Social Studies Sites

The White House For Kids Learn about the White House. You can even e-mail the President!

Welcome To The White House Another very informative site. Listen to speeches, take a tour, and lots more.

IPL POTUS-Presidents of the United States Excellent resource for learning about all our Presidents.

World Surfari Each month this site focuses on a new country. Neat site.

Flags of All Countries Want to know what a country's flag looks like? This site has them all!

Australia Home Page Prepare for the 2000 games in Sydney by learning about the Land Down Under!

How Far Is It? This is a very cool site! Find the distance between two locations that you enter.

Lonely Planet-Destinations Learn about the world and its people.

Color Landform Atlas of the United States Another good map resource. Also has state, county, and city information.

Atlapedia Online Contains key information on every country of the world.

Historical Maps of the United States Many maps of the United States throughout history are available at this site.

Travlang's Foreign Languages for Travelers Learn how to say words and phrases in many languages.

Notable Citizens of Planet Earth Biographical information on over 18,000 people.

Archiving Early America A good site for finding background information about the colonial period.

Historic Philadelphia Take virtual tours of the Historic District and the Betsy Ross House

Plimoth Plantation Although the text is written above most elementary students reading level, the photographs at this site are excellent.

The World of Benjamin Franklin Learn all about this famous American!

Monticello View the home of Thomas Jefferson.

Historic Lincoln Sites Visit these historic sites connected with Abraham Lincoln.

The American West This is award winning site is an excellent place to look when studying the American West.

Native American Navigator This site was created for use by K-12 students studying Native Americans.

Native American Rattles This lesson is from A to Z Teacher Stuff

NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art Good resource.

My First Nations Page Large listing of Native American resources available on the Web.

The Heard Museum Another resource on Native Americans

Mystic Seaport Visit this site for stories of America and the sea.

The Smithsonian Institution Home Page A must-visit! This is an excellent site.

Ancient Egypt for Students Great site to visit during a unit on ancient Egypt.

Search for Antarctic Spring Learn about Antarctica through this text and the accompanying photographs.

Kids' Action Part of the Rainforest Action Network. Features, pictures, information, an art gallery and teacher resources.

Dr. King Timeline This timeline Dr. King's life was written and illustrated by elementary students.

Dr. Martin Luther King Produced by the Seattle Times, this site explores the life of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.

KIDPROJ'S Multi-Cultural Calendar Search their database to find out what holidays are being celebrated around the world.

Christmas Around the World Find out how other countries celebrate Christmas and other holidays.

Chinese Astrology This site contains Chinese New Year customs and zodiac information.

The American Civil War Homepage This is a fabulous site! Many links to other Civil War sites.

Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the U.S. Civil War Learn about the Civil War through these real letters.

Selected Civil War Photographs Over 1,000 photographs from the Civil War.

Civil War Timeline Important dates and photographs from the Civil War.

Today in History Page of Scope Systems Important birth dates and events.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present Biographies of women who have contributed to our culture in many ways.

Washington D.C. Sightseeing Map Hot links to information on some famous D.C. sites.

Pennsylvania Homepage This is my state! Learn all about it!

Color Tour of Egypt Download these coloring pages to help your students learn about Egypt.

American Colonial Projects Page Fun colonial crafts to make.

Loogootee Elementary West: Holiday Sites to See Tammy has come up with yet another great resource!

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators-Selected Holiday Sites. Nice resource of holiday sites on the web.

Web-Linked Social Studies Activities This site is from McGraw Hill Publishers.

Communities This unit for second grade is another great idea from Hazel Jobe

Busy Town-Delta at Work See how one school used this Richard Scarry book for their community unit.

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