Social Studies

Image Detective

Mon Nov 17 18:11:57 +0000 2008

In this activity there are no simple right answers!\nThe notes you take and the conclusions you draw are for YOU. They let you compare your own thinking to what others have said -- not in order to see if you got the answer right, but in order for you to learn from others how to improve your detection skills.

Tags: history

Walk through the Continents - Print Maps Large and Small - Free

Mon Nov 17 18:42:33 +0000 2008

Print out maps in a variety of sizes, from a single sheet of paper to a map almost 7 feet across, using an ordinary printer. You can print single page maps, or maps 2 pages by 2 pages, 3 pages by 3 pages, etc. up to 8 pages by 8 pages (64 sheets of paper; over six feet across!).

Tags: maps

Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before

Tue Sep 02 17:48:57 +0000 2008

Tags: maps visualization

HippoCampus - US History

Tue Nov 18 04:16:58 +0000 2008

Tags: history

HippoCampus - American Government

Tue Nov 18 12:58:46 +0000 2008

Tags: government

Shmoop US History: Analysis Dates, People, Places, Cram Sheets

Thu Nov 20 17:22:51 +0000 2008

Shmoop wants to help you become a better lover (of literature and history). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.

Tags: history

Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian (American Memory, Library of Congress)

Sat Nov 22 02:55:46 +0000 2008

The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners." In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes. The twenty volumes, each with an accompanying portfolio, are organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Featured here are all of the published photogravure images including over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes, along with over 700 portfolio plates.

Tags: social studies images

MapMSG.com - Play Statetris

Mon Nov 24 21:55:58 +0000 2008

Statetris is an interesting game mixing aspects of the popular game 'Tetris' and geography. Instead of positioning the typical Tetris blocks, you position states/countries at their proper location. Fun, challenging and educational!

Tags: geography

Data on jobs, relocation, real estate, education, hospitals, travel, crime

Tue Nov 25 00:10:09 +0000 2008

Data beyond just cities. Compare to live anywhere! Over 50,000 villages, towns, and cities available for your own personal analysis. Select county or state level data for your expanded research project.

Tags: city data

World History for Us All

Tue Nov 25 03:38:19 +0000 2008

World History for Us All is a national collaboration of K-12 teachers, collegiate instructors, and educational technology specialists. It is a project of San Diego State University in cooperation with the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA. World History for Us All is a continuing project.

Tags: history socialstudies

Howstuffworks "History Videos"

Wed Nov 26 18:21:46 +0000 2008

Tags: history online video

Flickr: The Library of Congress' Photostream

Sun Nov 30 00:14:13 +0000 2008

We've been acquiring photos since the mid-1800s when photography was the hot new technology. Because images represent life and the world so vividly, people have long enjoyed exploring our visual collections. Looking at pictures opens new windows to understanding both the past and the present. Favorite photos are often incorporated in books, TV shows, homework assignments, scholarly articles, family histories, and much more. The Prints & Photographs Division takes care of 14 million of the Library's pictures and features more than 1 million through online catalogs. Offering historical photo collections through Flickr is a welcome opportunity to share some of our most popular images more widely.

Tags: flickr history photography

Shorpy Photo Archive | History in HD

Sun Nov 30 00:15:36 +0000 2008

NEW / OLD FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS

Tags: photography history

Propaganda Filmmaker Introduction - The American Image - The Photographs of John Collier Jr.

Sun Nov 30 19:29:36 +0000 2008

Many of the photographs that John Collier Jr. took during the 1940s for the Office of War Information (OWI) were used to support the efforts of the United States in World War II. In this activity, you'll have an opportunity to use Collier's photographs, as well as posters and video clips from the era to create your own short film.

Tags: history

Penny Postcards

Sun Nov 30 21:17:59 +0000 2008

Tags: history

PBS Teachers | Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement | PBS Teachers

Sun Nov 30 22:31:33 +0000 2008

National Archives Experience

Sun Nov 30 22:57:48 +0000 2008

Tags: History archives

The Civil War in Four Minutes - Video

Wed Dec 10 02:26:44 +0000 2008

Tags: socialstudies

Tenement Museum | From Ellis Island to Orchard Street with Victoria Confino

Sat Feb 14 02:34:32 +0000 2009

a simulation from the Tenement Museum in New York City. In the online interactive, users play the role of an early immigrant to the United States.

Tags: immigration social studies

SHOW®/USA - A New Way To Look At The USA

Sat Feb 14 23:40:52 +0000 2009

SELECT a subject from the top menu and watch the states on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each state will represent the data for that subject--both its share of the total and absolute value.

Tags: maps social_studies Data Statistics