Social Studies Websites

This page contains links to social studies websites. 

Websites & Tools Online Curriculum Tools Websites and Other Online Links World History Lesson Plans Other Resources Geography History/Culture

Websites & Tools

Online Curriculum Tools

• Scott Foresmann California History - Social Science - Digital Path Login

• Scott Foresman California History-Social Science - Extra Resources

Websites and Other Online Links

Student News and Current Events

• National Geographic Kids
• Time For Kids: Kids Site and Time For Kids: Teacher's Site
• Weekly Reader
• Scholastic News
• CNN: Student News
• New York Times Learning Network

US History /Government

• State Reports
• Colonial Williamsburg site for Kids - http://www.history.org/kids/
• http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
• Kids Zone: Colonial Life from Colonial Williamsburg
• Interactive US Constitution
• PBS: The Democracy Project
• Chronicling America - Library of Congress - Historic US Newspapers Online
• America's Library - Library of Congress
• Fact Finder's Corner - US Census
• Early America Archive

 

World History

• Bridging World History from Learner.org
• BBC World History Artifacts Viewer
• European Virtual Museum

 

Lesson Plans

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Other Resources

Geography

• Geody - The World's search engine - Geographic search engine to find places on Earth, the planets and Space. Supports Google Earth, NASA World Wind, Celestia, and other wbsites and applications 

History/Culture

• - a world of primary sources and more; University of California
• - includes pictures, maps,  sheet music, sound recordings and stories of Americans.