History for Kids-a great site for information on history

The White House Historical Association-a new site about the history of The White House. Take an animated tour with past presidents as your hosts.

Kids Commonwealth- site developed by the Governor's Office for students to learn about Virginia.

Social Studies Jeopardy GamesReview Social Studies with these fun activities

Biography-Biographies for K-3 of SOL People

50 States and Capitals - Exactly as the title states

The American Civil War Homepage - Great Civil War Site

Biography.com - Biographys of famous people

Explore the Amazing World of Early America - Find out what it was like to live in early America

Recomended Sites to go along with the Social Studies curriculum

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/ (Virginia Department of Education) http://chumby.dlib.vt.edu/melissa/posters (poster site) http://vastudies.pwnet.org/ (SOL teacher resources for Virginia Studies) http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/AmericanDoc99.pdf (American documents)
http://k3hss.pwnet.org (SOL teacher resources for grades K-3) http://mali.pwnet.org/history/history.htm ( Mali resources) http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/EnhancedSandS/ (SOL lessons) www.fcps.edu/cpsapps/connections (literature links) http://www.pwcs.edu/i-tech/TLCF/VA-Charters (Native Americans) http://www.mariner.org/baylink/sa2aq1.html (Native Americans) http://virginiaindians.pwnet.org/ (Native Americans) www.scott.k12.va.us/martha2/default.htm (SOL practice quizzes and tests)
http://www.vahistorical.org/ (Virginia Historical Society) http://www.sfsocialstudies.com (for 4 th and 5 th grades)

SPECIFIC GRADE LEVEL SITES

SECCOND GRADE

Martin Luther King, Jr Timeline- Timeline created by students about his life

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INTERACTIVE JOURNEY -Excellent site for students to experience life as a slave. They make choices on this interactive journey. Highly recommended for 5th grade.

China - Use this link to go to Our China Page

Egypt- Use this link to go to Our Egypt Page

THIRD GRADE

Famous Black Americans- Click here

Mali Websites

http://mali.pwnet.org (Great site for lesson plans and other useful information about Mali)

http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/mali_activities1.html (Classroom activities - animal adaptations)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/leo_afri.html (Description of Timbuktu)

http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/dogon.html (Sacred sites of Mali)

http://webusers.xula.edu/jrotondo/Kingdoms/ (Kingdoms of the Sudan)

http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mali/index.html (mysterious places)

http://www.interknowledge.com/mali/index.html (Exploring Mali)

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ml.html (World Factbook - Mali)

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/mali/malindex.htm (Cool Planet)

FOURTH GRADE

Jamestown Celebration 400 years - Great site for students to learn about Jamestown

The On-line Jamestown Adventure -Take an interactive journey about Jamestown. You are Captain John Smith. You have to make some choices and learn about the effects of those choices.

Jamestown Fort- An interactive tour of the fort itself

History.org -This site will give you a tour of Williamsburg.

Virginia's First People Past and Present This site has lots of information about the Indians of Virginia.

Virginia- this site has information about regions and other information about the "Old Dominion"

Regions of Virginia- Great site for maps and information on the regions of Virginia.

Webquest of the 5 Regions of Virginia- This site allows students to participate in a web-based project as amabassadores of Virginia and their finished project will be in the form of a brochure.

Indian Webquest A webquest for Indians

Review of 4th grade SOLs

FIFTH GRADE

The On-line Jamestown Adventure -Take an interactive journey about Jamestown. You are Captain John Smith. You have to make some choices and learn about the effects of those choices.

Jamestown Fort- An interactive tour of the fort itself

History.org -This site will give you a tour of Williamsburg.

Virginia's First People Past and Present This site has lots of information about the Indians of Virginia.

Virginia- this site has information about regions and other information about the "Old Dominion"

Regions of Virginia- Great site for maps and information on the regions of Virginia.

Review of 4th Grade SOLs that are on the 5th Grade SOL test

Geography Webquest

Indian Webquest

Regions Webquest

The American Civil War Homepage - Great Civil War Site

CIVIL WAR SITES

• http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm The American Civil War
• http://www.bestteachersites.com/themes/social/civilwar/ Teach-nology Theme
• http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/index.html ThinkQuest
• http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html American Civil War Home Page
• http://www.kidskonnect.com/CivilWar/CivilWarHome.html Hotlist of Sites
• http://www.civilwar.com/ The Civil War
• http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm The Civil War for Kids
• http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/kidzindex.htm Gettysburg Kids Page
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html Civil War Photos
• http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~orchard/civilwar.html Civil War Resources
• http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/LisetteCauble/Civil_Wa.htm Civil War Theme
• http://www.civilwarhome.com/overview.htm Overview of the Civil War
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cwfrm.htm The American Civil War
• http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites022.shtml Links from Education World
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html Civil War Timeline
• http://www.americancivilwar.com/women/women.html Women of the Civil War
• http://www.jewish-history.com/Clipartgallery/clipart.htm Civil War Clipart Gallery
• http://tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/clipart.htm Confederate Clipart Gallery

Civil War Webquest Project Links

http://www.coollessons.org/civilwarpaper.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

 

 

 

Online Activities

• http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/webquest.htm#Task Civil War Journal (WQ)
• http://www.coollessons.org/civilwarpaper.htm The Civil War Herald (WQ)
• http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/civilwarwq.html Civil War Battles (WQ)
• http://www.stonewall.fayette.k12.ky.us/wq/cwwebquest/civilwar.htm A Nation Divided (WQ)
• http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/index.html Abraham Lincoln
• http://www.quia.com/jg/65657.html Civil War Games
• http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/civilwarlife/ While Battles Raged – through University of Richmond (WQ)

Famous Black Virginians

Arthur Ashe

Nat Turner

Maggie Walker

Douglas Wilder

Ella Fitzgerald

Booker T. Washington

James Armistead Lafayette

 

The Britannica Guide to Black History *New* A great site to learn about black history