Technology Integration in the Social Studies

Classroom

Using Primary Sources in the Social Studies Classroom

Search Engines

• Sweet Search• Google Scholar• InstaGrok (edmodo app)• iSeek

Primary sources National Archives – Docs Teach

EDSITEment

Library of Congress

Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American history

Smithsonian Institution

European Historical Documentshttp://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Primary Sources LiveBinder

More Primary Source Resourceshttp://www.livebinders.com/play/play/4376

Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

Tagxedo pg. 69

ProCon.org http://www.procon.org/

Keys to Success

• Start small – Try a few tools and activities to get your students going.

• Add a Little • If it doesn’t work, try something else.• Let students be the judge• Use what works best for you and your

students.

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