GLOBEDESK.GIF (9682 bytes) Elementary Social Studies Electronic Field Trip
 

SS Field Trip
TSIP Ideas
Sample Lesson Plans

General Sites
Lesson Plans
Geography/States
Literature & SS

Kindergarten

First Grade
Holiday

Second Grade
Egypt
China
Quizzes


Third Grade
Quizzes

Fourth Grade
Quizzes
VA Resources

Fifth Grade
Explorer
Native American

American Revolution
Civil War
U.S. Government

Sixth Grade
W.W.II


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Welcome to Elementary Social Studies Electronic Field Trip!

The resources provided here are an attempt to organize useful sites to help teachers teach the Virginia Standards of Learning in the area of History and Social Sciences.  The links are grouped by grade level.  You can use the navigation index on the left to get from page to page.  When there were a number of sites about a topic, they were organized onto their own page.

Not all sites are appropriate for you to use with your students.  Many are there as curriculum development resources as help for the classroom teacher.  You should always preview and evaluate sites before you use them with students!

Have fun previewing!

An idea on how to get organized...

Make a hard copy of the sites that you like and organize them in a notebook. This way you can look at the sites without having to go clicking everywhere. You can also make notes on your copy to use as an easy reference.

For example, with the Virginia Department of Education site (Teaching Virginia Standards of Learning), go to the grade and subject of interest. After you print a hard copy (it will be a lot of pages!), go back and go through each of the links, making notations about each one. This will save you time in the long run. You may even want to divide this task up among teachers in your grade level or department. These pages are updated, so be sure to check back from time to time to see if they have added any new things!

Don't forget, you can always organize the sites you like best in folders and store them under Favorites or Bookmarks, or even on your desktop!
For hints on how to do this go to:
http://www.manassas.k12.va.us/training/StartFavorites.htm


Every attempt was made to insure that each of the links work properly.  If you know of any links that should be added or are having problems with one of the links above, please contact Tracy Volz.

Last revised on Tuesday, March 07, 2000.