Kindergarten, Gr. 1 & 2
Social Studies Resources below!
Teacher/Parent Opportunity Links
Parents
Teachers
Parents/Teachers
Discovery Channel
select"Discovery Kids" on left
We the People
Smithsonian
select "Students"
Project Citizen
Law for Kids
Arizona Model U. N.
Kids Voting Arizona
  Free Printable Maps Kids Voting USA
Close-Up
General Websites for K-2 Social Studies
Content rich materials created by state dept
need password/may need to reset settings
numerous resources on social studies for teachers& students  power points on all social studies topics 

National Geographic for Kids
current events 

Time for Kids
current events, lessons, worksheets, graphic organizers
Teaching Tolerance
resources for MLK, Thanksgiving etc.
lessons on community, pilgrims, immigration, helping others, rules, getting along, money  
library of congress national archives    GLAD units and chants   GLAD units and chants 
America/Government   
guide to the U.S. government for kids patriotic symbols, songs, etc.    
Maps   


National Geographic
maps/acitivities

help Franny explore places around the globe

Az. Geographic Alliance
maps, geography lessons

 
Ancient Civilizations
translating words into hieroglyphics

Chinese inventions
Great site for information on Ancient Egypt – not too hard to read

Ancient Egypt


Ancient Egypt

Asia

type English name – writes in Chinese

Ancient Egypt - great links to other websites

Asia

China

American Revolution Websites
American revolution play      
Westward Movement
entire site devoted to
Oregon Trail

build a sod house game
a PBS series on the west with lessons – a little high level but good info. Great site with lots of primary source documents and photos links to websites about the west/westward movement
Primary Sources
primary resources library of congress national archives lots of pictures to use for learning social studies
Colonists
colonial Williamsburg
Plymouth    
Native American Websites
Southwest Indians

website that covers all about Native Americans – culturally correct    

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