Gloucester County Public Schools

VA DOE History & Social Science Resources

• History & Social Science Standards of Learning

• History & Social Science Resources

• History & Social Science Instructional Resources

• History & Social Science Sample Items

• History & Social Science Released Test Item Set, Test or Sample Items

• History & Social Science SOL Implementation Schedule

Geography

• Customize these 1-Page MAPS from National Geographic -- or click on the INTERACTIVE Map

• Smithsonian Education Celebrate History and Heritage

• Latitude-Longitude Quiz

• Geography from Enchanted Learning.com   SUPER!

• American Memory Map Collection from the Library of Congress

• 50 States and related facts and links about each

American History & Government

• National History Education Clearinghouse from George Mason University offers high quality resources for K-12 U.S. history education.

• Congress.Gov  Thomas, the well-known Library of Congress site with legislative information

• The American Presidency: Teacher Materials from the Smithsonian Institute offers lesson plans, interactive activities and primary source documents.

• Digital History (grades 9-12)  high-quality historical resources for teachers and students.

• The Benjamin Franklin Tercentary  offers interactive exhibits 

• CNN for Your Information  Student version of cnn.com, with activities, teacher
   resources, lesson plans, additional aids.

• Colonial Williamsburg Home Page

• Key to U.S.   from EduConnect, currently free.
  Welcome to the White House

• USFlag.org has everything related to the flag.

• Flag Picture Gallery

** NEWS **

• 2019 SOL Testing: Fewer and Shorter

• TestNav 8 - Understanding the System Layout

• Using Statewide SOL Test Results to Guide Instruction

• SOL Released Tests and Sample Items

Social Studies

• World Digital Library offers significant primary materials from
  countries and cultures around the world.

• Smithsonian Education Celebrate History and Heritage

• Landmark Project

• Smithsonian

• UN Home Page

Economics Education & Financial Literacy

• VDOE: Economics and Personal Finance

• VDOE: Economics and Personal Finance

• VDOE: Economics and Personal Finance (adopted April

  2009)

• Standards of Learning Resources

• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond contains financial
  literacy support for teachers, students; related to our
  monetary system.

• EconEdLink offers outstanding resources of classroom tests,
  Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers
  and their students.

Teacher Resources

• World Digital Library offers significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

• Smithsonian Education Celebrate History and Heritage

• National History Education Clearinghouse from George Mason University offers high quality resources for K-12 U.S. history education.

• History Matters is designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses -- serving as a gateway to web resources