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Social studies include history, geography, economics, civics, and sociology. Since it's largely a study of people, other elements are often part of the learning process, including religion, music, art, philosophy, literature, and anthropology. This makes for really fun and interactive learning. You don't need to be an expert in any of these topics, though. There are lots of online social study resources to inspire and guide you. You can learn and explore with the kids! Be sure to point out we're living in a time period that will one day be studied in social studies classes.

For Early Learners

1. Fortune Cookie Mom has free printables for teaching preschoolers about Chinese culture.

2. Young Children magazine from the National Association of Young Children has a great article on teaching social studies to little ones.

3. Scholastic has a guide for parents on teaching social studies to preschoolers.

5. Education.com has printable worksheets about community helpers, feelings, maps and more.

6. Warren County Educational Service Center has put together a long list of preschool social study activities for parents.

7. Supply Me has 68 preschool social studies lesson plans.

8. Leapfrog has printables, activities and videos on geography, culture, history and more for early education.

9. The Educator's Spin On It has a fun harvest lesson plan to teach preschoolers about geography and cultures.

10. Love to Know features free preschool printables and activities on cultures, geography, relationships and more.

For Elementary School

11. Ben's Guide to the US Government has fun digital learning adventures.

12. 50 States has map outlines, quizzes and tons of info.

13. World Atlas offers interactive maps, clocks, flags and videos.

14. US.gov has fun lessons like a tour of a money factory or a look into different types of government jobs.

15. Liberty Kids is a fun animated history series.

16. Amazon Inspire offers teachers and parents a place to gather and share resources, lesson plans, activities, etc.

17. Soft Schoo l s offers free printable social studies word searches, quizzes and worksheets.

18. Captivating Compass has a free lesson plan for studying Ireland. Other countries are also available.

19. US Mint features online money education games.

20. iCivics has online games that teach concepts like the importance of voting.

For Middle School

21. Thirteen has history videos and interactive games.

22. Teaching Tolerance has lesson plans, articles, videos and activities geared at making us all better citizens.

23. Scholastic has articles on finances, world economy the stock market and more.

24. YouTube Edu has videos on social studies (and every other topic) compiled YouTube itself.

25. Worksheetworks has free geography printables.

26. EdHelper offers printable worksheets and journals on history topics and world problems.

28. Curriki offers interactive history, government and economics lessons.

29. Social Studies for Kids offers free curriculum in history, economics, geography, government, finance and more.

30. The Library of Congress has videos on topics such as Civil Rights and historical figures including Rosa Parks and Amelia Earhardt.

32. Social Studies for Kids has articles on budgeting, economics, cultures and current affairs.

For High School

33. Hippocampus has videos in history, social studies, government, economics, humanities and religion.

34. History Matters is filled with great resources and info.

36. Sociology Source offers lessons, discussion prompts and activities.

37. Best History Sites lets you browse by topic and then access lesson plans.

38. National Women's History Museum has an online digital classroom database of lesson plans.

40. Teaching History has lesson plans and materials for a huge range of events and time frames.

41. Historical Thinking Matters offers resources and guidance to help students develop critical thinking about history.

42. Stanford History Education Group allows students to participate in free lessons and assessments from their history department.

Kids aren't the only ones who learn from social studies. Diving into these topics will probably teach you some new facts, too. Social studies often inspire us to try new things. You can make art, learn an instrument, dance or try out new recipes. These online social studies resources might even inspire kids to change the world for the better.
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Virtual field trips are a game changer. Not only do they fill in for real field trips when budgets and other roadblocks prevent in-person options, but virtual field trips also open doors to educational experiences all over the country and the world, both past and present. No fundraising or permission slips required!

(Note: For anyone who needs it, YouTube offers a closed-captioning option. Just click the CC button in the bottom right-hand corner.)

Amazon Career Tours are free virtual field trips that inspire students to pursue careers of the future. Tour whenever, wherever on Kahoot! Each tour comes with a Teacher Toolkit that includes a facilitation guide and student worksheets.

2. The Zoo

There are so many amazing online options when it comes to zoos that we couldn't narrow it down to just one. Most zoos have live webcams in some of their most popular exhibits, such as the KC Zoo Polar Bear Cam and the Giant Panda Cam at Smithsonian's National Zoo. However, some zoos offer a more in-depth look. You'll definitely want to check out the San Diego Zoo as their site for kids includes behind-the-scenes videos and stories, as well as a variety of printable activities and online games. Check out our full list of virtual zoo goodness.

3. The Aquarium

It's a similar story with aquariums. You have your pick of live webcams, but our favorites are the Georgia Aquarium's Ocean Voyager webcam (wait for the whale shark!) and the "Jelly Cam" at Monterey Bay Aquarium (so soothing). The Seattle Aquarium even has a 30-minute video tour. Want more under-the-sea fun? Here's our ultimate list of virtual aquarium field trips.

4. The Farm

The classic preschool field trip goes online! You can have your pick of dairy farm field trips, but we like this one from the Dairy Alliance and this one from Stonyfield Organic. Farm Food 360 gives students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Canadian farm and food tours-from raising pigs to making milk and cheese. We're also loving these virtual egg farm field trips from the American Egg Board.

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5. An Art Museum

We found 20 art museums with virtual tours, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art's # MetKids and its awesome Where's Waldo? setup. And you can't miss the world-famous Louvre in Paris (no passport needed!). Check out the current virtual tours: Traveling Materials and Objects, the Advent of the Artist, the Body in Movement, and Founding Myths: From Hercules to Darth Vader!

6. A National Park

From webcams at Hawaii volcanoes to a virtual run along the rim of the Grand Canyon, you have tons of options here. Our top pick would have to be Yellowstone. The interactive maps are a great way to see the Mammoth Hot Springs and Mud Volcano, but we think kids will be psyched about the Old Faithful Geyser livestream and the opportunity to make their own predictions for its next eruption. Check out everything the National Park Service has to offer virtually.

7. A Planetarium

Through Stellarium Web, kids can explore over 60,000 stars, locate planets, and watch sunrises and solar eclipses. If you enter your location, you can see all the constellations that are visible in the night sky in your corner of the world.

Take your students on a virtual field trip of a recycling center and a modern landfill. Plus, there's a full-on curriculum that includes lesson plans, take-home handouts, and more.

Nickelodeon teamed up with two astronauts on the International Space Station to demonstrate how slime reacts to microgravity and had kids reproduce those same demonstrations back here on Earth. It makes for an amazing 15-minute virtual field trip.

The Nature Conservancy has a brand-new virtual field trip entitled "You're the Scientist! Citizen Science, Frogs & Cicadas." Check out their full library of videos on topics like climate change and water security.

Discovery Education hosts a variety of virtual events -each with a companion guide with hands-on learning activities. Current offerings include "Making a New Life: The Courage of a Refugee" and "The Future Is Now" (architectural and engineering innovations). Stay tuned for their upcoming civics virtual field trip, "The American Ideal."

This virtual field trip from Great Lakes Now has three components: coastal wetlands, algae, and lake sturgeon. Each video is a quick five minutes long.

Explore online exhibits and discover the history and evolution of play. Check out board games that changed play, sports video games that shaped digital play, and the making of Monopoly to name a few.

Kids can learn about the most recent Census and how census data is collected and used. This virtual field trip also features interviews with subject matter experts and an interactive challenge.

The "Museum of We the People," the Constitution Center serves as a "headquarters for civic education." Check out the Interactive Constitution section, and be sure to watch the virtual tour.

Houston, we have a virtual field trip. Three, actually. All with companion educator guides. The star of the show is the behind-the-scenes tour of the Johnson Space Center.

Boise State put together this fully interactive virtual field trip with text, photos, audio, and video about the history of music. The four featured music locations are: Vienna, Austria; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia.

This living-history museum provides a look into life in an early American community. The website offers five different webcams featuring areas such as the tavern and the armory.

This virtual experience of George Washington's home is incredibly well done. Enter the different buildings-from the opulent mansion to the chilling slave quarters-and click on different items for video and text explanations.

This virtual tour comes with a real tour guide! Blaine Kortemeyer is the Assistant Chief of Interpretation and Education, who lends his expertise on the building of this national monument. The 3D Explorer is also an excellent tool.

Take a visit to the National WWII Museum for "a cross-country virtual expedition to discover the science, sites, and stories of the creation of the atomic bomb." Don't forget to download the classroom guide!

For a look inside the iconic building, check out the 360° tour of some of the most historic rooms of the People's House, from the Situation Room to the Oval Office. Examine each room and check out the contents up close.

The National Museum of Natural History's virtual experiences are self-guided, room-by-room tours of permanent, current, and past exhibits. Be sure to send kids to the second floor Bone Hall so they can take a look at all different kinds of skeletons.

A collaboration with over 1,200 leading museums and archives, Google Arts & Culture is an incredible storehouse of monumental works of art. We recommend the Street View and Play sections.

Boasting the world's largest collection of 360° image videos, 360 Cities provides kids with the opportunity to see stunning panoramas across the globe, including their video of the ice floe on the Vistula River in Poland.

It's the official residence of the Queen of England, and boy, is it opulent! Get a peek inside the gorgeous Grand Staircase, White Drawing Room, Throne Room, and Blue Drawing Room.

See one of the wonders of the world with this amazing, thousands-year-old fortification system known the world over. This virtual tour has four scenes available (you have to pay to get access to all 14). The bird's-eye view of Mutianyu pass is a highlight.

Most of us recognize the giant stone statues of Easter Island, but what's the story behind them? Nova's online adventure "Secrets of Easter Island" delves into the mystery with a virtual tour.

National Geographic lets you explore the world's largest cave, located in Vietnam. Use the interactive map to enjoy the fully immersive experience (sound on!).

You don't need a time machine! Discovering Ancient Egypt has a ton of free resources, but it's the interactive pyramid map and 3D temple reconstructions that really give it a field trip feel.

Virtually visit Turn Back the Clock, a museum exhibit that ran for two years at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Through compelling personal stories, innovative interactive media, and pop culture artifacts, the exhibit takes guests through seven decades of history-from the dawn of the nuclear age to significant policy questions our leaders face today.

No, really! You can absolutely "go" to the red planet. With Access Mars, you can see the actual surface of Mars, recorded by NASA's Curiosity rover. Trust us-don't skip the intro. And if your kids liked that, check out this 4K tour of the moon. These may go down in history as some of the best virtual field trips your students get to experience.

Take a virtual tour of this historical battleship located on the Camden waterfront. This battleship has traveled more miles than any other!

No need to travel to Rome! Take in the amazing art and architecture located in the Vatican Museums with these 360-degree views.

Download the app and climb aboard the virtual tram line! Take a virtual walk through the Space Center Houston with informational stops along the way.

Virtually visit museum rooms in the famous Louvre located in Paris. Even check out The Louvre kids' site for student-friendly galleries and stories. You can't visit The Louvre without seeing the Mona Lisa, so check out their immersive Mona Lisa experience available in the app store.

This interactive tour of Ellis Island lets students explore places like the Baggage Room and the Stairs of Separation through short stories, historical photographs, videos, and audio clips. Students can also hear the stories of real kids who recently immigrated to the United States, explore colorful charts and graphs with immigration data, and watch a 30-minute movie that includes a Q&A with National Park Service Rangers who explain what coming to America was like for many immigrants.

38. Plimoth Patuxet Museums

Travel back to the 17th century with options for free, on-demand, digital resources or a live, 1-hour virtual school program led by a Plimoth Patuxet Contemporary Indigenous Museum Educator. Students explore Wampanoag daily life and history; discover the real history of Thanksgiving and the legend behind it; meet a 17th-century Pilgrim; get an interactive sneak peak into 17th-century wardrobes; and learn about simple machines and water power at the Plimoth Grist Mill. There are also options for virtual hands-on history workshops, including Wampanoag Pottery and Write Like a Pilgrim.

When you can't visit the museum in person, 3D virtual field trips to the Children's Museum Houston are the next best thing. All videos are produced and curated by museum educators and feature hands-on activities that can be done in the classroom. Topics include nutrition, math, states of matter, forces and properties of water, and more.

Beyond the Battle Field is a virtual field trip for grades 2-8 hosted by Lauren Tarshis, author of the I Survived historical-fiction series for kids. Students will meet a museum educator as well as the museum curator, and explore artifacts and documents from the American Revolution. Plus they'll hear the stories of teens who served during the war. There's also a Classroom Kit available with a vocabulary list and discussion questions by grade level.

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Pen pals make learning about another part of the world fun! Kids develop a more global perspective, increase their cultural understanding, and they just might just establish a lifelong friendship. Pen pals have evolved with the advent of technology, making it easier than ever to find a new, faraway friend. Bridge the distance with these 5 great virtual pen pals resources that connect kids around the world.

Created by teachers, PenPal Schools was designed to make global project-based learning easy. Simply choose a topic that relates to your subject matter and PenPal Schools will connect your class to a class of the same age/grade level. Entirely teacher moderated, kids can share their insight on 30+ current topics.

Topics consist of a final showcase project and collaborative lessons. Each collaborative lesson includes a video, an informational reading, and a discussion question. After students answer the discussion question, they can explore the responses from other PenPals enrolled in the project. Lessons can be completed in as little as 30-45 minutes and are flexible, so you could break them up throughout the week or complete them in one class period. Penpal Schools is currently offering free access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ePals can help you connect your students with other classes from around the world to exchange messages. Teachers choose the country, age range, language, and class size. Teachers moderate the conversations that all take place through the site's 'My Messages' tool. There are two options for teachers: 'Class-to-Class' allows your students to privately message any student in your partner class(es); 'Student-to-Student' allows your students to message only their matched partner(s). ePals also lets teachers connect classes by subject matter via online project spaces, where students and teachers in one or more classrooms can collaborate on projects using Discussion Boards and other ePal messaging tools.

Students of the world is the largest online student penpal network with over 1 million kids registered around the world. Free and safe, you never need to register your email address nor any personal information as all messages are exchanged through the site's mail app. Simply search for a country that you're looking to learn more about, then search through the online profiles to find a student that matches your age and interests.

Language Exchange is the perfect opportunity for kids to put their world language skills to the test. Dig through the site's community of millions of language learners around the world to find a penpal that matches age/grade level/interests. Then connect via the site's protected, online messaging system or moderated voice chat room to communicate in your chosen target language. Choose from penpals that speak over 150 languages, from Albanian to Zulu.

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Virtual Pen Pals: 5 Resources for Connecting Kids around the World

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Pen pals make learning about another part of the world fun! Kids develop a more global perspective, increase their cultural understanding, and they just might just establish a lifelong friendship. Pen pals have evolved with the advent of technology, making it easier than ever to find a new, faraway friend.

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EarthCam is the leading network of live streaming webcams for tourism and entertainment. Explore unique and interesting locations around the world with 4K streaming technology. EarthCam provides complete infrastructure services to manage, host and maintain live streaming video solutions for its consumers and corporate clients.

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BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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Practice Math and ELA in your Freckle account and earn coins for the piggy store.

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All Places > Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System

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Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions

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Qualtrics sophisticated online survey software solutions make creating online surveys easy. Learn more about Research Suite and get a free account today.

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ReadWorks | Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization

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ReadWorks is an edtech nonprofit organization that is committed to helping to solve America's reading comprehension crisis.