Social+Studies

Brain Pop: [] This is a good interactive site with a many quick review games and clips. It covers many subjects other than social studies.

TerraClues: [|http://www.terraclues.com/teac hers/Default.aspx] Using this website you can develop scavenger hunts using Google Earth. Students will use the clues you have left behind to find specific locations that are important to their curriculum. You can create your own or even better use ones that are already made.

ZOOM INTO MAPS - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/introduction.html A sampling of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division’s 4.5 million treasures has been digitized and is available in Map Collections: 1500 - 2003. This activity introduces historical maps from the American Memory collections. A graphic organizer, for analysis and note taking, and a set of guiding questions for each type of map have been provided.

THINKPORT TOOL: MY TIMELINE - http://timeline.thinkport.org/ This builder will help you construct a timeline, adding events, descriptions, and images that help bring content alive.

GENI - http://www.geni.com/ Allow students to connect with their family. Geni is a private place for your family to build your family tree, preserve your history and share your lives.

iKnowthat.com - http://www.iknowthat.com/com/GradeLevel?GradeLevel=6&Subject=Social%20Studies This is more for younger students k-6, but it does have a variety of interactive maps that maybe a good resource for practice with geography.

Xpeditions - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to thousands of ideas, tools, and interactive adventures that bring them to life. A good resource for lesson plans, activities, and maps.

Apple Learning Interchange - http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=11916 This guide will show all //Google Earth// users--from novice to experienced--how to integrate this incredible free resource seamlessly into daily lessons. It has videos, examples, classroom samples, lessons to be downloaded, and standards. It is a great resource that allows kids to 'play' with a great program that shows them the world.