Kindergarten and First Grade Social Studies Links

Recycle City - This site provides games, facts, and activities about recycling. Visit Dumptown and Recycle City to play games and see how recycling can work.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ - This is the children’s section of the White House web site. It offers information from the perspective of the Presidential pets.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/games/print.html - Social Studies U.S. Presidents

http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/swest.htm - The Southwest Native Americans come from the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and the northern part of Mexico. Most of the land is desert covered with cactus. The main tribes that come from the Southwest area are the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, & Zuni. Some tribes spoke their own languages, had their own religious customs, and laws they followed.

 

What's My Job - Interactive online lesson about community helpers.

 

Community Helpers - Excellent learning site for whole class activities or independent study. Sound files read the words to the children but first graders should have no problem reading most of it themselves. Many various types of Community workers with activities included with each worker, along with additional Internet sites for further study.

 

Working in the Community - Community Helper web quest

 

Social Studies Curriculum Resources Poster Sets - Grade K-3; Posters that facilitate the teaching of social studies standards.

 

 

Traffic Sign Quiz - Knowing what these signals and signs mean and obeying them will help to keep you safe when you walk, ride your bike or in-line skate near a roadway. Site includes public transportation, seat belt , and school bus rules also.

 

FBI Kids Page - This site offers a wide variety of information, some at grade level text, some text is above grade level. Information on jobs of the FBI, how they catch a criminal, child safety, gun safety, working dogs, and games. A field trip with the FBI dogs is very good.

Kids Next Door - Very good website for community workers. Many interactive matching and unscrambling words activities that go with jobs. There's a animated tour of parks and a site for kids to build a community.

Welcome To The City - This site takes the students on a tour of the city. It explores workers and their jobs, celebrations found in some cities and shopping and eating in a city. This site has very simple text - highlighted words show where they're located on a map.

Holidays Around the World – Christmas in many different countries

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.

United States Symbols – All of our nations symbols.

Tour the Mayflower – Information about the Pilgrims’ Ship