Social+Studies+Links

** Please add websites that you feel will help enrich your social studies instruction, along with the site name, the URL, a brief description, recommended grade level for readability and your name as the contributor. **  the Preamble and all the Articles of the US Constitution, with an explanation of each element. || 4 and up || Ellen Phillips || Wealth of good information for secondary school students. || Middle School and HS || Ellen Phillips ||
 * ** SITE NAME ** || ** WEBSITE URL ** || ** BRIEF DESCRIPTION ** || ** RECOMMENDED GRADE LEVEL ** || ** CONTRIBUTED BY : ** ||
 * ===**Have Fun With History**=== || [] || Amazing collection of copyright free video all history-based. You can download and remix to create your own versions of history! || 4 and up || Mike Swirsky ||
 * Copy/Paste || [] || Great blog with a lot of interseting social studies lessons. Free downloads of PDFs, DBQ focused lessons, etc. || 6 and up || Ellen Phillips ||
 * Interactive Constituttion || [] || An interactive site where students can access
 * Mr. Donn || @http://www.mrdonn.org || A comprehensive site covering world and U.S. history with a great many resources, lesson plans, etc. A well-established site, it has been around for over a decade and is constantly updated. || 3 and up || Ellen Phillips ||
 * Big Apple History || @http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory || Fun, informative, interactive site with a focus on New York City history. Includes an excellent interactive timeline. || 3 and up || Ellen Phillips ||
 * The National Archives: Educators and Students || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.archives.gov/education || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Access to many primary source documents and lesson plans with a focus on U.S. History. || 7 and up || Ellen Phillips ||
 * British Library: Timeslines-Sources of History || @http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/index.html || Fascinating timeline of British history using primary source images and documents that can be saved or printed. || 7 and up || Ellen Phillips ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites || @http://cybraryman.com/socialstudieslinks.html || Just the Social Studies section of this enormous database of great websites. || All + Teachers || Ellen Phillips ||
 * National Archives: Docs Teach || @http://docsteach.org || Access to wide range of primary source documents as well as a robust activity section. || 4 and up || Mike Swirsky ||
 * Sweets Search for Students: Social Studies || @http://www.sweetsearch.com/socialstudies || Excellent resource site for social studies content for students. || 4 and up || Mike Swirsky ||
 * Hippocampus || @http://www.hippocampus.org/ || Content rich site for interdisplinary courses, unit plans and lessons. Also links to most popular social studies textbooks, page by page. || MS and HS || Mike Swirsky ||
 * Social Studies Help || @http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/ || Great site for more than an overview of the full range of middle and secondary social studies topics. || MS and HS || Ellen Phillips ||
 * The Authentic History Center || @http://www.authentichistory.com/ || <span class="body_text">The Authentic History Center is comprised of artifacts and sounds from American popular culture. It was created to teach that the everyday objects in society have authentic historical value and reflect the social consciousness of the era that produced them. || K-12 || Ellen Phillips ||
 * U. S. History || http://www.mrburnett.net || Great resources for US History from Three Worlds Meet to America Today.
 * U. S. History || http://www.mrburnett.net || Great resources for US History from Three Worlds Meet to America Today.
 * dMarie Time Capsule || @http://www.dmarie.com/timecap || Plug in a date and get a time capsule view of the world on that date. || Upper Eled through HS || Ellen Phillips ||
 * A Biography of America || @http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/ || Overview of events, but provides some great questions that promote critical thinking and looking at events from a different POV. || Secondary || Ellen Phillips ||
 * Archiving Early America || @http://www.earlyamerica.com || Slideshows of early American History using clipart, etchings, prints, etc. || 3-HS || Ellen Phillips ||
 * Edison Motion Pictures || @http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhm.html || Amazing silent footage of events in the late 19th century. Students could capture a frame and use in slideshows and graphic novels for additional visual interest. || 3-HS || Ellen Phillips ||
 * History Animated || @http://www.historyanimated.com/newhistoryanimated/ || "//The site brings to life those// dashed and dotted line maps //to depict key naval and land battles using graphics, text, sound, and animations. So much more effective and so much more scalable than those static pull-down shade maps! Not every battle is included, but the folks at [|HistoryAnimated] appear to be adding battles on a regular basis."// || Middle and HS || Ellen Phillips ||