Social Studies Resources

MARCH - WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

• Various resources to explore for Women's History Month.    Photo to the left of Susan B. Anthony
• Women's History - Factmonster
  
• Library of Congress
• Women's International Center

REMEMBERING 911

Below is a collection of sites, resources, photos and videos from September 11, 2001. Please be advised that some of the images are very graphic.

• History Channel Video-additional
• Wikipedia about 911 Attacks
• 9/11 Memorial
• Flight 93 National Park Memorial ABC CLIO Articles
  

FEBRUARY - BLACK HISTORY MONTH

• Library of Congress - Black History
• Internet_4Classrooms_Black History

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Below are sites and information on Dr. King.

• The King Center
• I Have a Dream Speech
• Video Review of Dr. King's Work
• March on Washington
• Separate But Equal

CESAR CHAVEZ

• Wikipedia
• About Chavez on Enchanted Learning
• United Farm Workers
• Fact Monster
• The Fight in the Fields - PBS

OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING 3 BRANCHES

• Three Branches of Government - How they function
• Three Co-Equal Branches of Government
• Short Primer on the structure of our government
• The Constitution, the Articles of Federation, and Federalism, a crash course
• Three Branches - RAP Style
• Understanding the Three Branches of Government

I CIVICS

iCivics prepares young Americans to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st-century citizens by creating free and innovative educational materials.

In 2009, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics to reverse Americans’ declining civic knowledge and participation. Securing our democracy, she realized, requires teaching the next generation to understand and respect our system of governance.

JUSTICE BY THE PEOPLE

Justice by the People - A Civics, History and Language Arts program.  Access free classroom materials, games, and printables.  This includes an interactive Courtroom simulation.

Make Your Case is a courtroom trial simulation in which students control the action as they experience a real courtroom setting. This Teaching Guide will help you incorporate the game into your classroom.

LEWIS AND CLARK / LOUISIANA PURCHASE

• Lewis and Clark
  
• Lewis and Clark - PBS Ken Burns
• Louisiana Purchase - Office of the Historian
• Louisiana Purchase - Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
• Louisiana Purchase - US History.com

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

• The Gettysburg Address - Audio

CALIFORNIA AND LOCAL

• California Missions
• San Joaquin County Historical Museum
• Sacramento History Online
• Locke - Information on the delta town of Locke
  
• Califonia and Regional Sites
• Net State California
• John Sutter - SF City Museum
• Sutter's Fort
  

US States and Capitals

• Capital Penguin - Academic Skill Builders.com
• Enchanted Learning
• Fifty States
• Net States
• I Like 2 Learn
• Social Studies for Kids 
• Infoplease
• State Maps
• States and Capitals Song
• States and Capitals Song with Drawings
• States and Capitals - by Wakko
• US Map Puzzle Game
• Vector Kids Captial Game

US GOVERNMENT

• US Congress
• US Senate
• State Department
• White House
• Supreme Court

U.S. DOCUMENTS

• America's Historical Documents at the National Archives
• US Constitution Online

HISTORY WEBSITES

• KidsPast.com - World History, History Games and Quotes.

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

• Tour the World - The geography of the world.

U.S. HISTORY

• American Revolutionary War
  
• Civil War
• History.com
• USHistory.org
• U-S-History.com
• The American Revolution in 5 minutes and 20seconds - a quick look at what caused the American Revolution.
• The American Revolution in 5 minutes - Another quick look at the causes.