Social Studies

Civics:

  1. Idealist.com: This is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
  2. Time For Kids: This on-line site is filled with current even

Digital Citizenship:

  1. Common Sense Media - Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum: This site has a variety of standards based activities, resources. lessons, activities, and assessments for students.
  2. Internet Safety and You, Professor Garfield Foundation: This site has short videos about "Online Safety", "Cyberbulling", "Fact or Opinion" and "Forms of Media". At the end of each clip, students will asked questions about the topic.
  3. PBS: Get Your Web License:
  4. NetSmartzKids: 
    1. Router's Birthday Surprise: 24 minutes total
      1. Chapter 1: UYN:  Use Your NetSmartz: A cartoon that teaches on Internet Safety.
      2. Chapter 2: What Rule is it Anyway: This is a cartoon that teaches Four Rules of Online Safety.
      3. Chapter 3: Online Netiquette 
      4. Chapter 4: Know Real World Safety Rules
    2. Webville Outlaws: Reinforces Online Netiquette 
  5. NetSafety Utah:
  6. Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship - Mike Ribbin
  7. Digital Etiquette, Brain Pop

    US Government:

    1. American Government:American.gov
    2. American Government: HippoCampus: This site provides multimedia content on general education subjects for high schools and college students free of charge.
    3. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, For kids: Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is brought to the World Wide Web as a service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.
    4. The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft: This is for upper grades and has the different drafts of the Document.
    5. White House Kids: This is a site that was once a link on the White House Gov site developed for classrooms.
    6. You're the President: This is a Scholastic activity that asks students to select advisers, balance a budget and write answers to tough questions about their choices

    World Government:

    1. CIA World Facts: This site provided information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
    2. CIA World Fact, Kid's Page: This part of the site provide  information about national security “intelligence” or CIA.  Students read can read, play some games, and solve some puzzles to lean more.
    3. UNFORKIDS.com This site has flags, maps, and lesson plans to study the world. 1,967 downloadable files from 192 countries and the United Nations.

    Cultural Studies

    1. Bio4Kids: Bio4Kids is an informative and fun series for children ages 8-12. Each episode tell about the lives of historical and contemporary people.
    2. Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today:This Scholastic on-line resources designed for 3-8 grades.

    African- American Studies:

    1. African Voices: This is from the Smithsonian Natural History website.
    2. The Top Ten African American Inventors: This Scholastic Online resources designed for 3-4th grades.
    3. Black History Timeline: This site focuses on important people in American Black History.
    4. Garageband: Do a quick study on Jazz - This style of music was developed solely in America by people primarily of African Descent. Using Garageband> Magic GarageBand> Jazz> select and change the styles of instruments, export your project, add your own track and record your own I have a Dream speech.
    5. PebbleGo: 

    Login> Biographies>African Americans (topics include):

    Musicians, Author and Artists,

    Athletes,

    Explorers,

    Scientists,

    Inventors and Business Leaders,

    Civil Rights Leaders,  and

    Presidents and First Ladies

    Economics:

    1. Federal Reserve Education:
    2. Fed Reserve, Teacher Resources: 
    3. Economic with free PowerPoints:
    4. Dumptown: Students become City Manager of Dumptown which is at its worst, and students help develop programs that encourage Dumptown's citizens and businesses to recycle and reduce waste. Read the directions and at the bottom of the page is where students click to play.
    5. HIP Pocket Change: Time Machine: This site has game and information for kid from the US Mint, for kids.
    6. The United State Mint: Teachers and Parents:
    7. The United State Department of Treasury:

    Alaska Studies and History:

    1. Alaska Gold Rush, Alaska 101, A Guide to the Gold Rush That Transformed Alaska's Interior
    2. Alaska’s Digital Archives: Alaska's Digital Archives has a wealth of historical photographs, and other materials from libraries, museums and archives throughout our state with topics like Alaska’s indigenous people and Alaska Statehood.
    3. Alaska's Digital Pipeline Homepage
    4. Alaska History and Cultural Studies: Developed by a group of teachers, students and parents, this is a historical time line with resources about important events related to Alaska’s history.
    5. Alaskool Timeline: The Alaska Native Curriculum and Teacher Development Project created a time-line of major events in Alaska Native history.
    6. Anchorage Museum: Smithsonian Arctic Studies:
    7. Arctic Studies Center: The Arctic Studies Center, established in 1988, is the only U.S. government program with a special focus on northern cultural research and education.
    8. PBS Harriman Expedition Retraced:
    9. Alaska Native Knowledge Network: This site was developed for educators, government agencies and the public to establish resources with the intention of exchanging knowledge.
    10. Alaska Studies Center: Alaska Content Standards: The Alaska Studies Center in partnership with Alaska Department of Education set these standards.
    11. Alaskool: The Alaska Native Curriculum and Teacher Development Project, in cooperation with the University of Alaska, Anchorage, developed this site to foster Alaska Native studies and languages.
    12. Arctic Studies Center: The Arctic Studies Center, established in 1988, is the only U.S. government program with a special focus on northern cultural research and education.
    13. ANCSA:

    Fairbanks History:

    1. Fairbanks Gold Rush History and Felix Pedro:By Aurora
    2. Festival Fairbanks: Festival of Fairbanks Non-Profit
    3. Felix Meets E.T. - The Founding of Fairbanks: By Explore North

    Famous Alaskan People:

    Dog Sledding:

    1. Serum Run Game: Alaskakids:Here is a free one on Alaska kids: ( It's like the old Amazon Trail.)
    2. Sled Dogs, PBS:Click on the objects to learn more about dog-sledding.
    3. Iditarod,Race Across Alaska Home: Scholastic
    4. Mushing Terminology, Iditarod
    5. Iditarod Race Train Map ( Note the Kids & Teachers link on the side.)
    6. Go Mush, Yukon Quest
    7. Alaska Dog Mushers Association, North American:

    US History

    1. American Civil War Homepage: This site has many links to information about the Civil War and was created and well maintained by Dr. G.H. Hoeman and Mrs. M.E. Meyers.
    2. Best of History Web Sites: Best of History Web Sites has won many awards and recognition. This History Web Sites was created in 2001 by Tom Daccord a history teacher of 15 years and co-director of Edtech Teachers.
    3. Digital History: This site has a variety of ways for students and teachers to actually do history with over 72 inquiry-based interactive modules called explorations for K-12 schools.
    4. HistoryLink.org This site is an encyclopedia of history created for the Internet.
    5. History Detectives: This is part of a PBS show that exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching for facts, myths and conundrums from folklore, family legends and historical objects
    6. Library of Congress: This part of the site is for young learners, with the main part of the site a click away.
    7. MayFlowerHistory.com: Mr. Caleb's family are direct descendants of the Mayflower has been studying and researching genealogical and history of the Mayflower.
    8. Plimoth: This site is part of a living bi cultural museum, offers powerful personal encounters with history built on thorough research about the Wampanoag People and the Colonial English community in the 1600s.
    9. Smithsonian Institution: This is Internet part of Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo.
    10. The National Archives and Records Administration:This site preserving the records of our Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from America's documentary heritage.
    11. The National Archives and Records: Picturing the Center: Galleries:
    12. US History I: HippoCampus:
    13. US History II: HippoCampus:

    Women's History

    1. American Women
    2. Discovering American Women's History Online: ABC_CLIO Online History Award (2009) and the ACRL WSS Significant Achievement Award (2009)
    3. BIo.Ture Story: Women's History:
    4. Women's History Timeline: Biography.com
    5. Women's History Month:
    6. Women's History: Exhibitions, special presentations, lesson plans and other materials gathered from throughout the Library of Congress on the topic of Women's History.
    7. Women Pioneers in American Memory
    8. Women's Words of Wisdom
    9. Women's History, History.com
    10. Women in WW1

    Women's History Lesson Plans:

    1. Nineteenth Century Women: Struggle and Triumph Grade 6-12 
    2. Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes Grade 3-8 
    3. Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies Grade 6-12 
    4. Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less Grade 6-12


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