The purpose of this professional social studies organization is to promote the teaching of the social sciences in the State of California. The group provides its members with a newsletter, a journal, an annual conference, and membership in local councils. The local council for teachers from San Joaquin County is the Delta-Central Sierra Social Studies Council. Membership costs range from $35 to $65 depending on the type of membership one desires.

For more information on the state organization, please contact the CCSS Executive Secretary, Sarah Zepeda at (661) 533-2277 or visit the CCSS website at http://www.ccss.org. For membership renewal call (661) 533-2277.

The 45th Annual CCSS Conference, "Roads to Citizenship in a Changing World" will be held March 3-5, 2006 at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego.

Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy. The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators.

Founded in 1921, National Council for the Social Studies has grown to be the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education. NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies. With members in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 69 foreign countries, NCSS serves as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education. Organized into a network of more than 110 affiliated state, local, and regional councils and associated groups, the NCSS membership represents K-12 classroom teachers, college and university faculty members, curriculum designers and specialists, social studies supervisors, and leaders in the various disciplines that constitute the social studies.

For more information please visit the NCSS website at http://www.ncss.org.

This site provides links to all of the CDE History-Social Science publications, H/SS Content Standards, a list of Adopted Textbooks, and the H/SS Framework.

K-8 Instructional texts http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im
History-social science framework and standards http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/cf
History-social science standards http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/cf
8th Grade Released CST Questions http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/css05rtqgr68hist.pdf
10th Grade Released CST Questions http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/css05rtqgr10hist.pdf
11th Grade Released CST Questions http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/css05rtq11.pdf
Other CDE Resources http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im

The National Women's History Project is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1980, that is committed to providing materials for teachers and schools, educational programs for the public, and informational services to recognize and celebrate women's diverse lives and historic contributions to society.

For more information visit the Nation Women's History Project website at http://www.nwhp.org.

The California Internnational Studies Project is one of the nine discipline-based professional development Subject Matter Projects in California. It specializes in interdisciplinary teacher training programs on global geography, economics, foreign policy and intnernational relations themes and world history topics from the California History-Social Science Standards.

For more information visit the California International Studies Project website at http://csmp.ucop.edu/cisp/.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation site has wonderful resources for teachers and students on Colonial American history. There are classroom-tested lesson plans, electronic field trip registration information, a catalog of realia materials to order, and general teaching resources.

For more information visit the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation website at http://www.history.org.

This site of the California State Bar has terms and topics of interest to parents and students related to youth and the law. These topics will be helpful for students in understanding their roles and responsibilities in a free society. Topics include such issues as curfew, emancipation, truancy, parents' rights and responsibilities, and zero tolerance.

Please visit the Kids and the Law website at http://www.calbar.org/2pub/3kids/3kidsndx.htm.

The Freedom Forum has up-to-date information on court cases deciding First Amendment issues related to press, speech and religion. Also available are copies of the following publications: Finding Common Ground and the "Statement of Principles: Religious Liberty, Public Education, and the Future of American Democracy," and "Parent's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools." It is also possible to e-mail questions about religious liberty issues to Charles Haynes, resident scholar.

For more information visit the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center website at http://www.freedomforum.org.

The California History-Social Science Project offers institutes and professional development leadership opportunities for history-social science professionals at 11 sites across California.

For more information visit the California History-Social Science Projet website at http://www.csmp.ucop.edu/chssp.

NCHE is a network of university, K-12, and community educators dedicated to promoting and improving history education and programs.

For more information visit the National Council for History Education website at http://www.history.org/nche/.

This professional organization provides a forum for those interested in economic education and promotes programs to foster balanced and academically sound economics teaching.

For more information visit the National Association of Economic Educators website at http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/naee/.

Multimedia curriculum packages, research projects on the Internet, programs designed to use telecommunications to make the home-school connection -- instructional technology is being marketed to California schools today in many formats, in multiple languages, and in support of diverse educational goals. The California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse, administered by the Stanislaus County Office of Education, offers California educators assistance in identification of the highest quality technology resources. Its two divisions, the California Instructional Video Clearinghouse and the California Software Clearinghouse, have been evaluating instructional technology programs for twelve years.

For more information visit the California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse website at http://clearinghouse.k12.ca.us.

This site has information about programs and projects run by the Center for Civic Education such as "We the People," National Standards for Civics and Government, Civitas, Law in a Free Society, Youth for Justice, and International Civic Education Program.

Please visit the Center for Civic Education website at http://www.civiced.org.

This site has information about the student and teacher programs which are administered through the Constitutional Rights Foundation including History Day in California, Sports and the Law and Mock Trial.

Please visit the Constitutional Rights Foundation website at http://www.crf-usa.org.

This site offers resources for teaching about geography including current issues of National Geographic magazine, World Magazine for kids, a map making program, hot sites for geography resources on the Internet and information about National Geographic Society television programs.

Please visit the National Geographic Society website at http://www.nationalgeographic.com.

This is the latest information on the National History Day program. The annual theme, Student Contest Guide and last year's History Day winners are listed here.

Please visit the National History Day website at http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/.

The United States Congress and the President have enacted a provision of law requiring every educational institution receiving federal funds to “hold an educational program” on September 17 of each year in observance of “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.” A wonderful resource for this can be found at the SCORE Site (the link is http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_events/constitution_day

This site contains many political cartoons that teachers can use in their classrooms. http://www.geauxto.com/socialstudies/index_1.htm

This website contains many federal resources for history-social science as well as other subjects. http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html

This website uses properties listed in the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. This site has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp

Is a widely implemented approach to character education. This nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian framework teaches the six pillars of character.—trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. http://www.charatercounts.org

This Project is partly based on ideas in Finding Common Ground by Charles C. Haynes and Oliver Thomas, a First Amendment guide to religion and public education published by the First Amendment Center. This document outlines the Rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, and the Responsibilities that citizens have to protect and defend the rights of all Americans [even those with whom they disagree], and the Respect that is necessary to maintain civil discourse about issues when people disagree because of deeply held beliefs. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/3rs

Remember those songs during Saturday cartoons that taught you about verbs and US History? Well at this site you can find those songs complete with the words. Songs concerning US History like “No More Kings”, “The Great American Melting Pot”, and “Sufferin’ Till Sufferage”. http://www.school-house-rock.com/AmericaRock.html

The San Joaquin County Historical Museum is located outside of Lodi, California. It was established in 1966 through an agreement between the County of San Joaquin and the San Joaquin County Historical Society. The museum has over 40,000 square feet of exhibit and work space. Our collections have grown from a few hundred items from the estate of William G. and Julia Harrison Micke to over 50,000 items representative of the development of San Joaquin County agriculture and history. The museum was accredited by the American Association of Museums in 1973.

For more information please visit the San Joaquin County Historical Society Website at http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/.