Social Studies Resource Website

Kid World Citizen

The website listed above, Kid World Citizen, is a great resource for helping our students become global citizens without leaving the classroom. Many times in our classroom, we have limited opportunity for field trips, much less a world-wide field trip. I think it is essential for our students to broaden their horizons and experience what our world has to offer. Using virtual field trips is a great way to allow our students to experience world landmarks from the comfort of our classroom. This website gives great links to popular sites that offer virtual experiences. Our students can visit the Louvre and view the art, use the Eiffel Tower to experience Paris from a bird's eye view or the Google Art Project to visit many famous museums around the world. Although this is not mentioned on this webpage, the Sistine Chapel has virtual tours for a 360 degree view of this beautiful and historic building. After clicking around on the website, there are many crafts and ideas on this website that include great resources for teachers. This website breaks the website down into different continent categories and country based sub-categories. This is a great resource website for implementing geography and culture into your classroom!