Social+Studies

**Social Studies**
[|Flags of the World] [|Country Profiles - BBC News] [|World Maps] - Printable [|United States] - resources and interactive connections [|U.S. Mint] - Information, activities, and games regarding money [|Timeline] - interactive timeline game for one or two players [|xtimeline] - Easily create and share timelines with pictures and videos. Check out the many great timelines available. [|Timeline Generator] - easy to use! [|Geography at the Movies] - free video resources [|Library of Congress Photostream] - sets and collections of images [|Presidential Pets] - slideshow [|World Mapper] - the world as you've never seen it before  [|National Geographic Kids] - Kid's games, animals, photos, stories, and more!  [|Panoramas] - 360 degrees  [|360 Cities] - interactive panoramic photography  [|GigaPan] - find fantastic images from around the world  [|US States and Regions] - free PowerPoints for review and practice [|A Brief History of Time Zones] - interactive [|The World of Seven Billion] - Cool maps of where and how we live, by National Geographic. [|Show/World-A New Way To Look at the World]- interactive maps [|50 States: Pun-Fueled food map of the states] [|100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours]

[|STL250] - St. Louis turns 250 years old in 2014 [|Flat Louie] - Travel with Flat Louis through the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Use him to learn about the history, culture, and geography of our great city! [|America's Story from America's Library] [|Lewis and Clark] - archived videoconferences available here [|Today in History - The Library of Congress] [|The Authentic History Center] [|Camelot Village] - history of the world [|National Museum of the American Indian] [|Statetris] - an interesting game mixing aspects of the popular game 'Tetris' and geography [|Awesome Stories] - pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, documents and other primary sources linked, to tell real stories [|Footnote] - a collection of over **58 million** original historical documents that make history come alive [|Conflict History] - interactive timeline of every war ever fought [|Wanderlust] - Interactive map of history's greatest journeys [|How the West was Lost by Native Americans] - amazing animated GIF [|Creating "Common Craft" Type Videos About Historical Terms]
 * History **

[|Our Courts] - free interactive civic resources launched by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor  [|My U.S. Rep Role Play Congress] - Help your Rep become popular, look for bills to vote on, collect cash and buy media time. [|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids] [|If I were president] - by Scholastic. Interesting way to get students to think about what issues are important to them. [|Electoral College] by Schoolhouse Rock, oldie but goodie video
 * Government **

[|GeoGames] - leveled geography games [|Test Your Geography Knowledge] - Check it out! [|Free Rice Countries of the World] - earn rice for the poor [|Free Rice Capitals of the World] - earn rice for the poor [|Free Poverty] - see how many cups of water you can donate by testing your world geography knowledge [|Nobel Prize Games] - games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! [|Room 108] - lots of social studies games [|Colonial Williamsburg] - Kids Zone - games and activities [|Traveler IQ Challenge] - Map Quiz: How well do you know your world? [|Social Studies Games] - variety of interactive games [|The Geography Zone - Geography Challenge] [|U.S. States and Capitals Matching Quiz] [|United States Capitals Map Quiz] [|USA Geography] - many games with various levels of difficulty [|Know Your States] - timed game placing states in correct location
 * Games and Quizzes **