TCC Resource/Research Guides

OneSearch uses terms from the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The phrase Social Studies is not used by the Library of Congress, and so others must be used when searching OneSearch by subject.

Search OneSearch for search terms such as:

• Social sciences
• World history
• Economics
• Cities and towns
• Family
• United States - History
• Geography
• Community
• Self-perception
• Self-respect
• Community Life
• Occupations
• Maps
• Explorers
• Citizenship

Use the Study and teaching subdivision after any subject to find curriculum guides and lesson plans in OneSearch.

Examples:

• Social sciences - Study and teaching
• Economics – Study and teaching

Curriculum guides, lesson plans and activities may also be found in the ERIC documents collection. Ask a Reference Librarian for assistance in locating these guides.

• Content standards:
  H 62.5 .C361 2000 grade K-12
  Online version
• Framework:
  H 62.5 .C26 2005 grade K-12
  Online version

• Los Angeles Unified School District Home Page
• California Department of Education
• Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
• American Memory (Library of Congress)
  American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
• History Matters
  “…serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.”
• National Council for the Social Studies
• SCORE History/Social Science
  "Over 5000 websites aligned to California’s History/Social Science Curriculum."
• This Day in History-The History Channel