Social+Studies+&+Geography

=**Social Studies and Geography**=

[|Cybrary Man's Social Studies Page] [|Brain Pop- Social Studies] [|Yahoo Kids World Factbook] [|Qwiki] [|National Geographic-Education] [|National Geographic-Explore the Countries] [|Kidipede] [|Kidipede] [|Time Search] [|Budget Hero] -US Budget Online Game [|How the Market Works-] help students understand how stock trading works with this game
 * World Factbook contains info on all the countries of the world, including maps, pictures of flags, statistics, and info on each country's history, land, people, government and money system
 * A “Qwiki” is a short, interactive story: a drastically improved information experience provided via interactive video. Unlike traditional rich media content, all Qwikis are created on the fly from web sources (without any human intervention).
 * teaching resources, activities & projects, reference & news, mapping multimedia, education programs, geo-literacy
 * Kidipede is a kids' encyclopedia, online since 1996. A lot of kids use Kidipede for school reports or for homeschooling. You can find out about Ancient Greece or Ancient Egypt, or how to make yogurt, or about why fires need air to burn. Kidipede will tell you who invented algebra and what Confucius said.
 * A collection of resource links for your students to use throughout the year, based on the California state standards. Pages on Central Asia, China, India, West Asia, Islam, Egypt, Africa, Greece, Rome, Middle Ages, and Americas.
 * An innovative site for searching for events on a timeline. This is a great site for history teacher/students looking to find events on a specific time. A user can search not only by entering a date but they can search through images and areas as well. Time Search brings up a list of events in chronological order an images as well through Google.
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__**History**__ Resources For History Teachers [|BBC- History] [|Seven Useful YouTube Channels for History Teachers] [|Best of History Websites]

__**Africa**__ [|ECB- Africa]

__**Explorers**__ [|ECB- Explores Sites]

__**Democracy/Elections/Government**__ [|ECB- Democracy] [|ECB- Elections] [|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids K-12] [|How the Electoral College Works] [|iCivics] [|ECB- Presidents Sites]
 * Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is brought to the World Wide Web as a service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Ben's Guide serves as the educational component of //GPO Access//, GPO's service to provide the official online version of legislative and regulatory information.

__**Ancient Civilizations**__ [|ECB- Egypt, Greece, & Rome]

__**Black History**__ [|ECB- Black History]

__**World War II**__ [|ECB- World War II Sites]

__**Middle East**__ [|ECB- The Middle East]

__**Geography**__ [|Geo Cube]-Geocube is an attractive online resource about Geography. Geocube is based on the principle of the Rubik Cube with six faces and 54 topics. It is a virtual and easily accessible website which is available online for free. Move the Geocube around with your mouse and explore the faces and topics.Geocube provides an accessible way to read, see and watch what Geography is and geographers do. [|GeoGames]-GeoGames is a Flash game that lets you drag-and-drop onto the Planet Earth. You can rotate your planet, test your geography skills, and print a copy when you are done! There’s a timer, so you can track your scores. [|National Geographic MapMaker Interactive]-Use our tools to explore the world, learn about human and physical patterns **...** [|Scribble Maps]-Easily draw on maps and then share them with friends, completely for **Free!** Simple enough to be used by children, but powerful enough to be used by GIS professionals - Scribble Maps is the easiest way to draw and share maps with friends [|BBC- Geography] [|ECB- Geography/Maps Sites]

__**Titanic**__ [|Titanic Educational Resources for Teachers, Parents and Kids] [|9 Resources for Teaching & Learning About the Titanic] [|On This Day] [|Obituary of Last Titanic Survivor] [|Titanic Disaster Hearings]- Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation [|Researching the Wreck of the RMS Titanic]- Library of Congress [|Titanic Showcase]- The National Archives [|Time Topics](Titanic)- New York Times [|RMS Titanic- Ship of Dreams] [|Titanic Educational Resource]- Download Pack from National Museums Northern Ireland [|Timeline of Events] [|RMS Titanic, Inc.] [|Encyclopedia Titanic] [|Titanic]- History Channel [|Treachery on the Titanic]- Interactive treasure hunt to teach facts about the Titanic [|Titanic PowerPoints] [|Titanic: Journey to the bottom of the ocean]- BCC News //__Videos__// [|Last Mysteries of the Titanic (2005) Discovery Channel]- James Cameron returns to the Titanic for the last time intending to go deeper into the wreck than ever before (101:23) [|Titanic]- Underwater Footage (5:09) [|BBC News]- Several Videos [|Secrets of the Titanic]- Snag Films (53:00) [|RMS Titanic-Only Existing Footage] (2:24) [|Titanic Surviors: What They Saw (1)] (4:15) [|Titanic Surviors: What They Saw (2)] (5:06) [|NOAA Titanic Expedition 2004] (5:53) //__Pictures__// [|Unseen Titanic]- interactive images of where the Titanic now rests under the Atlantic Ocean [|The Crash Scene]- interactive gallery of artifacts on the seafloor [|Titanic: Before and After Photo Gallery]- History Channel [|Discovering the Titanic]- Discovery Channel