Social Studies Activities/Resources

Online Resources

Timeliners

• Online Timeliner
• Vengage Timeline Creator

Multimedia Posters

• Canva
• Glogster – Online multimedia poster
• Samples
• Piktochart

Presentation Tools

• Vocaroo – Easily record podcasts or speeches without downloads.
• Powtoon
• 18 Must-Have Interactive Presentation Tools

Graphic Organizers

• Padlet – brainstorming/note taking tool
• Gliffy – online collaborative graphic organizer
• How and Why - https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Gliffy

Games

• USA Geography - capitals, states, landscapes, presidents
• GeoGames
• iCivics
• History Simulations
• Social Studies Central

State Resources - Resources for all 50 states

• Enchanted Learning
• 50states.com

Election Links

• Civic Learning for Elementary Grades

• Elections
• National Constitution Center

Explorers

• Famous Explorers
• Notable Explorers
• InfoPlease Notable Explorers

World History

• CrashCourse - Short videos on world history
• Ancient Cultures
• Mesopotamia Jeopardy

Ancient Greece

• Ancient Greece Timeline
• Ancient Greek Games
• Ancient Greece Teaching Tools
• Ancient Greek Jeopardy
• Ancient Greek Jeopardy II

Ancient Egypt

• Explore the Pyramids
• King Tut's Death Mystery
• Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans for Teachers
• Ancient Egypt Jeopardy

Ancient Rome

• Mr. Donn's Page
• Ancient Roman Jeopardy
• Ancient Roman Jeopardy II

Maps

• Marble - virtual globe and world atlas
• MapMaker
• Country Reports 

US History and Government

• Jamestown Online Adventure
• Pilgrim Hall Museum
• Civil War Jeopardy
• Civil War Differentiated Learning Technology Internet Project
• U.S. Constitution Resources for Teachers
• Interactive Constitution
• U.S. Constitution test Review
• Virtual Tour of Washington D.C.
• U.S. History.org
• This Day in History
• Digital History
• History Matters
• World History Matters
• Teaching History
• History Thinking Matters

Teacher Resources

• Edsitement
• Best Social Studies Websites for Teachers
• Social Studies Resources for Teachers

Productivity

• LiveBinders.com – online binder/organizer
• Socrative – online student response system
• Google Docs – word processor, spreadsheet, presentation
• Edublogs
• Evernote – capture and save information
• How and Why
• Classtools.net - Create games, flash cards, interactives
• Plagiarism Checker
• QR Code Treasure Hunt

Rubrics

• Social Studies Rubrics

Resources gathered by Nancy Fitzgerald