Civics Web Resources
MSNBC: Cartoon Blog
This civics website is full of political cartoons covering all of world news. The website allows you to search by day or topic and even receive email updates on new cartoons. Congress for Kids
Congress for Kids is full of great resources for students. It simplifies civics for all ages. These site is full of tabs like, the Constitution, branches of government, already made quizzes, etc. Teen Government
Teen government is a good site to use with middle school students. The site is interactive and allows one to learn about The White House, The Capitol Building, The Supreme Court, and State Government. Center for Civic Education
The Civic Education Center is a great resource for teachers. It curriculum, programs, professional development, grant opportunities, e-books, videos and much more. This site is a one stop shop for civics! Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Ben's guide is separated into ages groups (k-2,3-5,6-8,9-12). When one is clicked on it brings up a variety of topics and pulls up fact sheets of each topic. This would be useful for any teacher. |
History Web Resources
Library of Congress:
American Memory This website offers a collection of topics regarding American History. Topics like Arts, Immigration, War, Presidents and much more. Each collection link leads you into many different resources applying to that topic. BBC: History
The BBC History website gives an array of information from ancient history around the world. It allows you to take a dive into family history, historic figures and even simplifies ancient history for children! American Museum of Natural History: Hall of Human Origins
The Hall of Human Origins site shows how we as humans have evolved throughout time. This is a history link dedicated help explain the origin of humans. This gives resources and a exhibition website just for educators. History Matters: Many Pasts
This website contains over 1000 primary and secondary resources for teachers to search and use in classrooms about U.S history. You can sort by topics, period or keywords! History Channel: Videos
The History Channel has numerous resources but one of the most beneficial and un-like most websites it has free videos and clips online for all classrooms to see. You can search by topic or browse the selections they have to offer. |
Geography Web Resources
Central Intelligence
Agency: The World Fact Book The CIA website has data, stats and information of regions all over the world. This website is a quick tool to find demographics, economics, maps, photos, compare and contrast different regions and much more. National Geographic: Education
National Geographic education site is just for teachers! It is full of resources, activities, interactive mapmaker, and collections. Each page has background information, future explorations, activities and vocabulary. Learning Games for Kids: Geography
Learning games for kids is a great tools to use with your students. The website is divided by continents each with numerous games of that continents geography! It has jigsaw puzzles,matching games, printable worksheets, etc. Kids Geography
This kids geography is for students in k-8 filled with games and activities catered to their age group. This is a good resource for teachers to give their students for extra investigations at home. Scalloway: Standard Grade Geography
The Scalloway Geography website gives a variation of geography characteristics. Included are activities, lesson plans, quizzes, worksheets, downloadable packets and much more. |
Economics Web Resources
Econedink: Educator
This website is full of usable lessons for educators. It has interactive tools, current events, newsletters, data resources and more exciting web links. Students even have resources available to use in or after school. The World Bank: Economics of Education
The world bank offers resources for economics revolving around six themes. 1) Economic Analysis of Education Interventions 2) Finance and Expenditures in Education 3) Public-Private Partnerships in the Education Sector 4) School-Based Management 5) Impact Evaluation 6) Quality of Education. Each theme has related issues, resources, projects and publications available. Econclass Econclass has many resources for econ teachers. It offers additional links an services along with games and activities, case studies, brain teasers, props and debate topics. Council for Economic Education This website has over 100 interactive tools for educators that can be used with students for free. Other resources on the site are at a cost some being virtual economics, financial fitness for all ages and other extremely useful resources. Teaching Economics As if People Mattered This websites gives teacher lesson plans for all ages. Some including Defining Economics, The Ten Chairs, Saving Accounts & Stocks, Born on Third Base, and Signs of the Times. Each lesson is online and interactive. |
General Web Resources
Michigan Electronic Library: Social Studies
MEL is a great resources for all subjects. For social studies specifically it allows you to advance search any resources or books you may need. You can have MEL send books and other resources you need to the closest library near you. The Library of Congress: American Dreams
This website gives you many classroom resources for social studies use. From primary documents to mainstream videos. This website is organized by topics and allows you to search for specific materials. Think Quest: Anatomy of a Murder This website puts students and teachers right in the middle of a murder case. Introducing you to the American Justice System, letting you follow murder trials, giving you information about past trials and more resources and information. Time Magazine for Kids This website is just for kids and teachers. With news and current event that are kid friendly. This website has photos, videos, homework helper, and kids reports from around the world. Teacher Mouse Pad Social Studies Teachers mouse pad is a website that has examples of classroom experience and lessons. It also gives more resource for teacher to take a look at. The site gives teacher a lot of neat ideas to make their own in their classrooms. |
Technology Web Resources
Prezi
Prezi is a free resource for teachers! Similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint, Prezi is a free online presentation generator. Prezi is more interactive and allows other web resources to be connected within the presentation. Internet Public Library The internet library has a variety of resources for all subjects. Some resources are free and other at a price but all online books for viewing. A great resource to give students. Other website information is given for more resources. School Tube School tube is a website with a variety of educational videos. There are videos for both teachers and students to use. From trivia to science experiments school tube has many resources to take advantage of. PBS Videos The PBS website has an array of documentaries for teachers to use for their students. The American Experience is offered on this site which is a video series of America. Everything on this site is free and unlimited. Tramline Field Trip Today many schools have cut spending and field experiences are the first things to go. Tramline Field Trip is an online virtual tour that allows students and teacher to discover field experiences within their own classroom with no cost. |