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Helping Your Child Learn Geography
At-home learning activities for children ages 5-10. From the U.S. Department of Education.
ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/index.htm...
Early Childhood - Social Studies
Large collection of activities to help young children learn about themselves and the world in which they live.
patricia_f.tripod.com/ssmotor.html
Education Center Activity: All of Me
Helps children develop a better appreciation of the roles they fill in their families and in their community.
eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/all/all.html
Community Helpers - An AskERIC Lesson Plan
Help children realize it takes many varied jobs for a city or town to work as a community.
eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Vir...
Kindergartners on the Map
Helps kindergartners understand what a map is and how it is used.
knowledge.state.va.us/cgi-bin/lesview.c...
Learning North, South, East, and West
Exposes children to the concept of global and spatial directions through a series of movement steps.
multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/fga/academy/k1us....
Education Place Activity: Tools of the Trade
Encourages children to recall what they have learned about different occupations and their related tools.
eduplace.com/ss/act/memory.html
Social Studies for Early Childhood and Elementary School
Position statement from the National Council for the Social Studies. Explores definition of and rationale for social studies in the early childhood setting and identifies developmental characteristics of children that should be considered in program planning.
ncss.org/standards/positions/elementary...
World Book - History - Kindergarten
Series of activities designed to help kindergarten students gain a better understanding of historical events that shape their world.
worldbook.com/ptrc/fp_hist/html/k.htm
USGS: What Do Maps Show?
Helps children recognize that a map symbol represents a feature or object on the ground and a legend explains what objects or features the symbols represent.
usgs.gov/education/learnweb/MA/MAlesson...
History and Social Science: Kindergarten
Reviews and catalogs Internet resources that support the teaching of the Virginia Standards of Learning.
richmond.edu/~educate/solsites/histk.ht...
Education Place Activity: Go on a Sign Hunt
Encourages children to read and use the signs in their neighborhood and school.
eduplace.com/ss/act/signs.html
Heroes and Legends for Kindergarten
Collection of ideas and resources for introducing young children to legendary figures in American history.
richmond.edu/~ed344/webunits/khistory/h...