Mrs. Chadwick's Second Grade

Social Studies Resources

Contains useful information for parents and students

Social Studies Skills

The Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide -Teachers can use the curriculum guide in a variety of ways. It is especially appropriate for grades 5, 8, and high school world history and geography. The curriculum weaves together visual images, video, and text, as well as materials that can be downloaded or printed for transparencies, presentations, or reports. It includes lesson plans, vocabulary, links to related web sites, and guides to other reference materials.
Best of History Web Sites - award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts
Big News For Kids - Big News for Kids, an online monthly edu-tainment newspaper designed especially for kids, provides thought-provoking questions and discussion sections to foster enthusiasm for reading and learning. Sign up now for your 2005-2006 school subscription.
Economic Lessons K-12 - online interactive lessons. Browse EconEdlink online lessons by Title, Grade, Standard, or Lesson Plan Type
Economic Lessons - EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Web is your portal to economic education resources in all forms and at all levels
EDSITEment is a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI WorldCom, and the National Trust for the Humanities. Edsitement brings together the best of the humanities on the web. Check here for lesson plans and links to other humanities web sites. This is one of the MarcoPolo partner pages.
Embracing Cultures Project: Teacher's Corner - a list of curriculum lesson plans from the internet - a diverse group of topics
Government sites for kids - from the Justice Dept, to the Treasury Dept, to the CIA, look here for government depts.
History of Advertisement - presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
How Everyday Things Are Made -"If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place"
Land Formation Activities - Identify the major land forms.
Online Activities for social studies
Schoolhouse: Social Studies - Hundreds of links to all major social studies topics
Social Studies Lessons & Helps - a long list of links
K-12 Social Science Sites by Gina Otto - many resources
Social Studies Links organized by subject areas - from Africa to World Wars
Teaching with Historic Places - more than ninety classroom-ready lesson plans that together reach across the United States. Most of them are now available on the Web; these lessons have been marked by underlining their titles

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Adventures of a Penny - discover the different types of money and how money is made
Analyzing Editorial Cartoons - A worksheet to help students understand editorial cartoons.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids - Kid-size information on America's Symbols, Nation, Government and many others. This site is aligned with TCAP curriculum.
The Bill of Rights - A Web Quest
Bill of Rights WebQuest - a second quest on this topic
Braille Bug - A wonderfully fun site provided by the American Foundation for the Blind that provides information, games, riddles and insight into a world without sight. Games make learning Braille fun and you can order your own Braille alphabet card for free!
Collapse - Why do civilizations fall? What does this mean for modern civilizations? What can we learn from the past?
Food Force - People are starving all over the world. How can you help? Help students become aware of the problem by playing this virtual game, helping feed people and share supplies with the world. Play the Food Force game, learn about food aid, and help WFP work towards a world without hunger. Learning resources and the lesson plans are provided for teachers.
The Great Escape - Through this interactive map, drawn after the war by one of the POWs, Ley Kenyon, explore the remarkable story of Harry, the 300-foot tunnel that 76 men snuck through during their infamous getaway on the night of March 24-25, 1944.
Harcourt Brace Social Studies Resources -Learning resources for social studies programs from Harcourt Brace School Publishers
History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers Caution: Since this site was last updated December 2003, you will find dead links
Hyper History Online -Over 2000 files, covering 3000 years of history.
International Hand Alphabet - Learn the Hand Alphabet. Learn to sign your name and other words.
Lesson Plans For A Variety Of Social Studies Topics
Kids in the House - Take your students here to learn about our government. Explore the role the Office of the Clerk plays in the U.S. House of Representatives. Learn about the legislative process and its effect on you. Experience the exciting world of government like you never have before
Learning Adventures in Citizenship: From New York to Your Town - (from PBS)
Memory - Several related topics are built around this theme, on a fascinating site posted by the Exploratorium. One fascinating exhibit is named Droodles . If you have Shockwave on your computer, give it a try.
Millennium - 1000 years of History - Experience the people, events and achievements that have shaped the world.
Office of the Clerk welcomes you to the On-line Information Center. At this site, you can obtain copies of House documents, including public disclosure forms, made available by the Clerk as part of his official duties. You can also find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees.
Propaganda - Learning about forms of propaganda
The Salem Project - Connecting History and Literature
Sign Language at the American Sign Language browser. Quick time movies of words, and single images for single letters.
Social Studies Curriculum Resources Poster Sets - Grade K-3; Posters that facilitate the teaching of social studies standards.
Teacher Resource Center -Curriculum resources in economics, US History, Ethnic Studies, World Government and more.
This Day in History - presented by The History Channel. Other categories offered are this day: in Wall street history , in automotive history and in Civil War History . I found this site on December 17 and discovered a film clip of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight.
Time related sites
US Counties - Capitol Impact provides an index of state pages. At each state page you will see a map linking to information about the counties of that state.
Consider using the United States Historical Census Data Browser to find raw data for projects. You may search census data by decade from 1790 to 1970. There is a wealth of information here.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Home Page - "The tie that binds the lives of our people in one indissoluble union are perpetuated in the archives of our government."
Write Your Representative - This service is provided to assist you in finding and contacting Members of the United States House of Representatives. Enter your zip code and find out who your representative is, or find contact information. In some cases you will need to know your 9 digit zip code. That information can be found at the Zip+4 service provided by the United States Postal Service.

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