Links

Here you'll find information on the Cricket and Cobblestone online website; great for all SS themes:

[|http://www.cobblestonepub.com/onlinedatabase/CUSODBSB.html]

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[|Here is a link] to "The Best of History Web Sites"


 * Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. ||

[|click here] for a link to "HyperHistory.com" The colorful timelines on this site let readers see at a glance waht was happening around the world from pre-historic through modern times. They can also read biographies of world leaders, scientists, writers, and musicians and view maps and other pertinent information by clicking on links in the timeline....great fun!

[|click here] for the official kids portal to the US government...tons and tons of links related to a wide variety of social studies topics

Here you'll find New Canaan's Social Studies curriculum: http://www2.newcanaan.k12.ct.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=27941

[|http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geography-action/assets/pdf/mapping-the-americas.pdf] The National Council for the Social Studies site has some great resources.

http://www.socialstudies.org/

click below for a list of "notable trade books for young people" from the site

http://downloads.ncss.org/notable/notable2007.pdf

click below to find materials and book collections:

http://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/reading/classroomReaders/

Joy Hakim's "History of Us" series, worth checking out:

http://www.amazon.com/History-US-10-Vol-Set/dp/0195152603

Here is a link to the CT State Library history information: http://www.cslib.org/hisinfo.htm

This is a helpful professional development site. Perhaps we can use specific clips when we make this site go "public"?

http://www.learner.org/resources/series176.html?pop=yes&pid=1887

General Information Websites:

www.si.edu/history_and_culture

www.nationalgeographic.com www.hbschool.com/menus/hssc/index.html

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/netsbest/index.html

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/index.aspx

Explorers Websites:

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/aztecs.htm

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vikings/write.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/index.shtml

Colonization Websites:

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/index.html

http://www.osv.org/

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

http://noahwebsterhouse.org/games.html

http://www.history.org/kids/games/

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniespark.htm

Road to Revolution/Revolution Websites:

www.libertyskids.com

www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html

http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html?qskip1=1&tqtime=0822

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html

Geography Websites:

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

http://www.lakelandsd.com/tutorial/lesson1.html

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/geogtest1.html

http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blocean.htm

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

http://www.google.com