K-8 SOCIAL STUDIES SITES

Learn About Native Americans	Lewis and Clark
Liberty - The American Revolution	Liberty: The Road to Revolution
Lewis and Clark	Lewis & Clark
Lincoln: Rare Books and Special Collections

Martin Luther King, Jr.	Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeline by Kids
Molly Pitcher	MayFlower History
Mount Rushmore Jigsaw Puzzle	**Mandan Indians - On-A-Slant Virtual Village
Midnight Rider - Paul Revere

Native American Chart	Native American Map
Native Americans - Famous	Native American - Eastern Woodland Crafts
Native American Test	Native American - Southwest Crafts
Native American Museum	Native American - Plains Crafts
Native Americans - Activities and Games	Native American -Inuit (Eskimo) Crafts
Native American - Trail of Tears	Native American - Northwest Crafts
Native American Legends	Native American Resources
Native American Sites	Native Americans - Primary
Native American Shelters	Native American - A Mohawk Iroquois Village
Map of Tribes	Native American Facts for Kids
Native American - "Song of Hiawatha"	Native American - "The Three Sisters"
Native American - Folklore	Native American - Circle of Stories
Native Americans First People	Native American Plays, Skits, and Dramas
Native American Poems	Native American Stories
Native American Names	Native American Coloring Pages

Oregon Trail	“On an Underground Railroad”
Our America - Colonial Period

Pathway to Freedom - Underground Railroad	Pearl Harbor Experience Video
Paul Revere Video	Pearl Harbor
Popular Songs in American History	Pocahontas
**Paul Revere's Virtual Museum

Revolutionary War - Taxes and Acts
Revolutionary Sites	Revolutionary War
Road to Revolution	Rosa Parks
Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt	South Dakota Pathways
Symbols of US Government	Shot Heard Around the World
Slavery Sites More Slavery Sites	Sequoyah - Trail of Tears

Christopher Columbus Unit Ideas	Educreations Social Studies Videos	Literature Index for Social Studies Themes	Internet4Classrooms - excellent resources	USHistory Site
iCivics - good games	US Government Games - good	Dr. Donn Social Studies Sites	InteractiveTimeline Online Timeline Creator	Timeline Maker Timeline Creator
Presidential Timeline: Create Your Own Timeline	President's Song - Washington and Lincoln	Boston Massacre Files	Ancient Greece	Celebrate Black History
Economics Vocabulary Quiz Spent - Economics Game	D.C.Virtual field Trip	Mission US	Museum Box	Smithsonian's History Explorer
World Mapper	Printables	Gooru Learning Sites - great for 6-8th grades

Federal Government in South Dakota - PBS	Filmed entirely on location in South Dakota, this series encourages students to learn about and become involved in government by presenting information about those levels of government closest to "home." Students are afforded a compelling look at school boards, city government, the branches of state government and more. 20-minutes
Badlands - PBS Badlands National Park - PBS	The Badlands of South Dakota are a masterpiece created by the elements: sculpted from the earth by water and wind. The Badlands: Nature's Time Capsule examines: Geological "artforms" 75 million years in the making. The inhabitants who have called the area home. Modern-day preservation efforts.

So You Want to Be President - book video	Presidents' Day Mini Unit	Great Social Studies -Gov't Videos
America's Historical Documents	Independence Road Trip	The National Archives
Trail of Tears - video	After the Mayflower - video	Tecumseh's Vision - video
Geronimo - video	Wounded Knee - video	Digital Nation - video
21st Century Enlightenment - video	National Parks - video	World Digital Library
President/Election Videos	ShowMe	Civil War Animated WWII Animated WWII - Pacific War Animated
*Native American Early History in North America Settling North America (1497 - 1732) The Road to Revolution (1700-1774) *The Revolution (1775-1783)	Making of a New Nation (1776-1800) The Viginia Dynasty (1801-1825) *Jacksonian Democracy (1825-1850)	Manifest Destiny (1806-1855) American Civil War (1861-1865) *Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Reaction to Assassination of Martin Luther A Class Divided Civil Rights Movement in America	U.S.History Online Class U.S. History Online Class II

Learn About the States	Washington, D.C.	Three Branches of Government	Rosa Parks Mini Book	Underground Railroad - Escape From Slavery
Navigation Video (maps)	Continent and Ocean Videos	Latitude and Longitude Activity- worksheet	What Does the President Do?	History Lab - Pinterest
Famous People in History	Paul Revere Lesson	Three Types of Communities Lesson	EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER	Geography Video Lessons
United States Symbols Matching	American Symbols Quiz Symbols Booklet	Explorers' Hall of Fame	Stories on Social Studies Topics - Great Sites	Show Me Economics
Symbols of America 3rd Grade	National Symbols	U.S Symbols	Symbols to Color	Symbols Dot-to-Dot

Listen and Read Stories	South Dakota - video	Types of Communities Types of Communities Video Rural and Urban Life Video	Community Helpers video Firefighters	History of Thanksgiving Video
			Community Helpers video Firefighters	Thanksgiving
			Community Helpers	First Thanksgiving Booklet
History Game Activities Writing with a Quill Postcard Maker, etc.	Colonial Willimsburg	Ancient Egypt E-book	American Revolution E-book	Physical Geography of Africa E-book
The Constitution of the United States E-book	Making of the Constitution E-book	Google Earth Hacks Overlays	Christopher Columbus Sites	Oregon Trail Video
Native Americans	Regions Regions	The United States	Building a Nation	Growth of a Nation
People and Places	Communities	Civil War Timeline for Kids	Different Tribes	Lakota Legacy
Civil Rights	Colonial America	13 Colonies	American History	American Revolution
July 4th - Independence Day	Gold Rush	Government	Explorers	Civil War Civil War Outline
Presidential Inaugural Addresses	Presidents Day	Dakota and Lakota Native Americans: Lakota	Washington, D.C.	My Book About George Washington
Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the USA	Charle Brown Thanksgiving - video	Martin Luther King Mini Book Martin Luther King Sites	Free Printable Mini Books	My Book About Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Fun Facts	How the States Got Their Shapes	10 Things You May Not Know About the United States	Gettysburg Address Videos	Presidents' Coloring Book
USA Presidents - Morphing Slideshow	Biography Slideshow	George Washington Video Clips	American Civil War	Jamestown Colony
US Presidents' Coloring Book	President Booklet	Nussbaum Vidoes	PowerPoints for Government and Economics	Gallery of USA Presidents
Bio For Kids	Westward Expansion	Online Virtual Tours	Crafts - good!	Online White House Tour
Civil War	Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads Abraham Lincoln - WatchKnow Videos	George Washington's World for Kids The Life of George Washington - videos	Learning Links	State Studies
Economics Online Activities	Interactive Sites- good	Sailor's Life	Social Studies Games - new	Jeopardy Games
USA States Activities - new	General Social Studies Resources	Creative Country Reports	Month by Month Sites good!	Assessment Test Practice
Winter Resources for Teachers	Kindergarten Worksheets	Watch Know Videos - Excellent	Decade in 7 Minutes	Interactive Quizzes
Hanukkah	Holiday Celebrations - good!	Seasonal Activities	Kwanzaa	Christmas
TimeMaps	Big Apple History - New York City	10 X 10 News	Live News Cameras	JFK Presidential Library
BabbaBrain	Home of Heros	Daily Dose Brain Teasers

HISTORY	HISTORY	HISTORY	GEOGRAPHY	CIVICS	WORLD HISTORY	TOOLS	MUSIC
American History Rock	Big Apple History - New York City	George Washington's World for Kids	Scribble Maps	Community Workers	Mexico for Kids	Bio Cube	Music in American History
Best of History Web Sites	Thomas Jefferson - bio Awesome Stories	Pioneers	GeoGame - globe	U.S. Landmark Booklet	Your World, My World	Timeline Makers	Music in History
Civil War for 5th Graders	Sacajawea bio Awesome Stories	Pilgrims to America	Maps of Regions of the United States	Information on Flags	Primary History - BBC	Grow a Family Tree	Kids Karaoke Korner
Ben Franklin	Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address	Attack on Pearl Harbor	Unites States Regions Map	Kids in the House	Ancient Civilizations	Free Posters	Social Studies Songs
Westward Expansion	Boston Tea Party	Interactives - Historical and Cultural Contexts	Geography All the Way	South Dakota Sites for Kids	China Sites for Kids	Printing Press
Abraham Lincoln Digitized Activities	Assassination of John F. Kennedy	Now and Then	Geography Songs	State Reports	Countries and Culture - good!	Project-based Learning Checklists
Native American Rhymes	Awesome Stories - History	Pioneer Online Resources	Geography Links	US Symbols	Mythic Journeys gives Flash lessons on native cultures from around the world	Graphic Organizers
How the Settlers Survived	US Territory Expansion	History Online Activities	National Atlas	Learning About Our Constitution	One World Classrooms Culture PowerPoints	That Quiz
Early America	Colonial Times	History Activities - new	Geography for Kids	Story of the Star Spangled Banner	Ancient Civilizations
Jamestown Online Adventure	United States History	Understanding Slavery	Jamestown Online Adventure	Presidential Interactive Timelines	The World
Native American Sites	Rosa Parks - bio Awesome Stories	Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads - good!	Zoom into Maps	Bill of Rights Online Resources
Harvest History	HyperHistory	Abraham Lincoln	2nd Grade Geography	The Constitution for Kids
George Washington's World for Kids	Texas Independence	Chicago History Stories	Geography Activities - new	Bill of Rights Match Game
Liberty Kids Videos - Revolutionary War (great videos-use Zamzar to change to a format you can show in your school Be sure to use Download videos)	Famous Americans	Westward Expansion	Make a Town Map	The Flag of the United States of America
			Geography Online Activities	A Kid's Guide to the U.S. Constitution
			What is a Map?	Government Printables
			Geography WebQuests
			Interpreting Maps

Social Studies Online Activities	Getting Students Connected K-8	So. Studies - Scholastic	Old Timer Page	Theme Resources
Scholastic Interactive Sites	Time Magazine Cover	Mimioconnect	So. Studies WebQuests	WebQuest Matrix
Holiday - Halloween Fall Harvest	Class Brain	Collaborative Timeline	Assessment Help and Practice	Panwapa
National Archives Digital Vaults Project	Our America Timeline	Awesome Stories - biographies

WatchKnow - videos	Abraham Lincoln video	US Regions - video	The Thirteen Colonies - video	FrontLine Videos - good!
Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan	Jamestown Settlement	No More Kings School House Rock	Preamble - School House Rock	Creating the Constitution
The Shot Heard Around the World	Constitution	American History – We Get Knocked Down	American Presidents Washington to Lincoln	Ben Franklin
Underground Railroad	The Civil War	American Civil War	Transcontinental Railroad	School Rock Westward Expansion
U.S. History in 60 Seconds	Ann Franklin's Map Locations	Native American Homes	Great Melting Pot	America the Beautiful
States and Capitals	50 States	Three Ring Government	I’m a Bill	July 4 Fireworks
9-11 Memorial	Wants or Needs	Lewis and Clark	Early America	George Washington
Video Updates	Social Studies - 5th Grade Videos	National Geographic Videos	National Archives Videos	Social Studies Movies
Underground Railroad Videos

WebQuests/Scavenger Hunts	Teacher Tools	Songs	Teacher Resources	PowerPoints	Games
Scavenger Hunts and WebQuests	Border Paper for Creative Writing	"God Bless the USA"	e-Themes	Social Studies PowerPoints	Jeopardy Games
4th-5th Grade WebQuests and Lesson Plans	Free Teacher Tools	Economic Songs	103 Things to Do Before, During, and After Reading	PowerPoint Games	Gamequarium - Social Studies
Social Studies WebQuests	Graphic Organizers	Popular Songs in American History	Thematic Book List	Culture PowerPoint	Social Studies Games
Social Studies Internet Hunts	Puzzle Maker	Rhymes and Songs of All Nations	Textbook Sites	Native American PowerPoints	Jeopardy Games
Life During the Civil War WebQuest	Giffy - diagram creator	Presidents Song	Daily Newspapers	Native Americans	Primary Games - Social Studies
	Teacher Tools	Geography Songs	Social Studies Ideas		Social Studies Jeopardy
	Free Teaching and Learning Resources	U.S. President Songs	Middle School Social Studies Sites		Timeline Game
	Teaching Tips	Multicultural Songs	3-5 Social Studies Sites		Game Templates
	History Image Browser	Statue of Liberty Song	19th Century Books in Print		U.S. History Games
	Interactive Venn Diagram	State Songs	Read Alouds With Economics
	Sequence Chart		Community Helpers Lit Books
Government/Civics	Economics	Geography	Social Studies For Kids	SmartBoard	History
C-Span Classroom	Elementary Economic Lessons	Google Maps	Literature Connection	FlipFlap Activities - SmartBoard	History Channel
Children's Books for Community Helpers	Economics	Geography Club Activities	Social Studies Online	Internet For Classrooms SmartBoard Resources	Native Americans Clickable Map
U.S. Government Sites	Money Sites	Similarities of Countries Activity	Great Web Sites for Kids	SmartBoard Ideas	History Resources
Community Workers	Economics Glossary	Geography Links for Teachers	Comprehension Strategies	SmartBoard Education Resources	Native American Activities
Kid Books About Presidents	How People Make . . .	Geography Resources	Culture - Spanish for Kids		Patriotic Play
		Map Concepts - Basic	Genealogy Resources		Explorer Sites
		Geography	South Dakota Pathways		US Constitution
		Geography Activities	Native American Activities
		Teacher Tidbytes - Geography	Good Social Studies Resources
		Geography Sites	Ag Resources
		Map Sites

Old Magazine Articles	Brainpop Jr. – Social Studies	Make a Classroom Newspaper	Newspaper Links
ELL Sites	Multicultural Resources	ESS Sites	Library of Congress

Civil War	Civil War	Columbus Day Links	Columbus Day Activities
Colonial Times	Community Workers	Community Helpers Sites	Community Helpers Unit
Colonial America	Colonial American Web Links	Continents	Dakota Pathways
Constitution

Explorers	Explorers	Farms	Farm Unit
Family	FireFighters/Fire Trucks	Johnny Appleseed	Martin Luther King, Jr.
Native Americans - Primary	Native American Resources	Native American Legends	Native Americans- Intermediate
Nifty Fifty States	Number the Stars Unit	Native Americans	Holiday Sites

Oregon Trail	Presidents’ Day	People and Occupations	Pilgrim MiniQuest
Rosa Parks	"Sign of the Beaver"	South Dakota History	Social Studies Units
Social Studies Themes	State Lesson Ideas	Thanksgiving and Pilgrim Interactive Activities	Thanksgiving and Pilgrims site
13 Colonies WebQuest	Underground Railroad	U.S. Government	U.S. Elections
Westward Expansion	World History	World/US Geography	States

A Biography of America	Abraham Lincoln
American Memory Timeline	America's Historical Documents
American Revolution	Ann Frank the Writer
American Revolution Sites	American Revolution PowerPoints
American Rhetoric	American Heritage Library
America's Story	A Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg
American Revolution Timeline Game	American Revolutionary Scavenger Hunt
American Revolution Sites	Abraham Lincoln Games and Activities

Ben Franklin Video	Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Betsy Ross Homepage	Black History
Ben Franklin	Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party

Civil War Battles Video	Colonies - 13 Colonies
Civil War Music and Poetry	Colonies - Map of 13 Colonies
Christopher Columbus	Colonial Times
Camp Life: Civil War	Colonies - Interactive History
Civil War for Kids	Colonies - The Original 13 States Map
Civil War Sites	Colonies - American Colonies Facts
Civil War 1861-1865	Colonial Coins
Civil War for Kids	Colonial Williamsburg Food Recipes
Civil War Homepage	Colonies - Life in Colonial American
Civil War - Women	Colonial Kids
Civil War - Timeline Leading Up to the Civil War	Colonial Times - Children
Civil War Photographs	Colonies - Colonial Clipart
Clara Barton Coloring Book	Colonial Williamsburg Trades
Culture - A Kid's Life	Colonial America - School and Education
Christopher Columbus	Colonial Family - Meet the Daggetts
Christopher Columbus' Journey	Colonial - Jigsaw Puzzles
Civil War Terms and People	Colonial Times - Activities: Writing with a Quill Pen
Civil War Map	Colonial - Activities: Name the Founding Father
Christopher Columbus	Constitution
Christopher Columbus Video

Declaring Independence Video	Digital History
Explorers	Early American - Historical Fiction
Early American Tools Videos	Explorers

Famous Explorers	Famous Moments in Early American History
First Thanksgiving	Famous Leaders for Young People
Famous People in History	Florence Nightingale
Four Directions Teachings - Native American	Farmers, Farmers Everywhere!
French and Indian War	French and Indian War Timeline

Growth of a Nation	George Washington Video
Papers of George Washington	George Washington Games and Activities

Harvest of History	History Sites
Harriet Tubman	John F. Kenney Photo History
Johnny Appleseed	History of Transportation

Tecumseh's Curse and the United States Presidents
Thomas Jefferson	Transportation in American Before 1876
Time Machine	Titanic Journey
Transportation History	Thanksgiving
Time Machine	Thanksgiving and Pilgrims site
U.S. History Sites	Transportation in American Before 1876
United States Documents	U.S. History Sites
War of 1812	Western Expansion PowerPoints
United States History	Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad - Addy's Escape to Freedom	Underground Railroad - National Geographic
Underground Railroad - Levi Coffin House	Westward Expansion
US Symbols Sites

All About Egypt Sites	Ancient Egypt
Ancient Wonders of the World	Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt	Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Alphabet	Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Myths -online books	Ancient Greece for Kids
Ancient Greece	An Introduction to Ancient Greece
Build a Medieval Castle	Berlin Wall
Children of World War II	Christopher Columbus

Explorers PowerPoints	Eternal Egypt
Explorers	Excellent Explorers WebQuest
Egypt Games	Egypt Secret of an Ancient World
Exploring Ancient Tombs Game	Explorers
Four Directions Teaching - Native Americans	How Big is the Great Pyramid?
Explorers	European Explorers
Egyptian Mummies

Royal Family	Senet Board Game from Ancient Egypt
The Romans	Voices of World War II
Virtual Egypt

Vikings	Walk Through Time
World Explorers	You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!

Africa	Africa for Kids
Antarctica	Asia
Animated Atlas	Australia
All About the United States	Africa

China	China – Virtual Tour
Compass Rose Printout	Continents
Continents - Interactive	Digital Atlas

Earth Album	Europe
Following Directions	50 States
50 State Songs - lyrics and midis

Geography	Great State Race
Geography Activities	Geography4Kids
Geographic Glossary	GeoNet
GeoQuiz	Greatest Places
Go George Go Map Game	Geography PowerPoints
Google Maps	Interactive Geography Activities
Geography Games	Geography and Map Skills - Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game
Geography All the Way

Latitude and Longitude	Map Reading
Map Concepts - Basic	Maps - Street Map
Map sites	Map Skills
Mega Maps Printouts	Maps
Map Puzzles	Nifty Fifty States
North America	Map Quiz - Where Is That?
Panama Canal Webcam	Maps - Following Directions
Maps - Reading a Map	Map Quizzes - USA
Maps and Map Skills - Continents	Mapping Our World
Map Test
Oceans	Outline Maps

South Dakota Map and Quiz	State Brochure Template
State Information Research Sheet	Test Your Geography Knowledge

South America	TerraFly
U.S. Map Game	United States
U.S. Geography	United States Geography
US Geography Games	World Geography
World Geography Activities	Where Is That?
What Maps Show Us?


Bill of Rights	Bills of Rights
Ben’s Guide to US Government	Congress for Kids
Be President for a Day	City Creator
Community Club	Community Helpers
Community Helpers	Communities
Community Workers	Community Helpers Theme
Congress for Kids	Community - People and Occupations
Community Workers
Democracy Project	Election Sites
Government

How the States Got Their Shapes
How Does Government Effect Me?	How Does a Bill Become Law?
Inside the Voting Booth	House of Representatives for Kids
Information on Flags	Kids in the House
Kids Next Door	My School
Newspaper Links	Mr. Roger's Neighborhood

Symbols of the United States K-2	Symbols of US Government 3-5
Tour of the White House	Story of Milk
Symbols of U.S. Government	10 Things You May Not Know About the United States
Three Ring Government