Web sites for future use:
Quizlet----Creating Flash Cards for studying for tests- http://quizlet.com/
Open Office- http://www.openoffice.org/
If you do not have Microsoft Word or any other word processing on your computer this is a site that will provide free word-processing, PowerPoint and spreadsheet possibilities.
Geo Histogram ------
http://files.campus.edublogs.org/edublogs.misd.net/dist/a/107/files/2011/10/GeoHistogramEmpires8x11-m59a68.pdf
World Time Zones http://www.worldtimezone.com/datetime.html
Atlas- http://www.atlapedia.com/
CIA Factbook http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Middle East Asian Map Review: http://lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/mideastquiz.html
Asia Map Review: http://lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/asiaquiz.html
World Religions Map:
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Map_of_World_Religions&video_id=188560
Time Rime: http://timerime.com/
TimeRime allows users to create timelines that include text, images, audio, and video. One of the better features of TimeRime is that you can have more than one type of media for each event on your timeline. TimeRime users can also select which media type they want as the feature piece of each event. As we've come to expect with any web 2.0 tool of this type, you can embed the timeline in a blog or share it via email. TimeRime can be used in English or Spanish.
History Pin: http://www.historypin.com/
Historypin is a service developed by We Are What We Do in partnership with Google. Historypin allows anyone with a Google account to place images within the setting of current Google Maps Streetview imagery. If you don't have images to add, you can simply explore the imagery added by others. To explore the imagery on Historypin, zoom in on a location then select a range of dates on the Historypin timeline. Learn more about Historypin in this video.
European Virtual Museum: http://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.it/
The European Virtual Museum is the product of collaboration between twenty-seven European museums. The European Virtual Museum makes artifacts of European history available in interactive 3D form. Through the use of QuickTime technology the artifacts in the European Virtual Museum can be rotated for optimum viewing. Visitors to the European Virtual Museumcan browse through the collections by chronology, geographic area, object type, contributing museum, routes, and tour itineraries.
Scribble Maps: http://scribblemaps.com/
Scribble Maps is a fun and useful application for drawing and typing on Google Maps. Using Scribble Maps anyone can draw and type on a map. All of the zoom options and most of the search options available on Google Maps are available when using Scribble Maps. You can zoom in on an area and then type text, draw a circle or a box around an area, you can even doodle stick figures or whatever you like on your map. Scribble Maps Pro allows you to import KML files, import spreadsheets, and import SHP files. Importing KML files allows you to add free hand drawing on top of files that you may have already created for Google Maps or Google Earth. Importing spreadsheets makes it easy to quickly add placemarks to a large number ofplaces. SHP file importation allows you to add custom shapes to your maps. Watch this video to see these options in action.
Google Earth: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Google Earth. The possibilities for using Google Earth in a social studies classroom are almost limitless. In Google Earth students can tour ancient Rome, explore WWI and WWII battle sites, learn about contemporary news stories such as events in Afghanistan, or use Google Earth as an almanac of facts. Students, of course, can use Google Earth to create digital stories. Students can create tours of military campaigns, trace the lives of famous people, or map the expansions and contractions of political borders. If you're looking for some directions to get started with Google Earth, please see Google Earth Across the Curriculum and or the official Google Earth help pages.
CNN Student News: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
CNN Student News is a daily web show highlighting a handful of stories. The stories covered by CNN Student News range from traditional serious news topics to how-to stories appealing mostly to students to light and fun stories. As a social studies teacher every week I find at least a couple of stories from CNN Student News that I can work into my curriculum. CNN Student News provides printable maps and a daily news quiz to go along with each episode.
Google Lit Trips: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Getting_Started.html
Maps are obviously useful for Social Studies teachers, but did you know that you can also use multimedia maps to tell a story? Google Maps and Google Earth can both be used to create a multimedia story. Try having your students write the biography of a famous person by plotting points on a map and adding text, images, and videos about that person to each placemark.
Family Tree Project and Country Study:
http://www.mel.org/
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/li/Library_of_Congress_Country_Studies
http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
Ancestry
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BGMI/form?l=1&u=BGMI&s=1&locID=lom_accessmich&o=DocTitle&finalAuth=true
http://landing.ancestry.com/BGCA/finding.aspx
http://www.worldgenweb.org/~wgw4kids/
https://www.familysearch.org/
Quizlet----Creating Flash Cards for studying for tests- http://quizlet.com/
Open Office- http://www.openoffice.org/
If you do not have Microsoft Word or any other word processing on your computer this is a site that will provide free word-processing, PowerPoint and spreadsheet possibilities.
Geo Histogram ------
http://files.campus.edublogs.org/edublogs.misd.net/dist/a/107/files/2011/10/GeoHistogramEmpires8x11-m59a68.pdf
World Time Zones http://www.worldtimezone.com/datetime.html
Atlas- http://www.atlapedia.com/
CIA Factbook http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Middle East Asian Map Review: http://lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/mideastquiz.html
Asia Map Review: http://lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/asiaquiz.html
World Religions Map:
http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Map_of_World_Religions&video_id=188560
Time Rime: http://timerime.com/
TimeRime allows users to create timelines that include text, images, audio, and video. One of the better features of TimeRime is that you can have more than one type of media for each event on your timeline. TimeRime users can also select which media type they want as the feature piece of each event. As we've come to expect with any web 2.0 tool of this type, you can embed the timeline in a blog or share it via email. TimeRime can be used in English or Spanish.
History Pin: http://www.historypin.com/
Historypin is a service developed by We Are What We Do in partnership with Google. Historypin allows anyone with a Google account to place images within the setting of current Google Maps Streetview imagery. If you don't have images to add, you can simply explore the imagery added by others. To explore the imagery on Historypin, zoom in on a location then select a range of dates on the Historypin timeline. Learn more about Historypin in this video.
European Virtual Museum: http://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.it/
The European Virtual Museum is the product of collaboration between twenty-seven European museums. The European Virtual Museum makes artifacts of European history available in interactive 3D form. Through the use of QuickTime technology the artifacts in the European Virtual Museum can be rotated for optimum viewing. Visitors to the European Virtual Museumcan browse through the collections by chronology, geographic area, object type, contributing museum, routes, and tour itineraries.
Scribble Maps: http://scribblemaps.com/
Scribble Maps is a fun and useful application for drawing and typing on Google Maps. Using Scribble Maps anyone can draw and type on a map. All of the zoom options and most of the search options available on Google Maps are available when using Scribble Maps. You can zoom in on an area and then type text, draw a circle or a box around an area, you can even doodle stick figures or whatever you like on your map. Scribble Maps Pro allows you to import KML files, import spreadsheets, and import SHP files. Importing KML files allows you to add free hand drawing on top of files that you may have already created for Google Maps or Google Earth. Importing spreadsheets makes it easy to quickly add placemarks to a large number ofplaces. SHP file importation allows you to add custom shapes to your maps. Watch this video to see these options in action.
Google Earth: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Google Earth. The possibilities for using Google Earth in a social studies classroom are almost limitless. In Google Earth students can tour ancient Rome, explore WWI and WWII battle sites, learn about contemporary news stories such as events in Afghanistan, or use Google Earth as an almanac of facts. Students, of course, can use Google Earth to create digital stories. Students can create tours of military campaigns, trace the lives of famous people, or map the expansions and contractions of political borders. If you're looking for some directions to get started with Google Earth, please see Google Earth Across the Curriculum and or the official Google Earth help pages.
CNN Student News: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
CNN Student News is a daily web show highlighting a handful of stories. The stories covered by CNN Student News range from traditional serious news topics to how-to stories appealing mostly to students to light and fun stories. As a social studies teacher every week I find at least a couple of stories from CNN Student News that I can work into my curriculum. CNN Student News provides printable maps and a daily news quiz to go along with each episode.
Google Lit Trips: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Getting_Started.html
Maps are obviously useful for Social Studies teachers, but did you know that you can also use multimedia maps to tell a story? Google Maps and Google Earth can both be used to create a multimedia story. Try having your students write the biography of a famous person by plotting points on a map and adding text, images, and videos about that person to each placemark.
Family Tree Project and Country Study:
http://www.mel.org/
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/li/Library_of_Congress_Country_Studies
http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
Ancestry
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BGMI/form?l=1&u=BGMI&s=1&locID=lom_accessmich&o=DocTitle&finalAuth=true
http://landing.ancestry.com/BGCA/finding.aspx
http://www.worldgenweb.org/~wgw4kids/
https://www.familysearch.org/