Educator Resources -> Social Studies

Take a look at big business of the early 20th century through the eyes of Milton Hershey. Hershey, big business

This is a webquest for the Panama Canal. Students will research the history of the Canal through designated websites and complete a PowerPoint Presentation of their findings. Panama Canal

This Powerpoint presentation gives a general overview of Japan. A brief look at Japan's history, geography, climate, economy, demographics, politics, culture, and religion are included. If you are connected to the internet while viewing, there are underlined links to take you to Wikipedia for more indepth information. Many pictures are found throughout. Japan

This powerpoint presentation has common geography terms and images such as isthmus, peninsula, etc. geography

If you are following Josh, Discovery Educator Abroad, as he travels the Pacific Rim, here is the updated Google Earth from Australia through Thailand. It is amazing to see all the ground he has covered in the past few months. I will continue to update, as needed....fun stuff!!! Google Earth, Follow Josh, Discovery Educator Abroad, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand

This PowerPoint/Streaming video presentation gives a broad overview of African Climate Zones Africa, Social Studies

This resource is part of the Lodi Unified School Dsitrict 7-12 TEchnology Integration support.  The resource is a web page set of free activity links that promote students practicing classroom skillls in the areas of English, Math, Science, and Social Science.  The resource helps teachers extend the learning day.  The activiteis are well sutied to independent learning. Mathematics, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science

High School Geography Jeopardy game geography jeopardy

denotes a network of trails and trading posts, oases and emporia connecting Mediterranean . Along the way, branch routes led to different destinations from the main route, with one especially important branch leading to northwestern and thus to other routes throughout the subcontinent. To appreciate the virtual tours to using the Google Earth Kmz file download the newest version, Google Earth Version 4. Then click on the file and select the play button menu. China Revealed

Have students explore how much we use types of geography everyday. This is a student driven, project-based learning experience for geography students to create a newsletter and billboard for a mass media campaign for geography awareness. It can be easily tweaked for older or younger students. Created by DEN STAR educator, MaryAnn Sansonetti. geography, collaborative learning, publisher, project-based learning