6-8 Interactive Social Studies Games

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

-Explore the animated timeline that traces the growth of the United States at the animated atlas.

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf

-Take the Worldwide Table Manners Flash Quiz and find out how much you know about customs around the world.

http://clerkkids.house.gov/

-The Clerk is an officer in the United States House of Representatives, and Kids in the House is the Office of the Clerk's official Web site for kids, parents, and teachers. On this site you will explore the role the Office of the Clerk plays in the U.S. House of Representatives and learn about the legislative process and its effect on you. 

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html

-A super site for kids to learn U. S. census information.  Includes an interactive map students can click on to learn information about each state.  Also includes online quizzes.

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html

http://www.chemical-ecology.net/java/lat-long.htm

-Enter two global coordinates and receive the crow's flight distance between the two or examine the distance between many large cities on the planet.

http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/

-GeoNet is a challenging online game based on the six essential elements from the National Geography Standards.

http://www.quia.com/pages/all.html

-Geography Games-grades 5-12  

http://www.netrover.com/~jjrose/plane/plane.html

-Interactive game using cardinal directions  

http://www.netrover.com/~3384mary/community/indexjob.html

-Community and Emergency Jobs game

http://www.tldsb.on.ca/Schools/GrandviewPS/Room_108/directions/tutor.html

-Try to figure which way is North in this fun interactive game. There are three levels to challenge you. This game comes with a tutorial lesson.

http://www.netrover.com/~3384mary/provinces/canadaintro1.htm

-An interactive game on the provinces of Canada where a teacher will talk with you and actually mark your work on the computer.

http://users.netrover.com/~kingskids/state/usaintro1.htm

http://www.iknowthat.com

-Variety of games

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

-Geography games

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/index.html

-At this National Geographic site, students follow a route to freedom based on the actual journeys of runaway slaves during the second half of the 19th century. Decisions must be made along the route and as they relive the experiences of the Underground Railroad, students also learn the consequences of those choices. In addition to the information provided about the journey itself, the site also provides a timeline, a map of Underground Railroad routes, photographs and brief biographies of those who worked to free the slaves, lessons and activities for classroom use, and links to many additional resources.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/

-Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/angie/angie.html

-Natural Events, History Hunt, Student as a Media Evaluator and Student as an Historian

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/games_index.shtml

http://www.sfu.museum/journey/03middle/index.php

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp

History Mystery: Choose the subject and play the game!

http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html

-Where Is That?  Identify countries/states

http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/inftour.html

- In this game, you are given clues which lead you to some of Earth's most interesting landmarks--a "reversing river", ancient cities, the world's deepest lake, immense caverns, and more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/

-History games

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/history/activities/activities.htm

-Grouped by theme