Social Studies Resources
Built for the People
http://www.builtforthepeople.com/
The story of the Tennessee Valley and
the Tennessee Valley Authority
World War II Remembers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/life/index.htm
Explore life during World War II
Animated Atlas
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
Traces the growth of the United States through animation and sound.
Bens' Guide to US Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Explore government games for
K-2,
3-5,
6-8, and
9-12.
Includes a "Locate
the States" game.
Chinese Language Puzzle
http://www.askasia.org/VISIBLE_TRACES/games/languagegame.html
Drag the pictographs into the slots. Includes Hittite, Egyptian, and Sumerian
visuals.
Congress for Kids
http://www.congressforkids.net/
Activities on government.
If You Were President
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp
This simulation asks students questions and then creates a newspaper about
becoming president.
EJournal from Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
http://www.mhschool.com/student/ss2003/ejournal.php?language=0&state=0
Lots of activities for grades 3-6. Student take notes on topics.
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill Social Studies
http://www.mhschool.com/student/ss2003/index.php
Resources and links.
Map of China
http://www.askasia.org/VISIBLE_TRACES/games/mapgame.html
Identify the regions of China in the map puzzle.
National Geographic's Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html
Explore the interactive museum.
Our Story in History
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/index.cfm
Interactive activities including building a sod house, "you be the historian",
and buffalo hide painting
Out on a Limb
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html
An interactive guide for getting along.
Social Studies Games and Puzzles
Geosense
http://www.geosense.net/
Test your knowledge of world geography alone or against other online players.
You're given a place and you have to locate it on the map.
US Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
Information and quiz.
