http://www.adventureonline.com

How about information about Central America or the Nile? Two projects have been or are now currently investigating these locales with ongoing information from the explorers. To see the results of their work, go to the following address:

American Memories Timeline

The Library of Congress site specifically designed as an aid to classroom teachers may be found here.  It has extensive materials and links for teaching a wide variety of topics including:  "The New Nation", "National Expansion and Reform", and so forth up to "Post War United States (1945-1968).

HistoryCentral.com

Here is a great page for students and teachers of a wide range of social studies topics.  Resources are grouped by topic including these areas:  World History Chronology, America's Wars, Nation by Nation (political atlas-like resources), Election Central, 20th Century Almanac, Primary documents, biographies, and special interest topics including aviation, railroads, and more.  The page is commercially supported by a shopping area for teaching materials and historical memorabilia.

The Library of Congress

The Library of Congress includes much information about American history, politics, government may be found at this site.

Early America

This page includes brief historical introductions to many significant events and links to original documents or facsimiles of historical documents for students to study.

American Indians and the Natural World

Visit the online version of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA.  The exhibit examines Native American tribes in four different locales and provides an excellent resource for study as well as a tool to compare and contrast their relationship to nature and the natural world.

First Nations History

Find a brief summary of information about fifty different Native American tribes at this site.  It can serve as an overview or an introduction to more detailed study about various Native American groups.

Oneida Nation: Shako:wi Cultural Center

Here is a wonderful site detailing some of the history and culture of the Oneida Indian Nation.  Photos, Quicktime VR movies are among the features that enhance the text at this site.

Native American Shelters

Here is a site that explores the variety of habitations developed and used by Native Americans from the well known "tepee" to the igloo, adobe houses, cliff dwellings, etc.

Song Catcher Frances Densmore

This site from Minnesota Public Radio is an archive and report on the work of Frances Densmore.  She was a researcher and amateur anthropologist  who focused on studying the culture native Americans during the early part of the 20th century.

 

History Matters

This is a great place for teachers of American History courses.  Many resources are provided including audio files containing oral histories, diary entries, and other primary source information.

 

A Deeper Shade of Black

This web site has evolved into a database of information about Black culture.   Included in the database is information about history, film, and literature.

 

The Holocaust Museum

Many of us have heard of the Holocaust Museum. Did you know there was a place to tour it on the Net?

 

http://www.tiac.net/users/parallax

Here is a site with biographical information about thousands of persons. It could be used by both history teachers and other disciplines as well.

Firstgov

This site is a bit like a directory of all the other government sites - it is a good place to start looking when not sure what government site might have needed information.

 

House of Representatives and http://www.whitehouse.gov

You can access two sites in our nations capital at the addresses given above. These also provide links to other governmental agencies and offices.

CongressLink

The Dirksen Center maintains this site for teachers and students to provide well organized information about Congress, how it works, and what it is doing lately.

 

http://www.stat-usa.gov

A site with compiled statistics about the United States from the Department of Commerce is at this address.

  

The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

 

http://socialstudies.com

This is the home page for the national professional organization for Social Studies.

 

The Johnson County Election Office

This is the official site of the Johnson County Election Office. From here get election results, precinct maps, register to vote or for advance voting, find student projects, get candidate filing information and biographies.

 

The Kansas Geological Survey

Interactive map from Kansas Geological Survey has geological information about Kansas including maps and statistics which may be accessed by clicking on a desired county.

 

The United States Census Bureau

How about census information? This may be found at one of the US Government sites.

 

http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html

The American Memory Collection is a site with information of interest to students and teachers researching a variety of topics

 

http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Social-Sciences/History.html

Another site with general information of interest to historians are the Galaxy History Home Page.

 

http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history

The University of Kansas is noted for having farily good history references on their web page address for history.

 

http://www.Neosoft.com/citylink

Information about many cities is now located on the Internet. An index which has links to many of these cities is USA CityLink.

Lesson Plans Galore

This site provides links to lesson plan ideas that are appropriate for use in the social studies curriculum.

Maps and Globes

This site of the United States Geological Survey, the Department of the Interior, and the US Department of Education provides an interactive opportunity for students to learn about a variety of topics that relate to maps and globes.

Maps And Globes

Compton's encyclopedia provides this excellent article that teaches about everything you wanted to know about maps but were afraid to ask.  Examples and explanations cover topics including an introduction to all the standard types of maps, how to read road maps, specialized maps, map symbols, and much more.

Maps.com

This site includes both a world atlas of information and both physical and political maps of the world.

National Geographic Map Machine

This is an interactive site that lets students (or teachers) create maps on a wide variety of specialize topics, print them, or save them.  In addition, there are links to "Round Earth, Flat Maps" - a site that teaches about the dilemma of trying to represent a 3-D object in a 2-D medium - and to a site that provides pictures from space viewing the earth in whole new way.  Who can do it better than National Geographic?

The Renaissance

Annenberg CPB produces some of the best resources for teaching and learning and this site is no exception.  Explore and learn about some of the factors that characterized this era in western civilization.

Ancient Egypt

The British Museum has created a wonderful instructional site with many resources for both students and teachers.  Topics include:  Life, geography, religion, Pharoahs, architecture, and much more.

Political Reference Album

This is an online textbook about the US political system and its historical development

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

Olympic Games

GTAV: HotlinksGeographical and geography-related links

Social Studies (emphasis on high school)

 

Industrial Revolution Web sites

 

http://www.kodak.com/go/Martinluther

Heroes for Today

Diversity

Social Studies School Service

 

*Discoverers Web Homepage

 

Lesson Plans Latin America Studies

 

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers

*SCORE History-Social Science Resources

People Past and Present Part 1 - Sites for Children

People Past and Present Part 2 - Sites for Children

Online History Activities

Home Page: American Memory from the Library of Congress

3D Atlas

Use this site as a resource for geography - a 3-D atlas with amazing amounts of information.  The site is maintained by Compton's as a companion to their CD-ROM version of the same content but can be used with or without the software.

Writing a Research Paper

This reference site provides research paper writers with step-by-step assistance to do a better job of research, planning, writing, and revising their work.

Arctic Theme Page

This site provides good information for both a study of geography and a study of science.  Information about native peoples of the Artic Circle, the environment, etc. is hosted here by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Picture Australia

An extensive photographic catalog from Australia may be found at this site.  A search tool allow one to look for specific scenes or important historical sites.  Browse pictures by category of the cities, natural wonders, and even the 2000 Olympics.

US Government and Elections

The Federalist Papers

This web site documents the history around the creation of the Federalist Papers by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.  It includes links to download full text copies of the papers categorized by author.

U.S. Founding Documents

this site includes links to full text of many significant documents in United States history.  Included with the site is a search engine to use with both the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers.

Brainpop:  Elections Special

Animated movies teach many of the basic concepts about the electoral college system used to elect US presidents.  Additional links to more detailed information are also provided.

http://www.vote-smart.org/index.html

Project Vote Smart has a compilation of requests for information from various candidates for state and national office.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government

The U. S. Government Printing Office has produced this great site teaching important concepts about our federal government.  It includes areas targeted for specific age groups including:  K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.  

Electoral College Calculator

Look here for information about the number of electors from each state and calculators to figure out what combinations of states could generate a win.

 

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