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Social Studies Sites

Kindergarten
Community Club Learn about neighborhood workers.

Community Helpers  Enchanted Learning site with puzzles, games, and printable books

 

1st Grade
Community Club Learn about neighborhood workers.

Community Helpers  Enchanted Learning site with puzzles, games, and printable books.

 

2nd grade

The American West-Native Americans Site with many links to Native American information and history, including the land-bridge.
 

Anasazi and Pueblo Indians Learn about the history, geography, architecture and crafts.

Circle of Stories Read and listen to stories of Native American storytellers

First Americans Click tribes to find one tribe from each region. Includes activities and history. 

First Nations Histories Links to Native American tribes. Includes information about history, culture, language and geography.

History of the Cherokee--Samuel's Memory A nine-year-old remembers the Trail of Tears.  A look at many different Native American Tribes:
 

Arawak/Taino Indians Find out about the housing, clothes, transportation and more about these Caribbean Indians.
 

Cherokee History Be sure to scroll down to the culture section for facts about their way of life.
 

Seminole Tribe of Florida. Learn about the history and culture of the Seminole Indians.

Wampanoag Tribe  Find out about the Wampanoag and their way of life.

Web Sites about famous Americans and the U.S. Presidents:


U.S. Presidents  Read about the Presidents of the United States.

Meet Amazing Americans  Click on a category on the left to choose the biography of a famous American.
 

3rd Grade


 Endangered Spicies   Click on your state to find out about endangered species from that area.



 50 States and Capitals Find out about states and U.S. territories.

 

State Symbols  This site tells why the state choose the state symobls.

 

State animals   This site gives the why behind each state animal.

 

State names  This site tells about the state nicknames and how they came about.

Merrium-Webster's Atlas  Scroll to  the U.S.  and a state to get a map and information. Web Sites about famous Americans and the U.S. Presidents:


 
Meet Amazing Americans  Click on a category on the left to choose the biography of a famous American.


 
U.S. Presidents  Read about the Presidents of the United States.

 

4th Grade

Merrium-Webster's Atlas  Scroll to  the U.S.  and a state to get a map and information.

 

Web Sites about famous Americans and the U.S. Presidents:
 
Meet Amazing Americans  Click on a category on the left to choose the biography of a famous American.
 
U.S. Presidents  Read about the Presidents of the United States.
 

 

5th Grade

Inventions

 
 

 

Immigration

Ellis Island immigrant information and records:

http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/

Ireland/Potato Famine

General information about the potato famine:

http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/commonground/notes/potato.html

http://www.victorianweb.org/history/famine.html

Irish immigration/potato famine:

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/america.htm

Sweden

Immigration

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/swedish_migration.html

Holidays

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/sw_holidays.html

Food

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/swedish_cuisine.html

Germany:

http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/German.html

http://www.germanheritage.com/postal/germansettlers/index.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/german_migration.html

Holidays

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/gr_holidays.html

Food

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/german_cuisine.html

German and Irish Immigration

http://www.ushistory.org/us/25f.asp

Russia:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpim1.htm

http://countrystudies.us/russia/30.htm

Italy:

http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Italian.html

Poland:

http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/kane98/kane_p3_immig/Poland/Polish.html

http://culture.polishsite.us/articles/art39fr.htm

 

Civil War

Battles of the Civil War

Other Civil War sites:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Civil War music

 

 

Expeditions at National Geographic    Explore maps from National Geographic.

Congress for Kids  Tour the Federal Government and learn about writng the Constitution and the branches of government.
 

Kids in the House Learn how laws are made, how congressional history has influenced today's government and about the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.