Social Studies

Teacher Resources

This page is intended to provide a starting point of contacts and resources available in Social Studies education. This listing is by no means complete, and as you come across resources to be added to the list, please email Stephanie Hartman.

• People in Nevada
• Nevada Organizations and Contacts
• Economics Resources
• Geography Resources
• Government Resources
• History Resources  people

Social Studies People in Nevada You Should Know:

• Sharon Carter - Project Facilitator, Teaching American History Project
  Grant Program (Southern NV)
• Sue Davis - Project Facilitator, (Secondary) Teaching American History Project Grant Program (Northern NV)
• Stephanie Hartman - State Social Studies Consultant and State Coordinator, Nevada History Day
• Stephanie Hirsch - K-12 Social Studies Coordinator, Clark County School District
• Sarah Brown - President, Northern Nevada Council for the Social Studies
• Karlye Mull - Social Studies Project Facilitator (Southern NV) & President, Southern Nevada Council for the Social Studies
• Judy Simpson - Nevada Project Director, Project Real
• Kathleen Dickinson - Coordinator, Law Related Education - We the People programs.
• Herb Thompson - Co-Coordinator, Geography Alliance in Nevada (GAIN)

Nevada Social Studies Organizations & Contacts

• Frank Ackerman - Curator of Education, Nevada State Railroad Museum
• Molly Anderson - Law Clerk to Judge Zive - Sponsor of the Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Program in Nevada.
• Christina Barr - Executive Director, Nevada Humanities
• Stephen Davis - Assistant Director, Nevada Humanities
• Jeff Hinton - Nevada Council for History Education (NvCHE)
• Tom King - Director, UNR Oral History Program