Social Science Websites

Maps 101 :
First, go to www.lausd.net, then Offices, Library Services and click on the Digital Library.

Then, under “Subscription Sites” click on “Maps101”.

From there, you will be taken directly to Maps101 Content for
the Classroom!

The Smithsonian-
The Smithsonian Website has materials that are well organized,easy to find, readable, inexpensive and linked to teacher-created lesson plans.

The National Archives
The National Archives is a website linked to document based lesson plans.

The Huntington Library-
The Huntington Library is committed to teachers and students in the study of history

UCLA & Social Science-
The UCLA website has teacher-created lesson plans for U.S and World History classrooms with useful links to the Getty Museum.

Schools of California Online Resources-
The Schools of California Online Resources for Education brings the best of the internet into the classroom organized around California content standard topics.

 

What is Social Studies?

Social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics and natural sciences. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world. (National council for the Social Studies, 1993)

LAUSD Website

History-Social Science Website

Primary Source Resources

History Resources