EDT 411/413/511/544: Social Studies Methods

This resource is designed to encourage young learners to be curious, with unique visual engagements, rich multimedia content, an abundance of educational games and activities, and a collection of biographies and articles. Primary school students can learn by playing games, exploring maps, watching videos, or find guidance in preparing a science fair project.

This resource aims to meet the research needs of students in Middle and High School. Resources include thousands of articles and multimedia. Users can play Legends of Learning games focused on beginner and intermediate science and math; they can explore interactive maps and the World Book's Atlas; they can browse and even create their own timelines visualizing the history of countries, notable people, the arts, and science and technology. For further research, students may browse Encyclopedia articles by subject, including business, industry, geography, mythology, religion, sports, and society. Educator tools and a citation builder are available.

Updated regularly. Provides easy access to historical census data for the United States. Allows users to visually analyze and understand the demography of any part of the United States with access to the following:

* Interactive thematic maps of historical census data
* Customized reports for any chosen area or areas (including aggregates)
* Complete coverage of the United States, down to neighborhoods and streets
* Simple navigation buttons and a find tool make it easy and efficient to study neighborhoods

Users can examine geographic areas while selecting the type of data to be shown, such as population density or income level. The corresponding data tables are also available.

This online research tool is designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical US census data and demographic information from 1790-2010, generating maps, data visualizations, and spreadsheets. It creates reports at all geographic levels, including the state, county, census tract, block group, zip code, and census place to show population density, income level, and more. Visually analyze and understand the demography of any part of the United States with access to interactive thematic maps of historical census data. Data sources include the U.S. Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, the FBI Uniform Crime Report, American election results, Religious Congregations and Membership Study (RCMS, updated continuously), Vulcan Project carbon emissions data, U.S. Business Patterns, and County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Program Data. International data is sourced from the United Kingdom Census, Canadian Census, Eurostat, World Development Indicators, and Irish religion and population data.