Technology in the K-6 Social Studies Classroom

Michigan Week
*Michigan Week
*Stuff About Michigan
*Kids Discover Michigan
Mother's Day 
*Primary Activities
*History, Activities, Crafts
Projects
*Lightspan/GSH
*FunSchool Games 
 
Webquests
*The Webquest Page
*Curriculum Webquests
*350+ Webquests
 

K-6 Interactive Social Studies on the WWW
History
Time
Clock practice

Daily Calendars
SurfNet
Blue Mountain Cards 

Online Tours
PBS Tour of a Pyramid
Detroit Institute of Arts

Geography
Flat Stanley 
Exchange Flat Stanley and his journal between schools. 

National Geographic Kids

Working with Maps 
Lesson plans for introducing mapping concepts for Grades K-3

Civics
Make a Town
FREE: Kids can create their own town. 

Ben's Guide to US Government
Divided into grade levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.

Learning Adventures in Citizenship Gr 4-8 
From PBS Kids 

Economics
Global Grocery List
Students share local grocery prices to build a growing table of data.

Kids Bank
Explores the fundamentals of banking.

Money
Money Flashcards
Change Maker Game

Integrated Social Studies Lesson Plans

Match Standards
*Michigan Teacher Network
*ExplorAsource
Website Evaluation
*Kathy Schrock's Guide

 

Social St Lesson Plans
*Apple Learning Interchange
 
*Great Economics Lesson Plans

Marilyn's Teaching Web Page