Social Studies Links

General Links

	Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)-For Kids links to PBS kid shows.
	Surfing the Net with Kids-cool website of what is hot for kids on the web. Check out the games and activities, especially author mix and match, indian dwellings mix and match, crosswords, trivia, magnetic virtual poetry, and more!
	Houghton Mifflin Education Place - Social Studies Center-links to current events, professional resources, and bilingual activities.
	Wizard of Oz Lesson Plans -a website of Wizard of Oz-based lesson plan ideas for Teachers
	Biography-features on recent people featured on Biography
	Fifth Grade History Page - A fifth grade WebPage with tons of links to a variety of sites.

	National Parks-visit the National Parks
	National Geographic useful website for geography, maps, current events, and activities for kids such as links to articles and homework help.
	GeoNet Game-fun geography games that let kids practice map skills while answering multiple choice questions on regions of the U.S.
	Maps.com-maps for just about anything

	National Portrait Gallery -Portraits and biographies of famous Native Americans from the National Portrait Gallery.
	Nativetech.org- Native American technology and art-focus on arts, crafts, games, toys, poetry, stories, recipes, and more. Check out the interactive online games that explore Native American culture.
	Southwest Native Americans- An overview of Southwest culture, especially historical events.

	DISCOVERERS WEB- comprehensive page of explorer biographies.
	Explorers' routes- route maps of famous explorers of America.
	ZOOM EXPLORERS -search for significant contributions of various explorers on this page. Visual graphics with links to other related topics.
	Age of Exploration -An age of exploration curriculum guide with links to the Portuguese, Christopher Columbus, and other notable explorers.

	Plymouth Plantation A virtual tour of the Plymouth Plantation.
	Virtual Jamestown- A virtual Jamestown.

	POSTCARDS FROM.COM-see American postcard gallery, rated one of the best websites for state information and facts.
	USA ATLAS MAPS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE US- state facts, geography, and tourism information for each of the fifty states.
	YAHOOLIGANS! U.S- another great place for state report research, organized by state.
	50 STATES AND CAPITALS- state statistics, symbols, and facts---just about everything you would want to know about a state; click and go!
	Stately Knowledge-State Table of States with capitals, largest cities, birds, and flowers. Also facts and links from the Internet Public Library.

	www.abt.org - American Ballet Theatre
	www.emplive.com - Experience Music Project
	The Louvre - Site has French, English, Spanish, and Japanese versions
	www.metmuseum.org - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
	www.bartleby.com - Searchable resource of reference works
	www.morganlibrary.com - The Morgan Library
	http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ - A gold mine of e-texts. Over 13,000 available volumes
	www.mathmuseum.org - The Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science
	http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/ - Totally Tessellated
	www.acnatsci.org/ - The Academy of Natural Sciences
	www.bishop.hawaii.org/BishopHome.html - Bishop Museum in Hawaii - Science and anthropology exhibits with a Hawaiian twist
	www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mwm/www/sci.html - A link to Hands-on Science Centers World-wide
	www.amnh.org/rose/ - Rose Center for Earth and Space
	www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/index.html - A-Bomb WWW Museum
	www.annefrank.nl/ - Anne Frank House
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ - The British Museum
	www.nara.gov - National Archives and Records Administration
	www.si.edu - Smithsonian Institution
	www.techlearning.com - Technology and Learning Magazine online March is National Women's History Month:
	www.distinguishedwomen.com - Distinguished Women of Past and Present
	http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/Fem/home.htm- Women in America, 1820-1842
	www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html - 4000 Years of Women in Science
	http://150.252.8.92/www/iawm/pages - Women's Early Music/Art/Poetry