Social Studies Resources

• American Trail - An interactive site that explores the 16 Millennium trails of the US (including Underground Railroad, Lewis and Clark, etc.
• America's Story - from the Library of Congress, covers information on America's history
• Ancient Egypt - page of links
• Ancient History
• Birthday Timeline - enter your birth date and find out what events have happened in your lifetime
• C-Span Classroom - free resources for teaching civics and government
• Civil War - (page of links)
• Coat of Arms (free software)
• Colonial Times/Colonial Williamsburg
• Communities (Free software to construct town, farm, medieval castle)
• Community Helpers (Page of links) 
• Constitution Resources (Page of links)
• Countries (Page of links)
• Current Events - CNN Student news - resources for students and teachers 
• Digital History - great resource for American history
• Early American History (short online video's on George Washington, Paul Revere, Shot Heard Round the World, and others.)
• Economics (page of links)
• Election 2004 (page of links)
• FFFBI International Missions - an interactive site by National Geographic to help kids learn geography by becoming animal FBI agents
• GeoNet - US geography game
• Go Back in Time - meet people from different eras that have lived in a 200 year old house and figure out what time period they are from
• Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms - This site pairs historic maps with grade level appropriate lesson plans.
• History Detectives - companion site to the PBS tv show, devoted to solving historical mysteries using various strategies (History Detectives Kids Site)
• Holocaust -Reflections on the Holocaust - This site from Encyclopedia Britannica written specifically for teacher and classroom use provides background information about the Holocaust, discussions of controversies surrounding the Holocaust, and discussion questions.
• HyperHistory - interactive world history timeline
• Japan - page of links
• Kentucky Resources (page of links)
• Lewis and Clark (page of links)
• Library of Congress Webcasts - recordings of several hundred talks, discussions and conferences over the last several years under the guidance of the LOC.  Some also include photographs and other extras.  Example topics: Ben Franklin, Publishing the Declaration, Science Safari, American Heroines, and much more!
• Literature and Social Studies - gives book titles and lessons  that relate to specific social studies themes
• Maps (page of links)
• Middle Ages (page of links)
• National Archives - view the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Charters and more...
• National Geographic Education Page - this site is created for teachers and students
• National Geographic Online Expeditions
• Native Americans (page of links)
• Old Magazine Articles.com - text of articles in pdf form from old magazines covering a variety of historical events and topics
• Pioneers - a Thinkquest website
• Postcard Geography - connect with classes around the US and world by sending and receiving postcards (real or virtual); Registration ends Sept. 18, 2005
• Smithsonian Students - information, games and activities for a variety of topics
• Snaith Primary (several topics with activities; mostly social studies, but not all.)
• Social Studies for Kids - use as re site
• Spain - page of links
• States and Capitals - review games for states and capitals from 10 to all at a time  
• TerraFly - type in an address and view an aerial photo of anywhere in the U.S.
• Thanksgiving (Page of resources)
• Twentieth Century (page of links)
• U.S. Mint for Kids - games, lesson plans etc. on coins
• Understanding Slavery - a hybrid role play/interactive reference site that challenges the student to stop a slave auction, and then lets them explore the perspectives of the many people who had a stake in the institution.
• Virtual Field Trips - a multitude of links, including many social studies related sites
• Virtual Field Trips and State Resources - click on the state for a list of links
• Westward HO! - interactive wagon trail game
• White House Tour - online video tour featuring Pres. Bush and others