Social Studies
101 Great Sites for Social Studies ( Finding Dulcinea list; organized by topic)
Academy of Achievement (stories of leaders, visionaries, and pioneers)
Admongo (gr. 3-7; educational game about advertising)
AmDocs (gr. 9-12; American History primary source documents
American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN; biography and key administration events)
Avalon Project (gr. 9-12; Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Useful for Senior Project)
Bad Credit Hotel (9-12; US Treasury Dept.; online game about credit & credit scores)
BBC Country Profiles (news, politics, history and media from the BBC archives)
Census of Governments (data from local, state, tribal and federal sources. Useful for Senior Project)
Charters of Freedom (digital versions of US historical documents)
Civil War Resources (multimedia resources, educational games)
Classroom Deliberations (C-SPAN; primary source materials and activities about current issues. Useful for Senior Project)
Conflict History (timeline of war and conflict)
Bridging World History (multimedia materials, readings, activities)
Connect with Haji Kamal (game about cross-cultural communication)
The Constitution for Kids
Culture Crossing (cross-cultural information)
DemocracyKids (gr. 3-6; game about democratic process)
Digital History (gr. 3-12; US history text, primary sources, timelines, multimedia resources)
Economist (international news, business and opinion. Useful for Senior Project)
Eternal Egypt (history, artifacts, culture)
FactCheck (nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that checks factual accuracy of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases)
FedStats (statistics from federal agencies. Useful for Senior Project)
FFFBI (gr. 3-8; game that teaches global literacy; project information)
Financial Education for Teachers (economic literacy, federal reserve, personal finance)
Financial Literacy Resources (K-12; Thinkfinity)
Find the Data (data comparisons; --Useful for Senior Project)
FlackCheck (Annenberg Public Policy Center; accuracy check for political video ads; Patterns of Deception analyzes the strategies used in video ads)
Global Closet Calculator (gr. 4-7; Nat Geographic; interactive about global manufacturing issues)
Global Economies (articles, economic indicators and graphs about individual countries; comparison tool)
Google News Timeline (drill down feature)
Google Sightseeing ("street views" organized by country)
GovEngine (federal, state and local government search engine)
GPO (government documents; Useful for Senior Project)
Harry Lamin's blog (transcripts of letters from a WWI soldier)
Historical Scene Investigation (Use various primary and secondary sources to examine historical events)
HistoryWorld (easy to navigate; overviews and inter-related narratives)
Idaho Human Rights Education Center
Idaho License Plate generator
Idaho State Historical Digital Collections (documents and media about ID history)
If It Were My Home (Compare statistical data about countries)
iWitness (video stories of Holocaust survivors)
Keith Hughes YouTube Channel (videos about US History & US Government)
Kids Count Data Center (statistics about the well-being of children; Useful for Senior Project)
Know the News (create news videos, learn about media bias; note Learning Resources and Remixer)
Lands and People (Grolier)
Library of Congress (historical resources; Browse by Topic; U.S. Constitution)
Miniature Earth (a statistical look at the earth's population)
National Archives (UK govt.; "Learn To Think Like an Historian" resource sets)
National Archives (US govt.; documents & lesson plans on using primary sources; Teaching about the Constitution; Docs Teach)
National History Education Clearinghouse (resources for US history)
A New Way to Teach Students About the World
Newspaper Map (Google Maps mashup with links to world newspapers and their translations)
Numbeo (international cost of living database)
Old Maps Online (search for historical maps by location)
Open Secrets (tracks money in US politics, and its effects on politics and public policy. Useful for Senior Project)
Open University (60 Second Adventures in Economics;
Policy Agendas (collects & organizes data from various archived sources to trace changes in the national and public policy outcomes since the Second World War. Useful for Senior Project)
Political Cartoons (searchable by keyword)
Presentation Tips (useful for Senior Project; Larry Ferlazzo's list of websites about making effective PowerPoint presentations)
The Price of Freedom (gr. 6-12; Smithsonian; examines the impact of wars on US history and society)
ProCon.org (pros and cons of controversial issues; Teacher's guides; Useful for Senior Project)
QuizGeo (create a geography quiz based on a Google map)
ScribbleMaps (start with a Google map; write on it, add pictures, text, markers; save as jpg, save to Google Earth or embed on a web page)
Senior Project Resources (gr. 12; websites useful for our district's Senior Project)
Serious Games (Mike Farley's post about games and simulations for Social Studies teachers)
State and Local Government on the Net (directory of state, city and county agency websites, organized by state)
State School Healthy Policy Database (gr 9-12; NASBE's database of each state's policies on school-related health and wellness issues: school lunch, vending machines, sports, bullying, drug use, playgrounds, etc. Additional databases about the same topics. Useful for Senior Project)
Supreme Court Database (information about cases tried in the US Supreme Court)
THOMAS (gr. 9-12; Library of Congress federal legislative information:
US Census Bureau American FactFinder (gr. 9-12; population, housing, economic and geographical data. Useful for Senior Project)
ViewChange (inspiring videos about world topics)
Vintage Ad Browser (organized by subject, then time period)
Visible Proofs (gr. 6-12; history and activities about forensics)
Visualizing Cultures (MIT website: social and cultural history through images, essays and video)
Walled City of Carcasonne (gr. 7-12; virtual tour, information about the Middle Ages)
WeSeed (gr. 9-12; stock market game) WikiTravel
Who Invented the... Inventors and Inventions
Wonders of the World (collaborative database linking notable international sites to photos, Wikipedia, Google Earth, Google Maps and YouTube)
World Wonders Project (World Heritage sites - multimededia)
World Atlas of Panoramic Images
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