Traced back to Southern China and the clannish nature of Chinese culture, family associations play a unique role in U.S. Chinatowns. During the Chinese Exclusion Act and in times of extreme discrimination, family associations were not simply a social haven. They provided work and housing...

Neil Chin recalls Chinatown during the Depression, when bootlegging was a form of economic survival. He vividly recounts his encounter, at nine years of age, with police who arrived to break up his mother’s moonshine distillery. Using a sensationalistic old-time newsreel aesthetic, the video...

Poem by Louise Borden. I've added images to make a movie illustrating the poem. This is the chapter 1 opener poem for the 4th grade Harcourt Social Studies text.

This is a review of the social studies OGT and the skills and methods questions.

Social Studies OGT testing tips

In the Mix is the Emmy award winning PBS documentary series for teens. In this program, we follow a group of high school students as they participate in a conflict resolution workshop led by an experienced facilitator and social worker who encourages them to develop their own solutions. After...

It's My Life is the very popular and unique interactive online community for 8-13 year olds that provides information and educational entertainment focused on critical social, emotional, and physical issues. There is also an Educators section with lesson plans and other materials. (Check...

http://www.zaneeducation.com - This K12 online American history video will assist American history students to study and examine the causes of the Great Depression that occurred in the 1930’s and that had worldwide repercussions. Our videos have been developed to support the K12 curriculum for...

http://www.zaneeducation.com - This online K12 American geography video will take geography and social studies students on a spectacular journey across the Land of America, from Atlantic to Pacific coasts, then venture onto Alaska, Hawaii, cross mountains, deserts, plains, forests, visit all...