Social+Studies+Tools+and+Sites

These tools are perfect for helping students research and visualize historical concepts.

*CMCSS teachers and Technology Integration Coaches are using the free versions of these tools.


 * Click the name of the tool** **for a link to the website for the tool if applicable.**


 * Tool or Site ||  || Description ||   || Account Information ||   || Equipment Needed ||   || Included in these Professional Learning Session(s) ||
 * Crash Course Youtube Playlists
 * Crash Course Youtube Playlists

||  || Available for Economics, Psychology, U.S. History and Politics, World History. Playlists consist of up to 40 videos focused on a particular topic. ||  || No account required ||   || Teacher - Staff Wi-fi, Projector Student - will not be able to access from school on Student Wi-fi ||  ||   || ||  || See the World Map or Timeline for any year ||   || No account required ||   || Teacher - Computer, Projector Student - Computer ||  ||   || ||  || Explore new estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010. Click on a region to discover flows country-by-country ||  || No account required ||   || Teacher - Computer, Projector Student - Computer ||  ||   ||
 * GeaCron
 * Global Flow of People
 * Global Flow of People
 * Orbis
 * Orbis

||  || ORBIS is a novel resource for the study of the ancient world. This page hosts academic work that has been inspired and supported by the model. The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide range of different types of travel in antiquity. The model is based on a simplified version of the giant network of cities, roads, rivers and sea lanes that framed movement across the Roman Empire. It broadly reflects conditions around 200 CE but also covers a few sites and roads created in late antiquity. ||  || No account required ||   || Teacher - Computer, Projector Student - Computer or tablet ||  ||   ||
 * Pantheon
 * Pantheon

||  || MIT Media Lab project PantheonYou can discover who the most famous people from modern-day nations are, or browse the most influential people in a number of categories – politicians, composers, scientists, or pretty much anything. The site ranks the most influential people in history and provides information about them and as well as insight into cultural influences. To really oversimplify, this project uses Wikipedia links to determine who the most influential people in history are ([|read the full methodology here]). ||  || No account required ||   || Teacher - Computer, Projector Student - Computer ||  ||   ||