Social Studies
Technology Project
Ohio Social Studies
Standards For You and
Me
Table of Contents
 Strands List
 History Web-based Activities
 Government Web-based Activities
 Geography Web-based Activities
 Economic Web-based Activities
 Citizenship Web-based Activities
 P-in-S Web-based Activities
 Skills & Methods Web-based Activities
The Strands
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History
Economics
People in Societies
Government
Geography
Citizenship: Rights
and Responsibilities
Social Studies Skills and Methods
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History Activities
 What Happened On
Your Birthday
 The First Colonies
 Library of Congress I
 Library of Congress II
 Point - Counterpoint
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What Happened On Your
Birthday?
 Click on the picture
 Enter your birth date
 Write all of the events
that the site gives you.
 Choose one event for
further investigation
The First
Colonies
 Click the banner above
 Find and explore the building
where the colonists could
share a beverage
 What other uses has the
building had?
 When did the original owner
die?
Library Of Congress I
 Click the picture
 Read sections 1, 2 & 3
 Answer the questions in
bullet format on the
page
 Turn in on a separate
sheet of paper
Library of Congress II
 Click the picture
 Find four images that represent each of these
periods:
– colonial period
– Revolution
– Constitution Ratification
Point - Counterpoint
 Click the picture
 Read the opposing
viewpoints presented
in 6 web pages
 Write a one page
essay answering the
question:
– Who is correct, and
why?
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Government Activities
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Name That Committee
Thomas Website scavenge
“I Stand On My Record”
Bi-Cameral, Tri-Cameral,
whose Camel is this
anyway?
 The Constitution
 Constitutional Slideshow
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Name that Committee
 Find the member of the House who represents
your district
 Find out what committee he/she serves on
 Use the link for shortcut help once you have
found your congressman
Thomas Website
 Click the Picture
 Root through the site to find
the Senate Indian Affairs
Committee page
 Locate the witness list for
the next scheduled up
coming hearing
 Write down three names
from the list
“I Stand on my record”
 What is House Resolution
3289?
 What did your congressman
vote on House Resolution
3289?
 Find one congressman who
voted the opposite way.
 Click the link for a shortcut
Who’s Camel Is This Anyway?
 Click the link to view
a small webpage on
the differences
between the bicameral and unicameral systems.
 Which is system do
we use?
Constitution
 Click on the picture
 Answer the questions
on the sheet linked
below.
 After you have typed
in the answers, print
one copy with your
name on it and turn it
in.
Constitutional Slideshow
 Click the picture
 Read the page and click on the bottom link to
move forward
 Answer the questions at the end
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Geography Activities
 Portals on the World
 Puerto Rico: Colony
or State?
 Where in the World is
Carmen San Diego?
 Geo-Test-o-meter
 US State Test
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Portals on the World
 Click the Picture
 Choose 2 countries
from each of 4
continents
 Look at the business,
government, and
environment sections
 Report similarities
and differences
Puerto Rico: Colony or State?
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Click the picture
Read looking to compare Puerto Rico with Cuba
Why did the two develop differently?
How did geography make a difference
Where in the World is
Carmen San Diego?
 Click the picture
 Play one rousing
round of Where in the
World is Carmen San
Diego
 Post you score on the
whiteboard
Geo-test-o-meter
 Click the picture
 Try the test on your choice of any continent except
North America
 Post your scores on the whiteboard
US State Test
 Click the picture
 Take the State test
 Post your score on the whiteboard for all to see
your brilliance
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Economics Activities
 Supply
 Demand
 The Iron Law of
Supply and Demand
 Retail, Shmetail
what’s the dif?
 What’s a buck worth
these days?
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Supply
 Click the Picture
 Learn about supply
If you have it, no one
wants it.
Demand
 Click the picture
 Learn about Demand
 It’s what you want to
do!!
The Iron Law of Supply and
Demand
 Click the picture
 Learn about how Supply and demand join forces
to set prices
Retail, Shmetail what’s the dif?
 Click the picture
 Read about the prices
of Levi’s jeans
 Why do you think the
prices are all
different?
 How might Supply
and Demand be at
work here?
What’s a buck worth these days?
 Click the picture
 You have $100.00 to spend at Amazon.com
who can buy the most products without buying
the same type of item twice?
 Good luck!
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Citizenship Activities
 Becoming A Citizen
 Worldwide Citizenship
 Voting I:
Understanding the Issues
 Voting II:
Are You Ready to Vote?
 Free Press: Rights and
Responsibilities
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Becoming A Citizen
 Click the picture
 Answer these questions
 What types of information
is required for INS forms?
 Why would the Caveat
Emptor warning be
needed?
 Who might take advantage
of immigrants?
Worldwide Citizenship
 Being a citizen of the
world means that we
are responsible for
helping fix more than
just American
problems
 Click the picture and
do step 1.
 Read and think about
doing step 2.
Voting I:
Understanding the Issues
 Click the picture
 Enter your zip code
– (zip + 4 format)
 View current state
campaigns
What are the issues?
Who stands on what side of those issues?
Which candidate do you most agree with on the
issues?
Does that surprise you?
Voting II:
Are You Ready to Vote?
 Click the Picture
 Follow the links on
the FAQs page
 Determine the
answers to the
questions
 Final question: Are
you ready to vote?
Free Press:
Rights and Responsibilities
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 Click the Picture
 Read the article
 How are you, as a consumer of media, responsible
for creating good journalism?
 What does the Constitution say and not say about a
free press?
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People In Societies Activities
 The Nacerima
 My People, My
Society
 Culture In a Can
 Think Outside the
Box
 If Life Were Different
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The Nacerima
 Click the Picture
 Read about the exotic Nacerima people
 Do any of their rituals sound like anything we
might do?
 What would it be like to live in the Nacerima
culture?
My People, My Society
 Click the Title
 Use the Google search
engine to find
information to define
contemporary
American culture.
 Is it easy or hard to
do?
Culture in a can
 Click the Picture
 Enter the name of any
country in the world
 Read the information
about it
 Is this a good way to
learn anything about
the people and culture
of a nation?
Think Outside the Box
 Click on the picture
 Research one country
in the world.
 Look for official
websites, and actual
people from that
country
 What can you learn
about their culture
Is it hard to avoid broad
from this level of
generalizations?
looking?
If Life Were Different
 Find a non-US news
website
 Compare it to CNN’s
website
 How is the world
news different on the
websites?
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Skills and Methods Activities
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Timeline
Fishbone
Evaluation of Sources
Your Turn
Group Collaboration or
Group Conflagration
Timeline
 Click the Picture
 View the
timeline
 Notice how
events were
chosen and left
out to create a
coherent whole
 Create your own
time-line from
events in the
book
Fishbone
 Click the picture
 Read the instructions
for constructing a
fishbone diagram
 Create your own
using cause and effect
information from your
text
Evaluation of Sources
 Click the pictures (one at a
time)
 They have very different
views of things
 Evaluate the sources, are
either of them scientific,
logical, and/or factual?
 Investigate the authors if
you can, who are they?
What is their position?
Does that make a
difference in their
trustworthiness
Your Turn
 Take a position on an
aspect of WWII
 Defend that position
using your book,
reliable and cited web
sources, and books.
 Click the picture for a
helpful website
Group Collaboration or
Group Conflagration
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 Choose a “Hot Button
Issue” that is not
agreed upon by the
members of the group
 Research and Analyze
the positions
 Make a final decision
about what will be
done, where all
parties can agree
Click the buttons for topic ideas