Harrison Junior School

Social Studies Page

Social Studies Sites

Top Three Sites:

#1 9th Grade Citizenship Proficiency Test Links - Mr. Sams' Site designed to help you prepare for and pass the Citizenship Proficiency Test.

#2 Stock Market Education Assistant - Mr. Sams' Links to the Stock Market.

Important Class Links: Egypt Links, Greek Links, Greek WebQuest,

Roman Resources, American Revolution

Other Sites of Interest:

Ancestry.Com - Learn about your past! Research, and conduct genealogical research on your family.

Anyday in History - What happened on your birthday? Find out birthdays, death dates, and special events that happened any day of the year.

AskERIC Lesson Plans : History - Teaching Tool

AskERIC Lesson Plans : Social Studies - Teaching Tool

Avalon Project - Excellent! Online digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government.

Biographies - Common biographies students often need for reports.

Biography - Excellent! A&E site with a database of over 15,000 famous people.

Discoverers Web - Perfect for World History and the first part of U.S. History. Hundreds of links to information on discoverers and explorers, from prehistoric man through modern day.

Education Calendar - Use once a month to check a monthly posting of significant historical events with links to related Internet sites.

Genealogy Site Finder - Part of FamilyTreeMaker.com, .a directory of over 40,000 genealogy sites on the Web.

Historical Photographs Online - Huge list of links to all types of photo archives.

History & Social Studies for K-12 Teachers - Excellent! One of the top sites I have used in my research. It includes extensive, annotated links to help social studies teachers find information on the Internet.

The History Place - Beautiful Site. It seems to have promise.

The History Net - Another well developed site. Includes World and US history, interviews, feature articles and much more.

History of Costume - Online reproduction of a 1880's book that provides drawings of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century.

History Online - An arranged group of links to historical Web sites arranged by era.

History Timelines - Collection of timelines that can be found on the Net; includes America, places, global, cultural, and resource information.

Historyteacher.com : Search Page - Teaching Tool. Compilation of search forms from history sites all over the Internet.

Horus Gets in Gear (H-GIG) - Online resource of links for all areas of history.

Houghton Mifflin Education Place : Social Studies Center - Excellent! Links to games, projects, activities, and professional resources

K-12 History on the Internet Resource Guide - Teaching Tool. Links for history educators.

My Facts Page : Historical Information Resources - Hundreds of history resources from Refdesk.Com

Nobel Prize Internet Archive - Lists of winners in all categories with links to related sites.

SCORE : History/Social Science - Teaching Tool. Collection of history and social studies links searchable by grade level and theme; some suggested activities are included.

Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources - Teaching Tool. Site for social studies teachers to browse over 600 lesson plans and links to social studies resources.

Social Studies School Services Online Resources - Links from SocialStudies.Com.

Social Studies Sources for Teachers - From Indiana University, good site.

Television News Archives : Evening News Broadcasts - Neat place to read abstracts of what was going on every day since 1968. See what was the news of the day you were born.

This Day in History - Find out important (and not-so-important) things that happened any date of the year. Then go to the History Channel Homepage.

Time 100 - Time Magazine's site which profiles the top 100 influential people of the 20th century. An ongoing site, December 1998 is the last installment of this site.

U.S. GenWeb Project - List of Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and state. An ongoing project.

Web Sites and Resources for Teachers : Social Studies - Teaching Tool.

Yahoo History List

Yahoo Social Science List

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