as of 07/18/03
For
more details see New York State Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/social.html
Resources last updated on 6\26\03
My Community and Other United States Communities
Also see 3rd Grade/Soc.St./Communities Around the World and/or 5th Grade/Soc.St./Western Hemisphere/U.S.
The 50 States
http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/
Kids Next Door
http://www.hud.gov/kids/
Gives a tour of the community exposing students to concepts of citizenship.
USA Learning Together
http://www.usa.learningtogether.net/
State Web Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
ClassBrain's State Report
http://classbrain.com/cb_sr/cb_srhm.htm
Explore the States
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
"Click on the name of the state you want to explore." Find out facts,
etc about the states.
State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Postcard Geography 2001-2002
http://www.cyberbee.com/pcg/howto.html
Here is a project that entails students exchanging postcards with other
classrooms. Through what is now lovingly referred to as snail mail, these
postcards allow cultural exchanges, polish writing and mapping skills.
Registration runs from August 15 to September 14, 2001, with mailings happening
September 17 until February 15. Other activities will take place in
spring.
QuickFacts: US Census
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
PostcardsFrom.Com
http://www.postcardsfrom.com/
Picture postcards from each state contain photographs combined with other
graphic elements to give an impression of each state.
Government Information Sharing Project
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html
This Oregon State University project, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department
of Education, enables users to access data and tables from several government
resources. Use this valuable information to analyze population, agricultural,
economic, and trade figures for all counties in the United States.
Global Grocery List
http://www.landmark-project.com/ggl/
Students share local grocery prices to build a growing table of data to be used
in social studies, science, health, mathematics, and other disciplines. Compare
prices from around the US (and world).
Iditarod 2001(Alaska)
http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/iditarod.htm
The annual sled dog race in Alaska. A list of sites related to the annual sled
dog race in Alaska including having your class follow a musher while
participating in an interactive, online set of problem solving tasks.
PhotoHunt: Yellowstone
http://www.photohunt.com/games.html
Go on location to Yellowstone National Park in search of fame and fortune!
You'll have a camera, a roll of film, and 12 chances to find your assignments.
Bring your assignments back to the studio, where you'll get to spin the Big
Wheel and answer some brain twisting trivia questions.
Test Your Geography Knowledge - USA
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
Test your geography knowledge of the United States. Identify the state on the
colorful map and get up to three points for each correct answer. If you’re not
sure of your answer, just click the cheat button for help.
The USA Quiz
http://www.quia.com/jg/297.html
Are you needing to brush up on your location of major cities? Then this is the
place for you! Play the matching or concentration games or view the flash cards
and search the word search.
Desert USA
http://www.desertusa.com/index.html
DesertUSA's purpose is to provide a tool for discovery -- a publication
which entertains educates and explores with our readers, the beauty, life and
culture of the North American deserts.
U.S.
State Capitals
http://www.quia.com/jg/4.html
Online activties about states and capitals. May be slow to download on a dial-up
modem.
NetState.com
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
State symbols, etc.
US
Census Bureau American Fact Finder
http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.FactsPage?PAGENO=5&CART=java_prod
Provides users with the capability to browse, search, and map data from many
Census Bureau sources.
Where
Is That?
http://funbrain.com/where/index.html
Online quiz.
12
http://123world.com/usstates/
Links to each states official webpage.
Stateline.org:
Your source fo State News
http://www.stateline.org/
State issues and elections.
Julie's
State Flower Garden of Gifs
http://www.santalady.com/garden.html
Within this garden you will find all the "State" flowers.
TheUS50.com
http://www.theus50.com/
Consists of concise information about each of the 50 states.
Official
City States
http://officialcitysites.org/usa.htm
Click
on a state to view Chambers of Commerce, Convention and Visitor Bureaus, other
sanctioned Tourism sites, area, regional, and related web sites.
US
Census Bureau: US Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger
Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can
search for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation
(optional), or 5-digit zip code.
Yahooligans
US States
http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/U_S__States/
Directory of state information.
Stately
Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
These web pages will help you find out the basic facts of any state in the
Union.
Roadside
America
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map.html
Unusual state attractions.
Educate
the USA.com
http://www.unitedstates-on-line.com/
50
States.com
http://www.50states.com/
Choose your state and click to receive basic information about that state.
State
and Capital Game
http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/ga?ges_usquiz,s
Online quiz.
Where
Is That?
http://funbrain.com/where/index.html
Online
quiz.
National Park Service: ParkNet
http://www.nps.gov/
USA 50 States
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=usa1000
Are you doing a state report? Do you want to find out about the state you live in? All sorts of
information about states, such as what the state bird is or what the flag looks like, can
be found here.
US States
http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
Links to each state's official site.
Stately Knowledge: State Capitals Game
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/capitalgame.html
Identify
state capitals.
Search The States
http://www.weeklyreader.com/home/states/searchst.html
States
quiz.
Postcards from America
http://www.postcardsfrom.com
Postcards, brief history, historical sites and pictures.
States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
Quick trivia information on all 50 states.
Cyberspace Farm
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/
4-H Virtual Farming
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html
APA Kids and community
http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/
Family Farms Around the World
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/farms.htm
Some links are no longer active.
Kids Farm
http://www.kidsfarm.com/farm.htm
2001 Wheat Harvest Run
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/pa-harvestrunalbum.htm
Welcome to the Farm
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/farm/index.html
Kids Next Door
http://www.hud.gov/kids/kids.html
With These Hands
http://www.with-these-hands.org/
This presentation shares the efforts of four Michigan farm families in Flash
movie format.
Local Harvest
http://www.localharvest.org/
Just type in your zip code and see a clickable map of your region. Select
any of the trees on the map and a list of local farms immediately comes up.
Click on the name of any farm to get more information about the proprietor, its
location, and even the crops grown. There's even contact information in case you
want to actually talk to the farmers and even plan a visit for your students.
Kids Farm
http://www.kidsfarm.com/
Community Club
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
Who are the workers that make a community? Students use visual cues and read
new words as they experience a day in the life of a mayor, a police officer, and
other community workers.
Down on the Farm
http://members.tripod.com/teachnu2/farm_kids.html
Did you ever wonder what it is like on a farm? How do you think it would feel to
live on a farm? You will pretend that you are the farmer and pick out the animal
you will need for your farm.
The Learning Site
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menu/main_page.html?toc_id=19&viewer=0&sort=0
Harcort Brace, Social Studies-communities.
Learning
Adventures in Citizenship
http://www.thirteen.org/newyork/laic/index.html
For teachers, parents and kids.
Metro Cities
WebCams
http://www.leonardsworlds.com/info/metro.htm
Live Wec Cams from various US cities.
Farm Alphabet
Book
http://www.lincoln.midcoast.com/~wps/jackson/alphabet.htm
Click on a letter of the alphabet to see something on the farm.
Towns
in the North East
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/netowns/netowns.html
Explore some cities, towns, and schools by clicking on the map.
Welcome
to the City
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cities/
Tour cities across the country and discover what makes them interesting.
as of 07/18/03