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Social Studies Resources

    • Various resources to explore for Women's History Month.    Photo to the left of Susan B. Anthony
    • Women's History - Factmonster
    • Library of Congress
    • Women's International Center

  • Below is a collection of sites, resources, photos and videos from September 11, 2001. Please be advised that some of the images are very graphic.

    • Library of Congress - Black History
    • Internet_4Classrooms_Black History

    • The King Center
    • I Have a Dream Speech
    • Video Review of Dr. King's Work
    • March on Washington
    • Separate But Equal

    • Three Branches of Government - How they function
    • Three Co-Equal Branches of Government
    • Short Primer on the structure of our government
    • The Constitution, the Articles of Federation, and Federalism, a crash course
    • Three Branches - RAP Style
    • Understanding the Three Branches of Government

  • iCivics prepares young Americans to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st-century citizens by creating free and innovative educational materials.

    In 2009, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics to reverse Americans’ declining civic knowledge and participation. Securing our democracy, she realized, requires teaching the next generation to understand and respect our system of governance.

  • Justice by the People - A Civics, History and Language Arts program.  Access free classroom materials, games, and printables.  This includes an interactive Courtroom simulation.

    Make Your Case is a courtroom trial simulation in which students control the action as they experience a real courtroom setting. This Teaching Guide will help you incorporate the game into your classroom.

    • Lewis and Clark
    • Lewis and Clark - PBS Ken Burns
    • Louisiana Purchase - Office of the Historian
    • Louisiana Purchase - Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
    • Louisiana Purchase - US History.com

    • California Missions
    • San Joaquin County Historical Museum
    • Sacramento History Online
    • Locke - Information on the delta town of Locke
    • Califonia and Regional Sites
    • Net State California
    • John Sutter - SF City Museum
    • Sutter's Fort

    • Capital Penguin - Academic Skill Builders.com
    • Enchanted Learning
    • Fifty States
    • Net States
    • I Like 2 Learn
    • Social Studies for Kids 
    • Infoplease
    • State Maps
    • States and Capitals Song
    • States and Capitals Song with Drawings
    • States and Capitals - by Wakko
    • US Map Puzzle Game
    • Vector Kids Captial Game

    • America's Historical Documents at the National Archives
    • US Constitution Online

    • KidsPast.com - World History, History Games and Quotes.

    • Tour the World - The geography of the world.

    • American Revolutionary War
    • Civil War
    • History.com
    • USHistory.org
    • U-S-History
    • The American Revolution in 5 minutes and 20seconds - a quick look at what caused the American Revolution.
    • The American Revolution in 5 minutes - Another quick look at the causes.