Childhood Education Program at SUNY Plattsburgh - Resources

Childhood Education Program

• Overview
• About Childhood Education
• Careers in Childhood Education
• Field Experience

Programs of Study

• Childhood Education Major
• Childhood Education Master's
• Latin American Studies for the Professions Program
• Certification Requirements
• Reciprocal Certification Agreements
• Suggested Course Sequence for Major Program

Resources

• For Childhood Education Students
• Academic Advisement
• Financial Assistance
• Branch Campus at ACC

Contact Us

• Faculty & Staff Directory

Take the Next Step

• Apply for Admission
• Request Information
• Quick Facts
• Visiting & Open Houses
• Virtual Tour
• Register for Courses

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Resources

General

• Recommended Search Engines:
  • Google
  • Teoma
  • Yahoo Directories - Education or Social Science
  • Try terms such as digital archives or oral histories as part of your search terms
• Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate - tutorial from U.at Albany, by C.A. Germaine
• Feinberg Databases By Subject - Choose History, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Education, etc.
• A.P. Multimedia Archive - current and selected historical images and sound from the Associated Press digital library
• Useful General Databases:
  • I.A.C./InfoTrac OneFile - full-text
  • Social Sciences Abstracts

Educational resources

• New York State Department of Education

Lesson Planning

Webquests

• www.kn.pacbell.com - go to filamentality

Science

• The Exporatorium Institute for Inquiry - go to Inquiry activities
• Science learning network - the resources are excellent
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - has the Science Benchmarks, as well as curriculum guides
• The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (E.N.C.) - Go to web links lesson and activities.
• The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
• The Full Option Science System
• North Carolina State University
• The Keystone Science Network
• The Thinking Fountain

Social Studies

Associations and Organizations

• ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education was closed Dec.19, 2003. Materials from that Clearinghouse are available at Indiana University's Social Studies Development Center
• Educator's Reference Desk - formerly AskERIC
• National Council for the Social Studies
• NCSS Databank - Resources for Social Studies Educators
• National Council for History Education
• NY State Department of Education, Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction, Social Studies - includes standards, resources, links, etc.
• NY State Council for the Social Studies

Web Resources in the Social Sciences

• Our Documents
• National History Day
• History News Network
• PBS Teacher Sources
• The Learning Page - American Memory Project, Library of Congress
• Smithsonian Center for Education & Museum Studies
• The American Presidency
• National Geographic Xpeditions
• National Archives Digital Classroom
• EDSITEment: Best of the Humanities on the Web
• New York Public Library Digital Library
• National Atlas of the United States
• New York State Historical Maps
• Places OnLine - Association of American Geographers
• Digital Archives and Collections - directory of sites from U.C.L.A. Library web page
• Oral History Online - U.C. Berkeley
• Plattsburgh State's Special Collections
• Clinton County, New York - links to local community
• GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
• Webliography: Lesson Plans and Teaching Activities - from Curriculum Materials Committee of Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of Assoc. of College and Research Libraries

Questions, Comments, Suggestions?

If you would like to learn more about the Childhood Education Program, please drop us a line at education@plattsburgh.edu or contact:

Dr. Denise Simard
Office: Sibley Hall 202
Phone: (518) 564-5111
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: simardda@plattsburgh.edu

Jill Myers, Secretary
Phone: (518) 564-2154
E-mail: Jill.Myers@plattsburgh.edu