History & Geography

General:

Child and Geography--Activities to teach the fundamentals of geography. Links are given for Internet resources, suggested computer software and reading materials and a list of places to write for free or inexpensive maps.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography

C-Span -- Has up-to-the-minute schedule information for the C-SPAN networks, general information about C-SPAN programs, a congressional glossary and a Q&A feature.
http://www.c-span.org

HistoryChannel -- Programming information, as well as, audio clips, study guides, quiz and This Day in History for the History Channel.
www.historychannel.com

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers -- A mega-site of over 25 categories of history/social studies sites.
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

A HyperHistory Online --Includes an index for people, events, maps and major civilizations of the world.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

A HyperText on American History -- Includes information from the colonial period to the First World War.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/

Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers -- This site has a table with differnet categories such as Social Studies Resources, Teaching Current Events, What's New This Month, Online Activities, Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies, etc.
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/index.html

National Council for Social Studies -- This web site has Internet Links, Teaching Resources, and other sections dealing with information about this organization and its events, etc.
http://www.ncss.org/

Social Studies Sources -- Social Studies categories for teachers including U. S. History, General History, Cultural Diversity, Geography/Culture, etc.
http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/#Start

U. S. Census Bureau Geography Topics
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/index.html

Government Sites:

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet--Follow education links to legislative government.
http://thomas.loc.gov

U. S. Government for Kids-- Government websites for kids.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/govagency.html

U. S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

U. S. Mint
http://www.usmint.gov

U. S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html

Map Sites:

Graphic Maps
http://www.graphicmaps.com/graphic_maps.html

MapsOnUs
http://www.mapsonus.com

Maps to print or put on websites
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/main.html?main=atlas

Tiger
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse

University of Texas's Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

U.S. Gazetteer-On-line Mapping
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

Working With Maps: USGS Learning Web -- This page of the United States Geological Survey has map units based on grade levels. Also, check out their other links.
http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/wwmaps.html

Xerox Map Viewer
http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map

States:

The 50 States of the United States
http://www.50states.com

GeoNet
http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/geo/indexhi.html

State of TN (Change the state abbreviation for other states)
http://www.state.tn.us

State Search
http://www.nasire.org/statesearch/

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