Study Links & Online Resources

Here are some helpful links and resources that you can use to get more information on the social studies topics that we are studying in fourth grade.  

Practice Tests Online:

Practice Test #1 - 2013/2014
Practice Test #1 - Answers 

Practice Test #2 - 2014/2015
Practice Test #2 - Answers 

Colorado History:

The Colorado Historical Society is a state agency that collects, preserves  and interprets the history of Colorado and the West through museum   exhibits,programs,research facilities,and historic preservation.
http://www.historycolorado.org/educators/educators 

Created by the Colorado History Museum, this link contains primary source images. http://www.historycolorado.org/educators/lesson-plans-0

Biographies of notable Coloradans.
http://www.historycolorado.org/kids-students/biographies-notable-coloradans

The West - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/

Library of Congress Resources for Colorado:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/states/colorado/index.html

Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection:
http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/Default/Skins/Colorado/Client.asp?skin=Colorado&AppName=2&AW=1422414156056

Historic Colorado Photos:
http://hewit.unco.edu/dohist/


Government:

Links about local government.
http://www.lessonsonlocalgovernment.org/12.html 

How Government Affects Me:
http://pbskids.org/democracy/parents-and-teachers/ 

How Colorado government formed.
https://www.colorado.gov/archives 

National government games.
https://www.icivics.org/ 

Structure, function, and history of government.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B4c2bR_9aEP_m9rvTxWjrN7G2E4MBcnGhGSyHaaKRzY/edit 

Colorado's Judicial Branch:
http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Education/Lessons.cfm

People, Geography, and Maps:

National Geographic - Map Maker:
http://mapmaker.education.nationalgeographic.com/?ar_a=1&b=1&ls=000000000000 

Colorado's Geography - Mapping Out the Past:
http://www.unco.edu/geography/mapco/ 

Denver Public Library - Digital Collections:
http://digital.denverlibrary.org/ 

Maps of Colorado:
http://www.mapofus.org/colorado/  

American Explorers - Personal accounts:
http://www.americanjourneys.org/

Economics:

Colorado Council for Economic Education:
http://www.ccee.net/ 

Treasury Direct - Kids:
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/kids/kids.htm

Virtual Economics
http://ve.councilforeconed.org/features/display_standards.php?ss2=CO

Pros and Cons on Controversial Topics:
http://www.procon.org/