Mrs. Fogarty

GEOGRAPHY, STATES, REGIONS

Basic Geography

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/sea.html

Find out about different climates of the regions in the continental United States.

http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/climate/climate.html

Find out about the states here:  http://www.50states.com/

Regions

http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g4/na/index.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/fifty.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Natural_Landmarks

HISTORY

Timelines from the 1400s to the present. http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/timelinesmain.html

History A to Z has links organized by the alphabet. 

http://kids.aol.com/homework-help/history-a-to-z

This site is organized by time periods in history.  Use the drop-down list.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ushistoryperiods.htm

Native Americans

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/indians.html

The Boston Tea Party 1773    Boston Tea Party - online, children's activity

Colonial Times

http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/smartfun/colonial/intro/intro.html#acct

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/colonists6.html

Revolutionary War

http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html

Explore the West with Lewis and Clark  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html

WebRangers

Be a Patriot Spy  Webrangers Activity: The Patriot Spy

Be a Civil War Soldier    Webrangers Activity: Civil War Soldier

Help Lincoln Get to the White House   Webrangers Activity: Help Lincoln Get to the White House 

Growth of a Nation

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/states.html

Very cool site that shows how technology in our homes has changed.  This is a time line in the form of a Shockwave image that changes as you pull the slider to the left or right. For any year, you can get information about any object in the image by placing your mouse cursor over the part of the image you are interested in.   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/techslider.html

Civil War Information for Kids

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm

Solve a make-believe mystery about a portrait of George Washington

http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/kids/flash.html

America’s Story – Learn about history, presidents, and famous Americans through history

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php

Links to information about the Presidents

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident

GOVERNMENT

Do you think it would be fun to be the president of the United States?  Give it a try:  http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/index.html

All about VOTING:  http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote

The White House – Find out about the White House, the current President and First Lady, and lots more!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/

Ben’s Guide to the Government – From your neighborhood to our Nation.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html

Love Social Studies?  Want to test your knowledge?  Try these old ISAT questions (yes, the ISAT test used to assess Social Studies).  The answers are at the end.

http://www.isbe.net/assessment/pdfs/socscience_sample.pdf

Another Test:  http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/testskills.html