Social+Studies+Web+Sites

History Primary Source Documents: http://www.gilderlehrman.org or http://www.historynow.org

Geography:
 * Historic maps in K-12 http://www.newberry.org/k12maps
 * Google earth lesson plans: http://gellessons.com
 * Mapping the News: http://geosearch.metacarta.com/
 * Rand McNally Free Trial of Mapping: http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/EdPub/action/marketing.do
 * The Traveler IQ Challenge http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq online geography quiz
 * Geography Zone Challenge: http://www.geographyzone.com
 * National Geographic Bee: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee
 * [|www.geosense.net]

Civics and Government:
 * Our Courts is a site to learn about representative democracy. http://www.ourcourts.org Created by Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Current Events:
 * http://www.izzit.org/events/ for daily emails with a current events article to read, discussion questions, etc.
 * Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up... Double click and the page gets larger...Then you can either read the pdf version or click through to the paper itself in the upper right corner... [|Newseum.org]

History > > Video 1: [|The American Flag] – American Minute (1 min) > Join Madison and Sydney for this America Minute segment which shows us the history of the American Flag through the years and illustrates the symbolism in each of the American Flag's components. (Direct URL: [|http://www.schooltube.com/video/9879] ) > > Video 2: [|USS New Jersey] - AIHE (2 min, 40 sec) > This is a short video tour of the Battleship New Jersey, presently docked on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront. (Direct URL: [|http://www.schooltube.com/video/11265] ) > > Video 3: [|Black Thursday] – Bernard Middle School (4 min, 14 sec) > Brief historical documentary covering difficult times in American history. This is an informative overview that covers the events leading up to and following the 1929 stock market crash. (Direct URL: [|http://www.schooltube.com/video/4834] ) > > Video 4: [|Elective Promo] (1 min, 27 sec) > Use this video as a template to promote school electives to your students. It is a great way to generate interest and illustrate what each course covers. (Direct URL: [|http://www.schooltube.com/video/3533] ) > > > SchoolTube is a free K-12 media sharing website designed by teachers for their school community. SchoolTube is recommended by the NAESP, and many other well-respected middle and high school national education associations. SchoolTube authorizes you to use any of these links in your school newsletter.
 * Best History Sites, sorted by subject: http://www.besthistorysites.net/
 * Have Fun With History: http://havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/index.html
 * National History Education Clearinghouse: http://www.teachinghistory.org
 * News Museum: http://www.newseum.org/
 * The Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://ushmm.org
 * CNN.com Education http://www.cnn.com/education
 * CountryWatch.com
 * EconEdLink http://www.econedlink.org
 * EyeWitness to History http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
 * Social Studies School Service http://www.socialstudies.com
 * Social Studies Sources [|http://www.education.indiana.edu/~socialst]
 * Teaching with Documents http://www.edteck.com/dbq
 * Google Earth is a free download for mapping, zooming in from outerspace, and many geography related features.
 * National History Day: http://www.nationalhistoryday.org
 * Lincoln's Letters: http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=379
 * The National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/
 * Below you will find links to some wonderful history videos. Please pass them to your educators to use directly in the classroom or as an example on how to produce their own videos.

Economics
 * http://stocksinthefuture.org

I Have a Dream Sites:
 * http://africanamericans.com/MarchonWashington.htm
 * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/eyesontheprize/story/08_washington.html
 * http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/washington.asp
 * http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec03/march_8-27.html
 * http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
 * http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=96
 * http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/index.html

Miscellaneous:
 * [|Free Social Studies DVDs]
 * [|Best History Lesson Plan Websites]
 * [|Interactive US History Map]
 * [|Digital History Interactive Timeline]
 * [|Archiving Early America]
 * [|The Avalon Project]
 * [|American Revolution Lessons]
 * [|History Lesson Plans]
 * [|Tube the Vote]
 * [|National Mock Election]
 * [|Maps of War]
 * [|Doodle Buzz]
 * [|Animated Atlas]
 * [|The Living Room Candidate]
 * [|Calendars Through the Ages]
 * [|Opposing Views]
 * [|Glotter - Make Maps]
 * [|Geosense - World Geography Game]
 * [|Wikimapia]
 * [|Reach the World]
 * [|Statetris - Learn the US States]
 * [|History Matters]
 * [|Kids in the House]
 * [|Earth Calendar]
 * [|Congressman for a Day]
 * [|Every Scape]
 * [|Travel Blog]
 * [|Google Earth Education Community]
 * [|X Timeline - Collaborative Timelines]
 * [|Biz Ed - Business Education Activities]
 * [|BBC Day in Pictures]
 * [|Ansel Adams's Yosemite]
 * [|Live News Cameras]
 * [|My Great World]
 * [|Darwin's Papers Online]
 * [|My Wonderful World]
 * [|Youth Noise]
 * [|National Archives Videos]
 * [|New York Public Library]
 * [|Scrapblog]
 * [|It's Our Tree - Family Timelines]
 * [|Google Earth Outreach]
 * [|Inspectd - Stock Market Game]
 * [|Visual Geography]
 * [|Google Sky]
 * [|Students of the World]
 * [|Encyclopedia of Earth]
 * [|Picturing America]
 * [|Many Voices for Darfur]
 * [|Fantasy Congress]
 * History Tours
 * [|Ad Decoder Game]
 * [|Place Spotting]
 * [|Hub Dub News Predictor]
 * [|Big Think]
 * [|The Futures Channel]
 * [|World Simulation Project]
 * [|Google Maps Mania]
 * [|CNN Path to the Presidency]
 * [|Global Geografia]
 * [|Free - Federal Resources for Education]
 * [|BBC Bitesize Lessons]
 * [|My Mini City]
 * [|We Are Multicolored]
 * [|EarthMine]
 * [|CyberSchool Bus]
 * [|Imooty - Multilingual European News Center]
 * [|Flickr Commons]
 * [|Truveo Election Videos]
 * [|Ten by Ten]
 * [|Clip Syndicate]
 * [|Best Online Documentaries]
 * [|UN Data Search Engine]
 * [|Google Maps User Guide]
 * [|Digital Dialects]
 * [|US Treasury - Bad Credit Hotel]
 * [|Google Maps Polling Places]
 * [|Teaching the Civil War with Technology]
 * [|How Stuff Works History Videos]
 * [|American Presidents Life Portraits]
 * [|Depression and the New Deal]
 * [|Thematic Mapping Engine]
 * [|Internet Archive E-Texts]
 * [|GeoCommons Map Maker]
 * [|National Atlas Map Maker]
 * [|Lizard Point Geography Quizzes]
 * [|Interactive Maps]
 * [|Interactive US Maps]
 * [|Traveller IQ Maps]
 * [|From Camp to Community]
 * [|National Geographic Games]