This document provides a long list of online resources for social studies teaching and learning. It includes links to blogs, websites, videos and other tools on topics like American history, civics, geography, world history and current events. These resources range from primary sources and archives to interactive games and simulations to support social studies instruction. Contact information is provided for getting more details on these resources.

1. Social Studies Roundtable Important Resources

2. Tonight’s Resources and More for SS may be Found at: http://delicious.com/dembe01/ss http://slideshare.net/kbrooks http://www.karenbrooks.wikispaces.com http://www.karenbrooksucboces.blogspot.com

3. A Plethora of Technology http://plethoratech.blogspot.com/2007/10/historical-my-space.html Historical My Space

4. Locally Similar http://www.newpaltz.k12.ny.us/1563201114112624660/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=57232

5. What Might Be Fun http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/modelun/index.asp

6. http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/category/social-studies/

7. http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/archives/1325

8. Library of Congress Photos on There are currently two pilot sets on Flickr: 1930s-40s in Color http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/ News in 1910 http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603624867509/

9. History Tech http://historytech.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/digital-vaults-social-networking-for-primary-sources/ Digital Vaults - http://www.digitalvaults.org/

11. Web Cams from Around the World http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318306,00.html http://www.cornpalace.org/newpages/webcam.html http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm http://www.paris-live.com/ http://www.123-cams.com/live-webcam.php?var=6051&site=http://www.pyramidcam.com http://www.123-cams.com/live-webcam.php?var=1326&site=http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Webcam_Rocks_Viewing.htm http://www.123-cams.com/live-webcam.php?var=6407&site=http://www.vivendamiranda.com/webcam/webcam-general.htm http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html http://www.pikespeakcam.com/ http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/statueofliberty/ http://rhwcam.markant.at/ http://www.mmdfactory.com/webcam/Israel/Western_Wall__Jerusalem_Webcam.html http://www.sdpb.org/dakotacast/webcam/rushmore.asp

12. http://www.electoralcompass.com/language/en

13. http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/timeline.swf

18. Panoramic Maps Collection at the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html

19. Rethinking Schools Interactive Maps http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

20. National Archives on Google Video http://video.google.com/nara.html

21. Clickable Poems http://www.clickablepoems.com/

22. Iknowthat.com - http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_SocialStudies

26. Name all the US Presidents - http://www.sporcle.com/games/presidents.php

28. Citizenship Test - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19552808/

29. Online Primary Source Historical Map Resource - http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/category/social-studies/page/2/

32. Center for History and News Media - http://chnm.gmu.edu/

33. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/socialstudies/

36. Don’t forget these valuable tools Power Media Plus http://www.powermediaplus.com/ Liberty Kids Videos United Streaming at http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm

37. Cyber School Bus - United Nations - http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/

38. Internet History Sourcebooks Project - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

39. Video Conferencing http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/directory.cfm

42. Don’t Forget! The Ulster BOCES Video Conference Catalogue for 2008-2009 School Year will be available in May.

43. Other Great Web 2.0 Resources SMARTBoard Lesson Enhancement Resources for Website Promote 21st Century Skills

44. http://ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html

45. American Revolution WebQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html

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

47. Discovering Lewis and Clark http://www.lewis-clark.org/

48. Documenting the American South http://docsouth.unc.edu/classroom/

49. Place the State http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

50. On This Day http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

51. Ancient Egypt through Google Earth http://www.egyptancienthistory.com/

52. Digital Storytelling in SS http://web2-and-you-2.pbwiki.com/Digital%20Storytelling%20in%20Social%20Studies

53. Interactive Ancient Mediterranean http://iam.classics.unc.edu/index.html

54. So Little Time and So Many More Sites CaliSphere - http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ Vintage Photos of US cities - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=142692 Growth of a Nation – Animated - http://animatedatlas.com/movie.html Global Island Game - http://www.globalisland.nu/pages_intro/en/index.php?lang=en Basic Skills Games for SS - http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html Federal Reserves for Educational Excellence http://www.free.ed.gov/displaydate.cfm Live World Clock - http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf World Religions Map - http://www.boredstop.com/atlasfaith.htm Presidential Classroom - http://www.presidentialclassroom.org/ AskAsia - http://www.askasia.org/ Asia for Educators - http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ American Labor Studies Center - http://labor-studies.org/

55. Thinkfinity Interactive Social Studies - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/SearchResults.aspx?subject=all&partner=all&resource_type=all&grade=all&q=social%20studies&area=teacher Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons - http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm 100 Milestone Documents - http://ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone PowerPoint Palooza for SS - http://www.pptpalooza.net/ Mapping of the Holocaust - http://www.pptpalooza.net/ Herblock’s History Political Cartoons http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/ Adobe - http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/

56. WW2 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/ Historic Figures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ http://www.landmarkcases.org/ Blogs for History Junkies - http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/09/10/100-awesome-blogs-for-history-junkies/ Top 100 Speeches - http://americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html Time Tube - http://www.dipity.com/mashups/timetube Electing a President in Plain English - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I&feature=user Picturing America - http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/ Build a Flag - http://pbskids.org/buster/games/flag/index.html Puzzled States - http://www.scholastic.com/play/prestates.htm http://www.sparknotes.com/home/history http://oldbluewebdesigns.com/mybeautifulamerica.htm National Museum of crimes - http://www.crimemuseum.org/ Wolf Quest - http://www.wolfquest.org/ Junior Achievement – CEO Simulation - http://titan.ja.org/ SS online K-8 - http://classroom.jc-schools.net/SS-units/ http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/Chapter.aspx?Id=61 Million Dollar Citizen Game - http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/MDC/index.htm http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/obama_announces_organizing_for.html

57. http://www.stimuluswatch.org/ http://www.usaspending.gov/ http://www.slideshare.net/timoreilly/gov2-senate More at http://www.delicious.com/dembe01/ss Presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/kbrooks

58. Contact Karen Brooks [email_address]