StudyIsland link for reviewing present chapters and past 6th grade standards in preparation for the 8th grade Social Studies California Standards Tests and online textbook are on etuad.org. Sample entry: J.Smith@RMST Enter password: learn first time and then select a personal password for you. You teacher can provide you with the password if you forget it. http://studyisland.com
Social Studies for Kids is a great link to search for information on topics discussed in class. http://www.kidsnewsroom.org
Teen friendly news. http://tweentribune.com
scholastic http://ABCnews 4 kids
current events http://www.currentevents.com
CBS News http://www.CBSnews.com
LA Times Newspaper http://www.washingtonpost.com
CNN http://www.cnn.com
Travel Channel http://www.travelchannel.com
CIA World Factbook: information on foreign countries. Excellent source for our modern country end of year project. http://odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
History Channel http://www.historychannel.com
Time for Kids / News http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news
Kids News Room http://www.kidsnewsroom.org
Daily Breeze Newspaper http://www.dailybreeze.com
Great games for all ages with many Social Studies games. http://www.funbrain.com
Facts and information for country reports. http://countryreports.org
Country reports and atlas. http://www.atlapedia.com/
News sites for kids- kids can read the news and even hear some of the stories. http://www.headlinespot.com/for/kids/
Great tool for memorizing the locations of countries and cities. http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm
National Geographic for kids http://natioalgeographic.com/kids/