Websites

An interactive story map that allows students to explore the great diversity of cultures, communities, and artistic traditions that enrich the United States. Through abundant photographs, audio, video, short text, and first-person quotes, the story map addresses a variety of key themes, including immigration, migration, identity, heritage, and community.

Grade Level: 5-12

Subjects: Cultural Arts & Social Studies

“Masters of Tradition - Related Resources.” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, folklife.si.edu/masters-of-tradition/related-resources.

Provides a kid friendly source to discover The Metropolitan Museum of Art through an interactive map, behind the scene videos, and a time machine that provides more than 5,000 years of art.

Grade Level: 1-6

Subjects: Art & Social Studies

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives, 2008, www.archives.gov/.

Provides digitization and digital exhibition of the historical and cultural documents, images, audio, and video held by Maryland institutions. Digital Maryland is a collaborative, statewide digital preservation program of the Enoch Pratt Free Library/Maryland State Library Resource Center.

Grade Level: 6-12

Subjects: English & Social Studies

Maryland State Library Resour. Digital Maryland. http://www.digitalmaryland.org/. 

Provides a free all-digital library that aggregates metadata from libraries, museums, and institutions around the country.

Grade Level: 5-12

Students: English & Social Studies                                 

Digital Public Library of America. 2019, dp.la/.

National Archives provides users with access to U.S. history records with an abundance of documents, genealogy, and other resources.

Grade Level: 4-12

Subjects: English & Social Studies

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives, 2008, www.archives.gov/.

Provides students with an interactive, online textbook on information about human-caused climate change and sticks to the fact and does not get into politics. Students can access read aloud sections, interactive graphs, and short quizzes.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Science & Social Studies

“Climate Science, Risk & Solutions.” Climate Science, Risk & Solutions, https://climateprimer.mit.edu/.

Provides more than 47,000 automated reports of public US Government data. Data sources include the U.S. Census, the U.S. Department of Labor, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and the National Center for Education Statistics.

Grade Level: 8-12

Subjects: Math, Science, & Social Studies

Data USA. “Data USA.” Datausa.io, 2022, datausa.io/. 

National Geographic Kids is a kid-friendly science and social studies informational website that provides articles, videos, games, and much more.

Grade Level: Pre-K - 8

Subjects: Science & Social Studies

National Geographic. “National Geographic Kids.” National Geographic Kids, National Geographic, kids.nationalgeographic.com/.

NASA’s Climate Kids website tells the story of our changing planet through the eyes of the NASA missions studying Earth. The site is full of games, activities and articles that make climate science accessible and engaging.

Grade Level: 3-6

Subjects: Science

NASA. “NASA Climate Kids.” Nasa.gov, 2019. https://climatekids.nasa.gov/.

SkySci is a website designed for children ages 5-10 to explore learning about weather, climate, and related science topics in a fun way. The website is packed with short articles, online games, storybooks, and videos that allow children to explore independently, with a parent a parent/guardian or classroom teacher.

Grade Level: K-5

Subjects: Science

National Center for Atmospheric Research. SkySci for Kids | Center for Science Education. scied.ucar.edu/kids.

A source for lesson plans, interactive activities, and a statistics library designed to bring the U.S. Census to life. The website is organized by subject and grade level.

Grade Level: K-12

Subjects: Math & Social Studies

US Census Bureau. “Statistics in Schools.” Census.gov, 2019, www.census.gov/schools/.

A website to explore New Deal sites, find summaries of New Deal programs, watch videos about the New Deal, follow policy debates, and more.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Social Studies

Department of Geography University of California. “Living New Deal.” Living New Deal, 2018, livingnewdeal.org/. 

Voices of Democracy features a growing collection of curriculum units focusing on significant speeches in U.S. History. Curriculum units include citizenship and civic identity, civil rights, freedom of speech, religion and morality in public life, social and economic justice, U.S. internationalism, as well as war and peace.

Grade Level: 8-12

Subjects: Social Studies

Shawn J. Parry-Giles Department of Communication. Voices of Democracy, voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/.