Social+Studies

**Elementary (K-5)**

 * Generic Tools **
 * **Website** || **Description** ||
 * @http://www.kidspast.com/index.php || World history book & games for kids ||
 * http://www.wiglingtonandwenks.com || Online game where students travel the world and meet historical figures and solve the mystery ||
 * http://www.youtube.com/profile || Learn history with popular music (YouTube videos) ||
 * @http://socialstudies.pppst.com/index.html || Tons of free social studies powerpoints and activities for kids ||
 * @http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/witness || Podcasts - history told by those who experienced it ||
 * http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/jcscore || A powerpoint highlighting the in-depth 3rd-5th grade standards & online activities/resources ||
 * http://www.bizworld.org/teachers/resourceBySessionBiz || BizWorld - a downloadable tool to teach students about running a business ||

@http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/EconEdLink http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s @http://www.missionexplore.net/ || -Interactive "build the earth" puzzle game -Geography games for kids -Mapping exports game -National Geographic map machine -Mission Explore: kids explore their surrounding community || http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/economic || -10 interactive websites that teach kids money management skills -Economics & personal finance interactive tools for K-5 students || Effect || @http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/history.php @http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/nchh/index.html || -All about the Mayflower, pilgrims, and indians - interactive website -History timelines || and Point of View || http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia/Search/Kids @http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/index.jsp || -Smithsonian Historical Encyclopedia -Historical Figures interactive website (celebrity hangman, videos, etc...) || @http://pbskids.org/democracy/parentseducators/ @http://www.history.com/interactives/citizenship-quiz http://www.welcometoyourcounty.org/content/ || -K-5 Social Studies articles, games, lessons & more -The Democracy Project interactive website - voting, mapping, & more -US Citizenship Quiz -County government interactive tutorial ||
 * Tools By Standard **
 * **Standard** || **Website** || **Description** ||
 * Geography || @http://reachtheworld.org/geogames/index.html
 * Civic Values || http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/3-5/social || -PBS resources for teachers (civics - community & citizenship) ||
 * Personal and Family Economics || http://www.makeuseof.com/tag
 * Chronology and Cause and
 * Historical Research, Evidence,
 * Government || @http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml

**Middle Grades (6-8)** **Generic Tools**
 * **Website** || **Description** ||
 * http://www.youtube.com/profile || Learn history with popular music (YouTube videos) ||
 * @http://docsteach.org/activities || Hundreds of free educational history activities and documents ||
 * @http://www.historypin.com/photos/ || View photos of cities throughout history using Google Maps ||
 * http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate || A template for creating a historical figure's facebook profile ||
 * @http://learning.snagfilms.com/film/category/history || A collection of educational videos ||
 * http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-interactive-financial || 10 websites that teach kids money management skills ||
 * @http://sheg.stanford.edu/?q=node/45 || Read Like a Historian - Teacher curriculum & lesson plan website ||
 * @http://www.historybuff.com/ || History Buff - newspapers, quizzes, primary source material, and more ||
 * @http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/witness || Podcasts - history told by those who experienced it ||
 * @http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_social_studies_us_history.shtml || U.S. Studies for kids (a variety of games, lessons, and activities) ||
 * @http://www.virsona.com/index.aspx [[image:edutechdatabase/recommended.jpg caption="recommended.jpg"]] || Students can "live" chat with Abraham Lincoln, Pocahontas, Einstein, Henry Ford, & more ||

**Tools By Standard** @http://www.the-map-as-history.com/ http://www.animaps.com @http://www.quizgeo.com/ || -Atlas puzzles from National Geographic -Animated historical maps -Create and view animated Google maps -Create and play interactive geography quizzes || of Human Societies || @http://www.kidspast.com/index.php @http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/powerpoints.html http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/02_00.xml @http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/index.html || -World history book & games for kids -PowerPoints for Early Man -Cave Painting Interactive video (France) -Early Humans for Kids || 700 C.E. || McGraw Videos Kids Past @http://ancientweb.org/explore Glencoe Videos http://www.neok12.com/diagram/ http://www.americanepic.org/demos/Egypt/Egypt [] || -McGraw Videos on early civilizations -Rise of Civilizations (Kidspast.com) -Ancient Civilizations (Lots of countries!) -Mesopotamia, Kush Videos -Label the Symbols of Ancient Egypt -Rivers, the Nile (Under repair) -Interactive Egypt || http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/webquest/spring2002/ http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwonders http://www2.informns.k12.mn.us/schoolties/files/ || -Powerpoints for the seven wonders of the world -Videos of the seven wonders of the world -The Real Eighth Wonders of the World webquest -7 Wonders of the Ancient World website with images -7 Wonders of the World lesson plan and resources links || @http://www.historyisfun.org/ @http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/ @http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcsscolonial.html @http://eev.liu.edu/kk/colonial/index.htm || -Jamestown animated interactive adventure game -Official Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory website -Colonial Kids ThinkQuest -Colonial America links and resources -Passport to Colonial Times webquest || http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/dec http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb || -Label the American Revolution Timeline -National Archives Official Declaration of Independence website -America's Story: Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) || (1777-1789) || http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews || -National Archives Official US Constitution website -Celebrate the Constitution game (drag & drop the text) || American People (1800-1850) || http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/ || Map of population based on surnames (immigration patterns) || http://www.neok12.com/diagram/ http://www.civilwarphotography.org/3-d @http://3dcivilwar.blogspot.com/ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon || -NY Times Civil War blog -Label the American Civil War Timeline -3D Civil War photographs -3D Civil War - redesigning battles/places using Google -America's Story: Reconstruction (1866-1877) || http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/ || -Industrial America activities and documents -The Gilded Age - stories, images, and articles -The Progressive Era (1890-1913) - interactive timeline ||
 * **Standard** || **Website** || **Description** ||
 * Chronology and Historical Interpretation || http://www.digitalvaults.org/#/create/ || Create a movie/poster with the National Archives ||
 * Geographic Skills || http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps
 * Early Humankind and the Development
 * Ancient and Classical Civilizations to
 * Ancient Wonders of the World || @http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/sevenwonders.html
 * Our Colonial Heritage (1600-1720) || @http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
 * A New Nation (1720-1787) || http://www.neok12.com/diagram/
 * The Constitution of the United States
 * Launching the New Nation (1789-1849) || http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/nation/jb_nation || The New Nation - timeline, articles, images ||
 * The Divergent and Unifying Paths of the
 * Civil War and Reconstruction (1830-1877) || http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/
 * The Rise of Industrial America (1877-1914) || http://docsteach.org/activities/
 * Economics & Personal Finance || http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/economic || Economics and personal finance interactive tools for students ||
 * Other || @http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/ || Google News Timeline (Current US news) ||