Internet Resources in Social Studies

General Social Studies
South Carolina History
Geography
American History and Government
Daily Activities and Current Events
For Teachers
Extensions

Amazing Picture Machine
http://www.americanteachers.com/index_popup.cfm?
addr=http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

42explore Social Studies Thematic Units
http://www.42explore.com/42exploress.htm

PBS Teacher Source – Social Studies
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm

Headlinespot News for Kids
http://www.headlinespot.com/for/kids/

The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/

The History Net
http://www.thehistorynet.com/

The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/

First Gov for Kids Portal
http://www.kids.gov/

Time for Kids
http://timeforkids.com/TFK/

National Geographic’s Expeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

Myscschools.com social studies curriculum linkhttp://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/social_studies/social.htm

The African American Studies Toolkit
http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/home.html

African American Mega Sites http://www.americanteachers.com/index_popup.cfm?addr=http://www.multcolib.
org/homework/aframhc.html#afameg

Discover America Through Postcards
http://www.postcardsfrom.com/

EconEd Link
http://www.econedlink.org/

Know It All
Knowitall.org: http://www.knowitall.org/

SC Gen Web Archives: Ships Passenger Lists and Naturalization Records http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_ship.html

South Carolina
http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/sc_intro.htm

South Carolina State Government
http://www.myscgov.com/SCSGPortal/static/home_tem4.html

SC Department of Archives and History
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/homepage.htm

50 States.com
http://www.50states.com/

The US 50
http://www.theus50.com/welcome.html

Color Landform Atlas of the US
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/

Geography IQ – online atlas
http://www.geographyiq.com/

US Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/

Ben’s Guide to the US Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

First Nations History
http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html

American Memory Site
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/index-flash.html

Colonial America K-12 Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

Liberty! The American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

US History and Government High School Hub site
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/government.cfm

The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html

Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Gettysburg National Park Kidzpage
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/kidzindex.htm

The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/00.n.trailarchive.html

The Benjamin Franklin Web Portal
http://ben.clusty.com

Ancient Civilizations

The Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

Ancient Mesopotamia
http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY
/SOCIALSTUDIES/Mesopotamia/ancient_mesopotamia.htm

Mysteries of Egypt
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egedu1e.html

Virtual Egypt
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/

NOVA:
Pharaoh’s Obelisk
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/
Pyramids the Inside Store
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Roman Bath
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/

Middle Ages

Destroy the Castle
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroy.html

Life in the Middle Ages
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages

General

Irish Potato Famine
http://www.irishpotatofamine.org/flash.html

World History Chart Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

World History
http://www.worldhistory.com/

Links to primary sources archives in world history
http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmfinding.php

World History Guide High School Hub site
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/history.cfm

The Columbus Navigation Homepage
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/

On This Day
http://www.on-this-day.com/

NY Times on This Day Activities
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html

InfoPlease on This Day
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

FunBrian: Who is that?
http://www.funbrain.com/who/index.html

Yahooligan’s News
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/news/

KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/topfact.html

Biography Maker
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm

Time Line Maker
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

Information Please Almanac’s Fact Monster for Kids
http://www.factmonster.com/

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/?wtlAC=IPnl,n85

CIA’s Homepage for Kids
http://www.cia.gov/cia/ciakids/

eThemes – A Resource of Safe Sites for Students According to a Specific Theme http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml

World Almanac for Kids
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html

The Library of Congress American Memory Homepage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/soc_sci.shtml#regions

I Love that Teaching Idea
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_social_studies.htm

National History Day Website
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/

Veterans Day and Patriotism Week Suggested Activities
http://myscschools.com/offices/cso/social_studies/documents/
VeteransDayConstitutionChart.doc

Native American Heritage Month (November)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp

Asian Pacific Heritage Month (May)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=74

Women’s History Month (March)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=70

African American History Month (February)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=70

Multi Cultural Calendar of Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/