Social Studies Sites

Social Studies Clearinghouses
http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/index-flash.html Library of Congress
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html History Wired
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html HyperHistory Online
http://www.besthistorysites.net/ Best History sites
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb  Jump back in time
http://www.julen.net/ancient/ The Ancient World Web
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer/ YOU be the historian!
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@E_l4hmNnkVPe6/Pages/activities.html Social studies activities online
http://earlyamerica.com/ Early American History
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ Archived historical documents
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html  NARA
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/historylinks/
http://www.scholiast.org/history/index.html
http://www.historyteacher.net/
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/history/historypages.htm History Pages for K-6
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/ The Age of Exploration
http://worldhistorymatters.org/ World History

Economics
http://www.landandfreedom.org/
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html Census information

Historical Images and Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html Library of Congress Image Archive
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/
http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/moremaps.htm Graphs, Maps, Atlas
http://www.theodora.com/maps/ Quick maps of the world
http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro.html On-line map creator
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ The Map Machine
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/usa.html Interactive Atlas
http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/where/  Map activity

Geography
http://www.confluence.org/ The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here.
http://www.geocaching.com/ Global GPS treasure Hunts. Join the fun
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es Explore the states
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Studies of various countries
http://flagspot.net/flags/  Flags of the World
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html CIA World Fact Book
http://people.depauw.edu/djp/shock_maps/ Shocking Geography
http://www.50states.com/ Information on all 50 states
http://www.internetgeography.co.uk/ 

Government/Civics
http://www.thisnation.com/ 
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
http://www.kids.gov/ 
http://www.justicelearning.org/
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/front
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm    Four Centuries of Historical Documents
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html  Exploring Constitutional Conflicts
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/kidinteractive/final.html    Interactive
http://www.americanpresident.org/   The American President
http://nobelprize.org/peace/educational/conflictmap/ Conflict Map

US History
http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/lewisandclark.html   More Lewis and Clark
http://www.lifeinterrupted.org/
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/fdr/  FDR
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/  Underground Railroad
http://historymentor.com/
http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/ Visual History
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/ Reconstruction
http://www.homestead.com/chaffeyaphistory/apushistory.html Don't miss the interactive on-line quiz practice!

Timeline capsules
http://dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp 
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
http://search.teach-nology.com/today/today2.pl  What happened today in history?

Native Americans
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindians.htm
http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribalindex.html
http://www.thewildwest.org/native_american/index.html
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/index.html
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html By Region
http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/index.htm -Designed for Elementary
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/ -A Web of Information
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/settlements/index.shtml Shelters

Explorers
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/explorer.html
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm 
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/

Colonial American Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/ Pilgrims/Plymouth
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html Lewis & Clark Expedition (Interactive!)
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/

China
http://www.fcps.edu/KingsParkES/technology/ancient/index.htm#china
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/writing/challenge/cha_set.html
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html Write your name!
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/default.cfm  Panda Cam