Online Social Studies Tools

• Expeditions Activities
• GameAquarium Social Studies Games
• TeacherVision's Games Collection of games for K-8 compiled by TeacherVision.
• Mughal India The British Museum produces this interactive website on Mughal India.
• Interactive Social Studies Games

History

• America's Story
• Become a Spice Trader
• Famous Ohioans
• Harcourt School Publishers -- activities by grade level
• History Detectives (PBS)
• Interactive History Games from the UK
• Smithsonian for Kids
• The Road to Revolution
• History Mystery
• Maya Mystery
• Mission US.org
• Name That President
• Library of Congress Activities
• Ohio Kids
• Plimoth Plantation's You are the Historian
• Primary Access
• Time Machine

People in Societies

• Kids and community
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus
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Government

• Ben's Interactive Games
• Name That President
• President Hangman Game
• Three Branches of Government
• Independence Day Quiz - blocked by proxy
• Dynamite Presidents
• Law focused games
• Law for Kids
• Wayback Presidents
• C-Span Classroom

Note:  See the Viking Treasure Chest for activity oriented web resources directly aligned to Ohio Content Standards.

• Animated Atlas
• CIA's Homepage Includes Test your Geography Skills, Try A Disguise, Break the Code and Word Puzzles.
• Arthur, Connect the World a card matching game to learn about different countries and cultures. 
• Expeditions Activities based on National Standards  
• Find Your Longitude 
• Flag Detective
• Flag Game Select the Nation
• Flag Tag Choose a level (beginning, intermediate, or advanced) and then let the computer pick random countries. Identify and click the correct flag.
• FunBrain Where
• Funschool Geography Games On this page, you'll find Capital Field Trip, Capitals, Flag Flags, Where in the World Is?, U.S. State Detective and more.
• GeoBee Challenge "Come on out and play in the new GeoBee Quiz! Show your geography smarts right here online. Each day we'll post five new questions from the National Geographic Bee. Some of the questions are real stumpers, but it's okay if you miss a few you can play as often as you like." 
• GeoGames  
• GeoGlobe
• Geography Quizzes Scroll down the list and check your knowledge of Places in the News, Country Capitals, Historical Geography, and Rivers and Lakes.
• GeoNet Questions in the GeoNet game are organized into six groups, following the National Geography Standards. This is a great place to build an understanding of geographical concepts in a global context.
• Geo Spy Your students have 180 seconds to name all fifty U.S. states with the click of a mouse. Or try the countries of the world; continents are also available. Let students retry their games to reinforce geographic locations.
• How Much Do You Know About the World?
• Map Games
• My Wonderful World Games
• Owl & Mouse Online Map Games

• Place the State
• Quia's Top Twenty Geography Activities Quia is a subscription site with tools for creating interactive games and learning activities such as concentration puzzles, quizzes, flash cards, and word searches. Although it costs to create the activities, playing them is free. This page lists the twenty most popular Quia geography quizzes and activities.  
• Sheppard Software  World and continent interactive quizzes
• State Capitals Game
• States Web Games Learn the locations, capitals, abbreviations and over 500 important facts about the United States. Try to drag each state to its location on the map.
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Trivia Plaza geography trivia games for facts like capitals, flags, countries, etc.
• US Map Puzzle
• Weekly Reader USA Interactive puzzle map
• Where is That? "The game where your mind is your map." Choose from seven maps and five levels of difficulty.   

Economics

• Economics for Kids Quiz
• Great Economists Treasure Hunt
• KidsBank
• HotShot Business
• Econoclass Activities
• Trading around the World
• The FTC's You Are Here - consumer skills
• The Bakery S