Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 8 Professional Commentary: This resource, "Historical Background" is about the Civil War and is part of an extensive website, americancivilwar.com. This particular resource gives the advantages and disadvantages of each side as well as the strategies each used during the war, and woven within this explanation are economic reasons.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This link provided a graphic example of economic interdependence using the process of building of a home. This site would work well at the beginning of a unit that introduces students to this concept.... 703 What is a Public Good? Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: Using this web site teachers are provided with current information about public verses private goods. This information is provided by an English edition journal titled, Le Monde diplomatique.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This is an interesting instructional resource that allows users to look up selected world cities and view images from NASA. Along with having multiple views (some cities have more pictures than others) of the city, the site provides some short biographical information along with basic facts about the destination, including: geographic coordinates, features on the photo,... 705 Maps - National Geographic Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This site is sponsored by National Geographic and is a very useful site for maps. You can customize for different regions, countries, states, cities, etc.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: National Geographic Xpeditions resource includes atlas maps to serve for display during lesson delivery, to use as handouts or to direct students for research. These maps proved to be printer friendly.... 707 Countries of the World Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This website is excellent for students to use when needing information on countries throughout the world. It includes basic information on each country, maps, geography and much more.... 708 The Physical Environment Distributed Atlas Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This resource provided by Earth on-line is an on-line atlas collection. Included are: General Maps, Atmosphere Maps, Hydrosphere Maps, Biosphere Maps, and Lithosphere Maps.... 709 Internet Resources for Physical Geography Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: Using this hyperlink a teacher will enter a one-stop resource bank about geography content and concepts. This site will direct the viewer to content-specific websites.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This is a very useful resource. A teacher can choose and print reproducible maps from a variety of choices: world countries, continents, historical maps, and much more.... |