MOISD's Collection of Social Studies Sites

 

National Archives Newsreels and other Historic Films http://video.google.com/nara.html
Michigan Department of Education Social Studies News and Documents http://www.michcouncilss.org/mde/mde.htm
The Flag of the United States of America http://www.usflag.org
Fun Social Studies
http://funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/
American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/
 
"Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances" (Grades 3-5)
Students learn about the branches of government and how they check one another.
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/mg/fl15.aspx
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
The Betsy Ross Homepage
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html
The Bill of Rights Institute
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/
CongressLink
http://www.congresslink.org/
Create Your Own Storybook In Core Democratic Values
http://www.michiganepic.org/coredemocratic/
EconEdLink
Internet-based Economic Lessons and Materials
http://www.econedlink.org/
FedStats
The Gateway to Federal Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/
FirstGov For Kids http://www.kids.gov/
The Great Seal of the
United States
http://www.greatseal.com/
Heritage Quest: Your Resource for Genealogy Data
http://www.heritagequest.com/
History Happens http://www.ushistory.com/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators- General History & Social Studies Sites http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/histg.html
Kids Discover Michigan
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/kidspage/index.html
Michigan House Civics Commission http://www.civicscommission.com/
Michigan State Symbols, Flags, Maps, Songs etc.
http://www.50states.com/michigan.htm
PBS TeacherSource--
Social Studies

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm
Presidential Sites Idea Network
http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/pressites/
Stuff About Michigan--
Michigan Historical Center

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/michinfo/index.html
Teaching American History with the Internet (K-6)
http://twi.classroom.com/americanhistory/k6/
Teaching American History with the Internet (7-12)
http://twi.classroom.com/americanhistory/712/
Teaching With
Historic Places

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/

 

USA State Map/Quiz Printouts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/
Using Music to Teach Social Studies
http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/SocialStudies.html
Xpedition Resources National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
50 States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/

 

Pledge Of Allegiance by Red Skelton http://home.att.net/~poofcatt/july.html
History Wired
(
Take a virtual tour of selected objects from the vast collections of the National Museum of American History.)

http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
 
Earth Cam MetroCams
(See the hustle & bustle cities around the world  LIVE NOW!)
http://www.earthcam.com/metrocams/
 
U.S. Department of Interior for Kids http://www.doi.gov/kids/
 


Meet the Daggetts
(This site is great to understand what life was like during colonial times.)
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/intro.html
Geography
Funbrain.Com
Where Is That?
http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/where/
 
Geography: The Degree Confluence Project http://confluence.org/
Mapping My Spot in History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/map/index.html
 
   
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Last update: Monday, March 20, 2006

 

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