Chocolate!
Lindt & Sprungli
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Countries
Asian Educational Media Service--an extensive searchable database of a/v materials focusing on Asia, a list of recommended K-12 media, an online guide to using film in the classroom, teacher's guides, a quarterly newsletter, and links to web resources focusing on Afghanistan
CIA World Fact Book--facts and statistics on countries provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Earth Awareness Enrichment Program--a traveling interactive K-12 enrichment program featuring the Earth Balloon, a 22' model of the earth that students enter to learn about the changing earth.  Students learn about rain forests, the ring of fire, the solar system, plate tectonics, scale, seasons, timezones and more.
Govspot--gateway to the best local, state, federal and international government resources

Iraq--has ideas for activities teachers can use to teach about troops in Iraq
TerraServer--Microsoft 's link to satellite images; check out any spot on the globe from space
The World Gazetteer--This site provides current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries along with the largest cities of the world and current national flags.
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Current Events
1stHeadlines-News--Current headlines from over 300 newspaper, broadcast & online sources around the world
American Stats--Sites gives you instant summaries, in graphics and text,  of the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population, ranging from Children, Marriage and Family to Migration and Mortality
America Taking Action--A National Network of school websites Linking Kids and Communities Across America
Asian Educational Media Service--an extensive searchable database of a/v materials focusing on Asia, a list of recommended K-12 media, an online guide to using film in the classroom, teacher's guides, a quarterly newsletter, and links to web resources focusing on Afghanistan

Catosphere--US Demographic and Population Data on Demand!

Census 2000 data--Available Now!
Cyber News--This site shows you the front page from newspapers from all over the world.
Election 2004--This site reports on the news and information of the 2004 Presidential election.
Findory--This site shows you news articles that you want to see. It adapts to your reading habits and emphasizes news articles from around the world that are most likely to be interesting to you.
inequality.org--created by journalists, writers, and researchers, inequality.org is a non-profit organization that questions conventional measures of progress and
prosperity, and looks instead at the new economy's have-nots often ignored
Network--This site is associated with the press and will allow you to look at any newspaper that you want in the U.S.
Population Studies--Research reports, news bulletins, and statistical data
The Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)--a nonpartisan, non-profit research organization in Washington, D.C.  STATS is devoted to the accurate use of scientific and social research in public policy debate.  STATS serves as a resource for students of current affairs in general by providing timely and well-researched analysis of current statistical and scientific disputes. Since STATS seeks to weed out bad data and research before it enters the media stream, we field queries from journalists on a regular basis.
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Facts and Figures
Architecture-- from Aztec to Egyptian plus a lot more

Catosphere--US Demographic and Population Data on Demand!

CIA World Fact Book--facts and statistics on countries provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Daylight Saving Time: History, Rationale, Laws and Dates--Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts to standard time at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time. In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It starts the last Sunday in March, and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment. The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Countries have different change dates.
Dinosaurs Facts--comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs, designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links
Educational Reference Tool--organizes primary source material found on the Internet
FreeDemographics.com--provides free unlimited access to U.S. Census 1990 data and U.S. Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Data
Govspot--gateway to the best local, state, federal and international government resources
Law--gives a chronology of historical documents
Nation, States, Anthems, Flags, and more....
Population Studies--Research reports, news bulletins, and statistical data
The Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)--a nonpartisan, non-profit research organization in Washington, D.C.  STATS is devoted to the accurate use of scientific and social research in public policy debate.  STATS serves as a resource for students of current affairs in general by providing timely and well-researched analysis of current statistical and scientific disputes. Since STATS seeks to weed out bad data and research before it enters the media stream, we field queries from journalists on a regular basis
The World Factbook--A great resource about government, history, and geography for countries all around the world
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History (see also Sec. Ed. Soc. Studies: History)
4th of July--this site celebrates America from fireworks to the Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln: a timeline
Abraham Lincoln Online.org
American National Biography--the premier biographical work on people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture
A Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin--This site explores the life of a remarkable man.
Chicago Historical Society's Historical Files
Decades--This is a very thorough site for searching decades. You can select a decade from the years 1000 through the 1990s and type in key words.
Dust Bowl--This site gives information on the Dust Bowl in America.
EDSITEment--"Holocaust and Resistance," a history lesson for grades 9-12 that examines the Holocaust from the point of view of those who actively resisted Nazi persecution
FBI--This site is about the history of the FBI
Ford's Theatre--research information, photos and more
Gettysburg Address
Great Dates To Celebrate--offers "this day in history", music, literature, t.v., etc. type of listings
History and Politics Out Loud--a searchable archive of "politically significant" audio materials
Interactive Historical Timelines--a database of people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present; create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals
Investigate Spartacus--This is a site from Britain that has excellent materials, not only websites, but activities. Scroll down to the bottom of the red box, and join teaching history online. They send a weekly annotated report on sites. Many deal with British history, but a lot are focused on world and US.
Life in the Ancient Seas--a virtual tour of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)
Lincoln, Abraham--research site
Memory--This Library of Congress collection contains films of Roosevelt from 1898 to 1919, and some films composed after his death, from 1919 until approximately 1928. The films are available in MPEG, Quick Time, and Real Media formats, and in the case of the first two formats, are segmented when longer than four minutes so that file sizes will not be prohibitively large to download.
Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
Today in History--offers a brief summary of history for the day from the Library of Congress
USPS--is site is about the history of the United States Postal Service
Women in history
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Issues in Social Studies
American National Biography--the premier biographical work on people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture
Asian Educational Media Service--an extensive searchable database of a/v materials focusing on Asia, a list of recommended K-12 media, an online guide to using film in the classroom, teacher's guides, a quarterly newsletter, and links to web resources focusing on Afghanistan

Catosphere--US Demographic and Population Data on Demand!

Census 2000 data--Available Now!
Cradleboard: Native American Culture and Education
Doctors Without Borders: Life in the Field--In 2002, National Geographic film crews followed Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) volunteers into parts of the world affected by violence, famine, and disease.
Human Rights in Action
inequality.org--created by journalists, writers, and researchers, inequality.org is a non-profit organization that questions conventional measures of progress and prosperity, and looks instead at the new economy's have-nots often ignored
Medecins Sans Frontieres--Social activism in the medical sciences
Population Studies--Research reports, news bulletins,

The Thora Institute--The Thora Institute disseminates facts and analyses about black Americans for the purpose of improving the socioeconomic standing of black Americans.

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Lesson Plans and Activities

Catosphere--US Demographic and Population Data on Demand!

Elementary Theme Pages--over 150 themes organized under various topics
Index of Social Studies Lesson Plans
McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning) Social Studies Lesson Plans and Activities
Lesson Plan Library
Lesson Plans for a Variety of Social Studies Topics
Lesson Plans & Unit Plans
Searchable Social Studies links
Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources
Social Studies Page of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
St. Patrick's Day Lesson Plan--multicultural lessons dealing with Saint Patrick's Day
United Nations - Lessons and Other Information
Very California Department of Education K-12 History and Social Science Resources
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Organizations
Govspot--gateway to the best local, state, federal and international government resources
Human Rights in Action
Medecins Sans Frontieres--Social activism in the medical sciences
National Council for the Social Studies
National Parks of Utah Road Trip

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Homepage
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People
A Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Online
Census 2000 data--Available Now!
Ghandi, Mohandas K.--Comprehensive resource on this important figure
Lincoln, Abraham--research site
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Places
A White House History -- virtual tour of white house
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Hershey's Chocolate Tour
Iditarod Online
Mount Rushmore

National Geographic Map Machine
National Parks of Utah Road Trip
The Louvre Museum--learn of it's history, collections, tours and activities, the latest news, and much more...
Travel Sites
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
US Treasury
US Bureau of Engraving and Printing--all about money; special kids section
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© Bernie Poole, Yvonne Singer, 1996-2006, All rights reserved / poole@pitt.edu, ysinger@worldnet.att.net / (814) 269-2923 / Revised 19 May 2006