Middle
School Social Studies Resources
Compiled by Aileen Morgan during a B-Flex Class 12/3/05
International Day for
the Abolition of Slavery
Learn NC
teachers'domain
(registration page)
Integrating
Technology into the Social Studies Classroom (Ideas to using it in the
classroom)
C-Span Classroom
National History Day
Growth of a Nation
animated atlas click view site
IU20 Today's Teachable
Moment (contact Maria White or
Aileen Morgan for password) Main Link
for IU20
United Streaming (You or
your school must have a paid account)
Maria
White's social studies links
RubiStar (rubric
generator in English and Spanish)
Time
for Kids: Classroom for teachers)
Time for Kids: Home
page to use with students
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Institution
Online
Activities (K-12 website with a very large variety of social
studies resources)
Blue
Web'n Homepage (an online library of 2008 Internet
sites)
4Teacher's (resources for
teachers)
Teacher's
Hub (Online resources
for teachers)
Quiz Hub (by
subscription, but, some things are free and your school can get a free
trial for one week for the rest)
National Geographic
for Kids
Doors to Diplomacy
International Competition
Landscape
Archaeology
Teacher Source - PBS
History Detectives
- PBS
Discovery School (home
page)
Discovery
School (video clip resources)
Dynamic Maps
(interactive maps) National
Atlas (includes interactive U.S. maps)
Test Your
Geography Knowledge (online quizzes)
UNITED STATES WEBSITES
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/us.htm
http://www.50states.com
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/unitedstates.html
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/
http://www.kidskonnect.com/States/StatesHome.html
http://www.quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
http://www.weather.com
http://www.yahooligans.yahoo.com/Around_the_World/U_S__States/
COUNTRY WEBSITES
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm
http://www.members.aol.com/bowermanb/US.html
http://www.countryreports.org
http://www.geographyiq.com
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
The
Internet Public Library
http://www.skewlsites.com/siteind.htm
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html
http://atozteacherstuff.com/