American Colonial Projects: lots of colonial themed crafts / projects
America: This is Our Country. Elementary Social Stuies Links: Terrible background, great site! an incredialbe list of elementary links including: Historical Documents, Government, Maps, Geography, Lessons, Games & Quizzes, Webquests, American Lit., Clipart, Virual Tours of Landmarks, & Student News. Wow!
Ben's Guide to US Government: VERY GOOD !!! There is a teacher page, choose grades 3-5: Then either: "Neighborhood & Beyond, Our Nation, Historical Documents, Branches of Gov., How Laws are Made and State vrs.National," or a link about almost every aspect of Gov. A MUST SEE SITE!
Biography Maker: a 4 step process "meant to inspire lively story telling and vivid writing" of biographies.
Citizenship Lesson Plans for Elementary School.
Connect USA: instructional resources related to US topics from the NCDPI
Current Events: for elementary students from scholastic, I like this site.
Current Events Links: "teaching Current Events Via Newspapers, Magazines and TV" (& Internet).
ECON-EDU-LINKS: Seems very POWERFUL. Includes K-12 primary sources, Weblinks, Current Events, Lesson Resources and great sound effects!
Elementary Social Studies Links: Topics of links include: Current Events, Cultures, Geography, Government, States, Quick Reference & Fun
Eyewitness to History: "Experience history through the the eyes of those who lived it- very cool first- person accounts of history." Busy site but a lot of good stuff!
Hyper History: uses color-coded graphics, timelins, maps, and brief biographies to organize and explain history. Very cool site!
Latin America Links: The "Top 10" sites form the Electronic Library.
Lesson Plans: Social Studies Lesson Plans from Askeric.com
Mexico for Kids: from the Presidencey of the Republic of Mexico: Includes History, Government, Exploration, Bio Diversity, Games, About Mexico and News Links.
Outline Maps: print out these outline maps, the hundreds of maps are well indexed
Presidents of the US Game: Guess the President from fact and image clues, you can choose difficulity level, grade 3+, pretty cool.
Social Stuides K-5 Resources: Much better site then this, more links and more user friendly.
Timelines: 16 timeline links from the Electronic Library
US Government Educational & Kids Sites:
WebQests: a collection of very simple WebQuests from Scholastic on subjects including: Alaska, Colonial Life, Incas, Louisiana Purchase and more.
Who are America's Heroes / Heroines: a webquest for 5th & 6th grade social studies, some images are missing, but most links are active, looks good, we could make a similiar one, or more grade appropriate one if anyone is interested let us know!
