Social
Studies
Texas
History
U.S. History
World History
U.S. History
World History
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Current Events - U.S. & World |
Texas History
Texas
History Online Homework Site - 7th Graders, visit the Holt, Rhinehart, Winston
textbook website for homework practice. Use the code found in your text.
1. Texas Indians - Check out this site, written in simple language, to learn more about our Texas Indians.
1b. Texas Indians - Texas Beyond History provides much interesting information about Texas Indians.
1c. Caddo Indians & More - Focus on Caddo Indians, Indian Facts, Use of Buffalo
1d. Texas Indians - Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. -Although not a lot of information on Indians, what is there, is good. The site will answer questions like: Who are the Texas Indians? How did the Indians first reach Texas?
2. TravelTex - Find general information about Texas cities. Click on the Culture button to learn about Texas cultures.
3. Lone
Star Junction - Find information about Texas.
4. Lone
Star Internet - Everything you need to know about Texas can be found here:
history, battles, cities
universities, natural regions, wildflowers, and lots more.
Learn About Cultures of Texas
5. Texas
Cultures - Learn about the different cultures of Texas.
7. Handbook
of Texas Online -An encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture
sponsored by the
Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.
8. Famous Texans -Who was James Bowie? Stephen F. Austin? Read about these and other famous Texans.
9. Lone Star -Everything you ever wanted to know about the great state of Texas.
10. State of Texas -The official Texas government website. Includes history and facts.
11. State Senate -Read about the symbols of Texas, then take a quiz.
12. Texas Legislature -Texas Legislature Online.
14. The Alamo - Learn more about the historic Alamo.
15. Texas Ranch House - Interactive Texas history site - PBS.
16. State of Tomorrow- Videos focus on critical issues facing Texans today. See ways universities serve their communities.
17. Games and fun with Texas History - Law Focused Education
U.S. History
U.S.
History Textbook Online - 8th Graders, click here to see your text online.
Username: name of our town, as one word. Password: our mascot.
Chapter
Quiz Practice Go To - Choose your chapter.
TAKS
Practice- Try these sites to see if you are prepared to pass the
TAKS.
| Glencoe - Practice here to help you pass the TAKS test. Click Online TAKS practice. | Digital Vault - National Archives | |
| U.S. History Games | Civil War Photos |
1. States and Capitals - Try these sites to see how well you know the states and capitals.
| Sheppard | Practice locations, capitals, more. |
LizardPoint | Identify location on map. |
| Teaching Treasures | Find the states of the U.S. | ||
| Like to Learn | Two games: Find the state's location on the map and mark the state based on the given capital. | USA Map - Jigsaw | Place state in proper location. |
| Learning | Try Capital Matching, Capital Map, or State Abbreviations. | Interactive Map | Use this as a quick way to study the states and capitals. |
| Do You Know Your States? | Drag name to the correct state. Great game!! | 50 States.com | Click on a state to find basic information, such as the state tree, major colleges, population. |
| FunBrain | 5 levels to choose from: includes location of state, identify capitals, spelling. |
2. Lewis and Clark - Share in the adventures of Lewis and Clark. Information, links, and online activities.
3. Congress - Provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces.
4. America's Story - by the Library of Congress -Amazing Americans, Explore the States, Jump Back in Time, and more.
5. Ben's Guide to Government - Students can learn about the government through a simple format.
6. National Geographic - Learn more about geography and the interesting places in the world. Online activities.
7. Jim
Crow - Explore the complex experience of segregation from 1870s through
the 1950s.
More Jim Crow The
official PBS companion to the above Jim Crow website.
8. World Atlas - Great site to find United States and world maps.
9. GeoNet - Trivia game to test your skills on U.S. geography and history facts. Easy and difficult levels.
10. Picture History -H igh quality images illustrating more than 200 years of American history
11. Great Depression
12. Learn about the States
| 50 States.com | Kidspace | Fact Monster |
| Ben's Guide | World Almanac | US Census Bureau |
| CultureGram | Zip Skinny |
13. Political
Cartoons - Check out these political cartoons.
14. United
States & Presidents; Computer Lab for Kids - Check out these great sites.
15.Historical
Videos - on Google - Check out these historical videos.
16. Animated
Timeline of U.S. History - Very good timeline of the United States!
17. American
Journeys - Contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North
American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries
of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later.
World History
Click here to see your textbook online: World
Explorer
Username: name of our town, as one word. Password:
our mascot.
1. Information about the World's
Countries:
| CultureGram - national anthem - mid. Easy reading site. | My World Guide - Great site to learn about countries of the world. National anthem .mp3 | World Facts - Facts, flags, and maps of many of the world's countries. |
| CIA World Factbook - Find information about any country in the world. History, maps, etc. | World Guide - Lonely Planet - World history, culture, entertainment, travel, maps, pictures of world countries. | Kidipede - Information about countries in an easy-to-read format. |
| Nations Online - Countries of the world. | Holt's World Atlas- Demographic information about the world's countries. Maps. |
2. Maps
| Maps - world, countries, Texas, counties | Outline Maps - World and U.S. | MapZones - world map of most countries; facts |
| World Maps - great site!! | Atlapedia - maps & country info. | PlayKidsGames - label names of continents, countries |
| World Atlas - Great site to find United States and world maps. | FlagItUp - Flags of the World | Mapping Our World - Change the globe to a map. |
| National Geographic |
3. World History Sites - Compilation of world history sites.
4. More World History Sites - Compilation of more world history sites
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| KBears - 6th grade level |