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Australia

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
http://www.acer.edu.au/
Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA)
http://www.acsa.edu.au
ARHA Population and Development Curriculum Kit
http://www.arha.org.au/
EdWeb
http://www.virtualeducation.com.au/
Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria Inc (CPTAV)
http://www.cpta.vic.edu.au
The Learning Federation
http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/default.asp
Malcolm Farnsworth VCE Politics Pages
http://vcepolitics.com/
This page belongs to Malcolm Farnsworth, a VCE Political Studies teacher in Melbourne. It has great information and links for teachers and students of these studies (and for teachers and students of middle school SOSE/politics).
SoFWeb
http://www.education.vic.gov.au
The Victorian Government's Department of Education, Employment and Training website.
United Nations Youth Association of Australia
http://www.unya.asn.au/
Social Education Victoria (SEV)
http://www.sev.asn.au/
VicNet
http://www.vicnet.net.au/
Victorian's Community Information Portal

Overseas

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
http://www.ncss.org/
This is the official site of the NCSS (National Council for the Social studies), the American national equivalent of our SEAA (Social Education Association of Australia). Like most sites, this site has links to many others which are worthwhile.
Social Studies Sources
http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/
Howard Levin, the social studies department chair at Overlake School in Washington, USA, set this site up and is now looking for someone else to maintain it. This site has links to literally thousands of (P-12) lesson plans.
History/Social studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
"The main purpose of this home page is to begin the task of making use of the Internet for busy social studies teachers and to encourage the use of the World wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching. The documents, links, and text files listed in the various categories below should provide some help for classroom teachers (especially at the Middle School and Secondary level) in locating and using the resources of the Internet in the classroom."
The Social Studies
http://www.glenview34.org/ho/
Comes from Hoffman Elementary School (Illinios, USA) Homepage. Useful ideas and links.
Alberta Social Studies Council
http://www.socialstudies.ab.ca/
Useful ideas and links.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
"The Educator's Best Friend."
Civnet - International Resources for Civic Education
http://civnet.org/
Civnet, developed and underwritten by the US Information Agency, was introduced in 1995 at the Prague Civitas conference on strengthening civic education in the new and old democracies.
Friendship Schools - Alola Foundation
http://www.alolafoundation.org/
The Close Up Foundation
http://www.closeup.org/index.htm
Articles, graphics and opinion essays designed for student use.
C-SPAN
http://www.c-span.org/
Moving Ideas
http://movingideas.org/
"Connecting you to the progressive community."
Internet Resources for Social Studies Education
http://www.indiana.edu
Social Studies Listservers
http://Tile.net/
Tile.net - Email List Directory - News & FTP Directory.
Social Studies Newsgroups
http://www.coe.uh.edu/
Social Studies
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/socialstudies.html
By Vicki and Dick Sharp.
Mailing Lists and Newsgroups for Social Studies
http://education.otago.ac.nz/NZLNet/socialstudies/ssnewsgroups.html
From New Zealand Learning Network.
UNESCO Associated Schools Project
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/
The UNESCO Associated Schools Project (ASP) is a network of schools throughout the world committed to the ideals of UNESCO. Launched in 1953, the ASP promotes education for international understanding in order to prepare children and young people to meet the pressing challenges facing humanity within the context of the planet's resources.