The Ormsby County Education Association
Social Studies and Geography Links:
Academy of Achievement Home Page An interactive museum of living history. The Academy of Achievement brings you face to face with the extraordinary individuals who have shaped the twentieth century.
Atlapedia Online Great site for maps and facts!
Biography Need a biography? Check out this site.
Classic 164 Currency Converter You can view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Education Place | Social Studies The Social Studies Center: social studies-related resources that include textbook support, an interactive geography game, outline maps, a discussion forum, History Update, and Current Events. From Houghton Mifflin, publishers of our newly adopted Social Studies text.
Flag Tag Game a FUN activity from the United Nations.
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad for Children From a second grade class at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century This site includes interactive maps!
The History Channel Includes a special Classroom page for students and teachers.
HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things An interactive map of exhibits and items from the Smithsonian Institution.
jmhill's Home Page A teacher's site dedicated to Social Studies and Geography. This website can be used as a Teacher's Resource as well as a Student's Resource. Lesson plans, thematic units, and tidbits of information will be here for one to use as a teaching tool in one's classroom or for an assignment. This site also has background music.
LiveViews.ORG A site for live pictures from around the world.
MapQuest Select or create maps!
Maps On Us Draw maps and plan routes!
Maps101.com To get the very most from the site, you have to subscribe, but you can still use it without belonging.
MLKing Scavenger Hunt Have fun learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with this scavenger hunt. This site also includes a downloadable PowerPoint template for you and/or your students to use.
Mr. Jenkins History
Resources A comprehensive history research site intended for
use by high school and college history students.
National Flags, National Anthems, Facts of Nations of the World... State Flags, Country Flags, Anthems, Facts...everything you could want on this topic!
National Geographic Also check out Geography Education.
National Museum of American History: Home The Smithsonian Institution.
The Odyssey "Join over 1,000,000 students as they travel the world online. The Odyssey links you with our team of adventurers on their round-the-world trek. Share the adventure, share in the learning, and help make a difference in the world."
Quick Questions on World Geography from United Nations CyberSchoolBus.
Stately Knowledge From The Internet Public Library. These web pages will help you find out the basic facts of any state in the Union, including Washington, D.C. Here is their page for Nevada.
TerraServer Microsoft's TerraServer site allows you to interact with aerial and satellite images!
Time Capsule Enter a date in between 1900 to 1997 to see a page of historic information!
US Historical Documents "A Chronology of US Historical Documents."
U.S. History Source Documents Historic Documents of the United States. This site covers every period in US History!
US Presidents: Lists and Records
US Presidents and Vice-Presidents list
World War I - Trenches on the Web "An Internet History of The Great War."
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