50 States WebQuest (Grade 3) You and your partner are travel agents at a large Boston travel agency. http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/webquest/fall2000/jd/statesquest.htm#Evaluation

States for a Change (Grade 5) http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/williams/quarterwebquest/

Travel the United States (Grade3- 5) you will plan and organize a trip to explore and enjoy the various regions of the United States.http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Yancone/webquest/cyindex.html

Wealthy Businessman Offers All-Expense Paid Trip! (Grade 5) http://stough.wcpss.net/classroompages/fifty_states_webquest/

Titanic Web quest- This site gives information about the event but it also teaches about the judicial process. It includes a teacher’s guide. http://www.andersonkill.com/titanic/

Go West Across the Country with Lewis and Clark –Take a journey with Lewis and Clarkhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/

Identify The Fifty States and State Capitals

            Quia U.S. State Capitals- http://www.quia.com/custom/4main.html

Clever Media - http://clevermedia.com/arcade/states.html (Grades 4 and above)

State Flags Game- www.xanga.com/ 

State Capitals Game- http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/capitalgame.html

State Capitals Flashcards- http://www.blackdog.net/games/misc/president/state_flash/

Shocking Geography- It has interactive quiz games from states, countries, to historical regions. Interactive and large and colorful.http://people.depauw.edu/djp/shock_maps/

GeoNet- Awesome Us and World Quiz games!http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/

America’s Story- Great source for information about presidents, States, famous events, and more! Easy to read and quick! (Grades 2-8)http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

History Mystery- A scholastic website that has games and interactive learning on Explorers, World Civilizations, history, government and more! (Grades2-6)  http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp

Hyper History- A timeline gone Crazy! This site has a timeline of events on the history of the world! Goes back to the beginning of time. Click on an event, person, or map and a pop up of details comes up! (Grades5-8)  http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

History Happens- This site is a great site that brings music and history together. It connects events in history to songs about the event, the site includes background information, lyrics, and the music. Kids love it!

Primary Sources- This site gives you several different kinds of primary sources for the early US history period.http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

Eyewitness to History-This site humanizes history by focusing on the recollections of those who experienced it. The American Civil War, Medieval Europe, The Old West, 18th , 19th, and 20th Century America.http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/

A Matrix of tech for all grade levels and all subjects! Awesome! http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm

African-American History, Culture, and Black Studies Resources- This is a link to 30 different sites on Black history! http://blackquest.com/link.htm  

Lewis and Clark (PBS)-Site to give more information and go along side the Ken Burns film. But with out without the film, this site is great! http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
 
Historic Steps of Lewis and Clark- Let’s the students quiz themselves about the choices Lweis and Clark had to make! (Grades 3-6)http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/971102/lewis_and_clark/971102trail_intro.html

Lewis and Clark- Discovering Lewis and Clarkhttp://www.lewisclarknw.org 

More Links to The Oregon Trail than you need! Awesome! Here you find information about the Donner Party, the Whitmans, and other people on the Oregon Trail along with diaries, memoirs, letters and reports. http://www.over-land.com/trore.html

All about the Oregon Trail .Site developed by creators of the award winning documentary The Oregon Trail. Provides a general history of the Oregon Trail.http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html

Oregon Trail- Here you can find out about the recommended supplies, choices to make in wagons, costs, routes and more for Immigration to the Oregon Country  http://204.234.22.1/SDGI/Newell/Platte.html

Are We There Yet? The Oregon Trail- 5-8 Grades   http://flms.ddouglas.k12.or.us/~ludwig/tag/thinkquest/Oregon_Trail/1trtr.html  

Interactive Tour of Ellis Island-(All Grades) This sight give a tour of the Island with facts, photos, Audio, and video. It is simple enough for the elementary grades but factual enough for the Middle to High school grades.  Go back on this site to the immigration page and find out even more about immigration! http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm

Powerful Days in Black and White (Grades 9 to 12) A story in a photo! These moving scenes of riots, segregation, and triumph will make an unforgettable impact on your students. Use to generate reactions and open discussion in a 20th century American history class.   http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml

Who's Who and What's What (Grades 8 to 12) Take this interactive quiz to see how much you really know about the stock market crash of 1929. Each question is followed by a link to a newspaper article from the era that contains the answer. More Quizzes Daily!http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/crash.html

The Underground Railroad (Grades 7 to 12) Follow in the footsteps of a slave on the Underground Railroad, meet many abolitionists and civil rights leaders who played pivotal roles in the journey to freedom. Go to Classroom Ideas to see how this can be used in ALL grade levels even HS!   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

Slavery and the Making of America (Grades 7 to 12)- Follow the development of slavery in America from its beginning in 1619 to Reconstruction. Features include historical essays and personal narratives, primary source documents, sound files depicting the music in slave life, an interactive time line, and audio recordings of interviews with former slaves.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/

Face to Face: Stories from an Aftermath of Infamy (Grades 8 to 12)This collection of real-life stories from Japanese Americans and Arab and Muslim Americans explores the issues of civil liberties in the wake of two days that changed the world forever - December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001. A series of lesson plans guides teachers and students through a comparison of how America responded to these two ethnic groups after the two respective tragedies http://www.itvs.org/facetoface/intro.html

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (Grades 9 to 12) This is much more than a site about Auschwitz. There is much riveting and chilling information to be found in this resource - from interactive, captioned maps to reflections from victims and perpetratorshttp://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/

American Dreams (Grades 8 to 12) This high level WebQuest delves into America's past and challenges students to develop their own unique interpretation of the American dream. Along the way, they can refine their research skills with the impressive online resources of the Library of Congress. While the topic is complex, the WebQuest is beautifully organized and carefully guides students through the process of analyzing and synthesizing information. An excellent activity for your AP classes.  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=5527

How Much is That? (Grades 7 to 12)

Add an interesting perspective to an American history lesson: What was the U.S. dollar worth at the height of the Depression? How about the exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar in 1941? http://eh.net/hmit/

The Political Dr. Seuss (Grades 7 to 12) This gallery of World War II-era cartoons by Theodor Geisel AKA Dr. Seuss. Two lesson plans - focusing on the American themes and social messages addressed by Geisel - are available for downloading.http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss

Historical Debates (Grades 10 to 12)

This site takes a look at some of the most riveting moments in the evolution of televised political debates and how they have impacted elections. Each clip is followed by "Questions for Analysis.” A great critical thinking activity. http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/debateshistory.asp

1904 World's Fair (Grades 7 to 12) Experience the charm, excitement, and innovation of turn-of-the-century America with this delightful trip back through time to the St. Louis World’s Fair. The period photographs, alone, make this a valuable resource for a unit on the Gilded Age or Progressive Era.http://www.mohistory.org/content/fair/wf/html/index_flash.html

Normandy: 1944 (Grades 6 to 12) This outstanding site uses photographs, articles, radio broadcasts, maps, and documentary videos to recapture the remarkable events of June 6, 1944. Through the eyes of soldiers, journalists, and historians, the buildup, invasion, and battle are superbly represented. There is quite a bit to see and investigate on this site. http://search.eb.com/normandy/

Vietnam Project (Grades 7 to 12). The "Teachers’ Web" is not yet up and running, but the oral history interviews, available as audio files, are wonderfully revealing primary sources. The site also provides a collection of historical photographs and tips for conducting Oral History interviews - an unforgettable learning experience for your students! http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/index.htm

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century (Grades 9 to 12) This site that gives decade-by-decade summaries of what was happening in literature, education, music, scientific developments and artistic achievements. Vintage photographs and links to related resources are provided. http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

The Midnight Rider Virtual Museum- (Grades 4-7)Great interactive site that includes a teachers resource area and worksheets!http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html

Academy Curricular Exchange Social Studies Elementary School (K-5)http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/elem.html

Academy Curricular Exchange Social Studies Intermediate School (6-8) http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/inter.html

Academy Curricular Exchange Social Studies High School (9-12)http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/high.html

The CIA's 2002 World Fact Book http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/resource/bookshelf/worldbook02/

Personal Educational Press-Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser. Simply choose a word list and an output style. Everything from state capitals to geography terms.http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/index.asp?FormState=ChangeDirectory&DirectoryList=Geography

Shocking Geography- It has interactive quiz games from states, countries, to historical regions. Interactive and large and colorful.http://people.depauw.edu/djp/shock_maps/

Mr.Donn’s Website- Wow! What A TEACHER! He has everything that you can think of, explore and be amazed at his lesson plans, ideas and more! http://members.aol.com/MrDonnLessons/LessonPlans.html

GEO Web Ring- A great list of geography site worth seeing!http://g.webring.com/hub?sid=&ring=geography&id=&hub

GeoNet- Awesome Us and World Quiz games! http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/

A Ok Teacher Stuff- This site has tons of links to US, World info and a huge resource of maps and current events! http://www.a0kteacherstuff.com/geography_socialStudies.htm

C-Span-http://www.c-span.org/

CNN-http://www.cnn.com/

Time For Kids- http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

Any Day in History- Historic events & birthdates that occurred on any SELECTED day of the year http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

 ABC News4Kids - http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html 

Sports Illustrated for Kids- http://www.sikids.com/

Yahooligan News for Kids- http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/

Scholastic News- http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/ 

Weekly Reader - http://www.weeklyreader.com/homepage.asp  

CNN Student News- http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/index.html

Current Political Cartoons- http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/

Past political Cartoons and the history of - http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/political_cartoons.html

US Government Holist- This site has about 20 websites about government

http://www.kidskonnect.com/Government/GovernmentHome.html

Ben’s Guide to Government- This site is easy to follow and has great information!

            http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Here are even more sites with lists of MORE SITES!!

Tech Trackers- http://www.techtrekers.com/social.htm

Country Reports- Writing a report? Get the Stats! http://www.countryreports.org/links/usa.htm

Blackwell’s Hot list- http://www.vickiblackwell.com/math.html

Free from Scott Foresman –Atlas, Current events, this day in history, and famous bios, this site is great and you don’t have to have the textbook!

http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/index2.html