Social Studies Resources

This is a website created by several districts to give teachers interactive games to play in the classroom. There are games and activities for every subject and every age level and they are all listed by TEKS!

National Geographic kids has a lot of great videos, games, news stories and much more for kids of all ages to enjoy!

Geography Games on Sheppard Software

From the Google Lit Trips website, "Google Lit Trips are free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. At each location along the journey there are placemarks with pop-up windows containing a variety of resources including relevant media, thought provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about “real world” references made in that particular portion of the story."

Geo Guesser is a higher level game where you get placed in a random location around the world and you have to guess where you are. You need to look at plants, houses, landmarks, etc and figure out what are of the world you are.

My Maps is a great way for students to present their research for a project dealing with different locations. You can put a pin where ever your location is and then give information about it and put pictures of the location.

Smarty Pins generates a random trivia question about a specific city or country, and you must drop a pin on the correct location on the map. Players can choose from different categories that they want to choose from.

Highlights Kids has several games, books, and activities for kids to do. Several stories and games deal with geography.

Kidsknowit.com has some great science and social studies games and activities for kids to play

Geography Activities -Some great activities for geography!
History- Some great activities for history!
USA -Some great resources and activities about the United States!
History- Some great activities for history!
USA -Some great resources and activities about the United States!

Landforms has all different land forms with pictures and definitions of each.
Matching games and flashcards to go with land forms.
Illustrated Flashcards for all the different land forms.
Interactive map of the US with questions about the different land forms.
Continents Activities
Matching games and flashcards to go with land forms.
Illustrated Flashcards for all the different land forms.
Interactive map of the US with questions about the different land forms.
Continents Activities