Social Studies

Social Studies Online

Resources We Use to Make Homes. Level One.

Holidays on the Net. - Christmas, Halloween, Ramadan, Easter and more!

Our Place: A Thematic Unit. Suitable for the Junior School.

An Internet Project - Our Place.

Six Paths to China. An excellent site.

Otago Goldfields.

Klondyke Gold Rush - From the Writers Den.

Rules and Responsibilities: An alien approach to Law.

Crimes From Mother Goose.

Rules and Responsibilities. Was it the Pied Piper's Fault?

Social Studies, a Curriculum Guide For the Elementary Level.

Australian Aborigines

Ancient Egypt Thematic Unit

Ancient Egypt - British Museum. Great site.

Gander Academy's Ancient Egypt. Lessons, student worksheets, links. Excellent site.

Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans for Teachers. Awesome site. Students can make their own personal pyramids.Three lessons each in the subjects of art, language arts, math and science. This is a not to be missed site.

An Introduction to the History and Culture of Pharaonic Egypt.

Egyptian Clip Art

All About Mummies

Ancient Egypt- A Thematic Unit for Elementary Students

Tutankhamun from Mysteries of Egypt

Map Adventures K - 3

Working With Maps K - 3

Explorers - A page of links. (Cook, Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Livingstone, Earhart, Vikings, and more).

Mother's Day Crafts.

Egypt. A Think Quest Entry.

Famous People Mini Units. Includes Helen Keller, Golda Meir, Mother Teresa, Florence Nightingale, Desmond Tutu etc.

Celebrations. Mini Units. Includes Birthdays, Earth Day, Chinese New Year, Book Week, Fiesta, Christmas, April Fools Day and more.

Opening Doors to Social Sudies with Children's Literature. Social Studies lesson plans using books such as The Lorax, Grandpa's Song, Tutankhamen's Gift etc.

Africa: It's Not A Country. A huge resource base of lessons on Africa. Has children's toys and games, music, art, food, daily life etc.

Deep in the Bush Where People Rarely Go. - Using Folk Tales to Bring Africa into the Classroom.

African Savannah.

Journey to Africa. This site was created for teachers to use with first and second
graders to study another area of the world and to contrast it to where they live.This site is divided into three biomes: the desert, the rainforest, and the savanna. The people, land and animals of each biome are presented. Included on the site is a printable Travel Diary that can be used to record the sites of Africa.

A Shelter for Morty. Wants and needs Unit.

China: Dim Sum: A Connection to Chinese American Culture. Don't miss this if you are doing a study of China. Lessons, print outs and fun activities.

Chinese Thematic Unit. Very useful.

Teaching From Objects and Stories. Learning about the Bering Sea Eskimo People.

Educating for Asia. Find Unit Plans, information and ideas to help with Asian Studies. New Zealand Curriculum based.

Chinese New Year.

You'll find a list of stories that are useful for values exploration here.

Women in Alaska's History

Australia: Lessons About the "Land Down Under."

Kids Zone. Information on Africa. Great "Myths and Fables," section.

Cities. Three teachers who work together in a Year 8 Learning Team at Como SHS in Perth have designed a curriculum integration project around the theme "Cities." It's well worth the visit!

Greek Mythology. Unit Plan.

Map Exploration.

Pancakes, Pancakes. (Economics and Geography)

The Tudors and Henry VIII - An excellent site for 7 - 10 year olds.

Who were The Romans? - Another excellent interactive site for 7 -10 year olds.

Light in Festivals

"The Goat in the Rug." An economics and literature lesson based on a story about a Navajo weaver.

Lesson plans about the basics of trade and transportation: why we trade, how we trade, and where we trade. K-12.

Transportation Thematic Unit. Level One.

Collaborative Thematic Unit - Transportation. Level One.

Thematic Unit:Transportation. Level One.

Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books.

Rice Around the World.

The Self. This unit is ideal for enabling students to examine their personal identity, their relationships with others, and factors which influence them on personal and social levels both in the present and the future. Nice ideas for the beginning of the year.

Going Places, Making Choices: Transportation and the Environment. The curriculum contains five units of study: The History of Transportation,Natural Resources and Energy Use, Air Pollution and Climate Change, Land Use, and Personal Choices and Action. Aimed at Grades 9 - 12 but easily adapted to lower levels.

Maori Organisations of New Zealand. Take a look at the slideshows - birds, clothing, plants and more.You'll find information on Marae protocol and some online quizzes.A useful site.

Guess Who? Read these very cool, very funny rhymes and then try to figure out who is "speaking" (What type of job). Fun for kids,teachers & parents!

Pirates.

Loogootee Studies China. Third grade students in a computer club created this site. Young children will enjoy a slide show of facts on China, take an online quiz, write Chinese numerals and explore the Chinese calendar. Your lower primary students will love this educational and entertaining site.