50 States
http://www.50states.com/
Everything you wanted to know about the 50 states: capital, state bird, climate, flag, etc. | America’s Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Information from the Library of Congress including letters, diaries, maps and prints. | Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Grades K – 12, interactive website full of information on how our government works, history, science, geography and more. | Create A Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Online resource for creating various graphs (bar, pie, XY, line and area). | Eye Witness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
History through the eyes of those who lived it from the Ancient World to the 20th Century. | History Now
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historynow/09_2009/interactive.php
Interactive American History through video clips. | Interactives
http://www.learner.org/interactives/
Cross-curricular online activities in a variety of subject areas, grades 2–12. | Kids Past
http://www.kidspast.com/historical-quotes/index.php
Historical quotes for kids. | National Geographic Kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Topics include animals and nature, history, and science and space. | Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
Showcases the front pages of daily newspapers from around the world in its original form. | New York Times Learning Page
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
News summaries, “on this day”, word of the day and more. | Schooltime Games
http://schooltimegames.com/index.html
Variety of online games to supplement instruction in various subjects. | Smithsonian Educators
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html
Tons of educational resources on many topics supported by the Smithsonian
Center for Education and Museum Studies. | Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Recap of today’s CNN headlines appropriately created for kids. | White House 101
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white_house_101/
Fun facts about the home of our President. | Zip Skinny
http://zipskinny.com/
Type in any zip code and get a wide range of demographics for that area. |
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