Mission Statement

The mission of the Fort Worth Independent School District Social Studies Department is to empower all students to become participating citizens with knowledge, skills and attitudes enabling them to make informed decisions in a culturally diverse and interdependent world.

News

State History Fair Competition

May 3-4, 2008

Bob Bullock Museum, Austin

Congratulations to FWISD

Regional History Fair Winners!

(see results)

History Fair Information

for Elementary Teachers

Registration Deadline Extended!

(click here)

Congratulations to the FWISD

Social Studies Department for

Receiving a

Teaching American History Grant

"Project INSIGHT"

(Investigation of Nation-Shaping Individuals Grant for Histry Teachers)

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Newly Approved Online Resources!

Law Focused Education, Inc.

lessons for those government TEKS

taught in all grades

National Council on Economic Education

lessons for those economic TEKS

taught in all grades

The News Hour With Jim Lehrer

EDSITEment

Gilder-Lehrman Institute

Online Exhibition - Civil War Letters

History Now magazine on WWII

WorldMapper

The World As You've Never Seen It Before

Eyewitness Exhibit:

American Originals

from the National Archives

Eyewitness Podcasts:

First Hand Accounts Told in Under 3 Minutes!

(see all accounts at iTunes Podcasts)

John C. Fremont Expedition

Last Days of Hoover Administration

Nystrom

Free Maps of the Month

supported with geographical and historical data

(scroll down to bottom of home page)