Social Studies – 8th Grade
Websites
Regents Exam Prep Center -United States History – http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/ushisgov.cfm
Educational Games
1)Help teach yourself to be a lawyer – play iCivics games
2)http://quiz.history.com/generalinterest
3)Learn your states!:
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html
4)Could you make it during the Gold Rush? Find out here
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/game.html
5)Here’s an Immigration Simulation game website to try:
http://www.tenement.org/immigrate/
6) Can you survive the 1920s? Play this interactive game to find out:
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/18
7)Go back in time to the American Revolution OR help slaves escape on the Underground Railroad at this mission US game site