Museums
Interactive timeline throughout the world! See what you can find!
Take a virtual tour around the Smithsonian Museum!
Look for the online exhibitions to find some interesting artifacts, and information.
View the exhibitions on display in the Washington D.C.
American History
Free classroom resources for teaching the constitution.
An interactive way to explore American History!
U.S. History broken down by time periods ranging from 1620 to today!
Use the artifacts from the American History Smithsonian Museum!
All of the records of the USA!
Check out the interactive map of all of the locations impacted by the New Deal. There's a lot more on this site too!
Current Events
Ask some questions and get some answers.
Up to date news articles written for kids!
News written for kids! Select your student's grade level and get started!
Smithsonian's news for kids with differing lexile levels for each article!
Lessons and Curricular Material
TED Talks presents TEDEd! Lots of videos on many different subjects!
Lesson plans and guides to real world problems. This is probably better suited for older students.
History lessons for grades K - 5
Empowering students to think deeply and write critically about pivotal moments in US history.
Civics
Play the game! Explore civics!
Lesson plans and activities about Congress and Civic Engagement for grades K - 5.
Many resources for teachers...all for free and for all grade levels!
Primary resources, photographs and information about the many peices of our history.
Geography
Free online games to study deserts, mountains, continents, states and more!
Catch Carmen and her band of miscreants! It's up to you Gumshoe! Good luck!
Geography made for kids!
Go beyond identifying the physical features of Earth to explore how humans interact with the world around them using resources in Geography.