Social Studies Resources
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Ancient Greek World
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Provides information on the land, time periods, daily life, economy, and religion of Ancient Greece. |
| 1492: An Ongoing Voyage |
An on-line exhibit created by the Library of Congress about the cultural interactions from 1492-1600, including information about Christopher Columbus, the Mediterranean World, and the Inventing of America.
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| 50 States and Capitals |
Provides information about each of the fifty states and their capitals, including information such as state bird, flag, motto, flower, nickname, population, geology, legistlators and more.
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American Civil War Homepage
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provides an impressive array of resources included, time lines, letters, diaries, graphic images, information about specific battles, and much more.
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| American Memory |
The Library of Congress has created this resource with lesson plans on American History, and primary source collections, and archival material on American culture and history. There are photographic collection, sound collections, textual collections, and early motion picture collections.
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| American Presidency |
Provides information from 3 different encyclopedias written at different grade levels, current presidential information, historical election results, trading cards, and more.
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| Ancient Egypt Site |
An outstanding site that provides information, lessons, activities and more about Egypt.
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| Ancient Greek Sites |
Provides links to authors and texts, arts and images, essential resources and topics, and maps and geography.
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Anne Frank Online
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Provides information about her life and times, her diary, the Anne Frank Center USA, and more. |
Archiving Early America
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Provides information, actitivies and historic documents from 18th century America. |
| Atlapedia |
Contains basic information about every country of the world. Each country has a profile that provides facts about the climate, geography, people, religion, language, history, and economy.
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Biographies of United States Presidents
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A one page biography of each of the presidents, with links to their inaugural addresses, information about the first lady and a picture of the president. |
| Biography Page |
A database of 15,000 biographies of past and present famous people presented by A & E Television Network.
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| Black History Activities |
This site provides excellent activities that use Internet resources to learn about African Americans. There are activities on Black History Month, African-American History and Slavery, African American Leaders, Contemporary Poetry, The Million Man March, Opinions, Ideas and New Celebrations, Institutional Changes, and 20th Century Oral History. It also has an treasure hunt about African Americans.
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| Civil War Unit |
A complete unit on the civil war with objectives, recommended trade books, links to background information, enrichment activities and more.
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| EdSITEment |
Provides lesson plans, activities and web resources to top humanities sites.
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| Ellis Island |
Provides a historical overview, information about the journey, processing at Ellis Island, and information about Ellis Island is like today.
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| First Gov |
The official United States government web site with information on agriculture and food, arts and culture, business and economy, environment and energy, Federal Grants, taxes, science, technology, and more.
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| Geographia |
Provides photographs, video and audio clips, and basic information about many countries in the world.
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| Geography World |
Geography teacher, Brad Bowerman, has created an amazing list of links related to geography.
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| Inventors Index |
Provides information about inventors. Students click on the letter of the alphabet to get a list of inventors with last names that begin with that letter. You can also search by inventions.
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| Martin Luther King Jr. |
The Seattle times provides information on "The Man, The Movement, The Legacy, The Holiday, an Electronic Classroom."
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| Mount Vernon |
Provides a tour of the grounds, biographical information about George Washington, the pioneer farm, image gallery and an on-line quiz.
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| Museum of Paleontology |
Provides information about the Museum and online exhibits on phylogeny, geology, or evolutionary theory. |
| National Council for Social Studies |
Provides resources for teachers, including lesson plans and a list of upcoming television programs using in the social studies curriculum.
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| National Geographic |
Provides interactive features, adventures and exploration, maps, photography, links for kids, news, education, and more.
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| National Inventors Hall of Fame |
The on-line version of the book about the National Inventors Hall of Fame. It provides a searchable list of inventors and includes information about their invention, the patent number, and bibliographic information.
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National Museum of Natural History
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provides documents and data about Museum research and the national collections. |
| National Portrait Gallery: Hall of Presidents |
The Smithsonian Institution provides information about each of the Presidents of the United States and the presidential portrait.
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| Native American Indian Resources |
Links to over 300 web pages of information with Native maps, stories, astronomy, Native Nations, and much more. A Great resource!
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| Oregon Trail |
Provides information, pictures, video clips, diaries, memoirs, fantastic facts, and more about the Oregon trail. |
| Resources for Historians |
A large index of over 1700 links appropriate for historians arranged alphabetically by subject and name.
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| Revolution to Reconstruction |
Provides an outline of American History, with links to information about the Colonial Period, War of Independence, Formation of a National Government, Westward Expansion, Sectional Conflict, Era of Expansion and Reform, Conflict Abroad, and Modern America.
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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Provides information, history, location, maps and more about the Seven Wonders of the World.
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| Smithsonian |
Provides a virtual tour of the Smithsonian's museums and galleries.
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| The History Net |
The National Historical Society presents historical information with links to world history, American History, Eyewitness Accounts, Great Battles of the Ages, Today in History, Interviews and more.
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| Thomas |
Legislative Information on the Internet. Provides full text of the Legislation, Congressional Record, Bill Summary and Status, Hot Legislation, the Constitution, information on How our Laws are Made and more.
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| US Historical Documents |
The University of Oklahoma has documents such as charters, items from the constitution, treaties, proclamations, and inaugural addresses from pre-colonial time to the present.
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| White House for Kids |
A site to provide elementary students with information about the White House and the first family.
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| White House |
Provides information about the executive branch, the first family, publications, press releases, messages from the President and Vice President.
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| Xpeditions |
Provides atlases, lesson plans, outstanding sites for teaching and learning geography, and more.
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| You Be the Historian |
Students visit the Springer household from the 1700's and are given 8 photographic clues to determine how many people lived there, what they ate, and what they did for a living. They are asked to think about what would happen if historians visited their house in the year 2050. This is a great spring board to talk about primary and secondary resources and life in the 1700's.
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