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Social Studies Links
The TerraServer
The TerraServer has an impressive collection of satellite photos of the world. Work your way through the site and you'll find remarkably clear images of the famous Area 51, the Great Wall of China, and perhaps even your very own home! Be patient when you visit this site. Because of the graphics involved, it's sometimes very slow loading.
Kids' Almanac
Use this site to help you with your research. You can search for a word or phrase or choose from topics such as people, sports and fun facts.
The New York Times Learning Network. Student Connections
Visit this site for news summaries, a news quiz ,and Ask a Reporter (to name a few). You can also learn about this day in history and other historic events.
American Memory from the Library of Congress
The American Memory features multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress Americana collections.
Discover China
Want to learn more about China? Start with a virtual tour. Check the China Experience section for cultural tidbits such as Chinese poetry, folk music, and recipes. Or use the search tool that allows you to search thousands of China-related web sites.
Earth from Space: An Astronaut's views of the Home Planet
This database has some great features, including photographs of cities, as seen by astronauts from space! NASA has published selected photos on the Internet to provide a glimpse of the NASA Space Shuttle Earth Observations Photography database of over 250,000 images.
National Geographic Outpost
Join Lee Berger and his team in their search for human origins through e-mails, photographs, special reports and more!
Stories in Time
Work on interesting, grade specific activities that teach you about the world. Colorful pictures, virtual tours and easy to read descriptions make this site interesting.
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