Social+Studies+Resources

Rockin' Sites for Teaching Social Studies 



Teaching History This site has great information about teaching history including lots of multimedia and a special section for elementary teachers.

Mr. Nussbaum's Site has great information on history, geography, and US States.

Time Maps have links to world history maps and animated timelines.

Project Explorer allows you to go on Virtual Field Trips on your computer.

SimpleK12 Virtual Field Trips have lots of great places to explore.

Digital History is a great site with lots of information on American History plus multimedia and primary sources.

Book Trailers This site has short videos to get students interested in books. You may have to look for ones related to social studies.

Mr. Donn is a great social studies teacher with an awesome site of resources. Check it out!

Famous Americans This site allows you to choose famous Americans of all ethnic backgrounds and from many different time periods.

Ben's Guide to Government has lots of great resources about American Government including games and activities for all different age groups.

Other great sites to try: Library of Congress for Kids and Families has some great stuff to look at, too! Teach the Children Well Social Studies page has some wonderful sites to explore. Kids.gov has all kids of web resources from the U.S. Government