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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Reference books for children's literature in social studies
Educator's Reference Desk/Social Studies
10 themes which form the framework for social studies standards
culture time, continuity, and change people, places, and environments individual development and identity individuals, groups, and institutions
power, authority, and governance production, distribution, and consumption science, technology, and society global connections civic ideals and practices
Virginia/History-Social Studies Standards of Learning
PBS Teacher Resource/Social Studies
National Council of Social Studies (NCSS)
Notable Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies

NCSS Position Statements:
Academic Freedom and the Social Studies Teacher
The Columbian Quincentenary: An Educational Opportunity
Creating Effective Citizens
Curriculum Guidelines (for social studies teaching and learning)
*Fostering Civic Virtue: Character Education in the Social Studies
Interdisciplinary Learning, Pre-K-Grade 4
 NCSS Governance Restructuring Report
 NCSS Guidelines and Principles for Student Government
 NCSS Principles for Corporate Involvement in the Schools
Policy on Commercial News Programs in the Classroom
Position Statement on Sexism
Preparing Citizens for a Global Community
Promoting Fair and Equitable Assessments
Revised Code of Ethics for the Social Studies Profession
Service-Learning: An Essential Component of Citizenship Education
Social Studies Materials in the Free Marketplace of Ideas
Social Studies for Early Childhood and Elementary School Children Preparing for
   the 21st Century
Social Studies for Young Children
Social Studies in the Middle School
Study About Religions in the Social Studies Curriculum
Technology Position Statement and Guidelines