Social Studies

Geography

• World Atlas (iPad)

• Overlap Maps: instantly compare any two places on Earth

• National Geographic Interactive Maps

• Larry Ferlazzo's List of Online Geography Games

• Public Domain Country Maps

• Public Domain Regional Maps

• Urban Observatory: access and compare data sets from cities around the world

U.S. History

• Mission US: a multimedia project to engage players in U.S. history content

• A Crash Course in US History (videos)

• Manifest Destiny told in 141 Maps

• Mount Vernon: virtual tour

• Constitution Games

• Miller Center's Presidential Classroom

American Revolution

• The Road to Revolution

• The Chronicle of the Revolution

• American Revolution Interactive Timeline (iPad)

• The Corns Visit the 13 Colonies: A book created by students (iPad)

• Investigating the First Thanksgiving

Civil War

• Teaching the Civil War with Technology

• Civil War Poster

• Library of Congress Civil War Collection

• Flight to Freedom: game to explore the Underground Railroad

• Under His Hat: Learn about LIncoln from primary sources

• Gettysburg: interactive sponsored by AP

• Larry Ferlazzo's Best Sites for Learning about Gettysburg

Twentieth Century

• Surviving the Dust Bowl

• Best Sites for Teaching the Holocaust

• Holocaust-Era Assets from the Nat'l Archives

• Holocaust-Era Images from the Nat'l Archives

• Holocaust Picture Books

Government

• Explanation of Party Conventions

• The Supreme Court: interactive timeline

• Electoral College & the Nat'l Archives

• Presidential Campaign Commercials: 1952-2012

Ancient History

• Network Model of the Roman World

• A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome

• Social Studies

  • The History of the World in 100 Objects

• Go Social Studies Go

• Think Fast About the Past iPad app

• History Animated

• 60 Second Adventures in Economics

• Social Studies Central

• 7 Sweet History Apps

• The Cultural Institute: a virtual museum

• iCivics

• Beyond the Bubble (assessment tools)

• TimelinesTV

• Census Facts: The American Family Through Time

• Today in History: Library of Congress

• History Engine: Educational Tool

• Region 13 Social Studies Page

• Texas Council for the Social Studies

• Sqworl

• Teaching Kids News

• Historical Thinking Matters

• Internet Archive

• HipHughesTV on YouTube

• Picturing the Century: 100 yrs of photos

• Larry Ferlazzo's list of sites for learning about Asia and the Middle East

• All About Explorers: practice identifying valid information

World History

• European Exploration: The Age of Discovery (iPad)

• A Crash Course in World History (videos)

• Wilson Center Digital Archives: International History Declassified

• Life in the Iron Age: an interactive animation

Economics

• Quest for Credit: YouTube video sponsored by mint.com