Social+Studies+History

= General =

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This website contains video with text and music that is a great testament to why we study history.

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A great online tool to enhance the teaching and research of history. Recommended for middle school and secondary level students.

= **Geography** =

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This website houses the National Geographic Society's interactive museum of geography journeys. There are many lessons, activities and other various tools available for both teachers and students. Recommended specifically for middle school and secondary level students.

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This World Atlas Online resource represents a selection of maps to use with your interactive whiteboard. Recommended for use at all grade levels.

= **Economics** =

Trade game [] Interdependence Web []

= **American History** =

Digital Stories about Am. History []

An overview of American History (video) []

Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895? []

Could you have graduated from High School in 1885? []

1999 History School Quiz- Overview of history []

Slavery Quiz []

Links to Games about Historical Topics []

America Becomes a World Power []

US Presidents []

American Revolution- Places []

American Revolution- The British are Coming (Timed Questions) []

American Revolution- Bill of Rights []

Digital Background- A site that offers lesson plans/activities/etc. all in US History. The site is primarily analyzing visual documents and discussing the significance. Excellent links are provided. []

= **Great Depression** =

Great Depression and New Deal (tons of resources) [] Using photographs from this time []

More photographs []

Photo Essay []

Photograph Questions []

Magpipe Sings the Great Depression []

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt []

Stock Market Game []

Map of the Market []

Assessments []

This site has great text information for further research. Topics range from the 1920s to question of whether or not the New Deal was successful. [|Great Depression]

A comprehensive site with text information on key individuals, photographers, and New Deal legislation. Not much interactivity, but a great additional resource. [|Roosevelt and the New Deal]

Site that offers four lesson plans that focus on the American way of life and not as much of the policies. The lessons are currently not written for a whiteboard but could easily be transferred for easy viewing. Great resources are provided. [|The Great Depression and the Arts]

Several links to sites that offer information on African-Americans during this time, women, students, labor, and many more. A great site for additional information. [|Great Depression Features (New Deal Network)]

PowerPoint Presentation with over 100 slides of information. [|FDR and the NEW DEAL]

= **Government** =

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GREAT Jeopardy Game on branches of government/ saved to computer Homepage- []

Electoral College Quia []

Another Jeopardy Game- []

Road to the White House Game []

Map of the US and voting trends of democrat or republican. You can change the party vote and see how that can impact the voting trends. []

[|http://it.coe.uga.edu/~lrieber/pptgames/baseball.ppt#256,1,Georgia] Travels Great interactive Baseball game of government questions and a few baseball trivia

[] Comical video on the government’s power in the US

= **War in Iraq- Current Events and/or Government** =

Political Map of Iraq []

Detailed Map of Iraq []

Iraq Region []

United Nations CyberSchoolBus (live chat sessions/contests/real life happenings!) []

Unresolved Problems of the World- links [|http://www.rusd.k12.ca.us/4teachers/history/history10b.html#unresolved_probs]

The famous question is, “When will I ever have to know this?” Helping students see the relevance is a vital and key step in teaching history. Therefore, when teaching about history, why not relate the past to current events. This section will provide activities/information on relating WWII to current events.

[|Committee on Conscience | Alert | Darfur | Overview]

Voices on Genocide- an interview with the co-founder of the Harvard Darfur Action group. Can be played on RealPlayer, ITunes, etc. [|VOICES ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION]

Videos on Darfur- National Geographic site offers a series of videos for detailed information on what is currently happening in Sudan and what has in the past. The video screen is small and the video shows advertisements prior to showing the video but the content is very useful and informative. [|Special Video Series: Sudan, Country in Crisis]

Nobel Peace Prize – 20th Century Wars []

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 * American conflicts listed with an additional site to go into

Interactive Game with videos, text, quizzes, etc. []

 = **Industrial Revolution** = Great links! [|http://www.rusd.k12.ca.us/4teachers/history/history10d.html#indust_rev]

 = **Panama Canal** = Site that offers a tour of the canal, timeline, footage, and a quiz. [|http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/panamacanal/index.html#]

Live Camera shots, real pictures of the canal, history, etc. []

 = **Medieval History Games** =

Review []

Asian Middle Ages Chronology []

Asian Middle Ages People, Places, and Things []

Destroy the Castle (math link) []

 = **Ancient History Games** =

Gladiator- Dressed to Kill (have 60 seconds to dress a gladiator for battle.. will you choose the correct items?) []

Housesteads Fort- Virtual tour (may need to download VRML but BBC has step-by-step instructions on how to do this) []

Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii in 79AD (good webquest and/or homework activity) Scavenger Hunt []

Seven wonders of the Ancient World (4 different games) []

Pyramid Builder (very detailed- great for middle school) Keeps you interested []

Death in Rome- Site that you use your detective skills to unravel the events behind a mysterious death. []

 = **Civil War** = Site offers lots of images of life during the Civil War []

Images, timeline, and a movie []

Interactive plantation home that allows the viewers to navigate through. Excellent! []

Songs and Poetry []

Detailed Interactive Site on Civil War []

 = **WWI** =

Animated Map- The Western Front 1914-1918 []

Animated Map- Battle of Somme []

Great links [|http://www.rusd.k12.ca.us/4teachers/history/history10f.html#worldwar1]

WWI Quia Quiz (games) []

 = **WWII** =

Between the Wars Vocabulary []

Animated Map- The Burma Campaign []

Animated Map- The Fall of France []

Great links [|http://www.rusd.k12.ca.us/4teachers/history/history10h.html#worldwar2] This link connects you to a very detailed lesson plan on this subject. Reproducible sheets are provided for you as well as additional resources and links. [|Fighting For An Ideal America]

Additional posters that could be enlarged for the whiteboard are provided on this site. [|Produce_For_Victory]

This site is an interactive template that allows your class to work as a team to choose a poster, decide on the purpose, figure out who is targeted, and discuss their overall impression of the poster. [|Interactive Poster]

Another interactive analysis of war time posters is included in this link. The difference is this template focuses on the Uncle Sam.. I want You poster. [|I want YOU!]

 = **Holocaust** =

A very sensitive unit of study for many teachers and students. It is imperative that it is discussed and taught with great care and respect. Provided for you are links of highly reputable sites.

A Holocaust timeline that supplies the viewer with images and descriptions in chronological order. [|Timeline]

Mapping the Holocaust in 1933 is provided on this site. This is an interactive map that needs FlashPlayer in order to view the interactivity. You are able to pause the video map [|Mapping the Holocaust]

The Chamber of the Holocaust- a virtual field trip to a museum that is dedicated to those who perished and those who survived the Holocaust. Viewings are memorials that were designed throughout Europe. [|Chamber- Holocaust]

Survivors- this site has links to hear stories from survivors during the Holocaust. You need RealPlayer to hear the stories. [|The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy - The Survivors]

Audio Gallery- The immediacy of hearing someone's voice is a direct and personal experience. Some of the audio recordings tell of incidents related in the texts of the Survivors Stories. Other recordings expand on the stories with additional anecdotes, and with songs and with prayers. A verbatim transcription is provided to help the listener understand the speaker and a translation is provided when a foreign language is spoken [|Holocaust Survivors: Audio Gallery]

 = **Concentration Camps** =

Concentration Camps- a map shows the concentration cams throughout Europe [|Concentration Camps]

A virtual tour of Auschwitz through either QuickTime or Flash. (two different tours) [|Virtual Tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp]

 = **Photography** =

Using images to teach and discuss history has a strong impact on all of us. The following sites have photographs that could be used to have open discussions and/or lessons.

A site with tons of links to photographs of the Holocaust. [|Holocaust Survivors: Photo Gallery]

Holocaust survivors share their stories as well as their personal photographs. The site gives background information on the survivor as well as letters, stories, and pictures. [|Holocaust Survivors: Survivor Stories]


 * Please see current events section for sites on the crisis in Darfur for a correlation of history and current events.

= Cold War =

Excellent revision notes in collapsible format - revise key points and click to reveal essential notes []

Links all in relation to the end of WWII/Cold War []

At the bottom of the site are several interactive revision diagrams. Each heading offers suggested answers []

Halfway down the page you can find an audible speech made by JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis. []

This CNN Perspectives series explores the Cold War experience. Included are interactive maps, rare video footage, declassified documents, biographies, picture galleries, timelines, interactive activities, a search function, book excerpts, an educator's guide and more. (Demands a 4.0 browser or higher) []

Site has 18 connections to maps, information, etc on topics all related to the Cold War. After most sections is a multiple choice test with immediate feedback. []

Interactive map of prewar (1939), turning point (1943) and Cold War (1947) []

This is a site that takes you to a map of Europe. The great thing about it is that you can click on a certain portion of the map and magnify that section []

The World Gazetteer provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics []

Hosted by CNN, 4 games are offered. 2 are for key players during this time, a crossword puzzle, and the last is for terminology []

Duck Shot Game- multiple choice quiz []

Another multiple choice quiz []

Another game []

Word search with vocabulary related to the Cold War []

“Give Me a Ten Dollar Bill” []

Interpretation of the letter []

Official letter

Match-Up quizzes available. Main sections include: Ipact of War, Superpower relations (related to the Cold War) []

Extensive revision lesson providing revision diagrams to complete together with revision quizzes []

 = Russia (Czars) =

Mapping of Russia 1914-1917- Students can fill in the correct bubbles with the appropriate information []

U2 Song lyrics for Sunday Bloody Sunday (hyperlink) Have students listen to the song and see the lyrics on the whiteboard. You could purchase a cd for the computer or you could download the song from sites such as- [|Wal-Mart Music Downloads] Follow-up song with a writing activity. [|U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday lyrics] [|Sunday Bloody Sunday (song) - Info]

Alexander I- Cloze activity that is interactive with your board. Have students come to the board to fill in the missing words. [|Alexander I]

The following site has several political cartoons, all from this time period, that your students can verbally or through writing analyze. A great introduction is also provided on // how // to analyze political cartoons. [|Political Cartoons]

Online Quiz- Russia and Its Neighbors- (geography) [|Russia (Geography) quiz]

Timeline of the Romanovs (matching) [|Time line of the Romanovs]

The Crimean War Interactive Quiz [|The Crimean War]

The following sites are interactive games that quiz your class on Russia/Czars. [|The Russian Revolution - Hoop Shoot]

[|Russia 1918 - 1941 - Penalty Shootout]

 = Interdisciplinary Connections =

Science-** Hemophilia (Nicholas II) [|Hemophilia: The Royal Disease]- this site has a lot of text regarding hemophilia but halfway through is a family tree of a Duke and Princess and how the disease is genetically passed. Great tie with genetics! Comes with follow-up questions although answers are not provided unless you become a member.

A detailed lesson plan (workshop) of ‘Exploring St. Petersburg and the History of St. Petersburg” []

Excellent Comprehensive Lesson Plan from an overview of Russia until World War I. The lesson plan format is very easy to read and follow and everything is simply laid out for you []

Russia/Soviet Union (1917-1954) []