History Websites

The following websites contain great links for both you and your child. Most provide you and your child with information about how to search for specific information and with links to other age-appropriate sites.

• Surfnetkids History, Holidays & Biographies:

  https://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/History/

• Bringing History Home, a K-6 history curriculum:

  www.bringinghistoryhome.org

• Council for Excellence in Government, Take Your Kids to Vote:
  www.excelgov.org/displayContent.asp?Keyword=prptKidsVote

• Family Education Network:

  http://fen.com

• Global Schoolnet, Global Schoolhouse:

  www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/index.html

• Internet Public Library, Kids Space:

  www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

• Kids Web:

  www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/SocialStudies/index.html

• KidSource:

  www.kidsource.com/index.html

• Mapquest:

  www.mapquest.com

• National Constitution Center:

  www.constitutioncenter.org/index_no_flash.shtml

• National Council for Geographic Education

  www.ncge.org

• National Council for History Education:

  www.history.org/nche/

• National Council for the Social Studies:

  www.ncss.org

• National Geographic Society:

  www.nationalgeographic.com

• National History Day:

  www.nationalhistoryday.org/

• National Standards for Social Studies:

  www.ncss.org/standards/

• Smithsonian Institute:

  www.si.edu/kids/

By Barbara J. Feldman

Barbara J. Feldman is a syndicated columnist and the publisher of Surf Net Parents, Surfnetkids.com and 51+ other family-friendly sites. She has been creating websites since 1996, and loves teaching others how to solve WordPress problems.