Social Studies Resources

Starting Points

• Elementary Theme Pages By Jim Cornish - http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/themes.html

• Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources - http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/

• White House Kids Home Page - http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

• EDSITEment – Calendar - http://edsitement.neh.gov/calendar.asp

• KidsClick! Geography/History/Biography - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/topgeog.html

• The American Civil War Homepage - 
  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

• ZOOM SCHOOL USA by Enchanted Learning -  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/USA/

Resources

News

• KidsClick! News 
  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?
  searchtype=subject&keywords=News&title=News

• Scholastic News - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/

• National Geographic Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html

• Student News Net: Explore Your World - 
  http://www.studentnewsnet.com/

• Yak's Corner - 
  http://www.freep.com/index/yak.htm
  

• LT Technologies Online References
  http://www.lttechno.com/links/references.html

• US State Formation - http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html

• 50states.com - States and Capitals - 
  http://www.50states.com/

• Presidents of the US - 
  http://www.50states.com/

Lesson Plans

• Awesome Library - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/
  Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies.html

• LessonPlansPage SS - http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SS.htm

• Reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies

• nternet Activities for SS- Primary 2403 - http://www.teachercreated.com/books/2403/

• SCORE SS - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/  

• EDSITEment - Lesson Plans - http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3

Activities

• Online Activities on Scholastic.com - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/

• LT Technologies -Internet Hunts - http://www.lttechno.com/links/hunts.html

• Quia SS - http://www.quia.com/shared/hist/

• PrimaryGames.com – SS - http://www.primarygames.com/social_studies.htm
  
  

Projects

• ePALS - http://www.epals.com/

• Global Grocery List Project - http://www.landmark-project.com/ggl/

• iEARN  Projects - http://www.iearn.org/projects/project_gateway_social.html

• FLAT STANLEY PROJECT - http://www.flatstanleyproject.net/

• WebQuest Portal - http://webquest.org/
  

Primary Sources

• Evaluating Primary Sources - http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/#three

• Virtual Tours

• Ingalls Homestead - http://www.ingallshomestead.com/vv.html

• Secrets of the Pharaohs - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/digging.html

• Museums on the Web - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/it/projects/Museums/
  Teacher_Guide/Hotlist/home.html

• U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour – http://www.senate.gov/vtour/index.html

• Avalon Project – Law - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

• American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

• Civil War Women - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html

• Great Speeches - http://maint.aetv.com/thc/thc.html

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