social studies
 (updated Spring 2009)
@ "WEB GEMS "

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Our intent here is to provide interesting and motivational content to encourage our students to visit the Silver Bay site on a regular basis.  These fun places are generally intended for children and are previewed.  They may however contain advertisements.  It always recommended that adult supervision be a part of Internet browsing. The Toms River School District is not responsible for contents on external sites or servers.

"Quick Links"
 ANCIENT EGYPT & GREECE,  BLACK HISTORY,  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS & OTHER EXPLORERS, COLONIAL AMERICA,  COMMUNITIES,  SETTLERS,  GAMES,  GEOGRAPHY/MAPS,  MIDDLE EAST, NATIONAL PARKS, NEW JERSEY,  OTHER,  PRESIDENTS, PRIMARY ACTIVITIES,  ROMAN EMPIRE,  RIVERS OF THE WORLD, THANKSGIVING & NATIVE AMERICANS,  UNITED STATES/REGIONS/STATES,  VETERANS' DAY,

 

ANCIENT EGYPT & GREECE

Winged Sandals (Greek Mythology Website)
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/

Ancient Egypt from the British Museum
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Pyramids (PBS NOVA)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Riddle of the Sphinx
 http://school.discovery.com/mathgames/sphinx/ 

National Geographic's Egypt,  "Secrets of an Ancient World"
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/

Ancient Greece Landmarks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml

Ancient Greece (Snaith Elementary School)
 http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/greece.htm

Theban Mapping Project (interactive atlas)
 http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
 

BLACK HISTORY

The Fight for Desegregation (Easy)
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/the_fight_for_desegregation.htm

Kulture Kids
 http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/

Kids' Domain links to black history
 http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html

The History Channel:  Black History Month
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/blackhist/main.html

Surf Net Kids black history
http://www.surfnetkids.com/blackhistory.htm

Periscope
http://cfmedia.scetv.org/periscope/display/

Kid's Place African-American History
 http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/Sites/afr.html

Info Please
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

Jim Crow Laws
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/

AA Kulture Zone (kid's section)
http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefMedia.aspx?artrefid=761557424&refid=461577133&sec=-1&pn=1
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/mlk/
http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4644,00.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/links/mlkjlinks.htm

 

 

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS...
Walk the Plank Game
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_columbus.html
Famous People Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/game/index.shtml
Columbus Trivia Quiz
http://www.funtrivia.com/flashquiz/index.cfm?qid=96107
Love to Learn Place (Columbus in depth)
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/SpecialDays/Columbus/index.html#anchor27708

AND OTHER EXPLORERS
European Explorers
http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/explore.html
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm

All explorers and links
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

The Age of Exploration
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/interactives/spain/launchWin.htm http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm

Explorer link sites
http://www.kathimitchell.com/explorer.htm http://schools.hpedsb.on.ca/smood/explore/links.htm
 


 

COLONIAL AMERICA

The Jamestown Online Adventure
 http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Jamestown 1607
http://www.jamestown1607.org/

Colonial Williamsburg (Electronic Field Trips)
 http://www.history.org/history/

Colonial Williamsburg Multimedia
 http://www.history.org/media/index.cfm

Colonial Williamsburg
 http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/

Colonial Williamsburg   Kids Zone
http://www.history.org/kids/

Colonial Kids (think Quest)
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0423

Colonial America (Web Quest)
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/colonial/

Social Studied For Kids  (The 13 Colonies)
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

America Memory (Library of Congress)
 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Animated Atlas   Growth of a Nation
 http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

New Jersey During the American Revolution
http://www.trschools.com/silverbay/revolution/index.html 

The Paul Revere House
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/

Colonial House  (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/index.html

Colonial Life (Kid Info)
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html

Colonial Life (You be the historian)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/ 

Colonial Crafts and Trades
http://www.gpschools.org/ci/ce/elem/fifth/ss5/trades/trades.htm

Daily Life in the Colonies
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html

The Memorial Hall Museum (colonial Life)
http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/

Early America .com
http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Mayflower history
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

Plimoth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/

Teachers First  (Major Colonies)
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/colony1.htm

Colonial America Links
http://www.armoryhill.com/index.html
http://www.history.org/
 

COMMUNITIES

Scholastic Community Club (neighborhood workers)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
 

GAMES

NEW...Where on Earth (ID Photo Landmark Locations)
 http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/whereonearth/index.htm

Where is that? Map Games
 http://www.funbrain.com/where/ 

Geo Game
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/index.html

Kid's place Geo Net Game
 http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/

Geo Spy (National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/

NEW...Geography Games
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm


 

GEOGRAPHY / MAPS

NEW...Map Zone (Interactive Map Skills/Games)
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/index.html

NEW...Mapping our World (Interactive Learning Activities)
 http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/mapping_our_world/mapping_our_world/

Learning about maps (Interactive Map Learning)
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/sysm/landscapes/

Atlapedia
http://www.atlapedia.com/

Destinations (The whole world is a click away.)
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

National Geographic Wild World Map
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/index.html

National Geographic Wild World Map
 http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html

NEW...National Geographic Discover Antarctica (Interactive Learning)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/antarctica/index.html

Zoom Into Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/index.html

Map Facts Quiz Game
http://www.quia.com/rr/2967.html

Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/

NationMaster.com  Where Stats Come Alive
http://www.nationmaster.com/

The World Factbook
 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/  

National Geographic Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/  

National Geographic Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ 

MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/ 

Map Blast
http://www.mapblast.com

A Large Collection of City Map Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/cities_sites.html


MIDDLE EAST
Easy International Match Game
 http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/connectworld/

Middle East Map (drag-and-drop)
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
Printable Map 8.5X11
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/maps/8x11_nameless.pdf 

National Parks
www.nps.gov
www.us-national-parks.net
http://www.americanparknetwork.com/home/
http://www.npca.org/site_map/
http://www.nationalparks.org/Home.asp

Windows into Wonderland (Yellowstone)
http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/

NEW...The national parks system "Web Rangers"
http://nps.gov/webrangers/

NEW...Terra Galleria  (Great national park pictures with captions)
http://www.terragalleria.com/

NEW...The Great American Landmarks Adventure
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/pad/adventure/landmark.htm

US and Word Population Clock
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

NATIONAL PARKS PRESENTATION (Sue Autenrieth)
NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Official Web Site
http://www.nj.gov/index.shtml

New Jersey Places of Interest
http://www.fieldtrip.com/nj/index.html

New Jersey County Links
http://www.metrojersey.com/njcounties.htm

New Jersey State Park Service (regions)
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/maps/images/njmaplame4.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/maps/index.html&usg=__KX2FBW6l7aNYgwk5GZ1o-Gx0xdI=&h=325&w=325&sz=7&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=yL

New Jersey (regions)
http://www.state.nj.us/travel/

New Jersey Regions Visitor Network
http://www.newjerseyvisitorsnetwork.com/regions/

NJ Division of Parks and Forests
http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/maps/index.html

NJ County Websites
http://www.metrojersey.com/njcounties.htm

County and municipal web sites for New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/localgov.htm

County Government
http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/state.cfm

US Census Quick Facts (New Jersey)
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34000.html
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/new_jersey_map.html

Wikipedia   Counties of New Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey

New Jersey History Kids
www.njhistorykids.org

New Jersey Historical Society
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/

County (city/township) Census Data
http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi25/pub/NJSDC-P1.pdf

New Jersey Maps
 http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/new_jersey/where_do_they_live_and_what_do_they_do.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/nj.htm
http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/nj_maps.htm
 

Tiger Maps (Find US city, town or county)
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse

New Jersey County Map
http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/new-jersey.shtml

New Jersey Landforms Maps
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/nj2/images/fig1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/nj2/chap1.htm&usg=__FWhAQ9vv47MFv-ksKEsMVgEzx9I=&h=550&w=450&sz=26&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=qv3yal1XITkl-M:&tbnh=133&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnew%2Bjersey%2Blandforms%2Bmap%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

OTHER
National Geographic for Kids
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/

The American Museum of Natural History presents...."Ology"
http://www.ology.amnh.org/

American Field Guide (good nature videos from PBS)
(requires a fast Internet connection)
http://pbs.org/americanfieldguide 

NEW...National Archives Experience (History through Photos in the Digital Vaults)
http://www.archives.gov/nae/

NEW...Awesome Stories  (To help educators and individuals find original sources)
http://www.awesomestories.com/

 

 

PRESIDENTS
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Interactive portrait Fun
http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html

Washington (at whitehouse.gov)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/georgewashington.html 

Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org/
http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/

 

 

PRIMARY
At Work in the Neighborhood
 http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/readers/socialstudies/book3/intro.htm

Be a Good Citizen
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/readers/socialstudies/book1/intro.htm

Hooray for the Red, White & Blue (Match Game)
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/readers/socialstudies/book4/intro.htm

A Look Back in Time  (Which things are new?  Which things are old?)
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/readers/socialstudies/book5/intro.htm

RIVERS OF THE WORLD
http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/kidriver.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001779.html

http://www.ixeo.com/Maps.aspx?MCID=1&CAID=61&TQID=411&LG=EN

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001779.html

IX-World (rivers)
http://www.ixeo.com/Maps.aspx?MCID=1&CAID=61&TQID=411&LG=EN

 

 

 

augustus-01.gif - 8618 BytesTHE ROMAN EMPIRE
BBC's  The Romans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/seeyouseeme/

PBS Warrior Challenge
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/warriorchallenge/romans/meet.html

The Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
(Good children's section. Has commercial pop-ups.)
http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html

History for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htm

Google link site
http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History/By_Time_Period/Ancient_History/Rome/

History on the Net
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/romansmain.htm

Odyssey on line ROME
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/homepg.html

Pompeii  Harcourt School Publishers
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html

Eyewitness to History  (The Ancient World)
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/awfrm.htm

SETTLERS
Our Story in History
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/index.cfm

THANKSGIVING & NATIVE AMERICANS
The First Thanksgiving
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Plimoth Plantation (Try the "Learn" link)
http://www.plimoth.org

Plimouth Plantation
http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/index.html

Circle of Stories (Native American Story Telling)
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/

 

 


UNITED STATES/REGIONS/STATES

NEW...US History Lessons at Hippocampus (Multimedia)
 http://history.hippocampus.org/

Regions of the United States
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-regions-of-the-united-states

Enchanted Learning States
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/ 

Info Please US States
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html


50 States  (Place the states on the map, interactive activity)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

The US 50
http://www.theus50.com/

50 States of the United States
http://www.50states.com/
http://www.50states.com/tools/moreinfo.htm

Info Please (The 50 States)
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html

Global Computing (American States)
http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html

America's Library (Explore the States)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

Houghton Mifflin US History Interactive Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/az/books/bke1/imaps/index.html

Houghton Mifflin US History Interactive Maps
 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmss05/bke/imaps/index.html

Free Travel Brochures (US + some Canada)
http://www.travelinformation.com

More Free Brochures
http://www.24-7vacations.com/index.php?ref=google_gen 

Netstate.com Tourism
http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/st_tourism.htm


VETERANS' DAY

They Who Serve (Jennifer Love Hewitt Movie)

VA  KIDS K-5th (Veteran's Day Site)
 http://www.va.gov/kids/k-5/index.asp?intSiteID=2

Kids Domain     A list of sites for Veteran's Day
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Salute_to_Veterans.html

Veteran's Day National Committee
http://www.va.gov/vetsday

Blackwell's Best
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/memorial.html