Social+Studies

toc =Social Studies=

**Interactive History Sites**
Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution's [|HistoryWired]//: A few of our favorite things.// This experimental site introduces visitors to some of the three million objects held by the National Museum of American History, Behring Center. [|History and politics website]: full of interactive online activities and resources "to bring learning alive"! [|History on the Web Database] [|HyperHistory] is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. [|National History Education Clearinghouse] - lesson plans and resources including primary sources [|The History Place] [|History Channel] – Video and Audio [|Digital History] - An valuable resource for those who seek information on U.S. history with an extensive audio-visual archive and an up-to-date textbook, essays on film, private life, and science and technology, and visual histories about Lincoln's America and America's Reconstruction, also includes primary sources such as gravestones, historical advertising, and letters to give a more vivid picture of American History. The site also includes numerous reference materials including an. And if you have a question you and you can't find the answer, there is a feature that allows you to pose questions to professional historians. The site is enjoyable even if you don't have to research. [|Center for History and New Media] – check out projects and tools [|GIS for History] – under construction but promises to be interesting using an interactive map and database to teach concepts in U.S. History [|Ease History] - videos and images from U.S. presidential campaign ads [|The Virtual Wall] - Viet Nam War Memorial [|Conversations with History] [|Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History] - amazingly comprehensive site that links to excellent history resources from Ancient to 20th century U.S. [|World History for Us All] [|BBC - Romans] - Ancient Rome for elementary [|Holocaust Wiki Project] [|Presidential Timeline] - documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to events in the presidents’ lives, and a multimedia exhibit featuring the key challenges and decisions each faced [|Graphic Organizers] - Tons of printable tools for every imaginable note-taking or information organizing task [|PrimaryAccess] - "PrimaryAccess is a web-based tool that offers teachers and students //frictionless// access to digital images and materials that enable them to construct compelling personal narratives."

**Government**
[|U.S. Government Portal] [|Kids portal from U.S. government] [|The American Presidency] [|American President.org] [|C-SPAN Classroom] [|Ben's Guide to Government] – Ben's Guide provides information and activities specifically tailored for educators, parents, and students in K-12. These resources can help teach about our government and how it works. [|**U.S. Government Manual**] - provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches as well as semi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees, also includes the basics of U.S. governmental documents: the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

**Primary Sources**
[|Using Primary Source]- This site gives a good definition and links to websites where many sources can be found [|Primary Source Gateway] [|Kathy Schrock Primary Source List] [|American Memory] - Historical collections of primary source documents and multimedia [|National Archives] [|Digital History] [|The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History] [|Ellis Island] – Most activities require registration [|Turning the Pages] – British primary source website [|The New York Public Library Digital Collection] [|Early American History Library of Primary Sources] – (also provides valuable resources to study the Bible) [|Springfield Township Primary Source Database] [|National Archives] - Teaching with Primary Source Documents [|Smithsonian] - Teaching with Primary Source Documents [|Smithsonian Images] - Watch for copyright issues [|University of Idaho Repository of Primary Sources] [|The Authentic History Center] - Primary Sources from American Popular Culture [|The Living Room Candidate] - Presidential Campaign Commercials [|EASE History] - Over 600 videos and photographs are currently available in EASE History. [|Museum of Broadcast TV] [|Greater Cincinnati Memory Project] [|Calisphere] - A world of digital resources, Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources [|History Out Loud] - Searchable audio files

**Other Cultures**
[|Buddhist Art] – great resource for teaching world history [|Ancient World Cultures] [|Odyssey Online] – exploring Greece, Rome, and Near East [|Ask Asia] – check out the teachers link [|CIA World Factbook] [|Peace Corps for Educators] - find lesson plans, and multimedia for studying Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe [|Ancient China]

**See the World!**
[|Panoramas] – Views of locations all over the world [|Globalis] – Interactive World Map [|Portals to the World] [|Flash Earth] [|EarthCam] - Links to webcams across the globe. [|LIveSearch] - just like GoogleEarth but no download

**Data**
[|U.S. Census Bureau] [|National Atlas] - create maps using interactive data

**Current Events**
[|CNN Student News] [|Time for Kids] [|Current Events] [|CBBC Newsround]

**Other Useful Sites**
[|Independent Lens] presents a selection of Web-exclusive content inspired by independent film. [|World Almanac for Kids] - Check out the "Explore" link first! This is a great resource for children to find brief, factual information about almost everything relating to government, history, science, and just cool stuff! [|Elementary Social Studies] [|The First Thanksgiving] – You are the historian [|Structured Curriculum Handbook for Social Science from CPS]

=World History=

Ancient Rome
BBC – The Romans This is a great site! It is very easy to understand and to navigate around for interesting information. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/ Romans.net This is a good place to get information about culture. http://www.roman-empire.net/children/index.html Rome – Odyssey Online http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/homepg.html Dead Romans walkthrough http://www.deadromans.com/walk/default.htm Maps Scroll down to use the drop-down menu for specific cities http://www.roman-empire.net/maps/map-empire.html Ancient Rome Images http://catholic-resources.org/AncientRome/index.html Rome – Republic to Empire [|http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romanpages.html] Roman Artifacts http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/classics/roman.html Mr. Dowling’s Ancient Rome page – menu for topics is on the right side at the top. Beware of the ads, but this is still a good site. http://www.mrdowling.com/702rome.html Thinkquest site designed by other students http://library.thinkquest.org/26907/main.htm [| Ancient Civilizations] [|Ancient Egypt] [|Ancient Egypt] [|Ancient Greece] - ages 7 - 9 [|Ancient Scripts] [|Ancient China]

Other Ancient History
Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/ Ancient History Source Book http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html