Social+Studies+Web+sites

Here are some random, yet wonderful sites related to Social Studies concepts:
[] - United States Postal Service Kits [|www.floridamemory.com] - Florida Memory Project [] - Exploring Florida [] - American Memory [|http://authentichistory.com] - The Authentic History Center [|www.thehistorycenter.org] - Orange County Regional History Center [|http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com] - Eyewitness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It [] - MAPS Etc. [] - Historical Maps [] - Making of America [] - The American Presidency Project [] - The American Civil War [] - First World War Primary Documents [] - World War II Resources [] - Digital History [|http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu] - History Matters [] - Google Earth for Educators [] - Google Lit Trips [|http://nj-history.org] - New Jersey History [|http://americanpresidents.org] - American Presidents info./multimedia [|http://historicalthinkingmatters.org] - Thematic Units and resources K-12 [|http://historynow.org] - Teaching Resources [] - Dr. Waring's website (multiple quality sources noted) [] - Oral History Association [|www.ohs.org.uk/] - Oral History Society [] - Library of Congress: Voices from the Days of Slavery [|www.weeklyreader.com] - The Weekly Reader website [] - Archives of WW 1, the Korean War and the Cold War [|www.ussnewyork.com] - USS New York homepage (the ship built from the steel of the World Trade Center) [] - Time for Kids magazine classroom home page [] - Scholastic News magazine home page (Click teachers then Scholastic News online) [] - Educators main homepage [] - The Resource Center at the Orlando Museum of Art allows all UCF students to its resources FREE of charge. __www.loc.gov__  - Library of Congress main page; American Memory Section contains maps, photos, documents, audio and video resource s

__ www.cfmemory.org __ - Central Florida Memory Project; Florida Stories, as well as lists of photos, maps, letters, essays, etc.  __ [|http://www.gilderlehrman.org] __ - Gilder Lehrman; search "The Collection" for rare documents (nearly every president and  significant historical event is represented); "For Teachers and Students" section has wonderful resources. __ [] __ - Orlando Visual History; a great resource for Orlando history! [|www.nationalmockelection.org] - The National Student/Parent Mock Election Website; click on curriculum for ideas, games www.whitehouse.gov - Virtual Field Trip of the White House and much more www.keypals.com - Electronic (E-mail) Pen Pals www.epals.com - Electronic (E-mail) Pen Pals [|http://www.web66.coled.umn.edu] - Electronic (E-mail) Pen Pals www.kidlink.org - Classroom Information Exchange www.classroom.net - Classroom Information Exchange [] - Ellis Island Online Tour [] - Immigration timeline and bios [|http://www.thinkquest.org/en/] - Create an online class project here! [] - Life in NY between 1870-1935 [|http://www.capital.net/~alta/tour.htm] - Virtual tour of Ellis Island