The History Channel ~ Check it out http://www.history.com/
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com
NASA for middle school students Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/ Please take a moment and practice your vocab. For each word you get right, the web site donates 20 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.
For your Current Events Report Projects you may refer to following few web sites: CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment ...
BBC NEWS | News Front Page
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
Breaking News, Analysis, Opinions, Multimedia and Blogs - TIME
Time for Kids | News
NJ.com: The Star-Ledger
Ancient India Web Quest http://india.mrdonn.org/indus.html
Ancient China Information Web Quest http://china.mrdonn.org/