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

http://www.icivics.org/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

http://www.mission-us.org/