Social Studies

Updated 5-23-2017

This page is under construction.

 

The grade levels are broken into K-3, 4-8, and 9-12.

K-3

4-6

7-8

9-12

 

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K-3

Strand 1: Citizenship and Government

 

K

1

2

3

Teachers

Civics

Civic Skills

Civic Skills

Civic Skills

iCivics

Community Story (Use headphones)

 

 

Community Story (Use headphones)

Within These Walls

 

Build a Sod Home

Community

Helpers

Tour the Town

 

Build a Sod Home

 

Within These Walls

 

 

 

Tour the Town

 

Build a Sod Home

 

Within These Walls

 

 

Online Sign

 

Thanksgiving Day Printables

Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood

 

Community

Helpers

Build a Sod Home

Thanksgiving with Annie and Mobi

Thanksgiving Word Search

Journey on the Mayflower II

Apples for the Teacher Coloring Pages

Thanksgiving with Annie and Mobi

First Thanksgiving Scholastic

Thanksgiving Word Search

Thanksgiving with Annie and Mobi

Thanksgiving Word Search

Our America Home Timeline

Civic Values& Principles of Democracy

Civic Values& Principles of Democracy

Civic Values& Principles of Democracy

Civic Values& Principles of Democracy

What the World Eats

Symbols of America

Symbols of America

Symbols of America

Tour of Lincoln Library

Plimoth Plantation Tour

 

Tour of White House

Tour of Mount Vernon

Symbols of America

Plimoth Plantation Tour

Enchanted Learning’s Symbols of America

Colonial Williamsburg

Mount Vernon Tour

 

Colonial Williamsburg

Living with Liberty

Apples for the Teacher Coloring Pages

Enchanted Learning’s Symbols of America

Enchanted Learning’s Symbols of America

Tour Ellis Island

Governmental Institutions & Political Processes

Governmental Institutions & Political Processes

 

 

Governmental Institutions & Political Processes

Governmental Institutions & Political Processes

 

Ben’s Guide Liberty Tour

Branch o-Mania

Branch o-Mania

Branch o-Mania

Branch o-Mania

Mount Vernon Tour

Mount Vernon Tour

Ben’s Guide to the Voting Process

 

 

 

 

Strand 2: Economics

K

1

2

3

Teachers

Needs and Wants

Economic Reasoning

Economic Reasoning

Economic Reasoning

The Stock Market Game

Us Bill Creator

Change Maker

Us Bill Creator

US Mint for Kids

Banking Kids Page

If You Were President

How Coins are Made

Microeconomic Concepts

Fundamental Concepts

Fundamental Concepts

Us Mint Locations

Money Bingo

Money Bingo

Learning Coins

Money Bingo

Making Money

Learning Coins

Microeconomic Concepts

Microeconomic Concepts

Microeconomic Concepts

Econ Kids Resources

 

People and Occupations Dictionary

People and Occupations Dictionary

People and Occupations Dictionary

Money Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books about Classroom Economy

Strand 3: Geography – K, 1, 2, and 3rd Grades

K

1

2

3

 

Geospatial Skills

Geospatial Skills

Geospatial Skills

Geospatial Skills

Teachers

Mega Maps

Mega Maps

 

Books about Maps and Globes

Zip Maps – by Zip Codes

Zip Maps – by Zip Codes

Build Planet Earth

 

Interactive Maps

Interactive Maps

Interactive Maps

US Historical Map

 

 

Geographical Quiz on Landforms

Geographical Quiz on Landforms

Old Maps Online

 

 

Old Maps Online

Old Maps Online

Time Maps

Geographical

Features

What is it like where you live?

What is it like where you live?

United States Puzzle

Features

United States Puzzle

Features

Mr. Nussbaum’s

Major Landforms of the United States – Interactive

 

 

What is it like where you live?

What is it like where you live?

 

Strand 4: History- K, 1, 2, and 3rd Grades

K

1

2

3

Teachers

Historical Thinking Skills

Historical Thinking Skills

Historical Thinking Skills

Historical Thinking Skills

American Memory Map Collection

 

Starfall Calendar

Starfall Calendar

Young George Washington Adventure

Library of Congress – Places in History

 

 

 

America’s Story – Library of Congress

Demographic Chart Book

 

 

 

Little House Quizzes

Have Fun with History

 

 

 

Timeline Maker

Time Traveling Game

Time Rime

Time Maps

Old Magazine Articles

 

Playing History

 125 shared games

 

 

 

History Pin

US History – Google Earth tours

Peoples, Cultures, and Change Over time

Peoples, Cultures, and Change Over time

Peoples, Cultures, and Change Over time

Peoples, Cultures, & Change Over Time

Frontpage

Newspaper Maps

 

 

 

 

Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline (Use sound)

 

 

 

 

American Revolution Center

 

 

 

 

Animated Atlas

 

 

 

World History

CIA World Fact Book

 

 

 

 

The Price of Freedom

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Grades 4-6

Strand 1: Citizenship and Government 

Activities

For

4th 5th

6th Grade

Teachers

First Settlements

Presidents

Native Americans

Bills and Laws

Branches

What the World Eats

Build a Sod Home

Within These Walls

PBS-13 colonies

Dynamite Presidents

Weebly

Native American Resources

What’s What in the Executive Branch

Branch o-Mania

US Citizenship Resources

 

Immigration (Ellis Island)

Colonial Williamsburg’s

Kid Zone 

 

Virtual Village

Young George Washington Adventure

Totem Pole Creator

Checks and Balances

American Revolution Center

Jamestown Adventure

Our Nation’s Presidents

Native Americans

Do You Have the Right?

 

iCivics

American Revolution

Interactive

Our America Home Timeline

If You Were President

Tracking the Buffalo

What can you make from a Buffalo?

Postage Rate Calculator

US Zip Codes

Mr. Nussbaum’s Civil War Resources

 

Pennsylvania Civil War Interactive

Mission US

Interactives

Midnight Messenger 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Speech about Pearl Harbor

Cheyenne Odyssey

 

Civil War Maps

Symbols

Pearl Harbor

Interactive

Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline (Use sound)

Tribes by States

Images from the Civil War

Statue of Liberty

Making the Flag

 

World License Plates

Im Just a Bill Song

How a Bill becomes a Law

Do I Have the Right?

Ben’s Guide to the US Government

 

PBS – Focus on Government

Star Spangled Banner

 

Amendments of the Constitution

Constitution Glossary

 

 

 

Ground Zero

Live Cam

 

 

Strand 2: Economics

Activities

For

4th, 5th,

6th Grade

Teachers

Careers

US Mint for Kids

Banking Kids Page

 

African American Inventors

Money Factory

Us Bill Creator

 

Living Wage Calculator

People and Occupations Dictionary

 

 

Money Instructor

The New York Times

Salary Comparison and Salary Calculator

Time of Crisis (Recession)

 

 

 

The Stock Market Game

 

 

Books about Classroom Economy

Strand 3: Geography

4th

5th

6th

Teachers

 

USA Puzzles

USA Puzzles

USA Puzzles

 

 

Graphic Maps Great for Quizzes and Tests

Fact Finder

From Sea to Shining Sea

 

 

USA Facts and History

USA Facts and History

USA Facts and History

 

 

50states.com

Animated Atlas

Fact Finder

 

 

Start right here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Maps

Maps

Maps

Historical Maps (SMART)

Map Maker (SMART)

 

Shepphard’s Software

USA Maps

Geo Jigsaw

US Historical Places

US Tests and Quizzes

Patriotic Music

 

Show My Street

Maps! Live!

G

Mapping America - Census

Scribble Maps

 

 

Travel Map Generator

 

 

National Geographic

 

City Data – US States

 

USA- 360

Show USA

The Maps of History

 

 

World Maps

World Maps

World Maps

 

Panoramic View of Mt. Everest

 

 

Virtual History of Japan

Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline (Use sound)

Geology Maps

 

Discovery

Atlas Interactive Maps

 

Features

Monuments

 

Puzzles

Continents

Geo Net

The World

Scribble Maps

 

 

 

 

Travel Map Generator

World Demographics – Breathing Net

Titanic Interactive

World Mapper

 

Map Games

Country Toad

Countries & Capitals

 

ABCya Mapping Maps

The Maps of History

Flags of the World

 

Historical Maps (SMART)

Map Maker (SMART)

Rivers of Europe Animation

 

 

 

 

 

USA Puzzles

USA Games

Interactive Maps

Other Resources

 

Puzzled States

United States Map Puzzles

Atlas Puzzles

 

 

 

 

 

Geo Net

United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map Games

 

 

 

Fact Finder

United States

 

 

 

 

US Maps

* start here

US Maps

US Maps

US Maps

 

Show My Street

Historic Places

With

Google Maps

Maps! Live!

 

Map Test

 

 

Clue Maps

Puzzle Maps

Label Maps

Just for Fun

Map Game

City Data – US States

Animaniacs US States and Capitals Song

Use Sound

 

Newseum

With maps

 

 

USA- 360

50 States – Many Links

The Maps of History

 

Map Maker (SMART)

Historical Maps (SMART)

Show USA

Scribble Maps

 

US Historical Monuments with Google Earth

Map Battle

Atlas Puzzles

Mapping America - Census

2010 Census Data

US National Parks Project

 

 

Maps of War

National Geographic

 

 

World Puzzles

& Games

Places around the World

Interactive World Maps

Other World Resources

 

Just for Fun

Map Game

Panoramic View of Mt. Everest

Interactive Maps

World Atlas-Factmonster

 

 

Geo-Net

Geo Games

Herold’s Lost Tomb Game

Ask Asia

Virtual History of Japan

Geology Maps

 

Discovery

Atlas Interactive Maps

 

Interactive Pearl

 Harbor Map

Country Reports

 

Features

Monuments

 

Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline (Use sound)

 

Puzzles

Continents

Viva Mexico

National Atlas- Where We Are

Nations of the World

 

Novel Games

World Capitals

World Demographics – Breathing Net

Best Resources learning about Time Zones

 

Map Games

Clickable Maps

Map Zone

Geo Edu

Free Download

 

Historical Maps (SMART)

Map Maker (SMART)

Scribble Maps

Our Changing World

World Mapper

 

CIA World Fact Book

 

Travel Map Generator

The Maps of History

Titanic Interactive

History Channel

Titanic Belfast Interactive

 

Map Maker Interactive

Rivers of Europe Animation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activities

For

4th &

5th Grade

Teachers

US Historical Map

Build Planet Earth

Latitude & Longitude

Map Maker Interactive

 

Mariner’s Astrolabe

Landforms, Lakes, Rivers

Ponds & Lakes Rivers & Streams

Wetlands

Time Maps

Old Maps Online

Locate the State

Animated Atlas

What is it like where you live?

World Quiz

Night View of the Earth

Atlas Interactive Map

Geology of the National Park System

Landforms

Outline Maps

 

Interactive Maps

Map Quizzes

Find a Park

Mr. Nussbaum’s

Major Landforms of the United States – Interactive

 

Zip Maps – by Zip Codes

State Capital Game

Fact Finder

United States

Virtual Oregon Trail 2

 

Tour of the Oregon Trail

Geographical Quiz on Landforms

 

Geographical

Features

Penguin Capital Game

Mission US

Interactives

United States Puzzle

Features

 

Map Maker Interactive

State Capital Hangman

Gold Rush

Features

Monuments

 

 

 

Strike it Rich - Game

 

Interactive Map - Gold Rush

 

 

Strand 4: History

Activities

For

4th &

5th Grade

Teachers

United States History

Presidents

Abraham Lincoln

Famous People by States

Lessons on American Presidents

America’s Story – Library of Congress

Our Presidents

Abraham Lincoln Crossword

Biographies of Famous Leaders

Google Earth Trips about US History

Dynamite Presidents

Apples for the Teacher

Lincoln Learning Hub

Lincoln Memorial

Interactive

911 Tribute – Lady Liberty

American Revolution Interactive

 

American Revolution Teacher Ideas

Live Binders

Presidential Resources

Presidential Portraits

Killing Lincoln

Use with Google Chrome

Interactive Gettysburg Address

(use sound)

Mission US

Interactives

911 Memorial

 

Teaching American History- Middle and High School

Martin Luther King Jr.

Our Nation’s Presidents

 

Miller Center American Presidents

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum

Spanish-American War

 

American Memory Map Collection

US History – Google Earth tours

*Downloads

World Digital Library

 

Benjamin Franklin Interactive

US Presidents’ Data

 

Mission US

Interactives

Mr. Nussbaum’s Civil War Resources

Clara Barton Interactive

Dynamite Presidents

President Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy Address

Revolutionary War Animated

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Harriet Tubman

Scavenger
Hunt

American Presidents

Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline (Use sound)

Our American Revolution

Pictures of the Revolution War

Underground Railroad Express

Underground Railroad

Birthplace of 44 US Presidents

Google Earth

Interactive Pearl

 Harbor Map

American Revolution

Interactive

Other Civil War Resources

Pathways to Freedom

Presidents’ Seven Hat Trivia

USS Arizona Memorial Lesson Plans

American Revolution Center

Library of Congress – Places in History

 

Our Nation’s Presidents

Remembering Pearl Harbor Photos

 

 

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6th Grade

Strand 1: Citizenship and Government

 

 

Presidents’ Seven Hat Trivia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What the World Eats

 

Strand 2: Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strand 3: Geography

Time Maps

 

 

Compass Rose

 

Birthplace of 44 US Presidents

Google Earth

 

Prime Meridian, Equator, Hemispheres Quia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strand 4: History

 

 

Minnesota History

 

Young George Washington Adventure

America’s Story – Library of Congress

 

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House Books

Little House Family Tree

Midnight Messenger 

 

Minnesota State Page

 

Discover George Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7th Grade

Strand 1: Citizenship and Government

What the World Eats

Strand 2: Economics

Strand 3: Geography

 

Google Maps

And Earth

Maps

Time Zones

Measurement

Middle & High School

Google Tools - List

 

 

Earth Tools

Measure Area using Google Maps

Teaching American History- Middle and High School

Flight Simulator

Newspaper Maps

Zip Code

 Look Ups

Virtual Tourism - videos

World Wonders Project

Geo Jigsaw

Rags to Riches

Time Zones

 

Google Earth Basics

Health Map

Times Zones of the United States

 

Google Maps Mania Blog

Lots of Ideas here

Read Time Zones

 

Map Battle

How much do you know about Geography?

National Geographic Map Maker

Western Hemisphere Time Zones

 

Map Games

Activities with Maps

Currency Map

Games for Older Students

Adventure Island

Geography Game - Quiz

Backpacker Club with Maps

Family Adventure

GIS Map Adventure Game

Flood Simulation

 

Sunken Treasure

Family Adventure

Find a World Port

 

Map Games

 

Map Battle

How much do you know about Geography?

 

World Digital Library

 

Geo Guesser

 

USA Puzzles

USA Games

Interactive Maps

Other Resources

Physical Features & Processes

Interactive US 2010 Census

National Archives

The Price of Freedom

Teaching American History- Middle and High School

World Digital Library

 

 

 

 

 

Strand 4: History

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8th Grade

Strand 1: Citizenship and Government

Strand 2: Economics

Strand 3: Geography

Strand 4: History

 

Grades 9-12

Strand 1: Citizenship & Government

Strand 2: Economics

Strand 3: Geography

Strand 4: World History

Civilizations in World History

*Time Maps – Amazing!

 

Egypt

Titanic Disaster

Titanic Videos & Games

Titanic and Other Resources

Hieroglyphic Typewriter

Expedition Titanic

 

Journey to the Bottom of the Ocean

Titanic Video Clips

World Digital Library

 

Hieroglyphs

Titanic –Sketchup

Titanic Survivors Video

What They Saw

Part 2

Time Rime- Timelines

Explore Ancient Egypt

Titanic Deck Plans

100 Years Later - Time

Titanic by Numbers

Infographic

 

Egyptian Wordsearch

 

Egyptian Gods

Adventure on the Titanic

History Channel-Titanic

Why it Sank?

Infographic

The Titanic, Impressive Collection from the Smithsonian and Pinterest

Egyptian Timeline

Tour the Titanic

Ultimate Titanic

Walk the Plank

Actual Telegraph Messages

Weebly’s

Ancient Egypt

Resources

 

 

Story Map of the Passengers Aboard the Titanic

Really Interesting!

Number System

Online Titanic Museum

 

 

Make a Mummy

Building Titanic

 

 

Ancient Egypt Resources

Tons of activities here

National Geographic Adventure

 

 

 

Famous People in World History

Anne Frank

 

 

Museums

Anne Frank InteractiveUse Sound

 

 

British Museum