Social Studies Resources:

American Capitols Game:
http://hagen.let.rug.nl/~epu/geo/capitals/capitals.htm

Ben's Guide to Government:
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

Blank Maps for all 50 States:
http://50states.com/maps/

Cinco De Mayo:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/04/042902_cinco.jhtml

Cultural Diversity:
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/library/tolerance.htm

Explore the States:  
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

Fifty States On-Line Quiz:
http://www.funschool.com/current/games/ges_usquiz,36

Flag Activities and Songs for Early Primary:
http://www.childfun.com/themes/flag.shtml

Flag Etiquette:
http://www.libertyflags.com/etiquette.htm

Flags:  Flags of the world and state flags of U.S. Includes coloring pages:
http://www.fotw.net/flags/index.html

Geography Education and Technology Program: 
http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/

Hispanic Heritage:
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/hispanic.htm

http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_esp.html

History:

Adventure into the Unknown - WebQuest designing a board game to trace the Lewis and Clark Trail:
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/lewisclark/

All Aboard Jamestown - Webquest:  
http://wapiti.pvs.k12.nm.us/~Computer/jamestow.htm

American  Revolution - A Chronicle by PBS:  
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html

American Revolution: Reenactment of skirmish at Lexington, Massachusetts:
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/04/041502_history.jhtml

Archiving Early America - Famous Moments in Early American History (mini-movies):  
http://earlyamerica.com/series.html

Ben Franklin Scavenger Hunt (Similar to a WebQuest):
http://people2.clarityconnect.com/webpages4/kcarsons/oconunit/instruct.htm

Celebration of Prairie Life: Unit (integrating the arts):
http://www.op97.k12.il.us/instruct/IArts/Prairie/prairie.html

Civil War WebQuest: 
http://www.stonewall.fayette.k12.ky.us/wq/cwwebquest/civilwar.htm

Colonial America Thematic Unit (out of district):
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colunit.htm

Colonial American Art - WebQuest:
http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/JSmall/public_html/amerart/index.htm

Come to America: Theme Project Organizer for Students: 
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/wtp/level5/unit3/org.html

Coming to America WebQuest: 
http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~klwehner/A%20New%20Life.htm

Discovering Lewis and Clark (University of Montana):
http://www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm

Doing it the Old Fashioned Way:  Learning how pioneers made things:
http://historic.shcsc.k12.in.us/science/list.htm

Ellis Island WebQuest:  
http://www.k-lschools.org/webquest/elliswq.htm

Emigration Extravaganza - WebQuest on the Oregon Trail:
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/veglio_quest.htm

Famous Virginians and the Colonial Fair - WebQuest:
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/LondonTowneES/Webquests/FamousVAs/va.html

Founding the Original 13 Colonies Web Quest:
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/tbeckner/WebQuest/13colonies.html

History Rocks (Stories of American History on Music Video - Like School House Rock)
http://www.ushistory.com/

Jamestown WebQuest:  
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/tbeckner/WebQuest/13colonies.html

Jefferson's West:  Interactive Activity on Lewis and Clark: 
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/jeffwest/index.html

Lewis and Clark by PBS:  
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Lewis and Clark Lesson Plans and Activities from PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/class/idx_les.html

Lewis and Clark by National Geographic: 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html

Lewis and Clark WebQuest: 
http://www.nevada.edu/~rpeters/landc.htm

Life During the War Between the States - WebQuest:
http://ntserver1.msdpt.k12.in.us/etspages/webquest/chhendr/index.html

Meet the Immigrants - WebQuest:  
http://www.lubbock.k12.tx.us/Webquests/MeetImmigrants/index.htm

Order in the Court:  Interactive trial in Colonial Williamsburg:
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/

Pilgrim Life Adventure - WebQuest: 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/pilgrimlife/

A Pilgrimage into History - WebQuest contrasting Jamestown and Plymouth: http://www.geocities.com/janp_us/Pilgrimage.html

Revolutionary War Web Quest:  
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/cut/summer2000/revwar/default.html

Social Studies and History Links for K-12 teachers:
http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

Wagons West: A Web Quest on the Oregon Trail:
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/oregon/oregon.htm

While Battles Raged (Civil War WebQuest):
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/civilwarlife/

 

 

Map Adventure:  
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/mapadv_lesson1.htm

Our Time Lines (Personal Time Line Creator):  
http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2c.html

Social Studies and History Links:
http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

States Games for Reinforcement: 
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Terrifly (satellite views of all of the world):  
http://www.terrafly.fiu.edu/

 

Regions of the United States

50 States.Com
http://www.50states.com/city/regions.htm

a to z Grography:
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/

Earth from Space:  Geographic Regions:  REALLY COOL!!!
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/geon.html

Encyclopedia Britannica:
http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=121245&sctn=35#s_top

Grolier

Go through Kentucky Virtual Library, select multi-media/geography/north America/ regions 
or 
http://go.grolier.com/

Regions for Personals:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_States/Regions/

Lesson on Cultures and symbols of Regions:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g68/symbols.html

Lesson on Life in the Great Planes:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/great_plains.html

Lesson Plan on Symbols and Characteristics of a Place:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g35/symbols.html

Lesson Plan on regional foods:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g35/foods.html

Lesson Plans on Regions:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/05/g68/regions.html

U.S. Regions - maps and quizzes:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/regions.shtml

 

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