50 Quick & Easy Social Studies Computer Activities



Enliven, enhance, and update your social studies lessons by integrating the resources and tools found on the Internet and on the classroom computer. This book is full of fascinating ideas and resources that will inspire both teachers and students. Includes "Tips and Shortcuts" - A quick reference for Microsoft Excel basics and Power Point tips. Grades K-8.

Power Point Activites: 
  1. Children’s Story Map
  2. Day Trips
  3. Design Own Flag
  4. Farm or City T-Chart
  5. Hero High Five
  6. How Laws are made
  7. Photo Scavenger Hunt
  8. Mouse-Over Continents
  9. T-rrific Communities
  10. Transportation Mini Book
Spreadsheet Activites
  1. 30 Places to See Before I'm 30
  2. ABC Detective Agency
  3. Cost of Living Chart
  4. Graphing Product Labels
  5. Online Map Activities
  6. Custom Online Maps
  7. Holidays and Customs Around the World
  8. Rock Star Tour
  9. "Wonder"ful World


Internet Activites
  1. Explorer Trading Cards
  2. Landform Crossword
  3. Newspaper Clipping
  4. Random Word Picker
  5. Student-Created Arcade
  6. Timeline of my Life


Web Resources
  1. Civics/Government
  2. Economics/Finances
  3. Geography
  4. People/Cultures
  5. Social Studies Games
  6. World History