A double-entry website that has fully interactive text of the Constitution. Each article is broken apart with a specific explanation. From there, students can click on individual passages (usually as small as a single phrase!) to find detailed explanations. Amazingly thorough and in-depth, it has abundant history + law + citizenship uses.

Great interactive game that presents real-life scenarios and requires students to determine if they are protected by Bill of Rights, then identify the appropriate amendment. Comes complete with a kid-friendly version of the Bill of Rights.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. On TED.com, we make the best talks from TED available to the world, for free. More than 700 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

The "YouTube" for big thinkers. Hosts a collection of video interview of experts on major world topics, easily embedded and shared.

This website is amazing. It is a maaaassive interactive list of web 2.0 tools, complete with links, tutorials, reviews, descriptions, strengths, weaknesses, and samples aimed directly at teachers. If you want to feel overwhelmed with possibilities, check it out. I've been trying to experiment with one or two things from their list each day and have already found a couple I'm in love with (see big think above).

Homepage for Common Core Initiative that houses information and links on the new standards adopted by Pennsylvania

Drag your mouse over cities of the world to view the front-pages of famous newspapers from today's date.

Creates 3D headings that are great for websites. Creates simple bubble letters.

Useful tool for creating attractive headings for various websites. Insert text and the website will construct a series of images that spell out your heading.

A tool to create attractive headings and other images.

Create attractive headings for Moodles, Wikis, and other websites.

Animated map that presents all the conquerors of the Middle East from the past 5,000 years in just 90 seconds.

Online collection and databank on instructional tools, emphasizing resources that can be used to guide student thinking and understanding.

Provides information on instructional strategies that benefit a wide range of students. From the Saskatoon Public School Division.

Purdue University's online guide-book to successfully using the APA style in writing professional papers.

Search Engine for students. Brings up hits from 35,000 web sites that have been approved by a staff of teachers, librarians, and research experts.

NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Great annotated photo gallery.

Collection of Social Studies resources available on the Web.

An assortment of free power point presentations on a variety of topics.

seeks to educate children in grades four through six - tweens, in the parlance of marketing - about how advertising works so they can make better, more informed choices when they shop or when they ask parents to shop on their behalf.