Civics Resources
Michigan Supreme Court
This is the official website for the Learning Center of Michigan Supreme Court.
There are curriculum tours, gallery of all exhibits, and a link to schedule a classic
tour. This is a great resource to use when teaching students about Michigan's
court system.
Kids Voting USA
This website is a great tool to use when teaching students about the voting
process in our country. This website provides classroom instruction and family
dialogue, and the opportunity for students to take part in a mock election for each
grade level.
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
This is a student friendly website for grades K-12th that provides information, activities, games,
and additional websites based on the Civic's GLCEs for each specific grade level. There is also
a parents and teacher's edition of this website that goes along with the student version. It provides
lesson plans, curriculum links, and additional websites for teachers.
Landmark Cases
This website would be a great resource for students when teaching them about Landmark Cases
of The U.S. Supreme Court. It provides teachers with all different types of instructional strategies,
lesson plans, and activities for each landmark case.
Kids.Gov
This website is a great resource when learning about the legal justice system of the U.S. It allows
students to deeply understand each part of the legal justice system, by using and explaining real life
examples of major cases in The United States.
Michigan Supreme Court
This is the official website for the Learning Center of Michigan Supreme Court.
There are curriculum tours, gallery of all exhibits, and a link to schedule a classic
tour. This is a great resource to use when teaching students about Michigan's
court system.
Kids Voting USA
This website is a great tool to use when teaching students about the voting
process in our country. This website provides classroom instruction and family
dialogue, and the opportunity for students to take part in a mock election for each
grade level.
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
This is a student friendly website for grades K-12th that provides information, activities, games,
and additional websites based on the Civic's GLCEs for each specific grade level. There is also
a parents and teacher's edition of this website that goes along with the student version. It provides
lesson plans, curriculum links, and additional websites for teachers.
Landmark Cases
This website would be a great resource for students when teaching them about Landmark Cases
of The U.S. Supreme Court. It provides teachers with all different types of instructional strategies,
lesson plans, and activities for each landmark case.
Kids.Gov
This website is a great resource when learning about the legal justice system of the U.S. It allows
students to deeply understand each part of the legal justice system, by using and explaining real life
examples of major cases in The United States.
Economic Resources
EconEdLink
On this website there are a variety of different lesson plans and activities for grades K-12th. It is a
great resource to use for coming up with creative and fun ways to teach economics and personal
finance skills to students.
Rich Kid Smart Kid
This website is compiled of many online games for students to play in order to teach them difficult
economic topics such as finance, business, and investing. There is also a section of this website
dedicated to teachers and parents with lesson plans and activities correlated to the different games
on the website.
The Mint
This is a an excellent resource for students in all grade levels to use. Teachers can use this website
to help them find ideas about how to teach students about personal finance.This website teaches
students to save, earn, and spend money through fun games and activities.
Value Stock Guide
Value Stock Guide is an educational web page designed to teach students what the stock market is and what
it can do for them. It includes tutorials on the stock market, how to pick good stocks, information on a
select group of companies to help you start your research, and a stock simulation for them to participate
in. This can be a great additional resource to use when teaching students about the stock market. It also
contains a lot of valuable information for educators in development of lesson planning.
Federal Reserve Education
This website has a variety of different classroom activities, lesson plans, games, and interactive
stimulations for both teachers and students. It also covers a wide range of economic topics including,
money, personal finance, banking, central banking, monetary policy, and the federal reserve system for
grades K-12th.
EconEdLink
On this website there are a variety of different lesson plans and activities for grades K-12th. It is a
great resource to use for coming up with creative and fun ways to teach economics and personal
finance skills to students.
Rich Kid Smart Kid
This website is compiled of many online games for students to play in order to teach them difficult
economic topics such as finance, business, and investing. There is also a section of this website
dedicated to teachers and parents with lesson plans and activities correlated to the different games
on the website.
The Mint
This is a an excellent resource for students in all grade levels to use. Teachers can use this website
to help them find ideas about how to teach students about personal finance.This website teaches
students to save, earn, and spend money through fun games and activities.
Value Stock Guide
Value Stock Guide is an educational web page designed to teach students what the stock market is and what
it can do for them. It includes tutorials on the stock market, how to pick good stocks, information on a
select group of companies to help you start your research, and a stock simulation for them to participate
in. This can be a great additional resource to use when teaching students about the stock market. It also
contains a lot of valuable information for educators in development of lesson planning.
Federal Reserve Education
This website has a variety of different classroom activities, lesson plans, games, and interactive
stimulations for both teachers and students. It also covers a wide range of economic topics including,
money, personal finance, banking, central banking, monetary policy, and the federal reserve system for
grades K-12th.
Geography Resources
iKnowthat
This is a very student friendly website filled with a variety of interactive maps, games, puzzles, and quizzes about geography. This would be a great resource to have students use during computer time or an indoor recess when learning about geography.
The World Fact Book
This website is a government based website with facts about all of the World's countries. It also provides a variety of activities including maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
The Traveler IQ Challenge
This website is an online game that tests student's knowledge on the geography of all different parts of the world. Students can decide whether they want to be tested on the geography of the world, North America, Europe, Asia, Canada, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, world capitals, flags of the world, and photos of the world.
placeSpotting
This website is a game based on an interactive map. Students are shown a spot on the map, and are
given a series of geographic riddles to help them determine what it is. All these geographic riddles are
user-generated. Teachers can also create their own placeSpotting game on this website that they can have
their students play.
National Geographic Kids
This website is filled with a variety of activities on the geography of the world. The activities include games,
videos, photos, maps, information about different countries, and crafts. This would be a great website to use
when trying to come up with new and creative ways to teach a geography lesson.
iKnowthat
This is a very student friendly website filled with a variety of interactive maps, games, puzzles, and quizzes about geography. This would be a great resource to have students use during computer time or an indoor recess when learning about geography.
The World Fact Book
This website is a government based website with facts about all of the World's countries. It also provides a variety of activities including maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
The Traveler IQ Challenge
This website is an online game that tests student's knowledge on the geography of all different parts of the world. Students can decide whether they want to be tested on the geography of the world, North America, Europe, Asia, Canada, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, world capitals, flags of the world, and photos of the world.
placeSpotting
This website is a game based on an interactive map. Students are shown a spot on the map, and are
given a series of geographic riddles to help them determine what it is. All these geographic riddles are
user-generated. Teachers can also create their own placeSpotting game on this website that they can have
their students play.
National Geographic Kids
This website is filled with a variety of activities on the geography of the world. The activities include games,
videos, photos, maps, information about different countries, and crafts. This would be a great website to use
when trying to come up with new and creative ways to teach a geography lesson.
History Resources
Library of Congress
This is a great historical resource for both students and teachers. There are so many different types of resources, including primary source documents, pictures, videos, activities, and articles that all specifically relate to The United States developing as a country. Another great feature of this website is the pictures of the exhibit walls that emphasize pivotal moments in our countries history.
The First Thanksgiving
This website is an excellent resource to use when teaching students about the daily life of the first Pilgrims and Native Americans in the United States, and their interactions with one another. This is a very kid friendly websites with many virtual tours, primary source documents, photographs, and letters. There is also a teacher's edition of this website that includes lesson plans and activities that go along with the information being displayed in the student version.
On This Day
This is a great historical reference to use daily in the classroom. It allows to pick any date on the
calendar, and it shows them what was going on in U.S. history on that certain day. It even can get
more specific and you can see what was happening on a certain day during the American Revolution,
Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
The Valley Project
This website would be a great resource to use when teaching about The Civil War. The Valley Project
takes students on a virtual tour of what life was like for the people living in a northern and a southern
American community. It does this by using thousands of original letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches,
census and church records left by men and women in Augusta Country, Virginia and Franklin, County
Pennsylvania.
Archiving Early America
This website offers a variety of resources on the history of early America. These resources include
lesson plans, classroom activities, music, photographs, videos, journals, documents, and more.
Library of Congress
This is a great historical resource for both students and teachers. There are so many different types of resources, including primary source documents, pictures, videos, activities, and articles that all specifically relate to The United States developing as a country. Another great feature of this website is the pictures of the exhibit walls that emphasize pivotal moments in our countries history.
The First Thanksgiving
This website is an excellent resource to use when teaching students about the daily life of the first Pilgrims and Native Americans in the United States, and their interactions with one another. This is a very kid friendly websites with many virtual tours, primary source documents, photographs, and letters. There is also a teacher's edition of this website that includes lesson plans and activities that go along with the information being displayed in the student version.
On This Day
This is a great historical reference to use daily in the classroom. It allows to pick any date on the
calendar, and it shows them what was going on in U.S. history on that certain day. It even can get
more specific and you can see what was happening on a certain day during the American Revolution,
Civil War, World War I, and World War II.
The Valley Project
This website would be a great resource to use when teaching about The Civil War. The Valley Project
takes students on a virtual tour of what life was like for the people living in a northern and a southern
American community. It does this by using thousands of original letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches,
census and church records left by men and women in Augusta Country, Virginia and Franklin, County
Pennsylvania.
Archiving Early America
This website offers a variety of resources on the history of early America. These resources include
lesson plans, classroom activities, music, photographs, videos, journals, documents, and more.
Technology Resources
Glogster
This website is where students can make a Interactive multimedia poster. Posters can include video, pictures, text, and music. Students can use this resource in place of writing a book report or when creating a poster about themselves in the beginning of the year. Teachers have complete control over the project and who can access the posters.
StoryMaker
This website allows students to create their own digital stories. They can choose their characters, setting, and topic. Children have many opportunities for creativity, as they can change the setting and add details to their stories. Students can preview before they print and share their stories.
ABCYA
This is an educational website that incorporates language arts and math skills along with beginning computer
skills. Lessons and games are visually appealing and tailored to all levels and abilities in grades K-5. Excellent
site for skills practice at school or at home.
Glogster
This website is where students can make a Interactive multimedia poster. Posters can include video, pictures, text, and music. Students can use this resource in place of writing a book report or when creating a poster about themselves in the beginning of the year. Teachers have complete control over the project and who can access the posters.
StoryMaker
This website allows students to create their own digital stories. They can choose their characters, setting, and topic. Children have many opportunities for creativity, as they can change the setting and add details to their stories. Students can preview before they print and share their stories.
ABCYA
This is an educational website that incorporates language arts and math skills along with beginning computer
skills. Lessons and games are visually appealing and tailored to all levels and abilities in grades K-5. Excellent
site for skills practice at school or at home.
Special Education Resources
SERI
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information
resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This educational
website exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available
in one location.
Do 2 Learn
This special education online resource provides thousands of free pages with social skills and behavioral
regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material,
and transition guides for employment and life skills. Do 2 Learn provides quality lesson plans to integrate
in a classroom.
SERGE
This website provides general classroom educators with access to information and professional
development about addressing the needs of students who have disabilities and special education. The
website also provides a lot of questions and answers from teachers and parents that you can truly find
useful in a classroom.
SERI
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information
resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This educational
website exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available
in one location.
Do 2 Learn
This special education online resource provides thousands of free pages with social skills and behavioral
regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material,
and transition guides for employment and life skills. Do 2 Learn provides quality lesson plans to integrate
in a classroom.
SERGE
This website provides general classroom educators with access to information and professional
development about addressing the needs of students who have disabilities and special education. The
website also provides a lot of questions and answers from teachers and parents that you can truly find
useful in a classroom.