Social Studies Links

Great page for teaching early elementary students about our government
Level: Grades K-2
Ben's Guide to the US Government – for K-2

Great site that has research information by topic such as California
Geography, Native, California, Conquest of California, Gold Rush, 
California Becomes a State and First Transcontinental Railroad.
Grades 3-6
California History

Click on a specific state for a few basic facts. Click on the Treasure
Hunt for questions that students have to answer.
Level: Grades 2-4
Explore the States - The Library of Congress

Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other
everyday people who made this country what it is today.
Level: Grades 3-6
Famous Americans

A nice collection of resources in various media for research papers. Contains
maps, 
diagrams and state information
Level: Grades 5-8
The Thirteen Colonies

A text-based site that provides detailed information on the Colonial Period.
Level: Grades 5-8
From Revolution to Reconstruction

Interactive map that shows what houses looked like during the life and times
of Paul 
Revere
Level: Grades 5-8
Paul Revere’s Neighborhood

Virtual Jamestown is a product of collaboration between Virginia Tech, the
University 
of Virginia, and the Virginia Center for Digital History. 
The site allows students to virtually study this time period so that the
information comes 
alive; Includes maps, tours, letters and records.
Level: Grades 5-8
Virtual Jamestown

A discussion of the eleven girls who were on the Mayflower ship. 
Level: Grades 5-8
Girls on the Mayflower

Her arrest, the boycott, Dr. King's Speech, a brief history of nonviolence,
the court 
ruling 
and an interview with Ms. Parks.
Level: Grades 5-8
Rosa Parks

Includes a .jpg of the original newspaper article as well as background
information.
Level: Grades 5-8
Explanation of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C., the 
largest library in the world and the nation's library.
Explore the States

Looks at the forces that drove the rebirth in Europe, and in particular in
Italy. Topics 
include exploration and trade, 
printing and thinking, mathematics, and a focus on Florence.
Level: Grades 6-8
Explore the Renaissance

This web site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art lets students look intently 
at 
historical artifacts and works of art 
to help them gain an understanding of the Age of Exploration. (Note: The site
is text 
based.)
Level: Grades 6-8
Europe and the Age of Exploration – 15th and 16th Century

This interactive program demonstrates the ways in which computer technology
can be 
harnessed to add to our knowledge about Renaissance paintings and how they 
were 
made. The site walks students through the process of examining several
paintings in–
depth.
Level: Grades 6-8
Investigating the Renaissance

While in groups, students will take on the role of an individual living
through the war.
Each group will do research and learn about the Holocaust. Students will also
answer some basic questions to show they understand the main events that took
place during this time.
The roles are the man imprisoned in the concentration camp, the young girl
hiding in a basement, the woman struggling to hide Jews in her home, or the
young boy who has become a hate-filled Nazi soldier. Your group will create a
scene depicting a typical day in the life of your individual. The scene can be
performed in class.
Level: grades 6-8
A Typical Day – Holocaust WebQuest

This is an introductory guide to the Holocaust. Students will learn about
events, about people and learn to ask questions. On the site you will find
photographs, documents, video footage, and hear the stories of real people.
Level: grades 6-8
Beth Sholom Holocaust Centre

Accounts of the the war-time experiences of three child survivors: 5-year-old
Lili, who was separated from her family and hidden in a convent; 7-year-old
Krystyna, who lived for 14 months in a sewer, never seeing the light of day;
and 14-year-old Alexander, who learned about death on a fateful day in the 
ghetto.
Level: grades 6-8
ADL – Children of the Holocaust

Explores the lives of three women who resisted the Holocaust.
Level: grades 6-8
Daring to Resist

Maps made for printing and copying.
Xpeditions Atlas

The First Thanksgiving