SOCIAL SCIENCES/WORLD
LANGUAGES DEPARTMENTS
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INTERNET SITES FOR STUDENT
AND TEACHER USE
Internet Site Name Web Address
Description of Content Teacher/Student Use Content Area Use
Rubistar rubistar.4teachers.org rubric generator Teacher All
American Rhetoric americanrhetoric.com database of famous speeches Student/Teacher
US
From
the Civil War to Present
US Election Maps uselectionatlas.org maps of presidential
elections Student/Teacher US/Govt
Sheppard Software sheppardsoftware.com games to help students learn
geog Student Geography
Can
be used in computer lab
PBS pbs.org Great
site for teacher lessons Teacher US/Govt
And
current events
Time time.com/time Current Events
including politics Teacher/
Student US
Internet Modern
Sourcebook fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook Primary Sources Both US/World
Hist
Find Law findlaw.com Online
legal research tool Both
CNN CNN.com/education Teacher lessons and
materials Teacher US
C-SPAN c-spanclassroom.org Access to C Span’s complete
program
Archives Teacher US/Govt
Center For
Politics centerforpolitics.org Great site for politic
discussion and Both US/Govt
Activities
Journalism,
Political Science, Sociology,
US,
World History
National Constitution constitutioncenter.org Includes
an interactive Constitution Both
US/Govt
Center And
Constitutional timeline
Pathways to Freedom
Underground Railroad pathways.thinkport.org Travel
back to 1800’s Become a young
US
Slave
who must make important life
Changing
decisions
Social Studies Maps eduplace.com Blank Maps World and
Countries Both
US/WH
Google Earth earth.google.com/ World’s geographic info
at your Both
WH/Geog
Fingertips
Digital History digitalhistory.uh.edu documents, resources for
US History Both US
Library of Congress thomas.loc.org Library of Congress
archives of US Both US
History
Justice Learning justicelearning.org/ Explores issues related
to law and justice Teacher Legal St/Govt
Lessons
and resources Civil Rights
Youth Leader Initiative youthleadership.net Lessons on Govt and Politics Teacher Govt/Politics
Mock
Congress
Produced
by UVA and Larry Sabato
Center for Congress congress.indiana.edu/learn
Role of Congress Lessons and
resources Teacher US/Govt
For
teachers
Politics 1 politics1.com Great site for
current political issues Student/ Teacher US/Govt
Campaigns
and current elections
Links
to political parties and interest
Groups
as well as several political ideologies
Supreme Court US supremecourtus.gov/ Official site of the US
Supreme Court Both US/Govt
Best of History besthistorysites.net great portal to several reliable Teacher US/WH/Govt
history web sites
Myth Web mythweb.com Mythology Teacher/Student Latin/ WH
Pantheon pantheon.org Mythology Teacher /student Latin/ WH
Ancient History Ancienthistory.about.com Mythology
Teacher/Student Latin
Quia quia.com Latin
grammar Both Latin
VRDMA vrdma.org Roman Culture Both Latin/WH
ACL Classics aclclassics.org All about Latin Teacher Latin
Diotima stoa.org/diotima study
of women and gender in the Both Latin/ Roman
Ancient
world
Attalus attalus.org Ancient
Greek and Roman History Both Latin/ WH
Virtual Roma vroma.org archive of
images, teaching resources Both Latin/WH
Projects,
literature, maps of
Perseus Digital History vanth.persus.tufts.edu Classical Roman and Greek
texts Both Latin/ WH
As
well as English Renaissance
Study
of the Humanities
Classzone classzone.com Textbook website
for French Both French - all levels
Radio
About.com spanish.about.com vocabulary and grammar
resources Both
Span 2, 3
Examples,
quizzes, explanations etc