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Open Social Sciences Support Page
This support page is a resource for Social Science teachers in
Local District 8.

Go to the LAUSD History Social-Science Homepage here.
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Scott-Foresman Digital Supplement for
Grade 4-5 Social Science

See http://www.ca-hss.com for log-in page.
Login information to be provided to schools.

Useful PowerPoint on Digital Path created at Local District 3 here.

Digital Path:

  • provides Internet webpage and Flash based delivery for Teachers and Students and home and school.
  • is compatible for Win98-XP and Apple OSX computers with Flash 8 (maybe Flash 7).
  • provided DVD content for classrooms, also.
  • provides annual licenses to print consumable texts for students in grades 4-5.
  • was purchased was for Gr 4-5 but web content delivery for K3 is provided.
  • is cross-referenced Open Court Unit content included.
    CA Standards linked.
  • Logins for students and teachers have been automatically generated using school location code. Using anonymous names is important to keep the District in compliance with the Federal Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Login information was provided to each school with a worksheet on how to assign the automatically created accounts.
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Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade Pilot PowerPoint on Women's Liberation here

Fresh Daily
A great source for preselected links including historical and current events sites. Fresh Daily here.
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LAUSDnet Digital Library
Contains free and subscription digital resources. When outside the LAUSD network or LAUSD modem access, subscription resources are not seen.
> here
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LAUSD HippoCampus
Secondary Students, Teachers, Parents, Tutors!
A project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE).
Use HippoCampus to access audio and video tutorials.
Select method of access by course, textbook page, or CA Standard.
Not found at t his time are Language Arts texts.
http://www.hippocampus.org/myHippo/?user=myLAUSD
FlashPlayer 7.0 or higher needed.
Extensive Social Science area.
More user requirements and information here.
View online demonstration versions of courses provided by MITE here.
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LACOE History Site
A newly created site
http://www.teach-history.org
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LAUSDnet For Kids
This portal for students has a plethora of links. Some are subscription and only seen at schools or through LAUSD modem dialup.
> here
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Learning Zone
Use the Learning Zone as a means to find and register for classes and salary point credit classes to improve your content knowledge, teaching skills, and integration of instructional technology.
For Learning Zone logon information go here


 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference Sources

http://www.archives.gov

History Channel lessons
GoForBroke.org
RealAudio Download
Rubric Generator
Project Checklist
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LAUSD Digital Library
Schematic
LAUSD Digital Library
Teachscape
Translate Webpages
LAUSD Search Page
Marco Polo Search
Kid's Search Tools
Fact Monster
Ask An Expert
LA City Public Library
Cesar Chaves Activities 2007
California Council for the Social Studies
CTAP Online History
Educational Internet
Resources

Cleveland HS Example of Technology Integration-
American History

Google Maps

Historical Maps

Graphic Organizer Links
Eduplace (Eng and Span)
Eduplace (more)
Graphic Organizer Index
SCORE of California
NCREL
Teacher Vision

Grant Information
Grant Page
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Gratis Publisher Hardware
Return Information

Secondary Schools need to return gratis hardware provided by certain publishers.

CDE Statement on
Gratis Items

MEM-3268 Social Studies and Tech

McGraw-Hill
Return Forms

Use Acrobat or Excel
Note items must be in original or padded hardware shipping boxes.

Expect return labels to be sent to the school within two weeks.

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