SOCIAL STUDIES
Georaphy, History, and the Study of Man
Also see:
Web Sites for RESEARCHING COUNTRIES
EDUCATIONAL SITES: Teacher Resources
EDUCATIONAL SITES: Lesson Plans
Social Studies & Social Sciences - General Index Sites
Each of these sites will lead to a vast collection of links
on a wide variety of topics.
BC's Open Learning / Community
Learning Network: SOCIAL STUDIES 
A multitude of links to Social Studies sites on many Social Studies topics.
EduRef
- The Educator's Referefnce Desk (formerly AskERIC) - SOCIAL STUDIES
Access to educational documents: internet links, curriculum guides, teaching units,
research reports, bibliographies, and journal articles.
See also: LESSON
PLANS
EdHelper.com - SOCIAL STUDIES
Hundreds of links and lesson plans.
PBS Teacher Source - SOCIAL
STUDIES
Lesson plans, links and tie-ins with television programs and PBS Online websites.
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport
Browse the world (past and present) in an electronic classroom. Information, study
guides, tests, and much more
Geography World
A vast collection of links and resources for information about the world.
NOT JUST GEOGRAPHY - there are also many links for History (eg. Ancient Cultures),
Geology (eg. Earthquakes & Volcanoes) and much more.
Social Science Information Gateway
A source of high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers
and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK
Resource Discovery Network.
SocialStudies.org
Links are categorized by the ten themes of the (U.S.) Curriculum Standards for Social
Studies. Many links are appropriate to several themes and may be listed in each category
they relate to.
US Department
of Education - SOCIAL STUDIES
The U.S. Department of Education has a wide variety of resources in all curriculum
topics.
WWW Virtual Library: HUMANITIES
A huge database of information categorized by subject.
See also: REGIONAL STUDIES
Canadian On-Line Archives & Resources
Canadian Heritage
Symbols of Canada
CANADAIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA - HISTOR!CA
History, Heritage, Discovery... information about Canada. Includes lesson plans,
Heritage Minutes, and resources for students.
Canada
Post School Program
Entertaining and educational lesson guides and activities for school or home.
Canadiana Resource
Page (unofficial)
This page has links to historical and cultural sites, as well as information about
government.
Parks Canada - National Historical Sites of Canada
Take a virtual trip to national historical sites throughout the country.
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their
country Ñ its population, resources, economy, society and culture
Canadian Museum Sites:
British Columbia Museums
Royal British Columbia Museum (Victoria,
BC)
Browse through the following exhibits: First Peoples, Open Oceans, Natural History,
Modern History, Biological Collection Information, First Nation's Collection Information
etc.
Also the National Geographic IMAX Theatre, information about exhibits, schedules
and rates.
BC Archives
- The Amazing Time Machine
Probably the best, most child-friendly place on the Internet for learning BC history:
British Columbia Museums Association
Museums, art galleries, historic sites, cultural and science centres of the province.
Choose any city for a complete listing of cultural attractions from Abbotsford to
Zeballos.
National Museums
Canadian Museum of Civilization
(Ottawa-Hull)
This site includes: Museum Tour, Vitrual Museum, Children's Museum, Resources for
Teachers and classes, and much, much more!
Canadian Children's
Museum (part of the Museum of Cicilization - Ottawa-Hull)
The Children's Museum seeks to enrich children's lives, broaden their cultural experience
and provide them with a creative space in which to learn about the world.
Virtual Museum - Canada
Searchable collection that includes featured exhibits, image gallery and teacher
centre
GEOGRAPHY
- EduRef
- The Educator's Referefnce Desk (formerly AskERIC) - GEOGRAPHY
- Access to educational documents: internet links, curriculum guides, teaching
units, research reports, bibliographies, and journal articles.
- EdHelper.com - GEOGRAPHY
- Hundreds of links and lesson plans.
- TENET at U of Texas - GEOGRAPHY
- Travel the world! Explore the locations on this page to find geography resources
for K-12 educators and students, parents and teachers. From: Texas Education Network.
- US
Department of Education - GEOGRAPHY
- The U.S. Department of Education has a wide variety of resources.
- Web Sites for Researching Countries
- An index of valuable resources for finding information about countires around
the world.
- USGS - US Geological Survey
- Source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural
hazards, and the environment.
- USGS GEOGRAPHY - The National Map
- The U.S. Geological Survey's information on mapping, water, biology, and geology.
- USGS - GEOGRAPHY -
Educational Materials
- US Geological Survey Teaching Packets
- USGS - GEOGRAPHY
- Fact Sheets
- US Geological Survey Fact Sheets - provides printed and digital information on
mapping and the sciences involved in creating map products.
- U.S. Dept. of Education:
Learning Partners - Let's Do Geography
- This site presents ideas for activities that will use your children's play to
informally help them learn more geography - the study of the Earth.
- United Nations - Home Page
- The main home page for the UN - an excellent starting point for information on
the UN and the member countries.
- United Nations - CyberSchoolBus
- The UN's educational resources index.
HISTORY
- CANADAIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA -HISTOR!CA
- History, Heritage, Discovery... information about Canada. Includes lesson plans,
Heritage Minutes, and resources for students.
- Biography.com
- The Biography Channel's site includes historical figures as well as celebrities.
- Hyperhistory Online
- Online clickable world history timeline.
- BC's Open Learning / Community
Learning Network - HISTORY
- Links to History subjects "theme pages" that index collections of sub-topic
links.
Also see:HISTORY - Instructional
Materials
- Canada's SchoolNet - HISTORY
- A large index of sites: Ancient History, Canadian History, Regional History,
and 20th Century World.
- EduRef
- The Educator's Referefnce Desk (formerly AskERIC) - HISTORY
- Access to educational documents: internet links, curriculum guides, teaching
units, research reports, bibliographies, and journal articles.
See also: WORLD
HISTORY and US
HISTORY
- BBC (UK) - HISTORY
- The BBC's site includes historical information (some related to television programs),
games, and more.
- TENET at U of Texas - HISTORY
- Find history resources for K-12 educators and students, parents and teachers.
From: Texas Education Network.
- US
Department of Education - HISTORY
- The U.S. Department of Education has a wide variety of resources.
- Heroines.ca
- A guide to women in Canadian history.
- WWW Virtual Library: HISTORY
- A huge database of information on History categorized by subject.
- Prehistoric Man - INDEX
- Ancient Egypt - INDEX
- Ancient Greece - INDEX
- Ancient Rome - INDEX
Dead Sea Scrolls
- The exhibition, Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and
Modern Scholarship brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls
which have been the subject of intense public interest.
- Duke Papyrus Archive
- For those interested in ancient Egypt, this Archive provides electronic access
to texts about and images of papyri from ancient Egypt. Browse 200 images of and
texts about Duke papyri. A rich and fascinating web page!
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Educational
and Outreach Programs
- See artifacts in the Kelsey Museum's Greek and Roman, and Near Eastern exhibits.
You can also view objects of Ancient Roman daily life that were excavated at a site
in Karanis, Egypt. Helpful Maps.
- National Archives (USA) Online
Exhibit Hall
- This is a nationwide system that preserves the permanently valuable records of
the United States government. These online exhibits, bring to the public some of
the rich and varied holdings of the National Archives.
See also: Digital Classroom.
- Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World
- Includes a chronological list, map, details about each Wonder, and related links.
- U.S. Civil War Center
- The United States Civil War Center resides at Louisiana State University. Includes
information on private and institutional holdings of Civil War materials throughout
the nation.
- U.S. Dept. of
Education: Learning Partners - Let's Do History
- This site presents ideas for activities that will use your children's play to
informally help them learn more history - the story of people and events.
STUDY OF MAN
- US
Department of Education - ANTHROPOLOGY
- The U.S. Department of Education has a wide variety of resources.
- Africa
Guide - K-12 (U of Pennsylvainia)
- A guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line
resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom, for research and studies.
- WWW Virtual Library -
Demography & Population Studies
- This document keeps track of leading information facilities of value and/or significance
to researchers in the field of demography. Includes up-to-date Census Information,
Population Studies, Statistics Canada, Demographics etc.
- Museum of Antiquities
- The Museum of Antiquities presents exhibits about Stone Age hunter gatherers
and the Romans in Britain.
- World Religions
- An index of links on : Introducing World Religions, The Architecture of Worship
(Sacred Sites), Comparing World Religions
GO TO: Learning Resources INDEX
Last Updated: July 25, 2008