Best Social Sciences Instructional Solution

American Government - ABC-CLIO

American Government explains the foundations of our government, connects these concepts to the issues of the day, and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the political and economic systems of the United States by comparing them to those of other countries.


With American Government, users can learn from a wealth of short biographies, videos, quotes, and primary source documents. The information in this database is authoritative and engaging, and the unique presentation encourages active, informed, thoughtful citizenship.

McGraw-Hill networks: A Social Studies Learning System - McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill networks: A Social Studies Learning System is a groundbreaking series for teaching U.S. history, world history, and civics for grades 6-12 through interactive online teacher and student centers. The easy-to-use Teacher Lesson Center gathers everything in one place to effectively manage and organize the classroom. Teachers can plan instruction; customize lessons, assignments, and tests; create presentations; assess comprehension; and differentiate instruction with ease. The resource library offers a bank of primary sources, political cartoons, maps, images, games, worksheets, and graphic organizers, with online Professional Development from leading specialists on Understanding by Design, and use of technology in the classroom. McGraw-Hill eAssessment includes authentic online assessment that provides remediation and reporting tools; teachers can sort by performance or demographic criteria. Student results are available immediately at the student, class, school, or district level. Teachers appreciate the way in which the Student Learning Center boosts student engagement and provides powerful, standards-based curriculum with access to content, primary sources, and engaging videos. Social studies content comes alive as students interact with content differentiated to their reading level, take notes, view videos and resources, submit assignments all online, and collaborate with teachers and students about relevant social studies topics with online discussion boards.

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• BTW website is our current events website for all of our social studies programs. This engaging website contains articles and lesson plans on recent events and relevant topics. The articles and lesson plans are written at ag
• Facebook: McGraw-Hill networks™ has a Facebook account to provide informational facts and tips about history and social studies. In addition, we engage teacher and student interest to collaborate on interesting topics and q
• Enter the Debate Press Release: This press release announces the McGraw-Hill sponsored contest to engage teachers and students in the 2012 election and spark conversation about issues facing our country.
• You Tube: The You Tube Link provides information videos on the What If? Social Media conversation on relevant social studies topics, contest videos, and informational videos on the McGraw-Hill networks ™ programs.

ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher - ProQuest

Gain critical insight and understanding into today’s leading social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story.

For over 35 years, SIRS has sought out the best, most relevant information to encourage dialogue and critical thinking about the major issues of our society. Today, it’s a trusted source for unbiased global coverage on more than 325 critical and enduring social issues—from health care and the economy to global warming and world conflicts.

The SIRS Leading Issues framework presents a clear, editorially-organized structure that helps students pick a topic and understand its historical origins, related issues, global perspectives, and the essential questions under debate. Each Issue also contains thousands of engaging full-text, statistical, web, and multimedia documents– actively selected and compiled from more than 2,000 global sources—on all sides of the issues to facilitate further research that informs or persuades.

Additional student tools like an interactive critical thinking skills tutor, MyAnalysis interactive research and information literacy guide, and note organizers support the research process from start-to-finish. While educator tools like Lexiles and standards correlations—including Common Core Standards—help integrate resources easily into instruction.

Additional information can be found online at:

• SIRS Issues Researcher 2 Minute Demo
• SIRS Issues Researcher General Information Page

FreedomFlix - Scholastic Library Publishing

FreedomFlix helps students home literacy skills, build knowledge of important historical topics, and cultivate 21st Century Skills through the inquiry process. All of the eBooks on FreedomFlix are supported with a deep and diverse reservoir of releated content and primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and text.

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• Company website