{"id":5,"date":"2015-02-25T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:03:14","slug":"support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/support\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Sciences Support and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcss.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2015\/02\/white468_60.gif\" alt=\"Animation of logo for the Florida Council for the Social Studies (FCSS)\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncss.org\/\">National Council for Social Studies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcee.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Council on Economic Education<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/floridahumanities.org\/\">Florida Humanities Council<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fga.freac.fsu.edu\/\">Florida Geographic Alliance<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neh.gov\/\">National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oah.org\/\">The Organization of American Historians<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The American Historical Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Course Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastandards.org\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CPALMS- <\/strong><strong>Florida Social Studies Standards and Course Descriptions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elementary Social Studies<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harcourtschool.com\/menus\/hbsocial_studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harcourt Social Studies Series<\/a>&#8211; A link to our adopted kindergarten through fifth grade textbooks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/florida\/default.htm\">Exploring Florida for Fourth Grade<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Library of Congress Teacher Site<\/a>&#8211; A great resource site for teachers as it relates to history and government.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Census in Schools<\/a>&#8211; A wonderful student, parent and teacher website outlining how the Census can be used for enrichment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonschool.com\/index.cfm?locator=PSZuZg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symbols of America<\/a>&#8211; A Pearson website to aid in understanding U.S. symbols.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamequarium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gamequarium<\/a>&#8211; A website with social studies games online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Government\/ Civics Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youthleadership.net\/\">UVA Youth Leadership Initiative<\/a>&#8211; A website that contains lessons, free curriculum, and simulations for use in the middle and high school classroom.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-spanclassroom.org\/\">C-SPAN in the Classroom<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/livingroomcandidate.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Livingroom Candidate<\/a>&#8211; Archives of Presidential campaign commercials. This site also has lessons to help students build campaigns.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Census in Schools<\/a>&#8211; A wonderful student, parent and teacher website outlining how the Census can be used for enrichment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/\">U.S. House of Represenatives<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billofrightsinstitute.org\/\">The Bill of Rights Institute<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politics1.com\/\">Politics1.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.constitutioncenter.org\/\">The National Constitution Center<\/a>&#8211; A site founded on the National Constitution Center Museum. This site has interpretive activities in relation to our country&#8217;s guiding document.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annenbergclassroom.org\">The Annenberg Classroom<\/a>&#8211; A site driven to provide civic education resources to students and teachers. It is filled with some excellent lessons for civic ed.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Library of Congress Teacher Site<\/a>&#8211; A great resource site for teachers as it relates to history and government.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crf-usa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Constitutional Rights Foundation<\/a>&#8211; A website dedicated civic education. This website has a number of lessons for teachers to use.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1forall.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 For All<\/a>&#8211; A non-partisan site that has lessons for teaching the First Amendment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/americanjustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABOTA &#8220;Justice by the People Program<\/a>&#8211; A great resource sponsored by Scholastic Inc. and the American Board of Trial Advocates to aid students in understand the jury trial process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. History Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annenbergclassroom.org\/\">The Annenberg Classroom<\/a>&#8211; A website that contains lessons, video, and other websites that will aid teachers of the Constitution.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fasttrackteaching.com\/\">Fasttrack to American History<\/a>&#8211; a vendor site that has free primary document downloads.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Library of Congress Teacher Site<\/a>&#8211; A great resource site for teachers as it relates to history and government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economics Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fte.org\/\">Foundation for Teaching Economics<\/a>&#8211; A great website for Economics professional learning and lesson resources. Many of the workshops through this organization are free.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frbatlanta.org\/\">The Federal Reserve Economic Education Website<\/a>&#8211; A website for teachers to look at events, workshops and curriculum offered by the Atlanta Federal Reserve and its branches.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khan Academy<\/a>&#8211; A website with links to youtube video lessons of financial institutions, economics and finance. Each clip is relatively short, but useful.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/app\/understandingTaxes\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The IRS &#8220;Understanding Taxes&#8221; Website<\/a>&#8211; A resource with lesson plans for teaching economics. There are 38 lesson plans with a number of files for teachers to print to use in lesson implementation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida History Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/florida\/default.htm\">Exploring Florida<\/a>&#8211; A website from the University of South Florida that contains thousands of resources for the exploration of Florida history for all grade levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Law Studies Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.landmarkcases.org\/\">http:\/\/www.landmarkcases.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/\">U.S. Department of Justice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/caselaw.lp.findlaw.com\/scripts\/getcase.pl?court=US&amp;vol=163&amp;invol=537\">FindLaw for Legal Professionals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flcourts.org\/\">Florida State Courts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/supct.law.cornell.edu\/supct\/cases\/name.htm\">LII Cornell Supreme Court Collection<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourtus.gov\/\">Supreme Court of the United States<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.constitutioncenter.org\/\">The National Constitution Center<\/a>&#8211; A site founded on the National Constitution Center Museum. This site has interpretive activities in relation to our country&#8217;s guiding document.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oyez.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OYEZ<\/a>&#8211; A website with primary media, including sound files, of landmark US court cases.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourcourts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Courts<\/a>&#8211; A website spearheaded by Justice Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor that has helpful resources for students and lessons for teachers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Geographic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Census in Schools<\/a>&#8211; A wonderful student, parent and teacher website outlining how the Census can be used for enrichment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjcfl.us\/GIS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Johns County GIS Website<\/a>&#8211; A great website with multiple data layers relevant to St. Johns County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>World History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperhistory.com\/online_n2\/History_n2\/a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hyperhistory<\/a>&#8211; A timeline a book formatted website with many links over the course of human history.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/worldhistorymatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World History Matters<\/a>&#8211; A website designed to aid teachers with resources on world history from George Mason University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychology<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Extrinsic vs Intrinsic Rewards.doc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2015\/02\/Extrinsic-vs-Intrinsic-Rewards.doc\">Extrinsic vs Intrinsic Rewards lesson plan created by Troy Kasting<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Topical Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>African American History Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rileymuseum.org\">The Riley Museum<\/a> which contains information about hundreds of sites in florida related to the struggle for civil rights.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afroamfl.com\/\">Commissioner&#8217;s Taskforce on African American History<\/a> is a site that contains a multitude of information on African American history distributed by the governor&#8217;s office. It also contains curriculum frameworks from kindergarten through 12th grade.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridastateparks.org\/parks-and-trails\/fort-mose-historic-state-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Mose Teacher&#8217;s Guide<\/a>&#8211; A site for Fort Mose that has a number of instructional activities to promote African American history and the story of Fort Mose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrate Freedom Week and Constitution Day Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Constitution Day and Celebrate Freedom Week Information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/cdcfw\/\">SJCSD Constitution Day and Celebrate Freedom Week Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Holocaust Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flholocaustmuseum.org\/\">The Florida Holocaust Museum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/holocaust\/default.htm\">A Teacher&#8217;s Guide to the Holocaust<\/a>&#8211; A website from USF that provides teacher resources, student activities, and images that will aid in providing an in-depth study of the holocaust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s History Month<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org\/\">The National Women&#8217;s History Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Latin American History<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latam.ufl.edu\/outreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>General Education Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/score.rims.k12.ca.us\/\">The SCORE Website<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a site built with a searchable database of history\/ social science resources.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingquest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reading Quest<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a site built for reading assistance specifically for the social studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Organizations National Council for Social Studies Florida Council on Economic Education Florida Humanities Council Florida Geographic Alliance National Endowment for the Humanities The Organization of American Historians The American Historical Association &nbsp; Course Resources CPALMS- Florida Social Studies Standards and Course Descriptions Elementary Social Studies Harcourt Social Studies Series&#8211; A link to our adopted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}