Social+Studies

The following sites are a mixture of sites based around the arts. Click on the Blue Link to take you to the website. There is a description beside each link to let you know what the website includes and where possible a suitable age level. Please feel free to browse these links so you are familiar with the sites

These links were all live when this was created (February 2009) but if the URL has changed or is no longer valid please let me know and I will delete or change the links for the site. Thanks for your feedback, it makes all the difference for everyone!! [|Wee Kiwis] - this site compares life in NZ with life in Alaska froma kids point of view. Lots of individual links etc. Great NZ site [|BBC Learning Zone] - this site can be searched for history (which includes toys, vikings, vitorian, famous events, romans and jacobites) and geography (which includes environment, mountains, rivers, water and wider worlds) - this is a British site [|The Great Fire of London] - this is an interactive site that can be used with your IWB. Has teacher resources etc to support it. [|A Step Back In Time] - a great site to compare history from 100 years ago with now. All animated. [|How Toys have changed] - a fully planned unit and resources to support it [|Victorian Toys] - A slideshow with great images etc [|Beside the Seaside]e - this beautiful site is about going to the seaside in England. Great to compare with our seasides. Has a set of resources to support it. [|The Kitchen - Past and Present] - looks at the comparisons between Kitchens in the past and now. [|Toys of the Past] - great photos and some parts work quite well on an IWB. [|TKI - Social Studies Online Site]- this gives links to NZ Social Studies sites - but mostly has planning for S.S. units of work in NZ schools [|Our Community] - a unit plan and resource links (click on the blue links) for New Zealand teachers [|Victoria Library] (Wellington) - this website has NZ website links in Social Studies. Has links to ANZAC, NZ history, Waitangi Day etc