Take your virtual social studies teaching to the next level with these fun, engaging social studies websites for middle and high school students

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                  >Great social studies teachers have a passion for bringing the
                  past to life, for encouraging cultural understandings, and for
                  promoting responsible citizenship. Great social studies
                  teachers challenge us to learn from history, to become
                  critical thinkers, and to develop global perspectives. Great
                  social studies teachers are illustrators, adventurers, and
                  storytellers. So when great social studies teachers are pulled
                  from the brick-and-mortar stage and transported into a virtual
                  classroom, how do they continue to instill a love of history
                  or civics, government or economics, geography or anthropology
                  within their students? They get creative! They brainstorm!
                  They problem-solve!</span
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                  >We know all you great social studies teachers out there are
                  busy transitioning to virtual education, so we&rsquo;ve done
                  some research for you and gathered our favorite online
                  resources for middle and high school social studies
                  classrooms. Bookmark your favorites and enjoy!</span
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                      ><a
                        href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQD-0MjUbDBwm2UTVYr0Dag"
                        >Suibhne&#39;s Animated History</a
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                    &ndash; Suibhne is a YouTube channel dedicated to covering
                    the history of nation-states with a splash of color through
                    animated videos.</span
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                      ><a href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/"
                        >The White House Historical Association</a
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                    &ndash; A wide variety of educational resources for learners
                    of all ages including classroom resource packets, reading
                    lists, short educational videos, historical essays, and a
                    digital library of White House and presidential images.
                    There is even a virtual White House tour!</span
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                        >Smithsonian Education Guides</a
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                    &ndash; A thorough lesson guide for national audiences
                    organized by grade level and social studies theme or
                    topic.</span
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                      ><a href="https://www.newsomatic.org/"
                        >Newsomatic</a
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                    &ndash; Features five daily news stories specifically for
                    kids, written at a variety of reading levels from grades K
                    through 8. Every story is translated and read aloud by
                    native speakers from English into Spanish, French, and
                    Arabic. Teachers have access to a special dashboard to track
                    students&rsquo; reading progress, change their reading
                    levels, and see students&rsquo; answers to comprehension
                    questions for each article.</span
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                      ><a href="https://www.loc.gov/"
                        >Library of Congress</a
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                    &ndash; Not to be overlooked, the Library of Congress has a
                    rich array of primary sources online, with engaging features
                    such as curated collections by theme and ask a
                    librarian.</span
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                      ><a
                        href="https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/resources-for-online-learning/"
                        >George Washington&#39;s Mount Vernon</a
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                    &ndash; Digital resources from George Washington&rsquo;s
                    Mount Vernon that can be incorporated into new online
                    classroom settings offering primary and secondary sources,
                    videos, games, quizzes, activities, and lessons that can be
                    completed independently or as a group.</span
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                      ><a href="https://www.zinnedproject.org/"
                        >Zinn Education Project</a
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                    &ndash; The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the
                    teaching of people&rsquo;s history in middle and high school
                    classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history
                    highlighted in Howard Zinn&rsquo;s best-selling book,
                    <em>A People&rsquo;s History of the United States</em>, the
                    website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles
                    organized by theme, time period, and reading level.</span
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                    >We hope you&rsquo;ve enjoyed exploring these social studies
                    websites for middle and high school students. Don&rsquo;t
                    forget to bookmark the ones you love so you can revisit them
                    with your kids. Then check out
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                        href="https://www.crosscountryeducation.com/blogs/virtual-services"
                        >Cross Country Education Virtual Services</a
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                    to discover how we can help bolster your school&rsquo;s
                    online educational support needs during the COVID-19 crisis
                    and beyond.</span
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