Social+Studies

Use the Internet to Access Maps, Primary Documents, and Tools to Promote Inquiry Based Learning of Historical Events and Concepts

Newspapers from Around the Globe http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

Maps http://www.theodora.com/maps/ http://www.abcteach.com/Maps/mapsTOC.htm

Ben's Online Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Digital Documents http://archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html

Geospy http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/

Interactive Time Tool http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html

Congress for Kids http://www.congressforkids.net/

Best of History Websites http://besthistorysites.net/

GeoSense [|http://geosense.net]

Picturing Modern America http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/

American History Links http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/histlink.htm

Resources for Teaching History With Technology http://thwt.org/

History of Nations http://www.historyofnations.net/

Inventors & Impact on America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/

Animation Growth of the United States http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Best of History Web Sites

http://www.besthistorysites.net/

Center for History and New Media http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

PBS Teacher Source: Social Studies http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm

Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE): History and Social Studies http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/

BBC: History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

Digital History (U.S. History) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

EDsitement: Humanities http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Three Branches of Government Online Game http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/3bgovt.htm

Google Earth [|http://flashearth.com]

Congress in the Classrom Online http://www.congressclass.org/

Social Studies Field Trips http://www.history.org/trips/

HyperHistory http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Political Cartoons http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/index.htm