Adult Education Social Studies Library
Social Studies resources for adult educators.
Mini Grant Project
Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
- LINCS Website - Create a free account to have full access including group discussions and self-paced online professional development classes
- LINCS Communities - Participate in online discussions divided by subject area with other adult educators
- LINCS Learner Portal - Portal to learning sites useful for adult education students and teachers
- Region 1 Professional Development Center news
- RPDC1 Professional Development Events/Courses - Register here
- Tech Tips for Teachers blog
Resources
Social Studies for the HiSET Test
Scoreboost for the HiSET
- Graphic Skills for Social Studies
- Critical Thinking for Social Studies
Pre-HSE Core Skills in Social Studies
- Visual Literacy
- Tables and Graphs
- Charts and Diagrams
- Photos and Educational Cartoons
The Official Guide to the HiSET Exam, Second Edition 2nd Edition
McGraw Hill Education or Order from Amazon.com
HiSET Exam Strategies, Practice & Review, AZTEC/Kaplan
Order at http://marketplace.aztecsoftware.com/kaphiset.html
Common Core Basics Social Studies, McGraw Hill
Order from http://www.highschoolequivalency.com/
Passwords Social Studies Vocabulary
- Curriculum Associates, Inc. www.CAinc.com
- Excellent content reading and vocabulary materials.
Upfront Magazine (New York Times) published by Scholastic www.upfrontmagazine.com
Junior Scholastic Magazine – http://junior.scholastic.com
The Change Agent Magazine
The Change Agent Magazine – You can login to access The Change Agent issues, extras, and lesson resources online (free for NH adult education programs – email Tiffany for the login information)
Websites
- Educational Testing Service
- Library of Congress
- Political Cartoons
- Common Core Sheets
- Everything United States Constitution and More
- Reading and Comprehension
- Activities, Lessons and Readings
- Reading, Writing and Debate
- PBS Learning Media
News & Current Events
- Breaking News English Lessons ESL Plans Teaching Current Events
- CNN Student News
- Fosters.com – Dover NH, Rochester NH, Portsmouth NH, Laconia NH, Sanford ME
- News for You Online
- Scholastic News Online – America’s Leading News Source for Kids
- Simple English News
- SNN – Student News Net
- Student News Daily – Make sense of current events!
- The Key Newspaper for New Readers
- Newsela – News articles with multiple versions based on reading level.
- Live Binder of Social Studies Resources from a COABE webinar by Mary Gaston