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1) Informational |
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America's Story |
This interactive Library of Congress website allows you to
discover the back stories that make history so fascinating.
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Any day in History |
A
great way to incorporate history in your classroom. Check
out birthdays, death dates, and special events that happened
any day of the year. |
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Civic Lessons |
Easy way to learn about American history,
geography, and culture through the use of
lessons, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations,
and videos. |
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Early America Archives |
A unique array of primary source materials from 18th Century
America |
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Fun Facts |
Random statistics and fun facts on a variety of social
studies topics. |
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Growth of a Nation |
This interactive presentation illustrates the growth of the
United States from the original 13 states in 1789. |
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History
Channel |
One of the best history resources ANYWHERE. Check out this
site to add videos to enhance your lessons. |
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History Place |
This site provides articles, timelines, and photos on a
range of U.S. and World History topics. |
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Library of Congress |
The world’s largest library in digital form. |
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National Archives |
This database contains well organized records on people,
places, and events throughout history. |
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National Geographic History |
Explore high interest historical stories from around the
world with this student site created by National Geographic.
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Newspapers |
50 newspapers for the US and the World |
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PBS-History |
Interesting videos and articles on local, national, and
world history topics. |
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Power Point Game Templates |
Do you like to play Jeopardy? How about Hollywood Squares?
Use the templates provided to create your own computer
games. |
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Random Facts |
Use this site to find lists of interesting facts related to
a variety of social studies topics. |
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Random Histories |
Everything has a history and this is the site where you can
find the back-story behind the things that are part of our
everyday life. |
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Social Studies Homework Helper |
“If you can’t find it here, you just can’t find it.” Many
sites for teachers to use in the classroom. |
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Sqool Tube Videos |
Check out this site that features many videos to use with
lessons of your curriculum |
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Student Research Center |
Powered by EBSCO, this database is a comprehensive resource
that will produce results for nearly any topic searched.
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Trivial Facts |
This site contains 20 different lists full of conversation
starting fun facts |
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World Book Online |
This digital encyclopedia is student friendly and easy to
navigate. |
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World Meter |
Fascinating statistics updated while you watch! |
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2) Games |
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Adventure Island |
Kimo the tour guide needs your help! Use your map skills to
show customers around Adventure Island |
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Capital Penguin |
Capital Penguin provides practice in learning states and
their capital cities. |
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Find Hannah |
Interactive latitude and longitude game |
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Fun Educational Geography & History Games for Kids |
Enjoy these educational activities that are organized into
grade levels. |
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Geography Jumble |
Spelling and mapping meet -- in Geography Jumble. Sort out a
mixed-up hodgepodge of letters to reveal the mystery word.
This is a great vocabulary game. |
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Go On a Family Adventure |
Use maps to find places and solve clues like an explorer |
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History Games |
Fun interactive games that test your knowledge about history |
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Puzzled States |
Play this game to learn the location of the 50 states. |
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Social Studies Games |
Interactive games that focus on different topics associated
with social studies |
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State Capitals |
Can you get all 50 states and capitals correct? Click on a
state and then answer the question to identify the capital.
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3) Presentation Resources |
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Glogster |
Use this fun alternative to create an interactive poster
that can highlight videos, text, or photos. |
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Power Point Game Templates |
Do you like to play Jeopardy? How about Hollywood Squares?
Use the templates provided to create your own computer
games. |
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Prezi |
Make your presentations zoom with this neat presentation
format. |
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Wordle |
This link takes you to a site that allows you to create your
own word cloud. |
