Social Studies
American Family Through Time: An info graphic looking at census data over many years.
Apples4theteacher: games and activities
Biographies for Kids: Famous Leaders for Young Readers. There are activities and quizzes for each one!
Campaign Ad: Have students create their own campaign ads with Adomatic. They use a picture and pick three important issues.
Constitution Day: Learn about the Constitution and the Founding Fathers.
Cultural Institute by Google: Online exhibitions with photos, documents and artifacts of many major events.
Digital History A good site with primary documents. It is organized by era, has a timeline, multimedia and resources for teachers.
Footnote: Great for history teachers. It has links to many military and historical documents.
50 States: Great resource for states facts like birds, songs, and fun facts. They also have maps.
GeoBee Challenge: A daily Geography challenge
Go Social Studies Go! A more exciting way to learn about history away from textbooks.
Historic Places: A map with images and locations of all historic places in North America and some other countries.
Historical Thinking Matters: A multimedia look at four events in history. Lesson ideas can be applied to other topics.
History Animated: Animated wars offer a great way to visualize these historical events. These can be used to introduce a topic or as part of research.
History Today
History Today: A historical dictionary
iCivics: Many interactive games and web quests
ilike2learn: Great map quizzes and geography practice
Lincoln Learning Hub: What would Lincoln Do?
Mapping History: Illustrates historical problems and events.
Map Treasure Hunt: Use this simple tool to create a virtual treasure hunt. Create your own or have students create clues for places around the world.
Math Trail: Great math and geography lessons using Google Maps.
MissionUS: Two interactive games for periods in history. Students can learn while playing the game.
Museum Box: Create a museum box about a person, event or historical period. A good resource for gathering web artifacts.
National Geographic: Education, this is in Beta or testing mode right now but has tons of great interactive activities
Our Little Earth: Current events written for students to understand
Overlap Maps: A great way to compare sizes of countries, states, rivers, and other natural features.
PlaceSpotting: An online map game
President's Day
Scholastic: Scholastic has many student acitivities. Click this link for Social Studies interactive whiteboard lessons.
Smithsonian: History Explorer: Great interactive resource, artifacts and teacher links.
Social Studies for Kids: Many resources on US History, Presidents, current events, maps and timelines. It is also organized by time perioids.
Teaching A People's History: Use this to complement your US History lessons, from the Zinn Education Project.
TeachingHistory.org: A great website with interactive posters. Teachers can click on a part of the poster to enhance teaching. Check out the Civil War poster.
Underground Railroad: A lesson for grades 3-6 especially for interactive boards. There is a teachers guide and student resources.
Where a Bill Becomes a Law: Great when learning about US Government.
How a Bill Becomes a Law: An interactive chart for students to explore the process of a bill becoming a law.
World Geography Games: Play and learn about the world
Apples4theteacher: games and activities
Biographies for Kids: Famous Leaders for Young Readers. There are activities and quizzes for each one!
Campaign Ad: Have students create their own campaign ads with Adomatic. They use a picture and pick three important issues.
Constitution Day: Learn about the Constitution and the Founding Fathers.
Cultural Institute by Google: Online exhibitions with photos, documents and artifacts of many major events.
Digital History A good site with primary documents. It is organized by era, has a timeline, multimedia and resources for teachers.
Footnote: Great for history teachers. It has links to many military and historical documents.
50 States: Great resource for states facts like birds, songs, and fun facts. They also have maps.
GeoBee Challenge: A daily Geography challenge
Go Social Studies Go! A more exciting way to learn about history away from textbooks.
Historic Places: A map with images and locations of all historic places in North America and some other countries.
Historical Thinking Matters: A multimedia look at four events in history. Lesson ideas can be applied to other topics.
History Animated: Animated wars offer a great way to visualize these historical events. These can be used to introduce a topic or as part of research.
History Today
History Today: A historical dictionary
iCivics: Many interactive games and web quests
ilike2learn: Great map quizzes and geography practice
Lincoln Learning Hub: What would Lincoln Do?
Mapping History: Illustrates historical problems and events.
Map Treasure Hunt: Use this simple tool to create a virtual treasure hunt. Create your own or have students create clues for places around the world.
Math Trail: Great math and geography lessons using Google Maps.
MissionUS: Two interactive games for periods in history. Students can learn while playing the game.
Museum Box: Create a museum box about a person, event or historical period. A good resource for gathering web artifacts.
National Geographic: Education, this is in Beta or testing mode right now but has tons of great interactive activities
Our Little Earth: Current events written for students to understand
Overlap Maps: A great way to compare sizes of countries, states, rivers, and other natural features.
PlaceSpotting: An online map game
President's Day
Scholastic: Scholastic has many student acitivities. Click this link for Social Studies interactive whiteboard lessons.
Smithsonian: History Explorer: Great interactive resource, artifacts and teacher links.
Social Studies for Kids: Many resources on US History, Presidents, current events, maps and timelines. It is also organized by time perioids.
Teaching A People's History: Use this to complement your US History lessons, from the Zinn Education Project.
TeachingHistory.org: A great website with interactive posters. Teachers can click on a part of the poster to enhance teaching. Check out the Civil War poster.
Underground Railroad: A lesson for grades 3-6 especially for interactive boards. There is a teachers guide and student resources.
Where a Bill Becomes a Law: Great when learning about US Government.
How a Bill Becomes a Law: An interactive chart for students to explore the process of a bill becoming a law.
World Geography Games: Play and learn about the world