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TechnologyYou will discover the latest strategies that incorporate useful technology integration within a social studies setting. These strategies have been written by technology integration specialists that have used these strategies successfully in the classroom. |
Links Find over 5000 links going to outside resources based upon grade level and subject area. These links have been researched for content and usability within a school setting. |
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Blog, Board, and Wiki (Must have a SAISD Account) Read about the latest Social Studies Department's events and news on our Blog (web log). On the message boards, you can leave messages for all district teachers about strategies and questions that you may have about subject areas. Finally, you and your students can use our Wiki to author and publish research done on social studies topics! |
Work With Primary Sources
Listed below you will find different online Primary Resources for your classroom use!
Document |
Visit / Download |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | |
| Articles of Confederation | |
| Austin - Brazoria Speech | |
| Austin - Letter From Prison | |
| Battle of Sabine Pass | |
| Chief Joseph | |
| Col. Delgado - Battle of San Jacinto | |
| C.S.A. Constitution | |
| CT-Colonial Charter | |
| Coronado's Report | |
| Declaration of Arms - 1775 | |
| Declaration of Independence | |
| Emancipation Proclamation | |
| English Bill of Rights | |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | |
| First Thanksgiving | |
| Wilson's Fourteen Points | |
| Gettysburg Address | |
| Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death | |
| Goliad Massacre | |
| Hammurabi's Code | |
| Iroquois Confederation Constitution | |
| Joint Resolution-The Annexation of Texas | |
| LaSalle's Last Voyage | |
| Law of April 6, 1830 | |
| Letter from Christopher Columbus | |
| Lincoln's First Inaugural Address | |
| Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address | |
| Magna Carta | |
| Martin Luther's 95 Thesis | |
| Massanet's Letter | |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter | |
| Mayflower Compact | |
| Mexican Constitution of 1824 | |
| Monroe Doctrine | |
| Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca | |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | |
| Proclamation of Neutrality - 1793 | |
| Qianlong's Letter to King George III | |
| Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech | |
| Resolution of the Stamp Act | |
| Sam Houston - Report on San Jacinto | |
| Sedition Act of 1798 | |
| Tecumseh's Letter to Gov. Harrison | |
| Tennis Court Oath | |
| Texas Declaration of Independence | |
| Texas Ordinance of Secession 1861 | |
| Texas-New Mexico Boundary Act | |
| Texas Re-admittance Act | |
| The Concordat of Worms | |
| The Declaration of the Rights of Man | |
| Travis' Letter | |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 | |
| Treaty of Velasco 1836 | |
| Treaty of Annexation 1844 | |
| Treaty of Greenville 1795 | |
| Treaty of Versailles 1919 | |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | |
| Turtle Bayou Resolutions | |
| Pope Urban II Speech at Clermont | |
| Virgina Declaration of Rights | |
| War Declaration on Germany 1941 | |
| War Declaration on Japan 1941 | |
| Washington's Farewell Address | |
| Washington's First Inaugural Address | |
| Washington's Second Inaugural Address |