Social Studies

Helpful Social Studies Resources

Any Day in History - find events from any day in history
AP Euro Quizzes - practice quizzes for the AP Euro test
AP US Quizzes - practice quizzes for the AP US History test
Biographical Dictionary - biographical information about over 27,000 people
Biography- find biographical information about over 15,000 people
Black Facts - information on black history
The Century narrated by Peter Jennings - YouTube Playlist with all episodes
CIA World Factbook - find facts about any country, dependency and geographic entity in the world
Digital History - high quality historical resources for teachers and students of American history
Fed Stats - statistics from 100 federal agencies
French Revolution - information and links about the French Revolution
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - enter geographic terms and match them to actual places
Global Studies History Quizzes- take quizzes in Global Studies for practice or to see what you know
The History Net - U.S. and World history, interviews, and features
Holocaust History - history of the Holocaust and genocide
HyperHistory Online - information on 3,000 years of world history
The Labrynth - guide to electronic resources in medieval studies
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library - site dedicated to Abraham Lincoln
Our Documents - explore 100 major documents in U.S. history
PBS: American Experience - graphics, text, timelines, documents, and animations of selected topics in American history
Political Cartoons - current, published political cartoons
Portals to the World - in-depth information about countries around the world
Stateless Nations - learn about people who have no nation to call their own
Thirteen Colonies - web page with links to other pages about the history of early American colonies
U.S. Department of State - numerous issue around policy, diplomacy, economics, environment, national security, etc.
Women's History - links to women's history sites

Courtesy of H. Boston (GMHS)

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