Social Studies

General
History Central - Information on a wide variety of topics
European Voyages of Exploration:  The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The American Presidency - a Grolier Encyclopedia Resource 

Presidents of the United States

Distinguished Women of the Past & Present
National Geographic for Kids
Yahooligans Reference Encyclopedia 

Scholastic's The First Thanksgiving
 

Grade 1
The Iditarod:  the Race Across Alaska by Scholastic.COM
 

Grade 2
Penguins
     Penguins Around the World
     Penguin Species
     New Zealand Penguins
     Fishing for Facts:  Penguins
    
Hedwig's Penguin Home     
     Cool Antarctica
    
Enchanted Learning's Penguins

    
Antarctica 2000 Southern Light Gallery

    
Gander Academy Penguins

    
Antarctica Science  
     Magellan Penquins from Chile  
     

Discover China

World Atlas  
Maps from all over the world 
The Smithsonian Institute     Discover our world.
National Geograhic For Kids
 

Grade 3
Native Americans
    Native American Website developed by 5th and 6th grade students

    Native American Website for Children

    National Museum of the American Indian
    Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research
- Exhibit Galleries

Famous Colonial & Early Americans
    American History - Biographies 
    American Revolution - Events & People 

    Archiving Early America's Lives of Famous Americans 
                (Ben Franklin, Daniel Boone, George Washington, Paul Revere)
    Betsy Ross Homepage
    Colonial Hall's Biographies of Our Founding Fathers and their Wives
    Biographies of Notable Women
    CIA Hall of Fame
  (George Washington, Ben Franklin, Nathan Hale, James Lafayette)
    From Revolution to Reconstruction's Biographies 
    Great People in American History from Enchanted Learning

    History Maker Biographies 

    History's Women - Early America

                (Pocahontas, Sarah Franklin Bache, Mary Young Pickersgill, Betsy Ross,
                 Daring Doctor Sofie, Pilgrim Women, Emily Geiger, Deborah Samson,
                 Abigail Smith Adams, Belle Boyd, Molly Pitcher, Varina Anne Davis,
                 Sacajawea, Jane Wilkonson)
    History's Women - Many Other Categories

    Liberty Kids - Short biographies on 36 famous Americans 

    Molly Pitcher
    More Molly Pitcher
    Notable Women Ancestors:  Deborah Sampson

    Notable Women Ancestors:  Sacajawea  

    Notable Women of Early America 

                 (Abigail Adams, Catherine Ferguson, Dolly Madison, Lucretia Mott, Mary Philipse,
                  Molly Pitcher, Betsy Ross, Catharine Sedgwick, Mercy Warren, Marth Washington,
                  Mary Ball Washington, Phillis Wheatley)
    The United States from World Alamanac for Kids

    Western Pioneers and Frontiersmen  
                 (Buffalo Bill, James Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Wyatt Earp,
                  plus others)

Revolutionary War
     America's Story, the Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) from the Library of Congress 

     The American Revolution for Kids 
     Liberty!  The American Revolution by the Public Broadcasting System  

Colonial America 1600-1775 K12 Resources
Discovering Lewis & Clarke

Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark
Old Sturbridge Village
The Oregon Trail    Follow the Oregon Trail on the internet's complete website.

 

Grade 4

The Underground Railroad
     Underground Railroad BrainPop Movie & Quiz 
*New
     Safe Passage Online
     Underground Railroad by National Geographic
     Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

The Decades
     Archer Audio Archives 
     20th Century from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

Inventors & Inventions
     Inventors at Play

     Design & Technology - Inventors & Inventions  

     Famous Inventors 
     The Great Idea Finder
     The Greatest Inventors & Inventions Hall of Fame   

     The History of Invention

     Inventors and Inventions Theme Page
     Lemelson - MIT Inventor of the Week Archives
     National Inventors Hall of Fame
     The Smithsonian's Innovative Lives
     Zoom Inventors and Inventions
     World Almanac for Kids - Technology - Comptuers, Inventors, Inventions, & Transportation

Immigration
     Immigration by Scholastic
*New
     Ellis Island Immigration:  A Photo Exhibit
     National Geographic Places Directory - Search for the country of your heritage 

     Flags of the World - Source for information on the flags and emblems
                                     of different countries


World Book Online
GeoGlobe  
An Interactive Geography Site
American Memory   Documents and historical materials about people and
                                events that made our nation
Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time

 

Grade 5

Online Map Puzzles - by Owl and Mouse Educational Software  

GeoSpy - by National Geographic - Games to help identify continents, countries,
               states, and provinces.
GeoBee Challenge- by National Geographic - Five new questions from the National Geography Bee posted every day. 
World Almanac for Kids
Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids
State Web Games    
by Sheppard Software - Learn location, capitals, and facts
                                  about all 50 states

World Atlas   
Maps from all over the world 
Library of Congress's Country Studies Information developed by the US Government
                                   on more than 100 countries
CIA World Fact Book  Extensive Information on all the Countries of the World
World Book Online
Geo-Globe   An Interactive Geography Site
American Memory   Documents and historical materials about people and
                                   events that made our nation
Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time
 

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