CAIU2

= Web 2.0 and Social Studies =

=Geography=

Stat Planet ScribbleMaps Gapminder-
 * Maps and Map Skills**
 * New York Times Immigation interactive map** - Learn about where various groups of immigrants came from
 * Google Maps Mania** - What happens when you combine maps and information

Travel IQ Challenge - Try to locate the places in this game. It gets more difficult as the game goes on Sheppard Software Geography Games - They also have other social studies materials Geography Quiz - Take the quizes I like to Learn- Kids Geography Games: Purpose Games
 * Games**
 * Rethinking Schools Online** - Try to see how many countries you can place on the map

=HISTORY:= National Park Service Web Rangers [|Flickr Creative Commons] Smithsonian Virtual Tour

=Current Events= Today's Front Pages - Newspaper from pages from around the country and the world Newsmap- Sort and filter news color coded blocks that represent articles on the Internet News Map- click on the country and retrieve a list of articles about that nation BBC NewsMap- Click on the marker and get the link to the story

 =**Timelines**= XTimeline: Example of timeline about Lenin: Dipity - grabs items from other sites and compiles them on a timeline: Timetoast - create and share timelines: Hyperhistory