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Useful and Fun Social Studies Websites

Presidential Change

Check out this video morph of all 44 presidents.

Outline Maps

Forgot your study map at school? You can download the same outline maps used for GeoQuizes right here!

U.S Map Game

Cool interactive match the states game.

Africa Map Game

Test your knowledge of the Great Continent.

selectsmart.com

Who shares your political views?

On this day in history

To find out what happened in history, choose a month and, if you like, specify a day.

World Clock

Second by second counts of global: births, deaths, population growths, species extinction, and other not so happy statistics.

National Archives

A great place to find primary source documents and download analysis worksheets.

Documents of Freedom

Links to websites with primary source documents from American History.

New York Times Daily News Quiz

Test your knowledge about current events.

Middle East Map Game

So, you think you have a sense of geography? Well, see how well you do with this interactive map of the Middle East.

Geoguesser

Imagine being dropped off in a random location somewhere in the world.  Use google street view to figure out where you are.  

Year 1:  Pre-Colombian Civilization to Constitution

Circle of Stories

Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling

Explorations: The World Before 1492

Information on large scale indigenous civilizations before western contact from the Digital History site.

Illustrated Accounts of Virginia

John White Drawings/Theodor De Bry engravings 1585 - 1590

The First Thanksgiving: You are the Historian

The official site of the first thanksgiving. An on-line learning experience that takes you through the "real" story of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people.

Daniel Shays and the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

National Museum of the American Indian

Dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts. With museum information and exhibits

America in 1607: Jamestown and the Powhatan

Explore the historic Jamestown fort and the Powhatan village of Werowocomoco through this interactive feature from National Geographic

Mayflowerhistory.com

The Internet's most complete resource on the Mayflower and the Pilgrims, with genealogy, history, primary source documents, and a complete passenger list biographies.

Mayflower:  "Desperate Crossing" Video Clip

Mission U.S. :  For Crown or Colony?

It's 1770, you are a 14 year old apprentice in Boston.  When the fighting starts, what will you do?  Play this interactive role playing video game.  

Significance of the American Revolution

Links to information and graphics about the American Revolution.

Principals of the U.S. Constitution

Principals of the U.S. Constitution
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Year 2:  New Nation to Reconstruction

Manifest Destiny Through Maps

Manifest Destiny tells the story of the United States in 141 maps from the Declaration of Independence to the present.

Mission U.S. Flight to Freedom

It's 1848. You are a slave trying to escape to freedom in this "choose your own adventure" style roleplaying game

American Slave Narratives

An online anthology of former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms.

Black Soldiers in the Civil War

National Archives lessons that use primary source posters & letters about the "fight for equal rights" in the Civil War military units.

Discovering Lewis and Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark is a hyperhistory in progress. It is enhanced by at least one new interpretive episode each month, employing a variety of multmedia techniques

The Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals

The site features the full text — almost five thousand pages — of the journals. Also included are a gallery of images, important supplemental texts, and audio files of selected passages plus Native American perspectives. Searchable by key words.

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Companion site to the Ken Burns film, 'Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.' Information on the explorers, expedition journals, ...

National Geographic: Lewis and Clark

Get information & features about the Lewis & Clark expedition across America--journal entries, maps, historical photos, drawings, and more

dohistory.org

Centered around a 200 year old midwive's journal, this site explores the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past

Slavery Fact Sheet

Dispel myths about this "most peculiar institution."

Images of slavery in confederate currency

Beyond Face Value: depictions of slavery in Southern currency.

Civil War Photos

National Archives collection of high quality photos organized by topic.
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