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Stack the States lite: FREE
This makes learning about the 50 states fun!! The states actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game. Students learn about the capitals, shapes, locations, flags and more. You can actually touch and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen and carefully build a stack of states that reached a checkered line to win a level.
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Smithsonian Channel for iPad: FREE
This app introduces a brand new way to watch, find, and explore the vast video collection of the Smithsonian that features the history of our planet, life, and culture.
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U.S. Presidents Facts! : FREE
Many interesting and fun facts and trivia about American Presidents.
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National Capitals Genius: FREE
This app by Brainscape helps students learn the capitals of the world faster than any other program using the latest in cognitive science techniques.
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National Archives DocsTeach: FREE
Activities that will help make sense of the stories, events, and ideas of the past using documents from the holdings of the US National Archives.
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History Today: This day in facts, photos, births, and deaths: FREE
All facts about what happened today in history.
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History Tools: $0.99
An app that lists all the famous and infamous people who were born or died on each day of the year, major news events that occurred on each day, plus feast days of saints and holidays and celebrations around the world.

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iPopulation: FREE
Displays a real-time estimate of the current world population.
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Show of Hands: FREE
An easy-to-use, anonymous polling application covering a variety of interesting topics. Three or four new questions are added daily and once you submit your answer, you are able to see the current results within your state and nationally.
10.
Today in History iPad Edition: FREE
View what happened today in history and also share what happened today that is significant to you.
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World Book – This Day in History for iPad: FREE
This app features an interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events for the current day or any selected day along with related media such as photos, illustrations, music and speeches.
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Pass the Past: FREE
This app is an educational game actually designed for students in Virginia to prepare for their state exam. The game, however, features questions on
World History, United States History, and Geography.
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Geo Walk HD – 3D World Fact Book: $2.99
Geo Walk is an interactive globe model with handpicked articles on various topics (History, People, Inventions, Plants, and Animals), which are placed on the Earth with respect to their location.

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GeoPop: $0.99
An addictive geography game designed for true beginners all the way up to the “Geo Freaks”. There are three levels of difficulty that test your knowledge about all things international. GeoPop offers hundreds of questions that touch all continents as well as relevant hints to help you pinpoint the right country before the clock runs out.
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Tiny Countries: FREE an educational game that lets students try to save the world by using their geography skills. Dr. Evil and his henchmean have an evil plan to realign the world by moving the continents and forming a rooster-shaped world. Tiny’s expertise in geography is used to catch these henchmen. This epic adventure includes 15 missions over 6 continents, 75 countries to be mastered, and an animated interface to learn about countries, their capitals, and famous monuments.
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Atlas for iPad : FREE
View the world maps quickly and conveniently on the iPad.
17.
Beautiful Planet HD: A Photographic Journey Around the World: $0.99
An award-winning app that captures the breathtaking beauty of our world and its cultures with a collection of galleries three decades in the making.
18.
Disaster Alert: FREE
This app provides a listing and interactive map of active hazards occurring around the globe. Additional information and reports about hazards can be viewed and shared.
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Fotopedia (series of apps): all are FREE
The Fotopedia apps provide a virtual passport to the hundreds of sites that constitute the world’s collective cultural and natural human legacy. Apps in

this series include Heritage, National Parks, Paris, Japan, Morocco, China,
Italy, North Korea, and Women of the World.
20.
Google Earth for iPad: FREE
Fly around the planet with a swipe of your finger. You can even visit the
Earth gallery to find exciting maps such as real-time earthquakes, planes in flight, hiking trails, city tours, and more.
21.
MapBox: FREE
This app allows you to view, create, or share maps made with the MapBox map-making tools.
22.
National Geographic Today: FREE
This app brings you news, videos, quizzes, articles, and amazing photography from National Geographic providing hours of education and entertainment.
23.
Learn the States – USA Capital and Geography Fact Learning: $1.99
Take the ultimate road trip through the states while engaging in brilliant, animated activities to test your knowledge of state shapes, facts and statistics. This app expands your understanding of US Geography through highly educational activities and fact exploration.
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TapQuiz Maps World Edition: FREE
Students can learn the countries of the world through a fun and engaging game. They just tap the answer to each question on the map.
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UN CountryStats: FREE
This app features a data visualization tool to compare key economic, social, environmental, trade, and area and population indicators for 216 countries and territories.
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Whirlyglobe: FREE

This is an interactive 3D app that lets you interact with country, region, and ocean outlines.
27.
World Flags Jigsaw Puzzle: FREE
Students can learn the flags of different countries in a jiffy and also have fun at the same time with this app.
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Wundermap: FREE
In this app you can scroll around the globe viewing Weather Underground’s
16,000+ weather stations or zoom in to specific locations and view animated radar and satellite layers.
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The World Factbook for iPad: $1.99
This app contains extensive information on more than 250 countries and locations throughout the world.
30.
Constitution for iPad: FREE
A copy of the US constitution for your iPad.
31.
Declaration for iPad: FREE
A reference copy of the US Declaration of Independence for your iPad.
32.
MyCongress: FREE
This app is a portal to detailed information about the elected US
Congressional officials. You can track their news, video, and Twitter feeds, or even contact them directly.
33.
US Citizenship 2013: FREE

You can use this app to test your knowledge on US History and Government.
It was designed as a practice for the USCIS Citizenship test. It features flash cards for all 100 questions.
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U.S. Government: FREE
This app features the fundamental vocabulary, constitutional amendments, and election processes of American Government through flash cards.
35.
The Revolution: Interactive Guide: FREE
The American Revolution comes to life with a fully interactive textbook and study guide designed exclusively for iPad. It features interactive flashcards, explorable war maps, audio narrations, review quizzes, interactive biographies, and explorable images.
36.
History Line: FREE
This is a collaborative learning game focusing on US History. A series of historical events are presented on the screen and the user must place the events on timeline in the correct sequence.
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American Revolution Interactive Timeline for iPad: FREE
This app offers beautiful imagery, video, and information through an interactive, zoomable timeline showcasing artwork, weapons, clothing, objects, and manuscripts from the American Revolution Center.
38.
Beyond Textbooks 2010: American History Games: FREE
Created by Pearson, this app helps students connect to the social studies content through fun, interactive games.
39.
Early Jamestown: FREE

an interactive textbook exploration of the early days of the Jamestown settlement and the state of Virginia. The app features rich interactive graphics and the story of a key moment in the history of the US.
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LineTime: Presidents Edition: $0.99
All of the American presidents are featured in a zoomable timeline. Tap a president to see the details of his presidency. You can also filter all presidencies by a keyword.
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Mission US: Think Fast! About the Past: FREE
Students can test their knowledge of history as they race against the clock!
This is a fast-paced trivia game that introduces hundreds of fascinating facts about different eras of American History.
42.
The Presidency: FREE
This app is an excellent educational reference for easy access to historical information regarding the 44 United States Presidents.
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Today’s Document: FREE
Explore American history with 365 of the most fascinating documents and photos from the collections of the US National Archives. This app features an interactive gallery with a significant historical document or photo for each day of the year.
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US History Timeline: FREE
This is an app which shows the list of important events in US History with each event having a hot-link to Wikipedia. It also features the maps of important times, lists of important people, and comparison table of US
History and World History.
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USA 20 th Century History Game: FREE

This game is a great way to learn the chronology of key historical events.
Students are shown the title of the event and they must click on the timeline to place a “nest” at the date the event took place. If the estimate is good, eggs will land in the nest. If not, it all gets very messy!
46.
The War of 1812: Guide to Historic Sites for iPad: FREE
This app allows you to find, explore, and learn more about the War of 1812 locations including battlefields, museums, and forts.
47.
American Civil War Timeline: FREE
This app contains a packet of flashcards and practice to learn about the events of the American Civil War.
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Civil War Interactive: $4.99
This is a very comprehensive app that covers the deadliest conflict in
American History with an innovative interface. There are interactive photos, audios, paintings, sketches, timelines, etc.
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Beyond Textbooks 2010: World History Games: FREE
Developed by Pearson, this app helps students connect to the Social Studies content they are about to learn through fun interactive games designed to get students warmed up and ready to learn.
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European Exploration: The Age of Discovery: FREE
Explore the new world as a European power in the 15 th century by funding and sending expeditions out into the unknown. Hire captains, build ships, and outfit voyages to learn of the wonders of the new world.
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LineTime: World History Timeline HD: $2.99

A fully zoomable timeline to help students learn World History. Students can scroll around to explore and gain an intuitive feel for when things happened and how history has developed over the past 2000 years.
52.
World War II Interactive: FREE
This app is very comprehensive and interactive and brings World War II alive on the iPad screen. It features stunning photos, videos, speeches, and amazing design.
53.
WWII Lite: History Challenge: FREE
Test your knowledge of World War II History in this fun and exciting version of a history quiz.
54.
America in WWII magazine: FREE
Discover battles of air, land, and sea. Face wartime life on the homefront, and dive into the 1940’s culture with each issue of this magazine.
55.
Texas Markers: $0.99
An app that shows every Texas History Historical Marker in map view as well as through a search. You are able to directly input the marker number and immediately see the inscription.
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TX Trivia: $0.99
An app featuring some of the toughest trivia questions about Texas.
57.
Texas History Grade 7: $3.99
An addictive brain game and world puzzle about Texas History designed for
7 th graders.