History
On my history pages, I have lists of important people, places, and dates to remember. I have also included a list of children's picture books and chapter books for each time period, Quizlet flashcards, a few crossword puzzles, and links to other helpful sites. Eventually, I hope to have pages beginning with Creation through the present.
Resources for Teaching History by Time Period
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance and Reformation
- American History: 1607-1800
- American History: The 1800's
Supplementary Resources for Textbooks
Crossword Puzzles for use with Streams of Civilization, Vol. 1
Online Courses
American Government by HippoCampus
Geography Resources
Someday, I hope to put the following links on a separate page for geography resources. For now, I have listed them here.
Asia
Interactive map of Asia - from Owl and Mouse Educational Software
Sheppard Software has games and interactive maps for learning about the geography of Asia.
Quizlet Flashcards for countries in Asia
Africa
Interactive map of Africa with countries and capitals from yourchildlearns.com
Sheppard Software has games and interactive maps for learning about the geography of Africa
North America
United States
Interactive Map of the United States
Interactives has a United States History Map. On this site, a student can learn the geography of the United States while learning about how the country was settled. Highly recommended!
Quia has flashcards for learning the states. Some of the smaller states are hard to see.
NeoK12 has a video called US Geography - States and Capitals for learning the states and capitals. You need to register to use the site, but it is free.
Sporcle has a game for learning the states. You fill the map in by spelling each state correctly.
Spelling City has a spelling lesson for learning how to spell the states. Hopefully, this link will work. You may need to register to use the site, but it is free.
Study Cards for States and Capitals of the United States. Here is a link for cards that you can print to memorize the states and capitals. Print these two pages onto heavy paper and cut out the cards. Each card has ten states and capitals on it. The states are listed in alphabetical order.
Crossword Puzzle for U. S. States and Capitals - Write the name of the capital of each state
on this crossword.
Canada
Interactive map of Canada - This is an interactive map from yourchildlearns.com. This site also has online puzzles for learning the provinces and capitals of Canada.
Sheppard Software has interactive maps and activities for learning about Canada.
Mexico
Sheppard Software also has interactive maps and activities for learning about Mexico.
Central America
Interactive Map Scroll over this map from yourchildlearns.com to review the countries of Central America.
Central American Quiz - This interactive quiz is from lizardpoint.com
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South America
Copywork page for South American Countries
South America Map Flashcards on Quizlet
Sheppard Software has games and interactive maps to help students learn about South and Central America.
Europe
Toporopa has interactive quizzes about the countries, capitals, flags, regions, metropolitan areas, monarchies, battles, mountains, lakes, seas, rivers, islands, peninsulas, ports, straits and volcanoes of Europe.
European Geography Games - This site by Sheppard Software has many interactive games for learning the geography of Europe. I like the fact that on many of the games, you can limit the questions by region.
European Rivers - This is a game by Sheppard Software for identifying and learning about European rivers.
Sporcle has a game where you have to name the countries of Europe. I like this game because you have to spell the country correctly.
Online flashcards for identifying European countries - This is a group of flashcards on Quizlet.com
Answers for Eastern Europe Worksheet
Australia
Australia Quiz from lizardpoint.com. Answer the questions on this interactive quiz by clicking on the correct state.
World Geography
Mountains Quiz - This interactive quiz from NeoK12.com asks you to identify and label the tallest peak on six continents and the three longest mountain ranges in the world.
Oceans Quiz - This is an interactive quiz from NeoK12.com that asks you to identify and label the major oceans of the world.
