This is an excellent spatial graph that helps to explain the distribution of the human population. Why do we live where we live? The longitude map is still fascinating, but has less explanatory power. What would be brilliant is a graph that charted population by latitude (as this does) AND charts the amount of land at each given latitude. To see the originals on the Radical Cartography website, see: http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?histpop Via Seth Dixon, Ph.D. The unprecedented attention generated by the Kony 2012 video, which has been viewed by well over 100 
I asked: What's the best advice you can give to Social Studies teachers who want to be more effective? 
Literature in the History Classroom 
The American Anthropology Association has create a look at race through three lenses: history, human variation, and lived experience. The Allies used special aerial photos to deal a dire blow to the Nazi rocket program. 
I'm not sure if kids still watch MTV Cribs features celebrities taking a camera crew on tours of their homes. Through History for Music Lovers I recently discovered Cribs with Louis XVI. Crib with Louis XVI is short Cribs-style video of an actor playing the role of Louis XVI taking you on a tour of the Palace of Versailles. 
As the WWII generation passes away, German historian Moritz Pfeiffer talked to his grandfather about what he did in the war, then compared the testimony to primary sources. 
Loyola High seniors teach economics to junior high students at a Pasadena-based center that helps educate youths who were abused or need special attention. 
Infographic: The Value of Financial Literacy...Students who learn financial literacy skills gain knowledge that will yield returns well into their future. Australian-centered (i.e.., some cartoons may not help a US audience), but the PD is outlined well and it wouldn't be that difficult for teachers to find their own cartoons that match the examples. The 100th anniversary of the official use of American personal identity tags, affectionately known as "dog tags," recently passed without fanfare. Dog tags are highly personal items to warriors of every service and to their families as well. Each dog tag carries its own human-interest story. 
Whether you teach online classes or just love bringing social media and technology into the classroom, Google offers up some amazing tools to help you get students thinking, learning, connecting, and sharing. Via Cindy Rudy |
Geo-literacy extends far beyond knowing where places are on a map. National Geographic Education has put an emphasis on geoliteracy, which entails spatial thinking skills and understanding systems in addition to content knowledge about locations and places. Via Seth Dixon, Ph.D. 
The CMS is spearheading a campaign to make civic education a priority for state and national legislators. 
Could you plass the naturalization test? Only 65% of native-born Americans could get the required six out of 10 right answers on a sample of a civics test given to immigrants. 
To meet expectations of the common standards, Kentucky’s social studies and science teachers are teaching reading strategies. 
The Jim Crow Museum, which will have its grand opening on April 26, says it has the largest collection of artifacts from the segregation era. The Iraq War Coalition Fatalities Project is an interactive animated chart of US and coalition military fatalities that have occured in the war in Iraq since the onset, mapped across the dimensions of time and space. 
"Some 15,322 tickets to country superstar Garth Brooks' highly anticipated July 12 show went on sale at 10 a.m. last Saturday and were snapped up in 58 seconds — the fastest sellout in the Calgary Stampede’s 100-year history." What does this have to do with economics? Were they undersupplied or underpriced? 
How a UK military task force reclaimed the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982 - as told at the time by the BBC's Brian Hanrahan. 
What is your school doing to help students understand politics, society, and their key role as future or current voters? This issue seeks articles that show how schools encourage students to explore in depth the current U.S. or international political scene and apply their learning in meaningful ways. 
If you add up the revenue from state taxes in Wisconsin (income, sales, corporate, gasoline, etc) ,where does the money go?
This is produced by @AndyRFeldman and I found it via @APHumanGeog, via @GrandmaWat Ha! The joys of the Twitterverse!
Read the inaugural issue of The Teaching with Primary Sources Journal, which explores teaching about the Civil War with primary sources across disciplines. Formerly known as Teaching with Primary Sources Quarterly, this online journal presents strategies and resources for the K-12 classroom from the Library of Congress. The TPS Journal is published quarterly by the Library of Congress Educational Outreach Division in collaboration with the TPS Educational Consortium. ![What Happens in an Internet Minute [Infographic] | Social Studies Education | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/ZG3OIcXRUvghMFNw-YW69Tl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Everyone says that everything moves fast on the Internet, but just how fast are we talking about here? How much data gets shared across the Internet? -- and how does this change how we view K-12 education? Via Cindy Rudy |
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