U.S. History - Social Studies School Service

about us | your account

SEARCH

advanced search | search results

You currently have 0 items in your cart which total $0.00

February 9, 2010

BROWSE

SUBJECT
• U.S. History
• World History
• Geography
• Economics
• Psychology
• Holocaust
• California
• Govt. & Law

FEATURED
MEDIA
• DVD
• eBooks
• Posters
• PowerPoints

NEWSLETTER

Sign up now for our newsletter
Keep up to date with the latest books and media.

Library

Catalog Kits
MARC Records

New to Our Catalog

Grades K-6
Grades 4-9
Grades 7-12

CD-ROMs

Charts and Posters

eBooks

Hardbacks

Paperbacks

Reproducibles

Simulations

Videocassettes

U.S. History Misc.

Surveys/Overviews

Pre-Columbian
America

Exploration

Colonial America

Revolutionary Era
(1763-1789)

The New Nation
(1789-1860)

Slavery/Abolition

Civil War/
Reconstruction
(1860-circa 1900)

Frontier/The West

Industrial Revolution/

Gilded Age

Immigration

Depression/
New Deal

20th Century
(1900-1945)

Modern U.S. History
(1945-present)

Korean/
Vietnam War

Civil Rights Movement

Cold War

Labor History

Social/Cultural History

Economics/
Business/
Technology

U.S. History

eBooks | DVDs | Sample Lessons From Activity Books | Featured Web Site

Social Studies School Service publishes an annual U.S. History catalog. Request your free copy today!

Keep up to date on new titles and professional development resources— Sign up for our free U.S. History E-Letter:

Save time and money by downloading reproducible activity books directly from our Web site. For more information on getting started, go to our eBooks page to browse available titles.

DBQ Practice: Ten AP-Style Document-Based Questions Designed to Help Students Prepare for the U.S. History Examination
(Print version $19.95 each, eBook $16.95 each)
Ordering Information

Offering valuable practice for the free-response section, these DBQs follow the exact same format used by the College Board on the AP U.S. History exam.

DVDs

DVD is becoming an increasingly popular tool for teachers, and new titles become available on DVD every week. Check out our DVD page for the latest titles and for tips on using DVD in the classroom.

Path to War

In this slice-of-live production from director John Frankenheimer, a newly inagurated Lyndon Johnson (Michael Gambon) agonizes over the decision to escalate the war or pull back from Vietnam.

Ordering Information

Sample Lessons From Activity Books

Preview the table of contents, sample lessons, or other materials from these reproducible activity books.

Critical Thinking Using Primary Sources in U.S. History
This versatile book contains 13 units which focus on controversies surrounding such figures as Christopher Columbus, Andrew Jackson, Harriet Tubman, Sitting Bull, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Gloria Steinem.
View an excerpt including the table of contents and the lesson on Christopher Columbus.
He Was President When...: Connecting Events with Presidents
Moving the focus away from memorizing historical dates, these quick-hit activities instead teach about presidents by having students identify key events that occurred during each presidential administration.
View the table of contents for this title, as well as Take Me Out to the Ball Game!, the lesson for Theodore Roosevelt.

Featured Web Site

1492—An Ongoing Voyage
Taken from a Library of Congress exhibit, this site examines the impact of European contact with America's indigenous peoples. It traces the history of "exploration" from a different angle than most traditional historical accounts. The site also has illustrations, such as Columbus' Coat of Arms.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html