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Digital Tools to Support

Social Studies

Atlanta Public Schools' Office of Instructional Technology is committed to providing our students with the tools and resources to allow them to practice valuable skills needed to help them become productive citizens.

Resources by Grade Level

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MyBackpack is a student's one-stop spot to access all the district-provided resources as well as tools to support Personalized Learning.

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Tools to support your child with understanding People, Culture, Community, Geography and Government. These tools can support you with the Social Studies Content and skills.

Britannica School (Elementary) allows students to explore articles, images & videos, biographies, and geography (World Atlas, USA, and Compare Countries)

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture eBooks that allow students to explore the world, learn about different cultures, and meet new people.

Flocabulary hosts a library of educational hip hop songs, videos and additional materials for students to review or learn Social Studies concepts.

Great resources for reports and projects. Students can explore age-appropriate subjects such as geography, cultures, traditions, and biographies.

Students can explore a variety of Social Studies digital content (articles, videos, interactive activities) that focus on people, culture, community, and geography.

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Tools to support your child with understanding People, Culture, Community, Geography and Government. These tools can support you with the Social Studies Content and skills.

Students will be immersed in social studies topics by actively participating in a variety of activities, including virtual field trips, embeddable digital media in text and video, and even exciting assessments.

Learn360 is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource for K–12 Social Studies and provides access to a web-based digital video library of core-curriculum videos, video clips, newsreels, audio and video speeches, still images, and audio files

myON allows students to engage in high-quality reading practice with thousands of digital books and age-appropriate articles for Social Studies

Paper delivers unlimited, 24/7, personalized online tutoring from expert tutors so every student can excel academically.

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Additional websites with articles or game-based activities focusing on Social Studies.

KidsPost is the only section of the Washington Post that is written especially for students in grades 2 through 7 and is designed to give students summaries of important news happening locally, nationally and internationally.

TIME for Kids nurtures today's learners and tomorrow's leaders with authentic news and the critical-thinking skills that shape active global citizens.

Use Flip (formerly Flipgrid) to engage students with Social Studies Activities to amplify student voice.

Freerice is an educational trivia game that helps you get smarter while making a difference for people around the world. Every question you answer correctly raises 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its work saving and changing lives around the world.

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Tools to support your child with understanding People, Culture, Community, Geography and Government. These tools can support you with the Social Studies Content and skills.

Britannica School allows students to explore articles, images & videos, biographies, and geography (World Atlas, USA, and Compare Countries)

Students can explore a variety of Social Studies digital content (articles, videos, interactive activities) that focus on people, culture, community, and geography. .

Flocabulary hosts a library of educational hip hop songs, videos and additional materials for students to review or learn Social Studies concepts.

Students will be immersed in Social Studies topics by actively participating in a variety of activities, including virtual field trips, embeddable digital media in text and video, and even exciting assessments.

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills.

Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create History Assessments of Thinking (HATs).



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Tools to support your child with understanding People, Culture, Community, Geography and Government. These tools can support you with the Social Studies Content and skills.

Great resources for reports and projects. Students can explore age-appropriate subjects such as geography, cultures, traditions, and biographies.

CNN 10 is a daily news show for students over 13 and other viewers who want to learn about current events and global issues in 10 minutes or .

Learn360 is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource for K–12 Social Studies and provides access to a web-based digital video library of core-curriculum videos, video clips, newsreels, audio and video speeches, still images, and audio files

The Digital History website provides a variety of multimedia Social Studies resources across historical eras and topics including primary sources, audio files, video files, and more.

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Additional websites with articles or game-based activities focusing on Social Studies.

iCivics is a great way to integrate game-based learning into middle and high school social studies and government curricula

Use Flip (formerly Flipgrid) to engage students with Social Studies Activities to amplify student voice.

Freerice is an educational trivia game that helps you get smarter while making a difference for people around the world. Every question you answer correctly raises 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its work saving and changing lives around the world.

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Tools to support your child with understanding People, Culture, Community, Geography and Government. These tools can support you with the Social Studies Content and skills.

Britannica School allows students to explore articles, images & videos, biographies, and geography (World Atlas, USA, and Compare Countries)

Students can explore a variety of Social Studies digital content (articles, videos, interactive activities) that focus on people, culture, community, and geography. .

Flocabulary hosts a library of educational hip hop songs, videos and additional materials for students to review or learn Social Studies concepts.

Students will be immersed in Social Studies topics by actively participating in a variety of activities, including virtual field trips, embeddable digital media in text and video, and even exciting assessments.

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills.

Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create History Assessments of Thinking (HATs).



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Tools to support your child with understanding People, Culture, Community, Geography and Government. These tools can support you with the Social Studies Content and skills.

Great resources for reports and projects. Students can explore age-appropriate subjects such as geography, cultures, traditions, and biographies.

CNN 10 is a daily news show for students over 13 and other viewers who want to learn about current events and global issues in 10 minutes or .

Learn360 is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource for K–12 Social Studies and provides access to a web-based digital video library of core-curriculum videos, video clips, newsreels, audio and video speeches, still images, and audio files

The Digital History website provides a variety of multimedia Social Studies resources across historical eras and topics including primary sources, audio files, video files, and more.

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Home Button Icon

Additional websites with articles or game-based activities focusing on Social Studies.

iCivics is a great way to integrate game-based learning into middle and high school social studies and government curricula

Use Flip (formerly Flipgrid) to engage students with Social Studies Activities to amplify student voice.

Freerice is an educational trivia game that helps you get smarter while making a difference for people around the world. Every question you answer correctly raises 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its work saving and changing lives around the world.