Linda Carpenter

Linda Carpenter - Adjunct Instructor - College of Education
Regular Education Certification - Cardinal Stritch University
Contact me: llcarpenter@stritch.edu
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New York Times - Learning Network Thirteen Ed Online	The Partnership for 21st Century Skills 21sth Century Skills - Social Studies Map pdf(new)
Websites for the 50 States 50states.com All 50 States Web sites Stately Knowledge The US 50	Lew and Clark WebQuest Lewis and Clark Lesson Plan (PDF file) More Lewis and Clark
Wisconsin Websites	Playing for Change - Peace through Music
Africa and the Middle Ages (PDF File)
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium Classrooms@Work Travel USA Project
SCORE
History	Library of Congress Library of Congress
Primary Source Documents - Library of Congress	The Big Picture
	From Slavery to Civil Rights
Waukesha County Historical Society Milwaukee County Historical Society Wisconsin Historical Society For kids	Memory Project
Cultural Horizons – Wisconsin	Today In History
Ancient Egypt WebQuest	Today In History
Trekking to Timbuktu	Today in Wisconsin History
Liberty's Kids
American Heritage Education Foundation
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best of History Websites	History Matters
Lincoln Bicentennial
Native American Resources Erasing Stereotypes Native American Sites Indians.org American Indians in Children's Literature	Jazz Learning through the Duke Jazz Kids Lesson Plans Now and Then Jazz Greats Timeline
Underground Railroad Lesson Interactive Site	African American History Resources
Black History Month

Economics	Political Science
EconoEdLink	Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
United States Mint	Truman Presidential Library
Alexander Who Used to be Rich...Lesson 1 Lesson 2
Hands-On Banking	The White House
EconomicsWisconsin	The House of Representatives
Junior Achievement	The United States Senate
Stock Market Game	Constitution Facts
	We the People (Civic Education) Center for Civic Education
	C-Span Classroom
Geography National Geographic Bee National Geographic Expeditions View Earth from a satellite NASA’s Visible Earth Earth and Moon Viewer Letterboxing Geocaching Iditarod Flat Stanley	Elections Youth Leadership Initiative - Mock Election Elections, The American Way Project Vote Smart Classroom Activities for the Election Literature Scholastic Kidsnewsroom By the People, Election 2004, PBS National Mock Election Election Resources Election 2008 Resources (New)
MISC	Inauguration
Cyberlearning World	Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

It Takes a Village: Neighbors and Community Life	Inauguration Lesson Plan from Education World
Web Research Guide - Social Studies	Inauguration Lesson Plan from Edsitement
Professional National Council for the Social Studies	Inaugural History
Literature	Inaugural Fashion
Notable Trade Books for Young People	Where were the US Presidents born? (Lesson Plan)
Wisconsin Cooperative Children's Book Center	Today in History (January 20) from the American Memory Collection
Multicultural Literature	Inaugural Trivia Game from Time for Kids
Multicultural Children's Lit	Games
KultureKids	Board Games to Make
A Box of Crayons Lesson Plan	Social Studies Games
	School Time Games
Teaching Tolerance	Free Materials
Tolerance.org (free materials)	Teaching the Levees
ADA Anti-Defamation League	We the People (Civic Education)
Archaeology	Teach Vietnam
Archaeology's Interactive Dig	Teach Vietnam Teacher Materials
Passport In Time	Interesting
Dig	StoryCorps
Project Archaeology	Three Cups of Tea - Central Asia Institute
	Pennies for Peace