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Many sites are not Australian. Therefore, scrutinise carefully to be certain they are of value in your Australian setting.

Resources for Social Science

  • Note : Individual resources are suitable for teacher use with all education levels unless specifically indicated otherwise.
  1. AskAsia
    ‘AskAsia.org is an educational website for students and teachers covering some thirty countries that comprise Asia today, and featuring materials that stem from early civilisations to current events.’
    Primary, Secondary
  2. Australian History Pictures
    ‘They are more than just pictures, they show and tell the story in rhymes and notes of the first 100 years of Australian history.’
    Primary
  3. Australian Social Science Data Archive
    Free registration required.
    Primary, Secondary
  4. Best of History Web Sites
    ‘Award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you’ll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History.’
    Primary, Secondary
  5. Civics and Citizenship Education
    ‘Civics and citizenship education promotes students’ participation in Australia's democracy by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, values and dispositions of active and informed citizenship. It entails knowledge and understanding of Australia’s democratic heritage and traditions, its political and legal institutions and the shared values of freedom, tolerance, respect, responsibility and inclusion. This [ ] site provides an overview of civics and citizenship education.’
  6. Discovering Democracy
    Australian program to look at democracy - rights and responsibilities and ways of going about this.
    Primary, Secondary
  7. Driving Help
    Yes, there are Free giveaways and other non-related things on these sites, but they do cover a range of information and/or material for driver education, some of which is only available within the particular state. Secondary :
  8. Earth Awareness Educational Resources
    ‘This is a resource for teachers and students to find useful information in the subject areas of : social studies, geography, science, history, K-12 outreach programs, and the environment. This resource is updated on a weekly basis’.
    Primary, Secondary
  9. Economics & Commerce :
    • Economic Education Web
      ‘The mission of EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, is to provide support for economic education in all forms and at all levels. Select from the menu to find exciting material for teaching economics’.
    • mtrek from ING Direct
      ‘Open your eyes to the world of money ! Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge crocodiles while you explore everything there is to know about earning, spending, saving and investing.’ Use Amy or Sam to help discover information.
      Secondary
    • My Money Skills
      ‘Tips, interactive tools and easy-to-use calculators to help maintain financial health and well being. Divided into six topics which can be viewed in any order and any pace.’
      Secondary
  10. Geography :
    • Borderless World : Geography and the Internet
      A Thinkquest site. Information on all aspects of geography.
      Primary, Secondary
    • Electronic Resources for Geography
      Links to other sites about geography and lesson plans that could be useful.
      Primary, Secondary
    • Geo-Globe
      Interactive games to help students learn geography basics.
      Primary, Secondary
    • Geography Ideas
      A collection of links, some to other sites, some to .pdf downloads. All are grouped under a small range of headings.
    • GeographyIQ
      World map, with sub-maps, that includes information about each country. It ranks countries using various factors. Currency converter.
      Primary, Secondary
    • Geography Zone
      ‘The Geography Zone has been created to help spread geographical awareness and an understanding of the places and cultures across our world in an exciting and dynamic atmosphere. Here you can find The Geography Challenge, the world’s largest online geography contest, as well as tons of the geography tools and facts to help make you a geography expert.’
      Primary, Secondary
    • Geosource
      ‘Web resources for human geography, physical geography, planning, geoscience and environmental science’. 4 000+ links.
      Secondary, Tertiary
    • Helping Your Child Learn Geography
      US Department of Education. Activities designed to teach the elements of geography to students.
    • Human Society and Its Environment
      Annotated links from Primary School.com.au. Covers all areas of the field and includes sites, lessons, software, texts, videos and teacher reference.
    • Internet Geographer, The
      ‘The Internet Geographer is a directory of useful web sites. These are grouped in different aspects of Geography. From the contents page or navigation frame, click on the link for the aspect of Geography that you are interested in, read the brief descriptions and star rating’.
      Highly Recommended !
    • Government — What’s It to You ?
      ‘A Learning Quest dealing with the 3 levels of Australian Government’.
      Primary, Secondary
    • Software
      Access software to use in the classroom. Most is Free, some is shareware.
      Secondary
    • Teaching Geography [1]
      A collection of links grouped under specific geographical headings.
    • Teaching Geography [2]
      ‘A video workshop for grade 7-12 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.’ Video on demand available after signing up. Worth considering.
    • The Geography Site
      A truly vast collection of links and other resources covering all areas of Geography plus related areas of learning.
  11. Maps :
  12. Mon-Ed-Box
    A new and innovative way to teach your children one of the most basic but most important lessons of their lives - Money Management … . Some Free [see Parent’s Resources], some Fee-based.
    Primary
  13. Social Science Software
    This incorporates commercial software. For Freeware, check the Educational Software page.
  14. Teaching Tolerance : The Power of Words
    Includes stereotyping, intention & perception, racial words and much more.
    Secondary
  15. United Nations CyberSchoolBus
    In a number of languages. Information on world countries, peace studies, special days of the year, human rights, cities and more.
    Primary, Secondary
  16. Why Should I ?
    [A fun way to learn about the Law]
    Created by the NSW Bar Association, this booklet introduces the law for young students. It includes 5 sections covering - What are laws and how are they made ?; Breaking the law; Courts, trials & rights under arrest; Laws for order and safety; Laws for children, parents and families. The Teachers Resource sections are really well set out. It would be applicable in other settings than NSW.
    Highly Recommended !
    Primary

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