Welcome to 6th Grade Social Studies!
Look below to see the weekly agenda.
You can also click on the online resources link to access your textbook and other helpful internet sites.
WEBSITES FOR FUN:
NewsTools - online games about current events
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24056447
Dare To Compare - Pick from economics, civics, economics or history and choose 4th grade to start. If you do well, try to test your knowledge even further by choosing 8th grade.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=false
Planet Action - Choose a game and use Google Earth to have some fun!
http://www.planetinaction.com/playlist.htm
GeoSense - test your knowledge of world geography
http://www.geosense.net/
Traveler IQ Challenge - test your geography knowledge! Choose from a country we are studying in class (Canada, North America, Latin America, South America, Caribbean)
https://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1
Scavenger Hunt through History - test your knowledge of American History. This site may have material we haven't covered in class. Tough stuff ... good luck!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/tools/scavenger/game2_flash.html
Fling the Teacher - choose a topic we've studied in class (such as USA 1800 - 1850) and test yourself.
https://schoolhistory.co.uk/game-type/fling/
Playing History - various trivia games on history and civics
http://playinghistory.org/
Geography Genius - Flags of the world
http://www.tigweb.org/games/flag/
USA Map Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Canadian Provinces Games
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/canada-puzzle.html
Central and South America Map Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm
Kids Past - Use the online textbook to play games about world history
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/index.php
Geoguessr
www.geoguessr.com