At our last Teacher Education call, we looked at a website that received all 5's from both reviewers in the MERLOT process. It's Historic Maps in the K-12 Classroom: http://www.newberry.org/k12maps/ from Chicago's Newberry Library.
What's so valuable about this site is that it includes primary resources which have been digitized. As well, the curator of the Newberry maps section has included notes for each map. The lesson plans attached to the maps provide teachers with wonderful lessons, tied to Standards and enriched by the curator's notes.
For instance, I looked at one of the maps of New Orleans, circa 1723. It is written in French, but the translation is available. There are lessons available for:
K-2 - Waterways and Communities
3-5 - Setting up a New Community
6-8 - Cities and Settlement
9-12 - Mapping Migration and Settlement
all based on this map.
For a social studies class K-12 or a social studies methods class, this site is a treasure!
See our review at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/workflow/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=450873
Jane
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