Virtual Museum

This virtual museum's goal is to bring out the history of San Francisco into the light. The website uses text, graphics, and sounds to provide visitors with a fun and interesting experience. There are several ways to navigate through the site. You can choose from a major online exhibit, browse by subject, year, or biographies. There are a multitude of links that will lead anywhere from an old newspaper clipping to other websites. There is also a shop museum in case visitors would like to make a purchase. It's a great way for people to go to the museum from the comfort of their own home. They can learn all about San Francisco at their own pace. It seems like a very good website for students to use and to learn the meaning of primary and secondary sources. They can explore a topic and learn from first account statements what happened.

http://www.sfmuseum.org/

National Council for the Social Studies: NCSS

The National Council for the Social Studies provides "leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators." This organization was founded in 1921 and has members in all of the states along with 69 foreign countries. The NCSS represents all the school grades as well as college and university faculty. The website provides teachers with resources that can be used in the schools. There is a teachers library that contains a collection of classroom activities, teaching ideas, and articles on U.S. History. It also provides a resourse for women's history month along with Election Resources. Overall this seems like a valuable organization that can be very beneficial to social studies teachers. They have good resources that many teachers can take advantage of. I wasn't aware that there were organizations designed to help and promote specific school subjects. I would like to find more organizations that can be of use to me when I start teaching myself.

http://www.socialstudies.org/