People Who Made a Difference
Short profiles of people who shaped the 20th century.
http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people.asp

Postcards from America
Follows a teacher and a photographer as they travel across America. Also features fun facts, maps, and a "Just for Teachers" page with tips for using the postcards in the classroom.
http://www.postcardsfrom.com/

Mr Greiner's Student Resources for SOSE
Resources for students studying modern and ancient history, geography, and social sciences.
http://www.geocities.com/ejgreiner/

How Customs Works
Customs regulates what moves in and out of a country and is key in the global economy. See what customs services do.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/customs.htm

The Travel Bug
Explores the concept of travel, the tourism industry, and tourist destinations around the world.
http://www.thetravelbug.net/

Go Eat Your Homework Series
Fun lessons provide an introduction to the history, culture, and food of major U.S. cities.
http://www.lessontutor.com/hisAm3.html

Galinsky Social Studies Site
Includes webquests and other resources for history, government, geography and economics.
http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/ash/galinsky/

The Navigators
Information on explorers of the nineteenth century with interactive online learning activities and project suggestions for teachers.
http://www.abc.net.au/navigators/

Heritage Moment
Brings to life people from history, society and culture through animated Flash stories. Includes fairy tales.
http://www.heritagemoment.com

Social Studies for Kids
Offers articles, links, and fun facts, on history, geography, cultures, holidays, economics, and archaeology.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com

United Nations' CyberSchoolBus
Provides resources related to global issues, countries around the world, and the United Nations. Includes projects, quizzes, games, puzzles, and lesson plans.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.asp

Fun Social Studies
Fun articles and links provide information about all aspects of social studies.
http://funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/

BC Social Studies 8-12 Resources
Links that will be especially helpful to students following the British Columbia social studies curriculum, but will be helpful to others as well. Separate pages for each grade, and for geography, law, and comparative civilizations.
http://www.rupert.net/~rtoor/Socials_Home.htm

Surviving the Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Learn about the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, the Paracutin volcano, and other natural wonders. Includes a quiz to test your memory. From ThinkQuest.
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215502/

The World Bank Group
Highlights countries and regions, key development issues, the latest development data, curricular materials, collaborative learning networks, and research tools.
http://youthink.worldbank.org/

Mr. Schmaldienst's Webcenter
Class website includes question of the week, current events topics, and assignments.
http://www2.oleysd.k12.pa.us/dschmaldienst/index.htm

National History Day - Students
Information on documents, programs and events related to frontiers in history compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration.
http://nationalhistoryday.org/Students.htm

4to40: World History School Project
Short articles about everything from Marco Polo to the history of the alphabet.
http://www.4to40.com/earth/history/