Elementary Social Studies

See also social studies areas on the general pages in Teacher Resources

• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
• History Matters (high school level and above)
• See also our Law and Public Issues Reference section

Links from ALA's "wonderful websites for kids"

• Geography & Maps
• News & Current Events
• Cultures of the World
• Politics & Government
• Religions of the World

Children's Sites

• All about the Gold Rush
• Atlapedia Online
• Kid's Castle History
• Let's Go Around the World

United States

• America Enters World War II Includes a timeline sidebar from prehistory to modern times.
  
• The American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl
  
• Animated Statistics
• Built in America
  
• Celebrating America's Freedoms
  
• C.I.A. Central Intelligence Agency
  
• Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
  
• Five Points Site:Archaeologists and historians rediscover a famous nineteenth-century New York neighborhood
• Florida Department of Education
  
• Historical U.S. Census Data Browser
  
• Lincoln Memorial
• Mayflower Web Pages
• Native American Links and Flags of Native Peoples of the U.S.
• New Deal Network: Lesson Plans. Their home page has links to documents and a photo gallery.
• Pioneering the Upper Midwest
  
• Portraits of the Presidents of the United States and First Ladies
  
• Remembrance: Reflections, Memories, and Images of Vietnam Past
  
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  
• Washington Monument
  
• What'll I Be Doing For Memorial Day
• The White House
  
• The White House for Kids
• The Whole World was Watching: 1968

World

• The Acropolis Museum
  
• African-American Mosaic
• The Battle of Hastings
• Biographical Dictionary
• Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?
  
• A Compendium of Common Knowledge: Life in Elizabethan England 1558-1603
  
• The Costume Page
• Est. of Hans Jensen vs. The White Star Line (Titanic Mock Trial)
  
• Eye Witness: History though the eyes of those who lived it. From the ancient world though the 20th century.
  
• Foundation of the Hellenic World
• The Great Buildings Collection
• TheMiddle Ages
• Modern World History
  
• Multicultural Paths
  
• NOVA Online
  
• Time Education Program
  
• WWW Virtual Library: Index of Resources for Historians
  
• World War I Document Archive