Social Studies Planning Guide

A. Topic of Unit
B. Resource List: (List specific titles, items)
1. Resources, background books /information/resources for the teacher (books, lesson plans, journal articles etc.)
2. Web pages, links, webquests, CDs (provide address and brief description)
3. Primary source materials (Photos, newspapers, diaries, oral histories, maps, artifacts…)
4. Library materials (slides, television-PBS, records, study prints, filmstrips…)
5. Materials available in the classroom (textbooks, resource books, maps, globes…)
6. Materials available from catalogs
7. Drama, plays, simulations, art, music,
8. Children’s Literature
9. Bulletin board resources/ideas
10. Resource people:
11. Possible field trips (virtual field trips)