Socialstudiesforkids.com is a site dedicated to both teachers and students. It offers a wealth of information that children would find enticing yet informative. The teacher aspects of the site will help fledgling and experienced educators develop interactive lesson plans that can be implemented as stand alone tasks or supplemented by the website.
The site includes a section of fun facts that dispel popular urban legends and historical inaccuracies such as the fact that Paul Revere did not make it to concord to warn of the British invasion. According to the site, Dr. Samuel Prescott made the announcement because Paul Revere was captured by the British and later escaped in time catch the end of the battle at Lexington.
It also includes in-depth information in each social studies topic from economics, geography, U.S. History, geography and political science. The information is presented in both an elementary level that all grades could comprehend and in an academic method appropriate for teachers.
Students could be sent to the site to research vocabulary or perform one of the many projects such as making a budget or learn how to run a lemonade stand over the summer. They could also use the site to supplement their text or research papers. Additional reading assignments chosen by the student from a broad topic listed on the website. For example, under the heading of wars there are headings with detailed information from the Persian Wars of 500 B.C. to the Gulf War.
The site also publishes a weekly newsletter that features historical events related to that week in history. The newsletter could be used by educators as a lead into a specific topic or as a break from the daily routine.
There are thousands of websites available to teachers and students but most understandably appear to be in the business of entertaining. Few are truly dedicated to education as socialstudiesforkids.com.
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