Fourth and Fifth Grade Social Studies Links                                                               

House of Representatives- The House of Representatives' home page includes links to three branches. Identify and/or contact representatives; browse and search historical documents of U.S.

United States Senate -The United States Senate's home page allows students to identify and/or contact senators; browse legislative activities, committee notes, and senate history.

Kids Democracy Project - This is an interactive site that allows students to see how government affects their lives, the voting process, and becoming president for a day.

The History Place -A historical time line of the Civil War, with links to selected accounts and documents.

Underground Railroad Adventure - This site allows the visitor to take the role of the slave and make decisions on whether to escape or stay.  Find out what dangers there were while traveling on the Underground Railroad.

Order in the Court - This Web adventure puts students in the shoes of a colonial justice of the peace. They can choose from three cases to try, and in each one learn both the specifics of the case and the rules of colonial justice. At the end, students make their verdict and then compare it to the actual verdict of the real justices.

CNN for Kids – Get the lastest news.

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ - Visit and study the Whitehouse.

 

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/maps.htm - map skills

 

http://www4.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/wh.cgi - Social Studies states game 

 

http://www.factmonster.com/us.html - Social Studies - states and information.

 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/#interactive - This site has interactive games.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/index.html - This site has questions posted each day to challenge 
the students in geography.

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/index.html - Really neat geography game.  Upper level

http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/president/ - A presidency game show quiz.

The First Thanksgiving - Offers a time line from 1620 - 1621, giving photos and text of the Pilgrims first year. Also shows life on board the Mayflower, life as a Pilgrim and the life of the Wamponoags. Also offers excellent teacher resources.

Colonial Kids - A simple explanation of Colonial Days presented by 11 year olds. Pictures are small but good. Great short videos of Colonial life.

Old Sturbridge Village - Click on village tour- shows very good photos of buildings and life in the 18th century. Many activities for kids and the section called For Kids offers step by step instructions to making colonial crafts.

Abraham Lincoln - This site was created by a first grade class. It shows photos and simple text of Abe Lincoln's Boyhood National Memorial. Features a great photo gallery, an online quiz, animation of when each state joined the union, a treasure hunt and links to more Lincoln sites.

States and Capitals - This site has all the facts for each state. Lists state bird, flower, song, capital, largest city, statehood date, outline map, etc. Also links to more info on specific items.

Explorers - Columbus - This site will bring up any explorer. It shows facts about that explorer and more links to explore about that person. It also offers geography crafts to go with the explorer.

Social Studies Curriculum Resources Poster Sets - Posters that facilitate the teaching of social studies standards.

 

Famous Americans – Activities and a time line of famous Americans.

 

Presidents – Information about all of our presidents.

Explore things from the Past – Look at how things have changed, even the way we dress.