HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY SOURCES:
Please note: All of the sites listed here offer free lessons & activities. Some do require you to register, but do not charge a fee to do so. Some also have additional "premium content" that does require a paid subscription. It is up to you to decide whether you feel that content would be worth the price.
National Geographic Kids - games, activities, videos and stories for kids.
The World FactBook - produced yearly, the FactBook is an encyclopedia of information about all the nations of the world, provided for free by the CIA. (Yes, *the* CIA!).
The Baldwin Project - hundreds of free e-books, many in the History Genre.
www.internet4classrooms.com - free links broken down by subject matter, for grades K - 8. (History links are found under the Social Studies heading.)
PASS Social Studies - High School level textbooks written originally for struggling learners. (Could be used by students of any learning-abilty level and by younger students with advanced skills.) Books cover: American History 1 & 2, World History 1 & 2, American Government, and Economics. *Please note: As these books were written for public schools, they use an evolutionary timeline and perspective.
www.historynet.com - a comprehensive history site, suitable for middle and upper grades.
US History - for 8th grade and high schoolers, a very nice, organized collection of links - following a chronological order and including maps and timelines.
Western Civilization - provides links to research the history of Western Civilization, from ancient times through the past century.
For those interested in creating History Notebooks*, you can find more information here:
www.notebookingpages.com - notebooking information and page sets. Some are available for free.
www.historyscribe.com - pre-made notebooking pages for sale, covering a variety of historical events. "History Scholar" is available for high schoolers so the site now covers all grades. Free samples are available.
*Notebooking is the concept of allowing children to build their own "library" of books from knowledge they've gained. Notebooks can contain timelines, biographies, maps, drawings, summaries and more.© 2007. All rights reserved. Inquiries to registrar@deerchaseacademy.com.