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"Ever wish your Social Studies classroom could be more interactive? Good news! Thinkfinity offers some of the best interactive games and websites that are specifically designed for the Social Studies curriculum. The interactives are brought to you by some of the best names in education such as the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, National Endowment for the Humanities and Council for Economic education."

An overview of what PBL is and how it works from the Buck Institute of Education

"Education 2.0 social network for your class"

"Supreme Court Justice O'Connor conceived of the iCivics digital initiative to provide higher quality materials for civics education. The core of iCivics is a set of free-to-play web-based games. One of these, Do I Have a Right?, according to the designers, "teaches kids the constitutional amendments." Dissecting this a bit, the game essentially has three learning goals: Students will be able to: Identify and summarize 12 of the amendments of the U.S. Constitution (1-6, 8, 13-15, 19, and 26). Judge whether a variety of individuals in hypothetical situations have had their constitutional rights violated. Apply the relevant amendments to cases where people's rights have been violated. The game is aimed at a middle school audience but may be useful anywhere from 5th grade to high school, depending on the goals of the teacher and the role envisioned for the game in the unit (more on this later)."

This game is completely addicting and a GREAT way to help student understand and apply Constitutional ammendments.

The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real historian.

"Bring life and excitement to the classroom teaching with historical Virsonas. Let students learn and explore with many of the same interactive tools they use at home. Our Educational Solutions include: * Historical Characters * Fictional Characters * Public Figures * Pre-packaged Bundles * Custom Virsonas All Virsonas are designed and tested by a team of professionals and are suitable for use in a classroom environment. We provide sample classroom plans with ways to implement Virsonas into your lesson plans as well as first account experiences by fellow teachers."

Terrific guide to help in creation of Prezi's.