Social+Studies+(History+&+Geography)

=SOCIAL STUDIES WEBSITES =

Contains full-color physical maps, political maps, as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
 * [|Atlapedia]**

Tons of links about all the dynasties from Ancient China, Early Imperial China, Classical Imperial China, and Later Imperial China, along with information about their inventions
 * [|Ancient China (Indy Kids)]**

A short quiz testing the reader's knowledge about Ancient Egypt can be found; below are related games for Ancient Inca, Stonehenge, and Cool Cats.
 * [|Ancient Egypt: Interactive Games from National Geographic]**

You'll find an interactive timeline of Greek civilization, some short video clips, plus educational resources for teachers.
 * [|Ancient Greece: from PBS] **

Contains information about the Romans and how the empire was built; interactive timelines and quizzes are just two of the features you will find. Also includes teacher resources, including lesson plans and video clips.
 * [|Ancient Rome: from PBS] **

Everything you always wanted to know about how the United States government works.
 * [|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government]**

This website is a portal that provides a lot of links to history websites which are well-organized by time period.
 * [|Best of History Websites]**

Multimedia is this website's claim to fame. Slide shows, video clips, and more help students explore a broad range of topics relating to the colonial era in the United States.
 * [|Colonial Williamsburg]**

Links to all U.S. Government agencies with statistical information for K-12 students.
 * [|FedStats - Federal Government Statistics for Kids] **

Geography practice on this website nets two results: mastery of the topic and food for the hungry. For every question a student correctly answers, 20 grains of rice are donated through the UN World Food Program to fight hunger all over the world!
 * [|Free Rice]**

Provides links to Federal children's sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by topic/subject area.
 * [|Kids.Gov]**

Contains film clips and politically significant recordings. For all ages.
 * [|History & Politics Out Loud]**

Contains a virtually limitless digital photo collection of historical moments in American history, including primary and secondary source documents in digital format.
 * [|Library of Congress: American Memory]**

Main tabs are Animals, Games, Videos, Stories, and Activities. Each tab contains its own special feature with related Cool Clicks that may be games, contests, and interactive activities. Fascinating and FUN website!
 * [|National Geographic for Kids]**

This page contains links to websites with information about the series of earthquakes that occurred at the New Madrid fault during 1811-12. There are eyewitness accounts, photographs, as well as geological and ecological information.
 * Reelfoot Lake**

History Bill takes us on video field trips across the state of Tennessee. Along the way, he finds out cool trivia and historical information about the state of Tennessee, including the six physical regions. There's also an interactive trivia quiz. TOTALLY FABULOUS!
 * [|Tennessee History for Kids] **

This is basically a listing of portals. There are some collections, such as September 11th, that lists links for you to visit. Since this is web archive, some may or may not be available.
 * [|Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]**

Famous and influential women are profiled on this website. Biographies, ancient civilizations, lessons, history mysteries, and more can be found. Teacher resources include lesson plans and activity ideas.
 * [|Women in World History]**

An interactive investigation into the lives of a Delaware family who lived during the early 1800's.
 * [|You Be the Historian] **