Social+Studies+Resources

=Social Studies Resources=

[|Ancient Egypt] - this British Museum site also has interactive games [|Ancient Stones of Scotland] - ranging from the earliest settlements (dating from about 3500 BC), through the stone circles and standing stones, to the defense towers called brochs, built about 2000 years ago     [|Holy Land Network] This site provides field trips of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Tiberias.     [|Reach the World] Sail around the world on a 43-foot sailboat, and meet the crew who did it. You'll find separate centers for teachers and students. [|Smithsonian Institute Institute of American History] [|Biography of America]-- Information, visuals, interactive timelines [|Biography of Women] [|Lewis and Clark] General Social Studies Resources --great wiki with primary resources, interactive sites [|CIA] - Virtual Tour of the CIA [|The Civil War] - A Virtual Field Trip for your Social Studies class [|Countries of the World] - A lesson for Social Studies. [|Early American Colonies] - A trip back to early America [|TheUnited States National Symbols] - The pieces that make up America [|Native American Dwellings] [|The Great Depression and WWII] - A living history of our grandparents [|Colonial Life] - How did early Americans live? [|Smithsonian National Museum of Natual History] - Each floor and exhibit is a virtual tour. [|Freedom in America (example BSU Field Trip)] //--// [|Traditions of the Sun (less involved]//) -////--Choose one of the virtual panoramas and experiment. This type of virtual experience may require more background information and linking of some other sites in order to get the full benefit. [|Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia]// [|Oregon Trail] [|Particle Adventure] - An interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter presented by the Particle Data Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [|Plimoth Plantation] - a virtual tour of the first permanent European settlement in southern New England [|Postcards from America] - Hitch a ride in their virtual backseat and tour the 50 states in Harvey the RV. //National Register of Historic Places --// [|[[http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/onlineitin-trav.htm --] //site contains lists of itineraries that have been compiled for different historic events and locations. Choose a couple and work your way through them to get a feel for the format being used on this site.// [|The White House] - Take a tour of the White House. Art, Architechture, Furnishings, See rooms like the oval office. [|visist a farm with your class] - Visit a Farm [|**Social Studies Virtual Tours**] -links to virtual field trips [|Agriculture in the Classroom] - discover farming through six virtual field trips [|Blackwell's Best Virtual Field Trips] - Vicki Blackwell provides a list of virtual field trips and museums [|CARE] provides an index of thirteen virtual field trips of impoverished or strife torn countries. [|Egypt in VR] - A 3-D Exploration site of Ancient Egyptian monuments. [|Egypt Voyager] - seven virtual tours [|**Explore London**] **-** over 200 panoramas are available [|**Scrolls From the Dead Sea**]: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship [|**St. Michael's Abbey**] - As you take the virtual tour, look for red spots. [|**Spotty's White House Tour**] - conducted by the President's English Springer Spaniel. [|**Stonehenge**] [|**Supreme Court Building**] - You may also observe that within some sections of the tour, the cursor may change to a button/hand when you pass over certain "hot spots." This is a signal to click your mouse, transporting you to another section or to a detailed still image [|**Theban Mapping Project**] - Investigate a database of information about each tomb, view a compilation of more than 2000 images, interact with models of each tomb, and measure, pan, and zoom over 250 detailed maps, elevations, and sections. [|**The Tomb of Tutankhamun**] [|**Underground Railroad**] - "With miles to go before I sleep." a historical field trip from Co-Nect [|**National Geographic**] also has a tour of the Underground Railroad [|**U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour**] - an interactive, user friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol