U.S. History

Images of American Political History

From pre-1700s to present

Interactive Maps--US History

Learner mode and quiz mode... physical features, states, Native Americans, Colonists, The Nation Expands

Google News Timeline

Young America

Artworks from the Smithsonian of early America.

The Lure of the West

Artworks from the Smitsonian from the colonies to settlement in the west (includes Native Americans).

Mashup Map of Presidents and their birthplaces

The American Revolution at Awesome Stories

How Stuff Works Articles and videos about American History

Interactive Social Studies Games

Telling Their Stories Oral histories from the Holocaust survivors, WWII liberators, and Japanese Internment survivors

Route 66 Oral History, photos, Google maps

Culture:

We Are Multicolored (create a flag from different flags of the world)

Kids.gov:

American History Links

U.S. Culture Links

Biographies of Americans

U.S. States

World History

World History Links

Countries & Cultures Links

World Countries quiz (Geography, using Google maps)

World Cities quiz (same as above!)

Universal Leonardo Activities to explore Leonardo da Vinci and his art 

Mostly Medeival  Explore Britain during the Middle Ages

Medieval London Themes, People, Timeline  & Games from the Museum of London

How Stuff Works Videos and articles

Other Social Studies Resources

National Geographic - People and Places in the world 

Mibazaaar  Blog & collection of mashup Google maps + news about Google Earth

Academy of Achievement: Biographies and info on many famous people. 

Kids.gov Careers Links

Kids.gov Technology Career Links

Kids.gov Citizenship

Kids.gov Making Laws

Maps/Geography Links

Testing, testing