CYSD Social Studies

Very cool interactive timeline of history...Every dot represents a linked event and the time period can be adjusted with the sliding bar at the bottom of the screen.

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

Great resource for getting a foundation of knowledge in psychology.

"How you and the world have changed since you were born. Best viewed on Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer 10 and above"

"Over 1,300 video testimonies, multimedia activities, digital resources - the place to participate actively in learning. Connects students with the past Engages them in the present Motivates them to build a better future"

What really happened on the first Thanksgiving? You be the historian!

"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.

Bring history to life for your students. Ready-to-use tools for teaching with documents in the classroom. Thousands of primary sources. Build your own interactive activities.

"Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time. When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!"

"Easily draw on maps and then share them with friends, completely for Free! Simple enough to be used by children, but powerful enough to be used by GIS professionals - Scribble Maps is the easiest way to draw and share maps with friends. "

"As explorers of the past, we can look at a variety of sources-maps, letters, diaries, objects, music, images, and more-to piece together a sense of the Civil War's complexity. The images and related resources from this poster are designed to get students thinking about how primary sources can help uncover stories about the past. As the poster illustrates, it takes many sources to create a more complete picture of the Civil War. Use this interactive poster to begin a conversation with students about what we know about the past, and especially about our nation's most deadly conflict, the Civil War."