SOCIAL+STUDIES

=CURRENT EVENTS= =PRIMARY DOCUMENTS= =LOCAL HISTORY= =GEOGRAPHY= =[|LARRY FERLAZZO'S BEST SITES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES]= =[|DIGITAL DAN]= =[|DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN SOCIAL STUDIES]= =[|THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER]= Webquest on the Jamestown settlement =[|A VOYAGE BACK IN TIME]= The Jamestown Time Capsule Project =[|COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG]= Experience life in the 18th century =[|CLEOPATRA]= A multimedia guide to the ancient world =[|SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD]= =[|COLONIAL AMERICA WEBQUEST]= =[|GRETA'S GAME STATION]Interactive powerpoints and games for Social Studies= =[|GOOGLE EARTH LESSONS]= =[|HOT SHOT BUSINESS] Simulate starting your own business= =[|GOOGLE EARTH PRODUCT TOUR]= =[|Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History]= =[|SOCIAL STUDIES ACTIVITIES]= =[|ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS]= =[|PRESIDENTIAL SECRETS]= =[|ELECTRO CITY] Create Your Own City= =[|GOOGLITICS] Election resources for teachers= =[|TIME FOR KIDS ELECTION RESOURCE]= =[|TEACHING THE HUDSON VALLEY]= =[|SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES]= =[|THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE]= =[|LEWIS AND CLARK ADVENTURE]= =[|QUARTER EXPLORER]= =[|JAMESTOWN CHALLENGE]= =[|VIRTUAL WHITE HOUSE]= =[|THOMAS JEFFERSON AND MONTICELLO]= =[|REVIEW GAME SITE]=
 * Digital Dan travels the globe  sending pictures  and stories of his adventures.**

[|ULSTER COUNTY HISTORY AND CULTURE]
=[|ULSTER COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEOLOGY]= =[|THE HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM]=

[|GEO SPY]
=[|SOCIAL STUDIES MINI MOVIES]= =[|THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE VIDEOS]= =[|TRAVEL BUDDIES]= =Travel Buddies are artifacts, hand puppets or stuffed toys that travel from the students at a school to visit students at other schools and centres or places in the community. These buddies learn about the life in other schools or meet people in the community eg. national parks ranger and gather information for projects and investigations.= =[|STATE FAST FACTS AND TRIVIA]= =[|THIS DAY IN HISTORY]= =[|SOCIAL STUDIES FOR KIDS]= =[|MAMA LISA'S WORLD All about cultures around the world]= =[|KIDS' NEWSROOM]= =[|DMARIE TIME CAPSULE] Plug in a date and find out the music, movies, tv show, toys were popular= =[|PLACE THE STATE]= =[|ICIVICS] Games to teach about citizenship and our government= =[|HISTORYPIN]Share your community's past with the world= =[|MAPSKIP]Map your stories, biographies, or historic events. You need to sign in, but it's free.= =[|TEACHING WITH HISTORIC PLACES] Click on a state to find lessons on historic events created by the National Parks service, or search by theme or timeline, or national standards= =[|YEAR BY YEAR]Click on any year for an interactive timeline= =[|TIMERIME]This site lets students view, share and create timelines= =**[|EARTH CLOCK]****Real-time tracking, watch our Earth change** = =**[|VIRTUAL TOURS AND WEBCAMS]****Live webcam views of cities and sites around the world** = =[|**PATRIMONIUM**] Patrimonium-mundi.org is undertaking an ambitious project to capture and share 360 degree panoramas of all of the UNESCO World Heritage sites.= =[|DOGONENEWS] Current Events for kids= =[|TRIPLINE] Make maps of historic events and voyages= =[|VIDEO TUTORIAL]: USING TRIPLINE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECTS= =** [|TEACHING HISTORY]- RESOURCES FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS **= =[|WHAT IS HISTORICAL THINKING?] VIDEO= =[|C][|YBRARYMAN'S SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES]= =[|MICROFACTS] Create "factlets" (people, places, events) and string them together= =[|CYBRARYMAN'S COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD RESOURCES]= =TRANSPORTATION= =NATIVE AMERICANS= =[|KIDS PAST] [|Kids Past] has an easy to read online World History "textbook" for kids. [|Kids Past] also offers five history games to which students can apply the knowledge the find in the textbook. The textbook and games correspond to each other.= = [|PLAYING HISTORY] is a collection of more than 100 games related to topics in US and World History as well as civics and geography. = = [|DIGITAL HISTORY] = =[|INTERACTIVE DIAGRAMS]= = [|CYBRARYMAN'S TIMELINE PAGE] = = [|USING GOOGLE EARTH IN THE CLASSROOM] = = [|BBC BIOGRAPHIES] = =[|7 USEFUL YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOR HISTORY TEACHERS]= =[|MISSION US: A REVOLUTIONARY WAY TO LEARN HISTORY]= =[|MAPS OF WAR] List of multimedia maps= =[| MY AMERICAN FARM] Games and activities about farming and agriculture= =[|UNITED STATES HISTORICAL MAP] Click on a year and see what the US looked like then= =[|WORLD WONDERS] A new tool by Google= =[|INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHICS]= =[|LARRY FERLAZZO'S BEST SITES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD'S CULTURES]= =[|LARRY FERLAZZO'S BEST SITES THAT SHOW STATISTICS IN A SIMPLIFIED FORMAT FOR COMPARING COUNTRIES]= =[|MY HISTRO] Create interactive timelines connected to maps= =[|ZEEMAPS] Create your own interactive maps= =[|GLOBAL CLOSET CALCULATOR] Discover your interdependence= =[|YOUTUBE TIME MACHINE] Select a year and view videos from that year= =[|10 LEARNIST BOARDS FOR HISTORY TEACHERS]= =[|GOOGLE WORLD WONDERS PROJECT] A multimedia encyclopedia of 132 historic and notable sites around the world= =[|PRECEDEN TIMELINE MAKER]= =[|TOMORROW'S WORLD] Look ahead to what the future holds according to thinkers, scientists and pundits. Great infographics= =[|DOING HISTORY IS LIKE SOLVING A MYSTERY] Interactive Poster= =[|KNOEMA]  Knoema offers data maps and charts for almost every country in the world. = =[|HISTORIC TIME MACHINE] Pick a year and travel through time = = [|ANTIPODES MAP] See the other side of the world = = [|MAP OF HISTORIC PLACES] = = [|MAPSTORY] Create mapped displays of data sets = = [|QR CODE TREASURE HUNT GENERATOR] = = [|USING THE WEB AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL STUDIES] = = [|18 GOOGLE EARTH AND MAPS LESSONS] = = [|SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING RESOURCES] Pinterest Board = = [|THE DEMOCRACY GAME] = = [|101 GREAT SITES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES] = = [|CHRONOZOOM] helps users visualize historical events over expansive periods of time. You can create your own timelines,projects, and exhibits through an authoring guide. =