Teacher Links - Social Studies
Follow the links to find out everything you could possibly want to about the work we will do in the Social Studies class!
Liberty
PBS website linked to the series we use for the American Revolution work.
Causes of the Revolution - pictures
Portraits of the Revolution
Battle Maps of the Revolution
Here are some maps we'll be using in class to show the early action in the Revolutionary War.
Explorers
Here is Mr Nussbaum.com's easy version of the story of the European explorers.
Cajamarca, Peru
Read about the first encounter between Pizarro and the Incas leader, Atahualpa. We ask, 'how was it possible for under 200 Spanish soldiers to defeat an empire of millions?'
Ghengis Khan
Maps of the great Mongol Empire that led to the era of European Exploration that led to the founding of the United States of America....
Mappa Mundi
Follow the link to see original World maps dated between 1086 to 1430, including links to Hereford's amazing Mappa Mundi...
My Great Maps
Mr Nussbaum's site for outline maps that students can use after signing up at the site. Pretty cool!
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Poverty and wealth
Happiness around the World?
Read these graphs and diagrams and see what scientists have found about the state of our World...
Information about the States of America
This resource was sent to me by Sarah Washington. Thanks Sarah!