Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook
Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook is a standards-aligned digital resource that immerses students in historical events and breathes new life into social studies concepts.
Through an inquiry-based learning process, Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook strengthens literacy, critical thinking, and citizenship skills.
With access to exclusive videos, multimedia activities, digital text, and primary sources, students develop skills to question the past, understand the present, and shape the future.
Grades K-12, with parental supervision Veteran homeschool mom, Carol Henderson, owns this website that she designed to help other home educators find interesting and fun “real” books about history and social studies along with timelines, maps, craft activities, and interactive history websites with games and more that enhance the study of World History and American History.
When you get to the site, use the menu to find:
- History Reading Lists – A chronological listing of the best fiction and nonfiction books for kids and teens about important people and events in the Ancient World, Middle Ages, Age of Discovery, World Wars I & II, and The Present Era. Book titles are linked to site affiliates for ease of purchase. You can also look for the titles at your library.
- History Crafts & Projects – Get craft activities that extend learning about any era in American and World history. You’ll find instructions for making Corn Husk Dolls, an Egyptian Pharaoh’s Death Mask, Origami Dinosaurs, A Knight’s Helmet, recipes for authentic foods of different historical eras, and much more! Some require the purchase of materials to do the craft, which are linked to this site’s affiliates.
- Online Games – Get links to a terrific selection of online games (many hosted by museums) that boost learning about history and geography. Enjoy games about Mesopotamia, Egypt, ancient Greece, Rome, Israel, China, Japan, Incan & Aztec Empires, Middle Ages, Vikings, The Black Plague, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Victorian Era, and much, much more! The activities I visited were free or free with registration.
- Maps & Timelines – This section recommends some innovative ways for students to use maps and timelines as they study history. There’s a selection of books, kits, maps and timelines for sale, and also free instructions on how to make your own materials along with links to websites that provide free resources such as printable maps.
Most of the information at this site includes suggested grade levels from Kindergarten through High School. The site is well-maintained: we only found a few links that led to error messages which is unusual for a site with so much content.
ABookInTime.com is a fabulous resource for finding books and activities to supplement learning about history. You’ll want to return often
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
