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These links were all live when this was created (February 2009) but if the URL has changed or is no longer valid please let me know and I will delete or change the links for the site.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 [|Flags] - NZ site that includes world flags, NZ flag, history etc to do with flags [|Building Big] - looks at loads, building materials, shapes of buildings etc [|Antarctica] - this is a NZ Site and it involves a Maxi challenge for children [|Kool Kiwis] - this site has lots of information about NZ achievers [|Facing Disaster] - this is a NZ Site and it involves a Maxi challenge for children [|Map It] - this site helps you check out facts and figures about any country you want. [|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. [|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 [|Victoria Library] (Wellington) - this website has NZ website links in Social Studies. Has links to ANZAC, NZ history, Waitangi Day etc