Social Studies/History

Sites designed for K-12 social studies teachers & students containing resources for teaching and learning.

• National Geographic's Xpeditions - Thousands of ideas, tools, and interactive adventures based on the U.S. Geography Standards.
• EDSITEment - History and Social Studies Subject Navigator is broken down into history subcategories with corresponding lesson plans and websites.
• Kathy Schrock's History and Social Studies Subject Access - Excellent resource categorized by American History, General History, and World and Ancient History
• Social Studies for Kids - Very good website geared towards the elementary social studies curriculum.
• The Social Studies Educator
• Lesson Plans and Resources for the Social Studies Teacher
• Social Studies Sources

Around the World: Websites to Explore and Send Students to -

Continents (Elementary Sites):

• Asia at Enchanted Learning
• Ask Asia
• Zoom School Africa
• PBS Kids' Africa
• PBS AFRICA - Africa for Kids
• Zoom School Australia
• Australia: Kids Down Under
• Australia for Kids
• Australia Downunder
• Kip and Co.
• Antarctica
• Zoom School Antarctica
• North America at Enchanted Learning
• Adventures in South America
• South America at Enchanted Learning
• Europe at Enchanted Learning

Cultural Understanding:

• Peace Corps - Kids World
• Teaching Tolerance fosters equity, respect, & understanding. Provides resources & activities
• Culture Directory from Yahoo!
• Portals to the World in-depth information and links for  world nations
  United States
• United Nations' InfoNation view and compare data for all United Nation member states
• Culture Quest World Tour
• Yahoo! Cultures
• United Nations School Cyberbus
• Unicef Voices of Youth

• Netribuna News From All Over the World
• ABC News.com
• Arabic News
• BBC News
• Central Europe Online
• CNN Interactive
• FindArticles.com first online article-search service
• International Herald Tribune
• Newspapers across the US state by state directory
• Newspapers around the world country directory
• The New York Times
• Newsweek.com
• Russia Today
• Time.com
• New York Times on the Web
• USA Today national newspaper
• Washington Post
• Washington Times

Biography:

• Academy of Achievement profiles of extraordinary individuals
• Biographical Dictionary more than 28,000 bios of notable figures from history
• Biography.com over 25,000 biographies from A&E
• African American History Links Gateway to resources about Black Americans
• Biography Center Searchable database of 11,011 biographies
• Lives, the Biography Resource Guide to biography sites on the Web
• Nobelprize.org Learn about the Nobel prize, its recipients, and Alfred Nobel
• Oral History Links Gateway to oral histories and cultural resources
• Time 100 Time Magazine's list of the 100 most important people of the century
• Distinguished Women bios of women past and present
• Inventor Hall of Fame bios by inventor or invention
• Lives links to thousands of biographical resources
• PBS Biographies offers profiles of notables originally featured in broadcasts
• Presidents' Hall contains speeches, profiles of the presidents, first ladies, and vice presidents

• All the World's Maps index to maps for any country
• Atlapedia Online Physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world
• American Memory Map Collections: 1500-2003 historical maps!
• City Search City guides
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States includes relief, county, and satellite maps
• Geography IQ an online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. In addition, GeographyIQ brings together a number of other resources including maps, flags, currency conversion as well as climate and time zone information
• Historical Atlas of the 20th Century offers thematic maps
• Historical Map Collection, University of Texas hundreds of maps arranged by region
• How Far Is It? find out the driving distance between any two points
• Maps on Us "navigation made simple"
• Mapquest type in an address and get a map
• National Atlas US Atlas offering multimedia maps, and users can create their own detailed maps
• National Geographic's Map Machine offers full World Atlas and more!
• Places in the News maps of areas in the news today
• TopoZone detailed, zoomable, topographic maps of the entire United States
• United Nations' Cartographic Section rich archive of maps of countries, regions, and themes
• World Atlas excellent resource with maps, country info, flags, and more
• Weather Maps from the Weather Channel

History-General and World:

• The Best of History Website an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more throughout its pages.
• Rush Henrietta Social Studies High School Links - Contains useful links to American History and Global Studies
• The History Channel 'This Day in History,' audio and video, study guides, educational exhibits, from the A&E Network.
• On this Day from The New York Times
• Time Capsule creates a full chart of happenings for any day in history
• A Walk Through Time Explore the evolution of time measurement
• HyperHistory search timelines of history
• Fifty Years from Trinity Chronicle of the decision to drop the atomic bomb
• HyperHistory Online 3,000 years of world history with graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps
• Map Collections Library of Congress American Memory Map Collections, 1544-1999 
• The Mystery of Lost and Forgotten Histories Explore the mysteries of the Egyptians, Mayans, and Eleusinians
• Mythic World Explore the myths of the ancient world
• Scope Systems Find out what historic events happened on any month and day
• Smithsonian Museum Educational resources from the world's largest museum
• Voyage of Explorers - A ThinkQuest entry; high school level exploration of world explorers.

• America's Story Meet amazing Americans; jump back in time, from Library of Congress
• National Museum of American History from the Smithsonian
• American Memory United States Library of Congress Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
• EASE History Features over 600 videos and photographs from 1900 to the present
• Enchanted Learning's Explorers of America - Brief biographies of explorers at the elementary level.
• Lewis & Clark's Historic Trail - Contains maps, journals, timeline and biographies
• Colonial Hall - Info on the founding fathers and signers of the Declaration.
• Colonial Kids - Another winner from ThinkQuest, explores in a fun and interactive way the life of colonial children.
• Plimoth Plantation historical background and online activities about Plymouth Colony.
• Virtual Jamestown maps, first hand accounts, and more about Jamestown.
• Liberty! The American Revolution - Great site from PBS; a chronicle of the Revolutionary War with teacher's guides.
• Civil War Web Sites Gateway to information about the American Civil War
• Ellis Island - The official Ellis Island website containing family histories, searchable passenger list, and historical background information.
• History Channel: Ellis Island Video and audio clips make this part of our history come alive!
• The New Deal Network comprehensive guide to everything about the Roosevelts and the years of the Depression in the United States (Review by Dr. Gus)
• North Carolina Division of Archives and History 
• A Gathering of Cultures Comprehensive Native American  Resource
• Native American Internet Resources bibliographies, directories to pages of individual tribes, history and historical documents, periodicals and general links.
• NativeTech Resource for Native American art and technology

• American President: Presidential Biographies
• The American Presidency -presented by Grolier Encyclopedia, includes an exclusive history of presidents, the presidency, politics and related subjects.  
• PBS Democracy Project Get perspective on elections and their place in the history of America
• First Gov "your first click to the US Government"
• First Gov for Kids companion First Gov site designed for younger audience
• GOVSPOT Federal, State, and Local Government resources
• The Life of Abraham Lincoln: An Illustrated Timeline
• Office of the Clerk/Kids in the House -The Clerk is an officer in the United States House of Representatives. Explore the role the Office of the Clerk plays in the U.S. House of Representatives. Learn about the legislative process and its effect on you.
• THOMAS searchable information about the U.S. Congress
• The White House executive branch of our government
• The Senate connect with your senator, search for bill
• House of Representatives what's happening in the house
• Project Vote Smart about US elected officials & candidates
• Uncle Sam For Kids the world of governement for kids
• US Supreme Court official site
• United Nations official site
• US Mission to the United Nations official site
• Whitehousekids

• American Memory
• American Memory Map Collections: 1500-2003 historical maps!
• American President: Historical Sources (primary sources)
• NARA Digital Classroom
      Photo Analysis Worksheet
• Picturing the Century
• Political Cartoons current cartoons from major newspapers
• Rare Map Collection: Colonial America