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This is a great resource for history teachers or social studies teachers. This site is a multi-level, interactive game where students become a fictional character in history. The two time periods they can play in are the American Revolution and the Civil War. In each game, students make choices based on scenarios and conversations they listen to and watch. Then the game progresses based on their choices. There are multiple paths the game can take, which makes it different when different kids play - generating great conversations. it is a long game - this will take at least two or three full class periods to play. Best for elementary/early middle school.

This site is a great resource for teaching social studies. It has about 100 games and animations on every level. Some of the best stuff on the web is found here

Amazing website from the Library of Congress - just for teachers - with digitized primary sources. You can search the digital collections and library catalogs also. This site has tons of resources on the most popular lessons.

This is the World Digital library - with a small selection of digitized cultural resources from around the world. The most amazing thing is the search feature - there's an interactive timeline that allows you to search by time period and then focus on a map region. Perfect for students.

This is an incredibly detailed website with lengthy and detailed multi-level interactive games for students to learn about Congress, the Supreme Court, the legislative process, running for President, and more. It requires some background knowledge but for middle or high school students (and some elementary), it's a great way to learn and teach!

Sporcle is one of the most addicting, trivia based, gaming web sites that students will enjoy for reviewing content or new material pre-testing. Instructors can create their own content using anyone of the three major delivery methods. Image identification, fill in the blanks, or answer bank selection. Students challenge themselves to answer the questions before time runs out and then scored based on percentage completed. Once the game is over, students are revealed the correct answered and where they fall in the percentages of games played. Sporcle is free and can be run on any platform or web browser. Games or test are easily created using manually entry or loaded from a document. Sporcle allows all users to create content giving everyone opportunity to add content specific to unique topics. Once content is created, the links can be shared and the data is view able for all users to see and collect.