Social Studies

Welcome to TJ Homeschooling's Social Studies Resources
(formerly at TJ Social Studies, now automatically redirected here)

Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," (US National Council for Social Studies)

Below are resources I have collected and used (or in a few cases, made) over the years.

Social Studies Branches

• Current Events
• Economics
• Geography (browse all geography)
• specifically US Geography
• Government (US)
• History, US
• History, World (browse all)
• Ancient Civilizations

By the Grade

Use the Categories section in the lower right sidebar to find By the Grade Resources for all core subjects.

Graphic Organizers/Notebooking Pages

• Timelines
• Ancient Civilizations Data Recording Sheet
• Islamic Studies or World History Notebook

Sites for Social Studies Resources

• Mr.Dowling.com - middle school reading material and study guides
• Mr.Donn.org - games, activities, powerpoints, lesson plans for social studies
• Mr.Nussbaum United States History for Kids
• Social Studies PowerPoints
• Kids.Usa.Gov - current events activities, countries and cultures, maps
• Social Studies for Kids
• Kidspast.com 
• California History/Social Studies
• Ducksters History for Kids - reading material and activities (ancient, world, and US history)
• Fact Monster - World History facts in text timeline format
• Info Please Timeline Archive
• Scholastic History Mystery - Games

Flags

• Crayola.com Nation, Flag, and Map Pages - cute pages, great for country studies and great for notebooking.

Maps

• ColorMeGood - map coloring pages (world and US)
• About.com Maps collection - includes blank outline maps
• Your Child Learns - totally an oldie, but still a goody. Get online interactive maps and printable maps.  You can print out large maps to put on the wall.
• Eduplace - blank outline maps
• PrintableMap.Net - blank outline maps; world and US
• Color World Maps from the CIA World Factbook

Other maps links at TJ Homeschooling

Globes

We didn't have a globe on hand so I found these neat online 3D globe models to use:

• 3D Interactive Globe - you can rotate it to see different areas. There are eight different globes such as photorealistic, terrain, night, climate zones and more.
• MeteoEarth - see real time weather and temperature conditions in this 3D model.
• Google Earth - explore places around the earth 

Time Zones

• Color Time Zone Map Graphic (downloadable JPG on this page)

Specific Social Studies Topics/Issues

Propaganda

50 States Study

• 50 States.com - state facts and maps
• Crayola.com US States Coloring Pages - cute pages, excellent for notebooking. Each page has the state flag, flower and bird to color.
• US States Flashcards - super old school site, but awesome flashcards!
• US 50 States Shape Flashcards - HaveFunTeaching.com
• TLS Books Geography Worksheets - mostly US but also World
• State Abbreviations
• US States/Capital Flashcards from Teacher Vision

Browse TJ Homeschooling 50 States Posts

Five Themes of Geography

• 5 Themes of Geography Foldables (PDF)
• Five Themes of Geography - great material to introduce each of the themes.