Social Studies Resources
This page includes links to historical documents, countries and travel information, and some government sources. Includes interactive maps and some Biography sites.
Program Scripts: Assignment the World , What's In The News, CNN Newsroom
Countries of the World
- A to Z Atlapedia Online Information on countries of the world.
- Africa Online - Kids Only Learn about Africa, play games, find a keypal, etc.
- About Australia information is arranged by category on a national and state by state basis.
- Australia's Wildlife from Cairns On-Line Environmental Guide.
- CIA World Factbook 1996 Concise, recent data and information on countries of the world.
- City Net map-based guide to local and regional information on the WWW.
- Countries of the World via Yahoo
- Country Studies/Area Handbooks A continuing project of the Library of Congress.
- Current World Historical Information
- Destinations travel guides for countries of the world.
- Electronic Embassy Provides information for all the Embassies in Washington, D.C. and links to embassies with web sites.
- Flags of the World with descriptions of the flags.
- Virtual Tour of Taj Mahal
- Virtual Tourist Info. about countries.
- World Surfari Take a virtual tour through a different country every month.
- World War One Information about the people, places, and events of WWI.
United States
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage Library of Congress exhibit.
- American Memory A special collection from the Library of Congress including photographs.
- Archiving Early America Contains early documents, a crossword puzzle, and a daily listing of what happened on the day in early American history.
- State Information Several locations that give state information, such as state birds, capital, etc.
- USA City Link lots of information about hundreds of cities and states.
- USA Counties 1996 geographic and Census data about every state and county in the US.
- Flags of the United States nice collection of state flags.
- Revolutionary War links
- From the Revolution to Reconstruction
- U.S. Civil War Center The goal of this site is to locate, index, and/or make available all Civil War information.
- Civil War Homepage Links to lots of information including rosters.
- Civil War Photographs From the Library of Congress collection.
- U.S. Historical Documents Famous documents from U.S. history, including the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
- Constitution of the United States of America An award winning web format of this document.
- The History Net Hundreds of articles and images from past and current history-related magazines.
- National Park Service Can select parks by name or state and find all kinds of information.
- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Learn about our 33rd president.
Government
- Library of Congress Home Page
- Superintendent of Documents for government information.
- THOMAS U.S. Legislative Information.
- Whitehouse in Washington, DC.
Geography and Maps
- Distances Enter the names of two cities, what results is distance "as the crow flies", also gives longitude, latitude, population, and elevation of location.
- County Maps Missouri county maps from OSEDA.
- Geographic Name Server from MIT.
- Geographic Names from USGS. Can find cemeteries, rivers, etc. as well as cities.
- Mapblast street maps for most any U.S. address.
- MapQuest
- Road Maps go to road map, gives driving directions.
- Tiger Maps Online map server. Can search by name, including rivers, creeks, and zoom in and out.
- Postcards From Find out about different states as Ken and Priscilla Sarsfield travel.
- Resources for Travelers large annotated site with many links to all sorts of travel ideas.
Biography and Other
- Biography information on famous people from A&E Channel.
- Notable Citizens of Planet Earth basic biographical information on 25,000 notable men and women--searchable.
- Presidents of the United States Web site
- World's Great Explorers