SOCIAL STUDIES
WEB-BASED
RESOURCES
WHERE DO I FIND SOCIAL STUDIES WEBBASED RESOURCES?
 Galileo
 Britannica School Edition
 Digital Library of Georgia
 SIRS Discoverer
 Cobb Virtual Library
 World Book Kids
 Pebble Go
 Culture Grams
 Georgia’s Virtual Vault
 Other
 Library of Congress- Digital
Collections
 Picture History
 Teaching History
 PBS Teachers K-2 Social Studies
GALILEO
 Explore the following websites on Galileo
 Britannica School Edition - http://www.school.eb.com.proxygsu-
scob.galileo.usg.edu/elementary
 Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/
 SIRS – Discoverer - http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage
 Now for each one I want you to find one item of information about the
following topics:
 Grade K: Bald Eagle
 Grade 1: Theodore Roosevelt
 Grade 2: Mary Musgrove
 Grade 3: Paul Revere
BRITANNICA SCHOOL EDITION
 1st Grade Example: Theodore Roosevelt
 Britannica School Edition provides articles and images about different subjects.
 When the search results are displayed you can chose either article or images.
DIGITAL LIBRARY OF GEORGIA
 2nd Grade Example: Mary Musgrove
 Here you can find digital images of famous Georgians.
 There are also legal documents and newspaper articles.
 Many items link to the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
SIRS DISCOVERER
 3rd Grade Example: Paul Revere
 SIRS Discoverer lists different articles about Paul Revere
 It also gives the Lexile number so you can find resources on the reading level of the
students.
COBB VIRTUAL LIBRARY
 Explore the following websites on the Cobb Virtual Library:
 World Book Kids
 Pebble Go
 Culture Grams
 Georgia’s Virtual Vault
 Now for each one I want you to find one item of information about the
following topics:
 Grade K: U.S. Money
 Grade 1: George Washington Carver
 Grade 2: Jimmy Carter
 Grade 3: Mississippi River
WORLD BOOK KIDS
 3rd Grade Example: Mississippi River
 On World Book Kids, students are able to information about many different topics.
 For each article the students can listen to the article be read out loud. The Lexile
information is given for each article.
 This resource also provides photographs and maps.
PEBBLE GO
 2nd Grade Example: Jimmy Carter
 This is a great resource for finding information about people.
 There is a time line and video for each person. Their life is broken up into five
different tabs that explain about their life.
 For teachers, there is an activity worksheet to help the students take notes.
CULTURE GRAMS
 K Grade Example: U.S. Money
 Culture Grams gives information about countries and states. It shows what different
countries look like through pictures and videos.
 One interesting feature is that it gives recipes from different countries.
 Also gives information on history, lifestyle, society and culture for a country.
GEORGIA’S VIRTUAL VAULT
 1st Grade Example: George Washington Carver
 Provides photographs of different people that influenced Georgia.
 It provides manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records from 1733 to
the present.
OTHER RESOURCES
 Library of Congress- Digital Collections - http://www.loc.gov/index.html
 Picture History- www.picturehistory.com
 Teaching History - http://teachinghistory.org/
 PBS Teachers K-2 Social Studies -
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/k-2/social-studies/resources/
 Now for each one I want you to find one item of information about the
following topics:
 Kindergarten: White House
 1st Grade: Thomas Jefferson
 2nd Grade: Jackie Robinson
 Third Grade: Ancient Greece
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 1st Grade Example: Thomas Jefferson
 The Library of Congress Digital Collection includes all types of information in a
digital format. There are videos, pictures, maps, manuscripts etc. to view on this
website.
PICTURE HISTORY
 K Grade example: White house
 Picture History is a website that provides images of different time periods, buildings,
people, etc. in history.
 The pictures are all primary sources of information.
TEACHING HISTORY
 2nd Grade Example: Jackie Robinson
 This website gives teachers materials, content and best practices.
 There are videos, lesson plans, and photographs.
PBS TEACHERS
 3rd Grade Example: Ancient Greece
 PBS Teachers offers a variety of lesson plans, videos, and online activities for students
and teachers.
 There are articles with photographs and videos from television programs such as
NOVA and Nature.
INTEGRATION
 How do you integrate these sources into your lessons?
 Here is a second grade example:
 Standards:

Social Studies
SS2HI.a Identifies and describes historical figures and their contributions
 Identifies and describes the contributions of James Oglethorpe, Mary Musgrove, and
Tomochichi
 English Language Arts

ELACC2RI1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
 21st Century Learner (AASL)
 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.


National Technology Standards for Students and Teachers
 Teachers 3 d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to
locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning
INTEGRATION
 While studying your important figures, use web-based resources to
have students ask and answer WH questions.
 In a pair, have students go to two different web-based resources on each
person. Have each student write a who, what, where, when, why and
how question from the information on that page. Then have the
students switch questions and have the students answer their partners
questions.
 In addition you can incorporate writing by having them write a
paragraph about each person.
INTEGRATION RESOURCES
 James Oglethorpe

Britannica School Edition - http://www.school.eb.com.proxygsu-scob.galileo.usg.edu/elementary/article?articleId=345472#254662.toc

Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgibin/meta.cgi?userid=public&dbs=meta&action=retrieve&recno=1&rset=003&format=dlg&h2=zlgb

SIRS Discoverer - http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000291921

World Book Kids - http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar836329&st=james+oglethorpe

PebbleGo - http://www.pebblego.com/content/biographies/pgo_player.php

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005688536/
 Mary Musgrove

Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgibin/meta.cgi?userid=public&dbs=meta&action=retrieve&recno=1&rset=004&format=dlg&h2=ngen

World Book Kids - http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar839108&st=Mary+Musgrove

PebbleGo - http://www.pebblego.com/content/biographies/pgo_player.php

Teaching History - http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/23362
 Tomochichi

Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgibin/meta.cgi?userid=public&dbs=meta&action=retrieve&recno=2&rset=005&format=dlg&h2=ngen

World Book Kids- http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar839175&st=james+oglethorpe

Georgia Virtual Library - http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us:8888/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cac&CISOPTR=129&CISOBOX=1&REC=4