Social Studies Resources
Geography
National Geographic Education
Lessons, simulations, labs dealing with geographic topics.
Animaps
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!
Atlapedia
Online maps with interesting facts and statistics
Community Walk
A map making tool.
Geonet
Online game with quizzes built around the themes of geography.
Google Earth
The world in 3-D.
GeoGuessr
Geography game. Use clues in photographs to locate the area in the picture. Pin the location on a map.
If it Were My Home
Compares one country to another with statistical information such as life expectancy, earnings, health care, etc.
National Geographic Education
Lessons, simulations, labs dealing with geographic topics.
Animaps
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!
Atlapedia
Online maps with interesting facts and statistics
Community Walk
A map making tool.
Geonet
Online game with quizzes built around the themes of geography.
Google Earth
The world in 3-D.
GeoGuessr
Geography game. Use clues in photographs to locate the area in the picture. Pin the location on a map.
If it Were My Home
Compares one country to another with statistical information such as life expectancy, earnings, health care, etc.
History
DocsTeach
Online tool from National Archives that allows teachers to create lessons from primary source documents at the National Archives
Capzles
Timeline builder allows incorporation of multimedia into timeline format.
Archiving Early America
Primary source documents from early U.S. history
Ancient Egypt
Site with resources on ancient Egypt
Debate Online
An online debate site. Build a debate for your class to participate in.
Eyewitness to History
History through the eyes of those who witnessed it. Collections of eye witness stories.
Fold3
Collections of historic military records from primary source materials and site visitors. Personal material can be added to the site.
History Pin
Post your history to a virtual map. History Pin asks the public to dig out, upload and pin their own old photos, as well as the stories behind them, onto the History Pin map. Uniquely, History Pin lets you layer old images onto modern Street View scenes, giving a series of peeks into the past.
American Memory
Primary source documents from the Library of Congress National Archives
Awesome Stories
Historical stories told through primary source documents. Contains an images, audio clips, video clips, lesson collections, and sends a monthly newsletter.
Best Sites for Primary Documents in U.S. History
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Best Sites for Primary Documents in World History
Google Life
Search engine for historical photos
Teaching History with Technology
Online resources, lesson plans and ideas for using technology to teach history
DocsTeach
Online tool from National Archives that allows teachers to create lessons from primary source documents at the National Archives
Capzles
Timeline builder allows incorporation of multimedia into timeline format.
Archiving Early America
Primary source documents from early U.S. history
Ancient Egypt
Site with resources on ancient Egypt
Debate Online
An online debate site. Build a debate for your class to participate in.
Eyewitness to History
History through the eyes of those who witnessed it. Collections of eye witness stories.
Fold3
Collections of historic military records from primary source materials and site visitors. Personal material can be added to the site.
History Pin
Post your history to a virtual map. History Pin asks the public to dig out, upload and pin their own old photos, as well as the stories behind them, onto the History Pin map. Uniquely, History Pin lets you layer old images onto modern Street View scenes, giving a series of peeks into the past.
American Memory
Primary source documents from the Library of Congress National Archives
Awesome Stories
Historical stories told through primary source documents. Contains an images, audio clips, video clips, lesson collections, and sends a monthly newsletter.
Best Sites for Primary Documents in U.S. History
Copy/Paste Blog post... explore the blog for more social studies ideas and resources
Best Sites for Primary Documents in World History
Google Life
Search engine for historical photos
Teaching History with Technology
Online resources, lesson plans and ideas for using technology to teach history
Social Studies
Workable Peace
Modules for integrating consensus building into the social studies curriculum. 8 Modules for teachers with lessons around topics such as desegregation and world peace issues
Workable Peace
Modules for integrating consensus building into the social studies curriculum. 8 Modules for teachers with lessons around topics such as desegregation and world peace issues