  
• Human Rights Resource Center
  http://www.hrusa.org/
  The Human Rights Resource Center makes excellent HRE resources produced by non-profit organizations and independent publishers accessible to all. These resources include more than 50 curricula, guides, videos, documents, and other educational aids.
  
  
• National Center for History in the Schools
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/
  Numerous resources for teachers: complete lesson plans, unit objectives matched to history standards, and reproducible primary sources.
  
  
• National Council for Geographic Education
  http://www.ncge.org/
  The National Council for Geographic Education works to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning.
  
  
• National Council for History Education
  http://www.history.org/nche/
  The National Council for History Education is dedicated to promoting the importance of history in schools and in society. NCHE links history in the schools with many activities sponsored by state and local organizations.
  
  
• National Council for the Social Studies
  http://www.socialstudies.org/
  An information service for educators. NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies.
  
  
• National Council on Economic Education
  http://www.ncee.net/
  The NCEE is a unique nonprofit partnership of leaders in education, business and labor devoted to helping youngsters learn to think, to choose and to function in a changing global economy
  
  
• National Geographic Teacher Communtiy
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/ teacher_community/index.html
  Online resources to many ideas, projects, grant opportunities, calendar of events, and conferences.
  
  
• Organization of American Historians
  http://www.oah.org/
  The Organization of American Historians, founded in 1907 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional organization for the investigation, study and teaching of American History.
  
  
• Social Science Education Consortium
  http://www.ssecinc.org/
  The Social Science Education Consortium, Inc. supports social science and history education in schools, K-12.
  
  
• The American Forum for Global Education
  http://www.globaled.org/
  The American Forum for Global Education promotes the education of American youth for responsible citizenship in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

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Florida Colleges

• University of Florida - History Department
  http://www.history.ufl.edu/
  
  
• Florida A & M University - Department of History, Political Science, African-American Studies, Public Mangagement, and Geography
  http://www.famu.edu/acad/colleges/
  
  
• Florida Atlantic University - History Department
  http://www.fau.edu/divdept/hist/history.department.htm
  
  
• Florida Gulf Coast University - Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  http://www.fgcu.edu/cas/divisions/DSB.html
  
  
• Florida International University - College of Arts & Science
  http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/casdean/
  
  
• Florida State University - College of Arts & Science
  http://www.fsu.edu/~fsuas/
  
  
• New College of Florida - Division of Social Sciences
  http://www.ncf.edu/Catalog/Documents/social_sciences.htm
  
  
• University of Central Florida - History Department
  http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~history/
  
  
• University of North Florida-College of Arts&Sciences
  http://www.unf.edu/coas/
  
  
• University of South Florida-Department of History
  http://www.cas.usf.edu/history/
  
  
• University of West Florida-Department of History
  http://uwf.edu/history/

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Professional Development

• Prentice Hall Professional Development
  http://www.phschool.com/social_studies/
  ss_professional_dev.html
  Social Studies teaching tools and professional development resources.
  
  
• Social Studies Center
  http://socialstudies.tea.state.tx.us/about/about.htm
  The social studies center contains links for professional development in curriculum and assessment.
  
  
• Teaching Content With Online Lesson Formats
  http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/
  tougas/meet_soc.htm
  A collaboration of useful links for professional development in the area of social studies.
  
  
• Teachers' Curriculum Institute
  http://www.teachtci.com/default.asp
  TCI offers professional development and curricular materials created by and for teachers.
  
  
• The USOE Social Studies Homepage
  http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/soc.st/
  prof_dev/prof_dev.html
  This site contains information about social studies core curriculum, grade level lesson plans and materials, upcoming events and inservice possibilities. You will also find web links to relevant classroom curriculum and materials.
  
  
  

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  Government
  
  
• American Fact Finder
  http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
  Hosted by the US Census Bureau, this is a source for housing, economic and geographic data.
  
  
• Central Intelligence Agency
  http://www.cia.gov/
  Factbook on intelligence, maps, names of foreign government officials, and other CIA information.
  
  
• FedWorld
  http://www.fedworld.gov/
  The FedWorld.gov web site is a gateway to government information.
  
  
• First Gov for Kids
  http://www.kids.gov/
  This site provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
  
  
• Florida Supreme Court
  http://www.firn.edu/supct/
  Links to sites related to the Florida court system.
  
  
• Library of Congress
  http://www.loc.gov/
  Online words, pictures and sounds from the Library of Congress.
  
  
• US Department of the Treasury
  http://www.treas.gov/education/
  The Treasury's Learning Vault, where students can learn all about the history of the Treasury Department, its role in the Federal government, and its mission to serve people.
  
  
• US National Archives&Records Administration
  http://www.archives.gov/index.html
  NARA, an independent Federal agency, is America's national recordkeeper.
  
  
• The Whitehouse
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/
  The official Whitehouse site.
  
  
  
  
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  Last Updated
  September 16, 2004

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