Social Studies Highlights

Suggested Hardware/Software/Sites:

• Google Earth (This should be on your PC)
• Xpeditions (National Geographic)
• EdSiteMent (National Endowment For The Humanities)
• Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
• Document Projector (Elmo/Avermedia)
• Video Projector

WORLD History:

• HotChalk - searchable archive with thousands of historic video resources, mini-documents
• Breathing Earth - Live Info (Births, Deaths, CO2 Polution)
• National Museum of History - History Explorer
  
• Electoral Compass (Where do you stand in this election?)
• Brainy History - Today in History
  
• World War II (Remembering Pearl Harbor: Attack Map)
• We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel Song 
• Marco Polo's Trip to China and Back
• WWII Pacific Theater
• WWII European Theater
• WWII Invasion of Normandy
• Xpeditions Atlas
• Xpeditions Activities
  
• Korean War Map
• Mesoamerican Ball Game
• Medieval Women

US History:

• Virtual Historical Documents
• Karpeles Documents
• Online Exhibits (Interactive History Activities)
• Digital History
• Civil War Songs
• Patriotic Songs
• Jamestown Journey
• America's Story
• John Smith
• Williamsburg
• World Press Photos 1955->
• Grade 5 SS Exam
• All About The US
• Ben's Guide to the US Government
• 50 States
• Civil War Activity
• Lincoln
• History Projects

Mr. Benjamin J. Higgins
Springville-Griffith Institute CSD

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