6th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
Butler/Conner

Hurricane Tracking:
www.noaa.gov and www.nhc.gov

www.state.travel.gov  (for your passport application)

LATIN AMERICA & CANADA

• Maya/Inca/Aztec Civilizations (Spring 2006)
  SURVIVOR!  The Ancient American Challenge!
• Polar Bear Cam (National Geographic)
• www.nhc.noaa.gov  National Hurricane Center (Caribbean)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean Wikipedia's entry on Caribbean.
• http://www.cdc.gov/travel/caribean.htm CDC (Center for Disease Control) article on safety for Caribbean travel
• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/caribbean Lonely Planet's travel guide to the Caribbean islands.
• http://www.caribbean.com/ Travel guides (commercial site!)

EUROPE

• Renaissance Biography Project
• More Renaissance Resources...for eager readers!
  • http://www.renaissanceconnection.org
  • Timeline
  • Renaissance Europe Worksheet

AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA

GEOGRAPHY SKILLS

• www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/
• www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html
• PBS Find Your Longitude
• Map Skills: Symbols
• National Geographic's GEOSPY! 
• GeoBee Challenge
• Jeweler of Memphis
• GeoQuiz (concentrate on Americas, Europe, & Oceania!)

7th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

AFRICA

• PBS Africa (play the Africa Challenge!)
• BBC: The Story of Africa
• Smithsonian: African Voices
• PBS: Wonders of the African World

SOUTHWEST ASIA (MIDDLE EAST)

SOUTHERN & EASTERN ASIA

8th GRADE RESOURCES (GA HISTORY)

New Georgia Encyclopedia Online

Digital Library of Georgia

GALILEO - (Click GA Tab)

Native American Resources

Colonial Resources

American Revolution

• Road to Revolution

Constitution & Bill of Rights

Era of Growth

Civil War & Reconstruction

WWI

WWII

• Pearl Harbor Interactive

Civil Rights

Current Events in GA