Internet Resources for
Social Studies
FREE Tools for Teachers

Open Office Software Suite - A free program, very similar to Microsoft Office.  Files are interchangeable
with Office documents.

MWSnap - A free "screen capture" program that allows the user to define and capture, as a picture file,
anything the user can see on the screen.

DVD Shrink - A free program that allows the user to copy virtually any DVD.  Please be aware of
applicable copyright laws.

Audacity - Free, open source software for recording and editing sound files.

Any Video Converter - Free, open source software that converts most videos from one format to
another.  The link to the free version (Any Video Converter Free Version) is found at the fifth entry in
the list, hear the bottom of the page.

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Online Resources

CNN Student News - Provides a daily ten minute news summary, study guides, etc.

Blue Web'n Social Studies - Blue Web'n is an online library of outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities,
projects).

Primary Source Materials & Document Based Questions: An Internet Hotlist for Document Based
Questions.

Virtual Middle School Library - Resources for Teachers and Parents.

FreeRice.com - A vocabulary game with the added bonus of helping to feed hungry people throughout  
the world.  Apparently it adjusts the difficulty level as the player progresses.

National Council for the Social Studies.  Great source for social studies materials.

Outline Maps - Education Place.  Printable.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Outline Map Sites.  This is from the main library website at the
University of Texas at Austin.

United Streaming - Discovery Education streaming is a digital video-on-demand and online teaching
service to help improve students' retention and test scores; it is aligned to U.S. state and provincial
standards.

Library of Congress: The Learning Page - Links to over seven million historical documents.

International Society on Technology in Education: Educator Resources - Social Studies

National Student/Parent Mock Election  

Arkansas History - Arkansas Heritage: From the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.  

Arkansas.gov - Web portal for Arkansas state government.

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture - The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
Project strives to offer a definitive, comprehensive, and accurate record of the twenty-fifth state. The
online version of the Encyclopedia is the first component of the Project.

PBS Teacher - Social Studies: Resources for social studies teachers.

AETN Website - Arkansas Education Television Network.