Fourth Grade Social Studies Research Project: Christmas Around the World / Download packet here:
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See Geography and Countries of the World below for some suggested internet resources...scroll to bottom of page.
General Reference
Kids.gov - Social Studies for Kids & Teens from the world's largest publisher, the U.S. government
http://kids.usa.gov/social-studies/index.shtml (for kids k-5)
http://kids.usa.gov/teens-home/social-studies/index.shtml (for teens 6-8)
U.S. Census Bureau for Kids & Teens: State & National Facts, People, Businesses & Statistics
http://www.census.gov/schools/census_for_kids/
Stately Knowledge: Facts about U.S. States from the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/
States & Capitals: Useful facts, maps, printables and other learning tools for kids (caution: beware of ads!)
http://www.50states.com/
The National Archives for Kids: Presidential Libraries Education Connection for Students
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/programs/education-connection.html
C-Span in the Classroom: Primary Sources For Parents, Teachers and their Students
http://www.congressforkids.net/Legislativebranch_senate.htm
Civics & Government
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government: A web portal for Kids, includes links to federal web sites designed for kids and students on topics from Animals to Transportation (Gr. K-8)
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Animals | Agriculture | Arts & Recreation | Business & Money | Careers
Communities & People | Computers & Internet | Crime & Justice
Defense & National Security | Education | Environment | Foreign Affairs | Geography
Government & Law | Health & Safety | History | Science | Transportation
State & Local Government on the Net: A very useful and frequently updated directory of links to government sponsored resources on the Internet.
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
iCivics: Educational video games about citizenship and government, founded by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
http://www.icivics.org/
Congress for Kids: The Senate, The House and Making Laws
http://www.congressforkids.net/
Veteran's Administration for Kids:K-12 and their families
http://www.va.gov/kids/
U.S. History & Culture
America's Library: Multimedia & primary sources from Library of Congress (Gr.2-8)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
American Memory: The official site from the Library of Congress, with lots of educator resources
http://memory.loc.gov/
USHistory.Org: Official site of the Independence Hall Association (Gr. 4-8)
http://www.ushistory.org/
Smithsonian Education: History & Culture for Students (Gr. K-8)
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/history_culture.html
US Mint for Kids: Coins are HIP (History In your Pocket)!
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Ellis Island: Includes family histories, timelines and links to other great resources about immigration
http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp
Immigration: Stories of Yesterday & Today from Scholastic, includes interactive tour of Ellis Island
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/
The Tenement Museum of NYC: Resources for Educators and their Students about the immigrant experience
http://www.tenement.org/education_lessonplans.html
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources for Students - provides online and onsite research assistance for your project (Gr. 6-8)
http://hsp.org/education/student-resources
Native American Heritage
http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/
National Museum of the American Indian: A virtual field trip for kids and educators
http://nmai.si.edu/explore/foreducatorsstudents/
World History
BBC Primary History: a great history site with visuals for primary grades to learn basic information about a few specific periods in history and the people of the era.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/
Odyssey Online: Discover Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African cultures with puzzles and interactive games.
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html
Geography and Countries of the World
Atlapedia Online: Each country profile provides facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, and economy (All Ages)
http://www.atlapedia.com/
CIA World Factbook: Country data, maps, flags and more (All Ages)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
National Geographic Kids: one of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife; plus awesome map tools and activities (All Ages)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps
United Nations CyberSchoolBus: The global teaching and learning project
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
Christmas Traditions around the World/History.com
http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/christmas-traditions-worldwide
Saint Nick
http://www.saintnick.org/html/traditions.html
Kids World Travel Guide - Christmas
http://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/christmas-around-the-world.html
BBC News - Christmas Worldwide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15790210