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Helium is a social studies website. It goes in to a great deal of detail on American history, geography, current events, Native Americans, civil war, government and much more. It also gives you other websites to go to where you are able to find mini lessons on a president or resources related to social studies.

American History is a passion of mine. I chose this site because it has a collaborative place to share lesson plans on the vast amount of topics re: American History. I thought it was well organized as well.

This website is the American School Health Association website. This site is for professional health educators. It keeps them up to date on any new things that are out their about physical education and health.

This is a Social Studies site. I chose this site because of its lesson on Geography that so many students including myself lack. I was tested on the 50 states in high school, but thats it. Many Americans could most likely not find Florida or California if you gave them a map. Geography is an important education tool that seems to be losing its ground in the education system today.

This website is perfect for activities to use during or after a lesson. It includes puzzles and games such as a election vocabulary bingo which would have been perfect for students to go over now since the elections just happened. There are also crosswords on the original colonies or a Native american game. These would all help make a heavy lesson on learning about all the presidents or learning the state capitals alittle more fun.

This website is very helpful for social studies lessons. There are many mini lessons to choose from for every grade and lessons on geography, the government and american history. I enjot hand on activities in lessons and a few of the lessons suggestions include making a play doh map of your state or making maps. There are also instructional lessons like how to read a map or lessons on current events. This would be very helpful for an older grade level and to get more in depth on what is going on today.

Social Studies (1): This is a great website that can be used to gain lesson plan ideas. It is separated by grade level, topic, and how many class periods a teacher wants to spend on a certain subject. There are 400 social studies/history topics to choose from including both American and world history. Teachers can print off worksheets for students, get activity ideas, etc. It is very user-friendly and contains a ton of information. It is a government-funded website, so it is currently not being maintained due to funding shutdowns; however, a lot of the topics are still useful and relevant because the information will never be outdated.

This is a great website for a Colonial times game. The site allows for students to play an interactive Social Studies game that is based off of American History. This would be a fun game for students to play in their down time.

This is a Science site. The game demonstrates all the chemical elements on the right side. If you need help, then there is a hint button on the left side to guide through the steps to finding the element. The goal of the game is to find the element in the house and you have three choices to get it right. This game is very helpful when teaching a lesson in science on all the elements in the table. There is a 3 minute time limit though.

This website has several links for activities going on in different classrooms. It also offers scholarships, careers, newsletters, and journals for physical education.

The Library of Congress - resources in "for teachers" page include ready-to-use materials that brings the Library's primary sources aligned with state standards into the classrooms, online modules to build teacher skills with the Library's professional development curriculum ( Library of Congress Learning Page "The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture.

I chose this site because I love maps and this site uses interactive maps to show U.S History. I would use this site to allow students to be creative for a project dealing with the history of the United States. There is a large array of information about economic statistics, migration patterns, etc.