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Social Studies
- Abraham Lincoln - Lesson Plan
- Atlapedia - Information on every country in the world – facts, geography, people, religions, language, and history.
- Ben's Guide K-2 - Games and activities in the symbols of our U.S. government; info on our Nation and our government; interactive games such as putting together the U.S. states (interactive puzzle).
- Build a Neighborhood
Create a neighborhood by dragging the pictures.
http://pbskids.org/rogers/buildANeighborhood.html - Center for Civic Education
- Clifford's Puppy Dreams
Pick which things go together.
http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/puppydreams-game.html - Compass Rose
Drive the car to the park using the compass.
http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g1/u2/index.html - Connect the States
Click on the pictures that match the cards.
http://pbskids.org/buster/games/connectthestates/ctsgame.html - Culture Quest World Tour – characters take students on a Culture Quest where they sample cuisines, play games, explore museums, history, folktales, and holidays in various cultures around the world.
- EconEdLink - Economic lessons K-2. A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students
- Egypt
- Exhibitions Today - NEH supported exhibitions
- Foreign Languages for Kids
A free foreign language learning site for children. Simple activities and resources for learning vocabulary in French, Spanish, German and more.
http://www.chillola.com/index.html/ - National Council for the Social Studies - Resources for social studies education, PD opportunities, info on meetings, links to local and regional organizations
- National Geographic for Kids
- On the Job
Match the workers and their tools.
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/on_the_job/index.html - Plimoth Plantation – (make sure you spell this one correctly) – great website to visit when teaching about the First Thanksgiving and the English colonists – choose the “learn” link and it will take you through a learning activity called “You Are the Historian” – it will read to the students and talk with them about factual information about the “First Thanksgiving” – teachers’ guides also available – even discusses primary source materials with the students.
- Presidents of the United States – background info, presidency highlights, odd facts on presidents along with biographies, documents, audio and video files.
- U.S. Constitution resources
- What's My Job?
Fun activity to match jobs with the pictures and learn about the jobs people do.
http://www.hud.gov/kids/whatsjob.html