Social Studies Links

How We Organize Ourselves Order in History

• Mayflower Compact
• Iroquois Confederacy
• Magna Carta
• Articles of Confederation

States & Capitals

• At a Glance States
• States & Capitals quiz 
• States & Capitals quiz

Explorers

• Tools used by early explorers
• All About Explorers!

Colonial Era

• Mayflower Video
• John Smith's Trail 
• Virtual Jamestown 
• Colonial Living
• Daily Life in the Colonies
• Interactive Colonial Games & Activities
• 13 Colonies Geography Quiz

Constitution/Government

• Celebrate the Constitution Game/Info
• FBI Games
• Government Jobs
• Run for President!
• Act As President!

American Revolution

• Road to Revolution Quiz
• Portrait of George Washington

Expansion/Trails

• Westward Trail Game
• LIST of Expansion websites--great resource! 
• Gold Rush Game 
• Match Characteristics of Geographic Regions games 
• Expansion--Interactive Map

Civil War

• Underground Railroad Journey 
• Slavery & the Making of America
• Civil War Photographs
• Civil War Technology Video 
• Lincoln's Crossroads --Interactive
• Ford's Theater & Lincoln
• Sherman's March--Interactive

Industrial Revolution & Immigration

• Immigration Map--Scroll back in time to see how it's changed!
• Visit Ellis Island 
• Interactive Tour of Ellis Island

WWI

• "Over the Top" Interactive Activity
• What Would Have Made You a Good Officer?

Great Depression

• Dust Bowl Eyewitness Photo Gallery

WWII

• Inside WWII
• Online Museum--America's Wars

Women's Rights

• Women's Right's Quiz (This is based on British laws, but the process was similar to America's)
• PBS Women's Movement

Civil Rights Movement

• Interactive Timeline/Map
• US Mint Time Machine--Interactive; Click on the 1956 date for Civil Rights
• Timeline Game of Civil Rights Movement

Thanksgiving Activities

• Scholastic Virtual Field Trip & Exploration!
• You are the Historian Exploration